"...she gives you the space and free reign to bring her ideas and visuals to life and encourages you to express your work in your own way"

Nadia Sohowan, Choreographer and Actor

I am a freelance theatre director and dramaturg. Currently Associate Director on Back to the Future the Musical, Australia and International Associate Director on Lord of the Rings: a musical tale (Chicago, New Zealand, Australia and Singapore). I am also the Associate Director of Olivier-nominated theatre company Les Enfants Terribles and was the Associate Director on west ends' new musical The Time Traveller's Wife and the original west end Resident Director on Back to the Future the musical (2021 - 2023)

My first taste of directing was at the University of Birmingham where I graduated in 2013. Shortly after I was awarded the regional Leverhulme Arts Scholarship for the Birmingham REP with the JMK Trust in 2015.

I've directed for the likes of Riverside Studios, Selladoor Worldwide, NYT, Birmingham REP, Pleasance Theatre, Park Theatre, The Old Red Lion Theatre, The Albany, The SJT, Arcola Theatre, Summerhall, New Vic Theatre and am a frequent director at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. 

I am also a dramaturg and have worked on new scripts with writers such as Martha MacDonald, Chantelle Dusette, Emily Beecher, Rachel DeLahay and Oliver Lansley. 

Outside of directing I have worked as a Casting Director across various shows and I co-ran WildChild from 2020-2025; a platform dedicated to creating social mobility through the arts for talent from unrepresented backgrounds. I also acted as the Director Practitioner for JMK West Midlands from 2022 - 2023.


Next up: ROAM: a musical (Associate Director)

Bright Lights, Big City - Laban Theatre (Director)

Top Photo: Mark Dawson.