P Burton-Morgan | Writer & Director
07817 763511| poppy at mettatheatre.co.uk | www.mettatheatre.co.uk
Associate Director – Exeter Northcott Theatre 2017 to 2018
Artistic Director – Metta Theatre 2005 to present
President – Experimental Theatre Club, Oxford 2004
AS WRITER & DIRECTOR
2022 The Little Prince, Taunton Brewhouse
2021/22 Cells, Youtube/Digital
2021 The Rhythmics, Southwark Playhouse
2019 Great Expectations, National Theatre Studio
2019 In The Willows, Exeter Northcott Theatre & UK tour
2018 Little Mermaid, Theatre By The Lake & UK tour
2016/17 Jungle Book Theatre Royal Windsor, UK & International tour
2016/17 Blown Away Exeter Northcott Theatre & UK tour
2014 Alice UK tour
2013 Well Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
2013 Monkey & Crocodile (site responsive) UK tour
2011 Sexing The Cherry Southbank Centre, Purcell Room (Metta)
2011 The Man with the Flower in His Mouth Oxford Playhouse/UK tour (site specific)
2010 The Man with the Flower in His Mouth Greenwich Theatre/Site specific (Metta)
AS LIBRETTIST & DIRECTOR
2020 Madame Butterfly Belgrade Coventry / UK tour
2018 I’m Not A Bit Like A Clown (new opera) Tete a Tete Festival (Metta)
2018 Roles (new opera) V&A (Metta)
2017 Palace of Junk (new opera) Mahogany Opera Group Various Stages Festival
2013 Flicker (new opera) Sadler’s Wells, Lilian Baylis Studio
2010 Waiting (verbatim opera/new writing, starring Juliet Stevenson) Southbank Centre, Purcell Room (Metta)
2008 Just So/The Elephant’s Child (new opera/puppetry) Trafalgar Studios/Arcola Theatre (Metta)
AS DIRECTOR (THEATRE)
2022 Forgiveness (Bath Ustinov & UK tour)
2017 Comedy of Errors (Exeter Northcott Theatre)
2017 Pixel Dust Edinburgh Festival (Assembly)
2015 Mouthful Trafalgar Studios
2013 Dusa, Stas, Fish & Vi Northern Light Cinema
2013 Bread (Theatre Uncut) Young Vic Theatre
2012 Arab Nights (new writing) Soho Theatre & UK tour
2012 As You Like It Wirksworth Festival
2012 Clockwork Miracles (Morgan & West) Edinburgh Festival
2012 Lying, Cheating Scoundrels (Morgan & West) Edinburgh Festival
AS DIRECTOR (OPERA)
2015 Cosi fan tutte New Theatre, Oxford
2010 Cocteau in The Underworld (new opera) Arcola Theatre, Studio One (Metta)
2010 Abraham & Isaac, Journey of the Magi (opera/puppetry) Little Angel Theatre/Shunt Vaults (Metta)
2010 HMS Pinafore Cambridge Arts Theatre
2009 Abraham & Isaac (opera/puppetry) Arcola Theatre, Studio One (Metta)
2009 La Boheme Palestine National Theatre & Tour (COL)
2008 J’attendrais (cabaret) National tour (English Touring Opera)
AS STAFF DIRECTOR
2008 Rusalka, dir. James Conway No 1 tour (English Touring Opera)
2008 La Tragedie de Carmen, dir. Andrew Steggall No 1 tour (English Touring Opera)
AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
2009 6 Characters In Search of an Author, dir. Rupert Goold Bristol Old Vic & No 1 tour (Headlong)
2008-09 Duet for One, dir. Matthew Lloyd Almeida Theatre, No 1 tour & West End
2008 Hamlet, dir. Tim Carroll The Factory (various venues)
2008 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, dir. Jonathan Munby Shakespeare’s Globe
2007-08 Madame Butterfly, dir. Tim Albery National tour (Opera North)
2007 The Magic Flute, dir. Samuel West Palestine National Theatre & tour (COL)
2006 Gala Concert, dir. Phyllida Lloyd London Coliseum (ENO)
2006 Dick Whittington, dir. Peter Duncan Oxford Playhouse
2006 Mirandolina, dir. Jonathan Munby Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
TRAINING
2010 Young Vic (Daniel Kramer, Devising); Opera North (Dominic Harlan, Leading Opera Workshops)
2009 Young Vic (Darragh McKeon, Viewpoints)
2007 Young Vic Summer School (David Lan, Tim Supple, Bijan Sheibani); Shared Experience (Polly Teale) 2006 Young Vic (Peter Gill, Shakespeare); Circus Maniacs (Haylee-Mai Edwards, Aerial & Trapeze)
2005 Theatre de Complicité (Toby Jones, Breath & Storytelling)
2002-03 Year Out Drama Company (Deborah Moody)
2003-06 BA Hons Politics, Philosophy & Economics, Oxford University
AWARDS
2020 – WGGB musical theatre book-writing for In The Willows
Short-listed – OSBTT Award 2008 | Finalist – Better Bankside Directing Award 2008
SKILLS French (basic), Arabic (basic) | read music | soprano | basic gymnastics, trampolining, aerial & trapeze | puppetry
EXPERIENCED WORKSHOP FACILITATOR for Young Vic | Headlong | Almeida | English Touring Opera | Southwark Playhouse | Metta Theatre
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