Ed Burnside Email & Phone Number

Ed Burnside is a director working across a range of genres internationally. He is used to the challenges at working on a large scale. This year, he returns to Japan as International Associate Director of Billy Elliot The Musical for Working Title Films. He has directed the show in 4 languages across the world. He has an ongoing working relationship with Stephen Daldry, having also been Resident Director of Stephen and Justin Martin’s production of The Jungle (St Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn). Ed has a specialism of working with children in both theatre and television and film as both director and acting coach. Ed was Children’s Director on The Crown – Season 3 – Aberfan (Netflix) working closely with director Ben Caron.Ed has worked in the West End for a number of years- as Senior Rehearsal Director of Matilda The Musical and most recently Associate Director on Hamnet with Erica Whyman - both for the Royal Shakespeare Company.Ed’s production of Black (which he co-wrote with Nigerian artist Le Gateau Chocolat and directed) has played across the world including Theatre Royal Stratford East, Soho Theatre, and Adelaide Festival. The show was nominated for a Total Theatre Award for Innovation, Experimentation and Playing with Form. For more information, please visit www.edburnside.com

Listed skills include Directing, Theatre, Musical Theatre, Actor Training, and 1 others.