Tom O’Brien Directorial Resume

Tom O’Brien 

2023 Visiting Lecturer at Arts Ed, Mountview and the National Film and Television School.

2021 Associate Director for Cameron Mackintosh’s Production of Miss Saigon, opening in Vienna November 2021

Film/TV/Online Credits

2020 Director, Co-creator & writer – The Vicky Vox Project (6 part web-series) – New Frame Productions Ltd (Click to Watch)

2020 Director, Co-creator & writer – Outside of Me, In (Short Dance Film) – Lisa Rowley (Click to Watch)

Theatre Direction

2019 Little Women Allan Knee/Mindi Dickstein/Jason Howland – Italia Conti

2019 Top Hat Irving Berlin/Matthew White/Howard Jacque – Queen Victoria & Queen Elizabeth Cunard

2019 Afterglow S.Asher Gelman – Southwark Playhouse – David Adkin Ltd

2016 Fabric Abi Zakarian – Marlowe Theatre Canterbury/Underbelly – TREMers Theatre (Scotsman Fringe First Award Winner)

2016 Foiled David Charler & Beth Granville – Edinburgh Festival – Duckspeak

2015 Our Friends, The Enemy Alex Gwyther – Theatre Row, New York City & UK Tour – David Adkin Ltd

2015 The Dogs of War Tim Foley – The Old Red Lion – Robin Rayner Ltd, David Adkin Ltd & TREMers

2015 Remote Stef Smith – The Drum Theatre Royal Plymouth – Kidz R Us

2014 The Wedding Singer Matthew Sklar/Chad Beguelin – The Lowry, Quays Theatre – The Company Music Theatre

2013 The Fastest Clock In The Universe Philip Ridley – The Old Red Lion Theatre – TREMers Theatre

2013 How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying Frank Loesser/Abe Burrows – The Lowry, Quays Theatre – The Company Music Theatre

2013 Coming Up Steven Hevey – Soho Theatre – Short Plays By

2012 First And Last David Wildon – Tristan Bates Theatre – Lonesome Schoolboy Productions

2012 Judy, The Righteous Jonathan Neil – Trafalgar Studios 2/The Kings Head Theatre

2011 Christmas Is Miles Away Chloe Moss – Hen and Chickens Theatre – TREMers

Associate/Resident/Assistant Direction

2020 Associate Director – The Phantom Of The Opera (Directed by Hal Prince/Seth Skylar Hein) – UK & Ireland Tour – Cameron Mackintosh Ltd/Really Useful Group

2017 – 2019 Resident Director – Miss Saigon (Directed by Lawrence Connor/Jean-Pierre Van Der Spuy) – International Tour – Cameron Mackintosh Ltd

2018 Assistant Director – Little Shop Of Horrors (Directed by Maria Aberg) – Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park

2016 – 2017 Resident Director – Half A Sixpence (Directed by Rachel Kavanaugh) – Noel Coward Theatre, West End – Cameron Mackintosh Ltd/Chichester Festival Theatre

2012 Assistant Director – Dangerous Lady (Directed by Lisa Goldman) – Theatre Royal Stratford East

2012 Assistant Director – Thoroughly Modern Millie (Directed by Caroline Leslie) – The Watermill

2012 Assistant Director – Merrily We Roll Along (Directed by Nikolai Foster) – Clwyd Theatr Cymru

2012 Assistant Director – Ruben Guthrie (Directed by Nicola Samer) – New Wimbledon Theatre – Ironbark

2011 Assistant Director – A Clockwork Orange (Directed by Alexandra Spencer-Jones) – Edinburgh Festival – Action To The World

2011 Assistant Director – Buried Child (Directed by Tim Trimmingha -Lee) – Upstairs At The Gatehouse – Ovation Productions