Guy Jones

Guy is an experienced, Olivier-nominated director and dramaturg.

He directs new plays and contemporary revivals, bringing work from the canon to new audiences.

Guy is New Work Manager at Shakespeare's Globe alongside developing a slate of new plays for theatres around the country. Previously held positions include Associate Director Orange Tree, (2022-2024), Orange Tree Literary Associate (2014-2022), Creative Associate at Headlong (2020-2022) and Associate Artist at Company Three (2011-2015). At the Orange Tree, Guy helped revitalise the theatre for a new generation, bringing projects like POMONA, AN OCTOROON and JESS & JOE FOREVER to the theatre’s programme, while developing audiences and artists. 

Recent directing credits include: BLACKOUT SONGS (Hampstead Theatre, nominated for an Olivier Award in Outstanding Achievement), O, ISLAND! (Royal Shakespeare Company), THE CLIMBERS (Theatre by the Lake), EITHER (Hampstead Theatre), DOGGERLAND (Audible/LAMDA), OUT OF WATER, MAYFLY, THE WINTER'S TALE, TWELFTH NIGHT (Orange Tree Theatre), BUSKING IT (HighTide), DISNATURED (Shakespeare in Shoreditch Festival), SPOKESONG (Finborough Theatre), NO WONDER (NSDF/24:7 Festival), NOT BLUE GREEN BUT GREY (ICT, National Theatre).

As Associate Director: VIGIL (Mechanimal, Bristol Ferment, Pound Arts & Summerhall).

As Staff Director: SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON (National Theatre, dir. Lyndsey Turner).

As Assistant Director: CYMBELINE (RSC, dir. Melly Still).

Guy’s work opens up the theatre-making process to people whose access to theatre may have been limited. He has worked as a director and a facilitator for companies including Chickenshed, Synergy Theatre Project, Wimbledon Civic Theatre Trust, Ambassadors Theatre Group and Theatre in Prisons and Probation. He is an Education Associate Practitioner for the Royal Shakespeare Company for whom he has delivered work in Stratford-upon-Avon, nationally and in China.