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ABOUT

Photo by Marc Brenner

BIO

Lydia is a theatre director based in London. She is enrolled on the MFA Theatre Directing at Birkbeck College, through which she most recently assistant directed work at Arts Ed for their Musical Theatre BA shows. 

She has worked mostly in new writing and musical theatre, but is a passionate Shakespeare enthusiast too. 

UPCOMING

THERMODRAMA

By Coco Cottam

Summerhall Arts, Edinburgh Fringe

2026

THE CHILDREN

By Lucy Kirkwood

Lyric Theatre Hammersmith

2026

(Asst. Director; dir. Rachel O'Riordan)

Into The Woods

Photo by Coco Cottam

LYDIA FREE | DIRECTOR
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