Josie Rourke
Josie Rourke is the Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre. She has been working professionally in theatre for 10 years. She trained with directors Peter Gill, Michael Grandage, Nicholas Hytner, Phyllida Lloyd and Sam Mendes. Before coming to the Bush she worked for five years as a freelance director and was the Associate Director of Sheffield Theatres and Trainee Associate Director at the Royal Court.
At the Royal Court she directed Crazyblackmuthf***in'self by Deobia Oparei and Loyal Women by Gary Mitchell. At Sheffield, she directed World Music and The Unthinkable by Steve Waters; Much Ado About Nothing, The Long And The Short And The Tall by Willis Hall and Kick For Touch by Peter Gill. She was the tour director of The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. At the Young Vic, she directed My Dad's A Birdman by David Almond. For the Royal Shakespeare Company she directed Believe What You Will and King John (RSC Complete Works). She has directed the 24Hour Plays at The Old Vic Theatre and in New York.
For the Donmar Warehouse, Josie has directed Frame 312 by Keith Reddin, World Music by Steve Waters and The Cryptogram by David Mamet. For The Bush, Josie has directed How To Curse by Ian McHugh, Tinderbox by Lucy Kirkwood and 2,000 Feet Away and Like A Fishbone by Anthony Weigh, Apologia by Alexi Kaye Campbell, and If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet by Nick Payne. Recent work outside The Bush includes Twelfth Night and Taming Of The Shrew for Chicago Shakespeare Company, Here by Eve Ensler for Sky Arts, and Men Should Weep for the National Theatre. Forthcoming work includes Much Ado About Nothing with Catherine Tate and David Tennant for Sonia Friedman productions at the Wyndhams Theatre.
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