Katie Posner

Katie is an experienced and award-winning director and has been Joint Artistic Director of Paines Plough with Charlotte Bennett since 2019. For Paines Plough, Katie has directed Fringe First award-winning play STRATEGIC LOVE PLAY by Miriam Battye; YOU BURY ME by Ahlam (winner of the Women’s Prize for Playwriting); HUNGRY (Soho Theatre/Roundabout Edinburgh); REALLY BIG AND REALLY LOUD and BLACK LOVE (Co-Director for Roundabout). In 2024, she directed RICHARD, MY RICHARD (Shakespeare North Playhouse & Theatre Royal Bury St Edmund's), the debut play by celebrated novelist Philippa Gregory, which was received with widespread critical acclaim.

Katie's work encompasses both intimate pieces of new writing and larger-scale community pieces as she has directed a number of large-scale, community-cast pieces including EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE: THE YORK SUFFRAGETTES (York Theatre Royal), THE SEVEN AGES OF PATIENCE by Chinonyerem Odimba for (Kiln Theatre) and THE MOLD RIOTS by Bethan Marlow (Theatr Clwyd). In 2019, Katie received a UK Theatre Award nomination for Best Director with her production of MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD at Theatre by the Lake. Previously, her production of Satinder Chohan's MADE IN INDIA was nominated for an OffWestEnd award and won the Eastern Eye Theatre and Culture Award for Best Production.

Recent credits include: Richard, My Richard (Shakespeare North Playhouse, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmund's), Strategic Love Play (Paines Plough, Soho Theatre), Hungry, Black Love (co-directed original production), Really Big and Really Loud (Paines Plough); My Mother Said I Never Should (Theatre By The Lake), Mold Riots (Theatr Clwyd) The Seven Ages Of Patience (Kiln Theatre), Swallows & Amazons (Storyhouse), Babe (Mercury Theatre), Playing Up (NYT), Finding Nana (New Perspectives), Made In India (Tamasha, Belgrade, Pilot), Everything Is Possible: The York Suffragettes (York Theatre Royal), The Season Ticket(Northern Stage), A View From Islington North (Out Of Joint), In Fog And Falling Snow (National Railway Museum), Running On The Cracks (Tron Theatre), End Of Desire (York Theatre Royal), York Mystery Plays (Museum Gardens York), Blackbird, Ghost Town, Clocking In, A Restless Place (Pilot Theatre).