Blythe believes in work that is subversive, sophisticated, frank and joyful. She stages new stories which share how social, personal and political upheavals impact our everyday lives. 

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This year...

Director, How to Hold Your Breath, LAMDA

Associate Director, The Crucible West End Transfer, Gielgud Theatre

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Before that...

Resident Director

The Crucible at The National Theatre 

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
UK & Ireland Tour, for National Theatre Productions
 

Director

Teenage Dick, Schools Tour for Donmar Warehouse

Jude Starbeam, a film for On the Button Productions

Work Bitch by Jessica Siân, for VAULT Festival

Finding Fassbender by Lydia Larson, at Edinburgh Fringe

Skin A Cat by Isley Lynn, UK Tour 

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Favourite things at the moment...

Hunting out poems. Love a good Rilke verse

Relearning how to swim

Olivia Dean and Corook's albums on repeat

Scene on Radio Podcasts

 

Reading those books on my shelf I've been starring at:
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier, Mrs Death Misses Death by

Salena Godden, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

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Telly: The Bear, Alma's Not Normal, Giri/Haji, Unorthodox, Derry Girls, 

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Plays: Angels in America, We Are Proud to Present, Eurydice, The Antipodes, The Welkin, Macbeth, Cabaret, Passion 

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