Director
Christa Harris
Christa is the Artistic Associate of Olivier-nominated Les Enfants Terribles. She is also the co-founder of arts organisation WildChild which champions new voices from unrepresented backgrounds and aims to create social mobility in the arts.
AWARDS
JMK Regional Bursary, Birmingham REP – 2015 –2016
SCARE CON Award for ‘Best scare attraction’ for 139 Copeland Road 2016
VAULT Festival Award 2018 ‘Best Family Show’ for One Duck Down
Olivier Award - Best New Musical 2022 for Back to the Future the Musical
Whatsonstage Award 'Best New Musical 2022' for Back to the Future the Musical
www.christaharris.co.uk
Current Projects
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice | Associate Director | The National theatre
Previous Projects
Bright Lights, Big City | Director | Trinity Laban
Back To The Future | Associate Director | Australia
ROAM | Associate Director| Shaftesbury Theatre
Burning Down | Director | British Youth Music Theatre
The Sociable Plover | Director | The Old Red Lion
Amelie | Director | Trinity Laban
Lord of the Rings | Associate Director | New Zealand & Australia
Lord of the Rings | Associate Director | Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The Time Traveller's Wife | Associate/Resident Director | Apollo Theatre
Spring Awakening | Director | Trinity Laban
Summer Camp For Broken People | Pleasance and Summerhall
Back to the Future the Musical | Resident Director | Adelphi Theatre, West End
Creative Consultant | LAPLAND UK
Park Bench (Act 1) | Park Theatre
Love & Information | University of Birmingham
United Queendom | Les Enfants Terribles, Kensington Palace
Mr Men & Little Miss on Stage | World Tour
The Hole | National Youth Theatre, Old Rep
One Duck Down | UK Tour
Inside Pussy Riot | Les Enfants Terribes, The Saatchi Gallery
Freak | The Space
Drinks | Peckham Safehouses 1 & 2
139 Copeland Road | Peckham Safehouses 1 & 2
Twelfth Night | Bear Pit Theatre
WORKSHOP / IN DEVELOPMENT
Nasty (put some clothes on) | Matthew Schmolle Productions in association with The Park Theatre and Soho Theatre
Summer Camp for Broken People | ReCREATE, Pleasance Theatre
PREVIOUS SHORTS + FESTIVALS
Glow Up |Tristan Bates Theatre
The Streets | Arcola Theatre
Magical, Transcendental, Telepathic Show of the Mystic Medium Extraordinaire; Claire Voyant | The Other Palace
And the Future Will Take Care of Itself | Jermyn Street Theatre
May the Bridges You Burn Light Your Way | Park Theatre
Secrets | Hackney Empire
Shakespeare on the Streets | Theatre Absolute
Epiphany by Rachel Dealtry | Midlands Arts Centre
Dramatic Acts | Birmingham Old REP
PREVIOUS PROJECTS AS ASSISTANT, ASSOCIATE AND RESIDENT:
Bliss | Associate Director | Edinburgh
The Producers | Associate Director | Garrick Theatre
The First Hippo on the Moon | Les Petits Theatre Dir. Finn Cauldwell | Ed. Fringe & World Tour [staff director]
The Game’s Afoot | Les Enfants Terribles Dir. James Seager & Oliver Lansley | Madame Tussauds | [assoc. director]
The Sherlock Holmes Experience | Les Enfants Terribles Dir. James Seager & Oliver Lansley | Madame Tussauds | [assoc. director]
Kiss Me Quickstep | Dir. Theresa Heskins | New Vic Theatre & UK Tour [asst. director]
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe| Dir. Tessa Walker | Birmingham REP [asst. director]
A Third | Finborough Theatre | Dir. Josh Roche | [asst. director]
Only On Sundays by Joe White | Birmingham REP | Dir. Fiona McDonnell | [asst. director]