LUCY BRADLEY
Biography
Lucy is a director working in the UK and Europe in settings ranging from large scale Opera houses and regional theatres to site specific locations and drama schools. Lucy trained in Drama at Middlesex University, graduating with a degree specialising in Directing.
Directing credits include The Flying Dutchman (OperaUpClose, Summer 2023), The Promise (Handpicked Productions, Summer tour 2023), Voices of the Sands (Deal & Tete a Tete Festivals, Summer 2022), Her Day (Coventry City of Culture March 2022), Trouser Power (Royal Opera House, Participation), Sophie (Tete a Tete), No Sound Ever Dies, (Surrey Arts at Brooklands Museum), Eugene Onegin (Arcola Theatre), Belongings (Glyndebourne), The Finding (Mahogany Opera), Recital 1 (British Museum and Gemäldagalerie, Berlin), Found and Lost (Corinthia Hotel), Blank Canvas (Opera Up Close), Tycho's Dream and Into the Harbour (Glyndebourne Education), The Last Pearly (Rich Mix), The Wind in the Willows and Grimm Tales (ALRA), An Ode to My Sisters (Regional Tour), The Onomatopoeia Society (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh).
Lucy has worked regularly as an Associate Director. In 2023 Lucy was Associate Director to John Fulljames on Nixon in China by John Adams at Teatro Real, Madrid and in 2022 on a new production of The Handmaid's Tale by Poul Ruders, at The Royal Danish Opera. In 2018 Lucy was Associate Director on the highly acclaimed Street Scene, at Teatro Real, Madrid; she went on to revive the production in Köln in 2019 and Monte Carlo in 2020
In January 2022 Lucy revived Jonathan Kent's production of Tosca for The Royal Opera House, London, she will revive the same production again in January 2024.
Lucy has worked extensively as an Assistant Director and Staff Director, regularly for The Royal Opera House where she has worked on Agrippina, Don Carlo, Orphee et Euridice, The Queen of Spades, Tosca, Rusalka, The Lost Thing and How the Whale Became. At Glyndebourne Festival, Lucy has worked as assistant director on Fidelio, La Finta GIardiniera, The Marriage of Figaro, Rusalka and Billy Budd and on Nothing and The Knight Crew for Glyndebourne Education. For Opera North Lucy has assisted on Giulio Cesare, From the House of The Dead and The Queen of Spades.
In Europe Lucy has worked as an assistant director at Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Real Madrid and Den Jyske Oper, Denmark. As an Assistant Director in theatre Lucy has worked for The Young Vic, The South Bank Centre, Rifco Arts, and Mahogany Opera Group.
As a practitioner, Lucy has often worked with marginalised or hard to reach groups; she has led projects for pupil referral units and with refugee groups; she has worked with vulnerable young people and those at risk of exclusion. Inclusion and empowerment are at the heart of Lucy’s work.
Download a full CV for Lucy here: lucybradleycv2023.pdf
Directing credits include The Flying Dutchman (OperaUpClose, Summer 2023), The Promise (Handpicked Productions, Summer tour 2023), Voices of the Sands (Deal & Tete a Tete Festivals, Summer 2022), Her Day (Coventry City of Culture March 2022), Trouser Power (Royal Opera House, Participation), Sophie (Tete a Tete), No Sound Ever Dies, (Surrey Arts at Brooklands Museum), Eugene Onegin (Arcola Theatre), Belongings (Glyndebourne), The Finding (Mahogany Opera), Recital 1 (British Museum and Gemäldagalerie, Berlin), Found and Lost (Corinthia Hotel), Blank Canvas (Opera Up Close), Tycho's Dream and Into the Harbour (Glyndebourne Education), The Last Pearly (Rich Mix), The Wind in the Willows and Grimm Tales (ALRA), An Ode to My Sisters (Regional Tour), The Onomatopoeia Society (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh).
Lucy has worked regularly as an Associate Director. In 2023 Lucy was Associate Director to John Fulljames on Nixon in China by John Adams at Teatro Real, Madrid and in 2022 on a new production of The Handmaid's Tale by Poul Ruders, at The Royal Danish Opera. In 2018 Lucy was Associate Director on the highly acclaimed Street Scene, at Teatro Real, Madrid; she went on to revive the production in Köln in 2019 and Monte Carlo in 2020
In January 2022 Lucy revived Jonathan Kent's production of Tosca for The Royal Opera House, London, she will revive the same production again in January 2024.
Lucy has worked extensively as an Assistant Director and Staff Director, regularly for The Royal Opera House where she has worked on Agrippina, Don Carlo, Orphee et Euridice, The Queen of Spades, Tosca, Rusalka, The Lost Thing and How the Whale Became. At Glyndebourne Festival, Lucy has worked as assistant director on Fidelio, La Finta GIardiniera, The Marriage of Figaro, Rusalka and Billy Budd and on Nothing and The Knight Crew for Glyndebourne Education. For Opera North Lucy has assisted on Giulio Cesare, From the House of The Dead and The Queen of Spades.
In Europe Lucy has worked as an assistant director at Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Real Madrid and Den Jyske Oper, Denmark. As an Assistant Director in theatre Lucy has worked for The Young Vic, The South Bank Centre, Rifco Arts, and Mahogany Opera Group.
As a practitioner, Lucy has often worked with marginalised or hard to reach groups; she has led projects for pupil referral units and with refugee groups; she has worked with vulnerable young people and those at risk of exclusion. Inclusion and empowerment are at the heart of Lucy’s work.
Download a full CV for Lucy here: lucybradleycv2023.pdf
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