Chris Loveless Theatre Director

2009	Director	Ray Collins Dies On Stage	Fallen Angel/Stepping Out	Alma Theatre
2009	Director	Thursday Coma	Stepping Out/Theatre West	Alma Theatre
2009	Director	Walter’s Monkey	Stepping Out/Theatre West	Alma Theatre
2009	Director	Basildon (reh. reading)	Peter Hamilton	White Bear
2008	Director/Co Producer	Dracula	Okai Collier/Fallen Angel/ White Bear Theatre Club	White Bear
2008	Intern	Various	Ambassador Theatre Group	West End
2008	Associate Producer	Postcards from God: the Sister Wendy Musical	Okai Collier	Hackney Empire Studio
2007- 2008	Director/Co Producer	The Custom of the Country	Fallen Angel/ White Bear Theatre Club	White Bear
2007	Director/Producer*	Normal	Various	Dukes/White Bear/ Greenwich Playhouse/ Alma Theatre
2007	Assistant Director	Othello	Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory	Tobacco Factory
2007	Director	Wilderness (reh. reading)	Stepping Out	Alma Theatre
2007	Director	The Murder Club (reh. reading)	Stepping Out	Alma Theatre
2007	Assistant Director	The Demon Box	Theatre West/Stepping Out	Alma Theatre

Other: I have substantial experience as a dramaturg. I have worked in TV and theatre as an actor and am a former member of the National Youth Theatre (1998 – 2002). I directed youth theatre for ten years, with dozens of credits. I am CRB cleared and hold a full driving licence.

Recent Reviews:

‘...this great production.’
(Time Out Critics’ Choice) Time Out on Moonshadow

'Insightful direction by Chris Loveless brings out the bleak realism as well as highlighting moments of wry humour in this powerful play.'
Plays International on Moonshadow

'Convincing acting, under Chris Loveless’ direction, makes us believe in the agonising tension, hope and despair of life at the margins.'
The Stage on Moonshadow

‘Brilliant theatre… theatre and new writing at its most raw.’
Extra! Extra! on Moonshadow

‘Funny, moving, neatly constructed and superbly performed.’
Venue Magazine on Ray Collins Dies On Stage

‘Directed with devastating insight and astounding pace by Chris Loveless.’
Plays International on Ray Collins Dies On Stage

‘Crisp direction and therapeutic humour.’
Venue Magazine on Thursday Coma and Walter’s Monkey

'Highly enjoyable studio theatre entertainment.'
The Stage on Dracula

'A musical version of Dracula could have gone horribly wrong, but the Fallen Angel Theatre Company have managed to pull off an entertaining evening in this well produced version of the gothic classic... A night of bloody good fun.'
What’s on Stage on Dracula

'Directed by Chris Loveless... there is a complete believability of the events that unfold. His attention to detail with text and delivery, along with how far to allow ‘high drama’ to unfold without it falling into laughable melodrama is admirable, as are the performances he has drawn out from his twelve-strong cast.'
Musical Stages Magazine on Dracula

‘This is an alternative to the West End, perhaps not so lavish but certainly not lacking in quality.’
UK Theatre Net on Dracula

‘Chris Loveless’ staging is much better than merely acceptable: in fact, it’s a fresh, gripping and witty mini-epic.’
(Time Out Critics’ Choice) Time Out on The Custom of the Country

‘The stylized direction is like a finely tooled instrument so precise in its timing and detail that one is impressed to such a degree as to forget the brutality of the content. This is horror that is truly horrible but so well done.’
blanchemarvin.com on Normal

‘A superbly deployed directorial device ratchets up the intensity and sense of confinement. This ambitious production achieves what it sets out to.’
Bristol Evening Post on Normal

Chris Loveless - Theatre Director