Directing credits include Southern Belles (King’s Head Theatre); And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens (Kings Head Theatre); Love Me Now (Tristan Bates Theatre); Spoonface Steinberg (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Richard II (Emmanuel Chapel); Footlights Pantomime: Robin Hood and Henry IV, Part 1 (ADC Theatre). Credits as associate/assistant include The Hunt (Almeida Theatre); The Madness of King George III (Nottingham Playhouse and NT Live); Out of Order (U.K. tour); Platinum (Hampstead Theatre); and The Boys in the Band (West End, Park Theatre and U.K. tour). ... read more
Owns London’s Wig Specialities. Theatre: La Cage Aux Folles, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Frost/Nixon, Hairspray, South Pacific, Legally Blonde, Passion, End of the Rainbow, White Christmas, Piaf, Sweet Charity, Evita, Guys and Dolls, The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, All New People, Donmar West End Season. Television: “Little Britain,” “Poirot.” Film: The Ghost Writer, Titanic, Star Wars, “Dumbledore” in Harry Potter. Personal Wigmaker to Sean Connery, Dame Edna, Kylie Minogue, Madonna. ... read more
Adam Penford is Artistic Director at Nottingham Playhouse. He trained at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA).
For Nottingham Playhouse credits include: The Clothes They Stood Up In, A Christmas Carol (& Alexandra Palace & worldwide cinema release), Piaf, Cinderella, Bubble, Holes (& UK Tour), An Enemy of the People, Coram Boy, The Madness of George III (& NT Live) and Dick Whittington and Wonderland.
For the National Theatre credits include: A Small Family Business (Olivier); Dorfman Opening Gala (Dorfman); Island (Cottlesloe); One Man Two Guvnors, Revival Director (West End/Broadway/UK and International Tour); and NT 50 Years on Stage, Associate Director (Olivier ... read more
