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. Currently, she is the Birkbeck Resident Assistant Director 2026-7 at the Lyric Hammersmith.

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

AT THE MOMENT

THE CHILDREN

By Lucy Kirkwood

Lyric Theatre Hammersmith

2026

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

CINDERELLA

By Joel Horwood

Lyric Theatre Hammersmith

2026

(Asst. Director; dir. Robin Belfield)

Into The Woods

Photo by Coco Cottam