About
Blythe believes in work that is subversive, sophisticated, frank and joyful. She stages new stories which share how social, personal and political upheavals impact our everyday lives.
This year...
Associate, 101 Dalmatians the Musical, Runaway / UK Tour
Associate, Minority Report, Nottingham Playhouse / Lyric Hammersmith
Associate, Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible is Going to Happen, Francesca Moody Productions / The Bush Theatre
Director, How to Hold Your Breath, LAMDA
Before that...
Associate, The Crucible, West End Transfer, Gielgud Theatre
Director, Teenage Dick, Schools Tour for Donmar Warehouse
Director, Jude Starbeam, a film for On the Button Productions
Director, Work Bitch by Jessica Siân, for VAULT Festival
Director, Finding Fassbender by Lydia Larson, at Edinburgh Fringe
Director, Skin A Cat by Isley Lynn, UK Tour
Resident Director Donmar Warehouse 2018 - 2019
Staff Director,The Crucible, The National Theatre
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time UK & Ireland Tour, National Theatre Productions
Favourite things at the moment...
Hunting out poems. Love a Mary Oliver verse
Relearning how to swim
Olivia Dean, Maggie Rogers, Sammy Rae and Friends' albums
Scene on Radio Podcasts
Reading those books on my shelf I've been starring at:
The Secret History by Donna Tartt, My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier, The Wall by Marlen Haushofer, Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez, Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
Telly: Reservation Dogs, The Bear, Alma's Not Normal, Giri/Haji, Unorthodox, Succession, Derry Girls, The Traitors
Plays: Angels in America, We Are Proud to Present, Eurydice, John, View from a Bridge, Far Away, The Welkin, Macbeth, Cabaret, Passion
