Joseph is a Theatre Director from Hertfordshire. He primarily works on new plays and musicals, with a particular interest in work which engages with themes of queerness, legacy and community.
His production of I Fucked You in My Spaceship by Louis Emmitt-Stern won the Origins Award for Outstanding New Work at VAULT Festival 2023 before transferring to Soho Theatre for a 3-week run.
Other work as Director includes Drag Baby (Pleasance Theatre & King's Head Theatre), Solomon (Tsitsit Festival, Royal Academy of Art & UK Tour), 9 to 5 The Musical (City Academy/POSK Theatre), Don't Smoke in Bed (VAULT Festival), The Happy Prince (Imagine Watford/Watford Palace) and Pictland (Katzpace/Watford Fringe). He has also directed several short plays which have been performed at Southwark Playhouse, Watford Palace and the Jack Studio Theatre.
Work as Assistant Director includes Amélie (ArtsEd), 9 to 5 (ArtsEd) Bellringers (Roundabout, Edinburgh), Scab (Arcola Theatre) and Hamlet (Iris Theatre).
He was previously Youth Theatre Company Manager at Shakespeare's Globe and has worked on other community and education projects for The Old Vic, Arcola, Wizard Theatre, Watford Palace and Primary Shakespeare Company. He has directed over 30 productions for youth and community companies, including versions of Oedipus, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Taming of the Shrew, as well as pantomimes, musicals and new plays.
In addition to directing, Joseph has worked on the Producing teams at Unicorn Theatre and Watford Palace, is an alumni of Soho Theatre Writers' Lab (Tony Craze Award Longlist) and in 2019 received the Harold Hobson Sunday Times Award for Drama Criticism.
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