Fay Lomas
CV
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Work as Director
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Winner of the inaugural Peter Hall Emerging Artist Fellowship award at the Rose Theatre.
JMK Directing Award Finalist 2023.
OffWestEnd Award Best Director Nominee 2022.
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(2023) Director of three BBC Radio 4 afternoon dramas: two episodes of Broken Colours by Matthew Broughton and Good Morning, Yvette's Nan by Neil Williams
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(2023) Creator and producer on Language Landscapes, bilingual audio installation project with Sherman Theatre Cardiff and Eryri National Park​
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(2022 & 2021) Director of The Girl Who Was Very Good At Lying, by Eoin McAndrew (Summerhall Edinburgh, Omnibus Theatre and Jermyn Street), nominated for three Offies
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(2022) Director of Supernova by Lizzie Mansfield, Theatre 503, Theatre by the Lake, and tour
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(2022) Co-creator of Beneath Our Feet, audio drama podcast funded by ACE, created through a writers' room.
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(2021) Director of Some Kind of Window, with Zoe Hunter Gordon (short film) - accepted into 4 festivals including BAFTA-qualifying Underwire
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(2021) Director of Sea Girl, by Isla van Tricht, digital experience for children, comprising live action film, animation and gaming technology, funded by ACE
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(2021) Project Lead and Director of three dramas, Assemble Here: audio drama project, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
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(2020) Co-creator (with Tash Hyman) of Land Skeins, immersive audio drama project, funded by ACE; director of two of the dramas comprising the project: Autumn by Natasha Kaeda and Summer by Eoin McAndrew. Project won an On Comm Award for best digital work in 2022 (Innovative Category).
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(2020) Director of Two Gentlemen of the Hollow Heart by Isla van Tricht, binaural immersive experience, ACE-funded R&D, hosted by Hampstead Theatre
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(2020) Director of The Last Witch by Rona Munro, 3rd year BA actors, Drama Centre
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(2019) Director of Out of the Dark by Suzy Gill, Rose Theatre Kingston
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(2019) Director of Hunger by Amanda Lomas, Arcola Theatre
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(2019) Director of readings of new plays, The Devil's in the Chair, by Eoin McAndrew, Dark Faces in the Night by Sid Sagar and Miles by Eilidh Nurse
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(2018) Director of Sea Girl, by Isla Van Tricht, Arts Depot, Attenborough Arts Centre and Derby Theatre (ACE-funded R&D)
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(2018) Director of The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Royal and Derngate (The Actors Company)
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(2018) Director of Terp, by Ayad Andrews, Finborough Theatre (Vibrant Festival)
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(2018) Director of The Winter's Tale, by William Shakespeare, St Peter's Church Northampton (BA Acting, UoN)
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(2018) Director of Mothertongue Tales, by Antonia Underwood, Royal and Derngate (participation project with local school)
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(2017) Director of The Outcaste by Avin Shah, Finborough Theatre (Vibrant Festival)
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(2017) Director of Women of Sanctuary by Mimi Bashir (reading)
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(2017) Director of Left Behind, by Mimi Bashir and Richard Kinnaird, Camden Fringe
(2017) Director of Death of a Salesman: Birth and Afterlife, Oxford Playhouse (rehearsed reading)
(2017) Director of the Northampton young cast of Grapes of Wrath, Royal and Derngate
(2017) Director of Lunch Hour by Sebastian Rex, Southwark Playhouse for Little Pieces of Gold
(2016) Director of Three Way, by Miztli Rose Neville, Theatre 503 for Rapid Write Response
(2015) Co-Director (with Helen Tennison) of the Molière Award nominated In The Ring, by Léonore Confino, French Institute (rehearsed reading)
(2015) Director and translator of Blood Wedding, by Lorca, Bread and Roses Theatre
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(2015) Director of Balloon, by Nathan Wood, Vault Festival
(2015) Director and translator of a modern adaptation of Berenice, by Racine, The Space
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Associate Directing includes
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(2022) The Beauty Queen of Leenane, dir. Liz Stevenson, Theatre by the Lake Keswick
(2019) Stones in His Pockets, by Marie Jones, dir. Lindsay Posner, Rose Theatre Kingston and UK and Ireland tour
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Assistant Directing includes:
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(2019) Captain Corelli's Mandolin, adapted by Rona Munro, dir. Melly Still, UK tour
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(2018-19) Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, dir. Rufus Norris, associate dir. Liz Stevenson, National Theatre tour
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Facilitating
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(2019) Director of All Change! a play written and performed by members of Crisis Skylight Centre, London
(2018-2019) Facilitator for outreach workshops for National Theatre alongside touring production of Macbeth
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(2019) Workshop facilitator on directing and playwriting, Rose Theatre Kingston
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(2017) Assistant director on Great Expectations, dir. Erica Martin, Royal and Derngate’s community company
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Literary work
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(2019) Curator of the ACE-funded inaugural New Writing Festival at the Rose Theatre Kingston, reading 400 submissions, selecting three winners, and giving ongoing dramaturgical support to ten shortlisted writers
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(2016-current) Freelance dramaturgy for writers, including for productions at Clapham Omnibus, the VAULT Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe
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(2015-16) Reader for The Finborough Theatre
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Languages
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French (fluent)
Spanish (fluent)
German (AS Level)
Polish (beginners)
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Education and Training
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(2020) Week-long directing training course with Katie Mitchell, hosted by National Theatre Studio
(2015-2017) MFA in Theatre Directing, Birkbeck. Distinction.
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(Photo: Alex Brenner)