Helen Morley

MA Drama Directing


Biography

Helen is a theatre director and participation producer based between Bristol and Luton.

As a director, she enjoys work that is formally innovative, playful and politically urgent. She has presented work at The Bunker Theatre, VAULTS Festival, Theatre Deli, MAC Birmingham, New Art Exchange and the Edinburgh Fringe. Notable credits include Ava Wong Davies’ debut play i will still be whole (when you rip me in half) that was programmed as part of Chris Sonnex’s penultimate season at The Bunker Theatre. “Beautiful, brutally honest…a startling openness and vulnerability that draws in the audience.”- The Stage

Helen was previously Creative Arts Programme Lead at Prime Theatre. She has extensive experience designing and delivering participatory and co-created art programmes for children and young adults at risk, working with partners including The British Museum, English Heritage and Children in Need.

It was always stressed that the contacts you make during your training are incredibly important, and your classmates are likely to end up being on set alongside you in the future. After working with a director of photography on one of the School’s short films, I was invited to work on a project with him outside of Bristol - proving that the professionals we meet via the School, may one day give us a call to action! Muir McFadden, Technical Graduate