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Jack Bradfield

Writer / Director

Represented by:

Jessica Stewart

Jack Bradfield is an award-winning playwright and director.

He is Artistic Director of Poltergeist, and a winner of the RTST Peter Hall Director Award. He is currently Associate Director on Romeo & Juliet in the West End, and was previously Associate Director on Player Kings in the West End, and Assistant Director with the ITA-Ensemble (Amsterdam), The Old Vic, and on major transfers to New York City.

His past work includes: The Habits (**** – The Times) at Hampstead Theatre; Alice in Wonderland (***** – The Stage) at Brixton House; Abigail’s Party (**** – The Guardian) National Tour; Ghost Walk (***** -LondonTheatre1); Art Heist (**** – The Guardian, New Diorama, Untapped Award 2019); Lights Over Tesco Car Park (**** – The Stage, Pleasance, Samuel French New Play Award). He is currently under commission at Hampstead Theatre.

Jack has a number of film & TV projects in development with Netflix, Sid Gentle, Blueprint Pictures, Expectation, South of the River, and Sony Pictures.

Credits

THEATRE - DIRECTOR/WRITER
Date: 2026
Production (role):
HIDE
Company:
Donmar Warehouse School's Tour
Project details:
Director
Date: 2025
Production (role):
THE HABITS
Company:
Hampstead Theatre
Project details:
Writer

Director: Ed Madden
Production (role):
ONCE UPON ATARI
Company:
Complicité
Project details:
Writer/Director

In development
Date: 2024
Production (role):
ABIGAIL’S PARTY
Company:
Northern Stage / ETT / Rose Theatre / Mercury / Tour
Project details:
Director

Writer: Mike Leigh
Date: 2022 - 2024
Production (role):
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Company:
Brixton House
Project details:
Writer/Director

* 7 Offie Award Nominations
Date: 2021
Production (role):
DIGITAL LAB
Company:
Royal Shakespeare Company
Project details:
Writer

Workshop
Date: 2021
Production (role):
GHOST WALK
Company:
New Diorama Theatre
Project details:
Writer/Director

Immersive audio piece starring Juliet Stevenson, Lydia West, Paterson Joseph, and Tanya Reynolds
Date: 2020
Production (role):
THE ABDUCTIONS
Company:
Rose Theatre / BAC
Project details:
Writer/Director

Rose Theatre / BAC - VR project
Date: 2019
Production (role):
ART HEIST
Company:
New Diorama Theatre / Underbelly
Project details:
Writer/Director

New Diorama Theatre / Underbelly
National Tour (inc. HOME Mcr)
* Untapped Award 2019 / Fringe Sell Out Show
* Guardian - Best Shows of the Fringe
Date: 2018
Production (role):
LIGHTS OVER TESCO CAR PARK
Company:
Pleasance Edinburgh / New Diorama / HOME / The Yard / The North Wall
Project details:
Writer/Director

Pleasance, Edinburgh, New Diorama, HOME, The Yard, The North Wall 2018

* Samuel French New Play Award 2018

Fringe Sell Out Show 2018
TELEVISION
Date: 2026
Production (role):
THE CASTLE (C5 PLAY FOR TODAY)
Company:
Channel 5 / LA Productions
Project details:
Writer

Director: Emma Turner
Production (role):
HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY
Company:
Sid Gentle
Project details:
Episode writer
Production (role):
ROCK BOTTOM
Company:
Sid Gentle
Project details:
Writer

Series - In Development
Production (role):
THE QUEEN'S LOVER
Company:
Expectation
Project details:
Series - in development
Production (role):
UNANNOUNCED PROJECT
Company:
VAL
Project details:
Writers' Room, in development
Production (role):
UNANNOUNCED PROJECT
Company:
Sony Pictures Television
Project details:
Writers' Room, in development
FEATURE FILM
Production (role):
THE GRAND UNIVERSAL
Company:
Netflix
Project details:
Writer

Feature - In Development
Production (role):
99
Company:
Blueprint Films
Project details:
Writer

Feature - In Development
Production (role):
CODE
Company:
South of the River
Project details:
Writer

Feature - In Development
THEATRE - ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Date: 2026
Production (role):
ROMEO & JULIET
Company:
Empire Street Productions / Harold Pinter Theatre
Project details:
Associate Director

Director: Robert Icke
Date: 2024
Production (role):
PLAYER KINGS
Company:
ATG Productions / Noel Coward Theatre
Project details:
Associate Director

Director: Robert Icke
Date: 2023
Production (role):
PYGMALION
Company:
Old Vic Theatre
Project details:
Baylis Assistant Director

Director: Richard Jones
Date: 2019 -
Production (role):
ALMEIDA THEATRE - RESIDENT DIRECTOR
Company:
Almeida Theatre
Project details:
Resident Director
Date: 2021 -
Production (role):
NT CONNECTIONS - MENTOR DIRECTOR
Company:
National Theatre Connections
Project details:
Mentor Director
Date: 2022
Production (role):
HAMLET / ORESTEIA
Company:
Park Avenue Armory NYC
Project details:
Assistant Director

Director: Robert Icke
Date: 2020
Production (role):
KINDEREN VAN NORA
Company:
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam 2020
Project details:
Assistant Director

Director: Robert Icke
Date: 2020 - 2021
Production (role):
THE DIRECTING ZOOM
Company:
Lyndsey Turner and Robert Icke
Project details:
Administrator
Date: 2018 / 2019
Production (role):
HAUNT FESTIVAL
Company:
North Wall Arts Centre
Project details:
Festival Director
TEACHING
Date: 2023
Production (role):
JOURNEY'S END
Company:
Guildford School of Drama
Project details:
Director
Date: 2023
Production (role):
OUR TOWN
Company:
Guildford School of Drama
Project details:
Director
Production (role):
PLAY DAY DIRECTOR
Company:
Mind The Gap
Project details:
Director / Leader
Production (role):
JMK WORKSHOPS
Company:
JMK Trust
Project details:
Director / Leader
AUDIO
Date: 2025
Production (role):
COMEDY PLAYHOUSE: MEMBERS
Company:
Big Finish Productions / Write on Comedy
Project details:
Co-written with Fergus Macdonald

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2026
    Production (role): HIDE
    Company: Donmar Warehouse School's Tour
    Project details: Director
  • Date: 2025
    Production (role): THE HABITS
    Company: Hampstead Theatre
    Project details: Writer

    Director: Ed Madden
  • Date:
    Production (role): ONCE UPON ATARI
    Company: Complicité
    Project details: Writer/Director

    In development
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): ABIGAIL’S PARTY
    Company: Northern Stage / ETT / Rose Theatre / Mercury / Tour
    Project details: Director

    Writer: Mike Leigh
  • Date: 2022 - 2024
    Production (role): ALICE IN WONDERLAND
    Company: Brixton House
    Project details: Writer/Director

    * 7 Offie Award Nominations
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): DIGITAL LAB
    Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
    Project details: Writer

    Workshop
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): GHOST WALK
    Company: New Diorama Theatre
    Project details: Writer/Director

    Immersive audio piece starring Juliet Stevenson, Lydia West, Paterson Joseph, and Tanya Reynolds
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): THE ABDUCTIONS
    Company: Rose Theatre / BAC
    Project details: Writer/Director

    Rose Theatre / BAC - VR project
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): ART HEIST
    Company: New Diorama Theatre / Underbelly
    Project details: Writer/Director

    New Diorama Theatre / Underbelly
    National Tour (inc. HOME Mcr)
    * Untapped Award 2019 / Fringe Sell Out Show
    * Guardian - Best Shows of the Fringe
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): LIGHTS OVER TESCO CAR PARK
    Company: Pleasance Edinburgh / New Diorama / HOME / The Yard / The North Wall
    Project details: Writer/Director

    Pleasance, Edinburgh, New Diorama, HOME, The Yard, The North Wall 2018

    * Samuel French New Play Award 2018

    Fringe Sell Out Show 2018
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2026
    Production (role): THE CASTLE (C5 PLAY FOR TODAY)
    Company: Channel 5 / LA Productions
    Project details: Writer

    Director: Emma Turner
  • Date:
    Production (role): HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY
    Company: Sid Gentle
    Project details: Episode writer
  • Date:
    Production (role): ROCK BOTTOM
    Company: Sid Gentle
    Project details: Writer

    Series - In Development
  • Date:
    Production (role): THE QUEEN'S LOVER
    Company: Expectation
    Project details: Series - in development
  • Date:
    Production (role): UNANNOUNCED PROJECT
    Company: VAL
    Project details: Writers' Room, in development
  • Date:
    Production (role): UNANNOUNCED PROJECT
    Company: Sony Pictures Television
    Project details: Writers' Room, in development
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): THE GRAND UNIVERSAL
    Company: Netflix
    Project details: Writer

    Feature - In Development
  • Production (role): 99
    Company: Blueprint Films
    Project details: Writer

    Feature - In Development
  • Production (role): CODE
    Company: South of the River
    Project details: Writer

    Feature - In Development
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2026
    Production (role): ROMEO & JULIET
    Company: Empire Street Productions / Harold Pinter Theatre
    Project details: Associate Director

    Director: Robert Icke
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): PLAYER KINGS
    Company: ATG Productions / Noel Coward Theatre
    Project details: Associate Director

    Director: Robert Icke
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): PYGMALION
    Company: Old Vic Theatre
    Project details: Baylis Assistant Director

    Director: Richard Jones
  • Date: 2019 -
    Production (role): ALMEIDA THEATRE - RESIDENT DIRECTOR
    Company: Almeida Theatre
    Project details: Resident Director
  • Date: 2021 -
    Production (role): NT CONNECTIONS - MENTOR DIRECTOR
    Company: National Theatre Connections
    Project details: Mentor Director
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): HAMLET / ORESTEIA
    Company: Park Avenue Armory NYC
    Project details: Assistant Director

    Director: Robert Icke
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): KINDEREN VAN NORA
    Company: Internationaal Theater Amsterdam 2020
    Project details: Assistant Director

    Director: Robert Icke
  • Date: 2020 - 2021
    Production (role): THE DIRECTING ZOOM
    Company: Lyndsey Turner and Robert Icke
    Project details: Administrator
  • Date: 2018 / 2019
    Production (role): HAUNT FESTIVAL
    Company: North Wall Arts Centre
    Project details: Festival Director
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): JOURNEY'S END
    Company: Guildford School of Drama
    Project details: Director
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): OUR TOWN
    Company: Guildford School of Drama
    Project details: Director
  • Date:
    Production (role): PLAY DAY DIRECTOR
    Company: Mind The Gap
    Project details: Director / Leader
  • Date:
    Production (role): JMK WORKSHOPS
    Company: JMK Trust
    Project details: Director / Leader
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2025
    Production (role): COMEDY PLAYHOUSE: MEMBERS
    Company: Big Finish Productions / Write on Comedy
    Project details: Co-written with Fergus Macdonald
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