Chris Loveless Theatre Director

2011	Director	Lullabies of Broadmoor	Stepping Out, Chrysalis Theatre & Simon James Collier	Finborough, C venues Chambers St (Edinburgh Festival) & tour
2011	Director	Exit Only (24 Hour Plays)	Theatre Royal Bath & Roughhouse Theatre	Ustinov
2011	Director	Still Life (rehearsed reading)	Fallen Angel & Stepping Out	White Bear
2010	Director	Venus at Broadmoor	Theatre West	Alma Theatre
2010	Director	The Remains of the Day	Simon James Collier, Fallen Angel & Ben David Productions	Union
2010	Director	The Demon Box (Vibrant Anniversary Festival staged reading)	Finborough & Stepping Out	Finborough
2010	Director & Producer	Blavatsky's Tower	Simon James Collier, Fallen Angel & Brockley Jack	Brockley Jack
2010	Director	Stairway to Heaven	Stepping Out, Fallen Angel & Simon James Collier	Blue Elephant Theatre
2010	Director	Vampire Nights	Stepping Out & Fallen Angel	Alma Theatre
2010	Director	Cry (Script Space staged reading)	Tobacco Factory	Tobacco Factory
2010	Director	Ache (Script Space staged reading)	Tobacco Factory	Tobacco Factory
2010	Director	The Most Beautiful Man in the World (Script Space staged reading)	Tobacco Factory	Tobacco Factory
2010	Director	Beatle’s Big Date (Script Space staged reading)	Tobacco Factory	Tobacco Factory
2010	Director	The Nose & The Face (staged reading)	Fallen Angel	White Bear
2010	Director & Producer	Gifted	Simon James Collier, Fallen Angel & White Bear	White Bear
2009	Director & Producer	Normal	Fallen Angel, Stepping Out & Simon James Collier	Tobacco Factory
2009	Director & Producer	Moonshadow	Stepping Out, Fallen Angel & Simon James Collier	White Bear
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	The Saints of Blasphemy (staged reading)	Fallen Angel	White Bear
2009	Director	Basildon (staged reading)	Peter Hamilton	White Bear
2008	Director & Co Producer	Dracula	Simon James Collier, Fallen Angel & White Bear	White Bear
2008	Intern	Various	Ambassador Theatre Group	West End
2008	Associate Producer	Postcards from God: the Sister Wendy Musical	Simon James Collier	Hackney Empire
2007- 2008	Director & Producer	The Custom of the Country	Fallen Angel & White Bear	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 (staged reading)	Stepping Out	Alma Theatre
2007	Director	The Murder Club (staged reading)	Stepping Out	Alma Theatre
2007	Assistant Director	The Demon Box	Theatre West & Stepping Out	Alma Theatre

Other: Recipient of Arts Council Grants for the Arts individual funding for Lullabies of Broadmoor; nominated for the Off West End Theatre Award for Best Director for Stairway to Heaven; highly experienced dramaturg; former youth theatre director with over ten years’ experience and dozens of credits; former actor in theatre and TV and ex-member of the NYT (1998 - 2002); member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain and Equity; driving licence; CRB cleared.

Reviews:

‘Thoughtful, compassionate and fascinating... superbly acted… richly absorbing.’
The Times on Lullabies of Broadmoor

‘Fascinating… directed with delicacy and sensitivity… beautifully performed… one is deeply moved… one of those rare moments in theatre where it all jells into a complete whole.’ Blanche Marvin on Lullabies of Broadmoor

‘Eminently watchable... Director Chris Loveless has motivated an expert cast into creating a deeply irregular and relatively unexplored territory inhabited with spirits, demons and monsters both metaphysical and otherwise.’
The Stage on Lullabies of Broadmoor

‘Compelling… a powerful piece of theatre… impeccable acting… genuinely moving one moment and darkly funny the next, this is a great way to round off your Festival day.’
Three Weeks on Lullabies of Broadmoor

‘Beautifully directed by Chris Loveless.’

Venue Magazine on Venus at Broadmoor

‘Evocative and dark, theatrical and fluid… the story was exposed with clarity and tenderness… This is not one to miss.’
Bristol Evening Post on Venus at Broadmoor

‘Stellar… wonderfully funny, a huge chunk of credit for which must go to director Chris Loveless.’
Bristol 24/7 on Venus at Broadmoor

‘A sophisticated piece of musical theatre. A strong sense of magisterial Darlington Hall… is skilfully evoked in the small playing space, and director Chris Loveless captures the milieu perfectly. A canny West End producer could do far worse than to tweak this fine show for a transfer.’

(Critics’ Choice) Evening Standard on The Remains of the Day

‘The staging is inventive, abounding with whispering servants and the lovers that never come to be. It is a gem… a jewel… that shines its light and lingers on.’
Blanche Marvin on The Remains of the Day

‘Under Chris Loveless’ direction… there is some quite touching and imaginative acting taking place.’
The Stage on Stairway to Heaven

‘A surprisingly funny and interesting piece.’
British Theatre Guide on Stairway to Heaven

‘Chris Loveless' direction delivers a gripping evening's entertainment.’
British Theatre Guide on Blavatsky’s Tower

'The staging and pace of the play are brilliantly eerie… An atmospheric, unsparing and at times unsettlingly funny evening.’

Venue Magazine on Normal

‘This electrifying production… the truly inspired direction of Chris Loveless… resonates long after plangent music has ebbed from the stage.’
Plays International on Normal

‘This great production.’

(Critics’ Choice & Show of the Week) 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

‘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

‘Chris Loveless’ staging is much better than merely acceptable: in fact, it’s a fresh, gripping and witty mini-epic.’

(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.’
Blanche Marvin on Normal

Chris Loveless - Theatre Director