Katie Posner

Katie is an award-winning director and Joint Artistic Director and CEO of Paines Plough. For Paines Plough, Katie has most recently directed SHANGHAI DOLLS (Kiln Theatre), Fringe First award-winning play STRATEGIC LOVE PLAY by Miriam Battye (Soho Theatre); YOU BURY ME (winner of the Women’s Prize for Playwrighting) by Ahlam (Bristol Old Vic, Lyceum Theatre, The Orange Tree); 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 made her Off-Broadway debut in November 2024 directing the New York premiere of Battye's STRATEGIC LOVE PLAY starring Michael Zegan and Hèlena Yorke at the Minetta Lane Theatre (Audible, Chase This Productions).

She will direct Karis Kelly’s debut play CONSUMED (winner of the Women’s Prize for Playwrighting) in summer 2025, premiering at The Traverse Theatre. 

Recent credits include: Shanghai Dolls (Kiln Theatre), Strategic Love Play - New York Premiere (Minetta Lane Theatre NYC, Audible, Chase This Productions), 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).