Director

Lydia is an award-winning theatre director and audio producer. Her debut play, An Orange in the Subway by Owen Thomas, transferred from The Other Room, Cardiff, to VAULT Festival in 2020, and was subsequently shortlisted for the New Work Award for Week 5 VAULTs. She was nominated for the Charles Parker Audio Award 2023 with 'Family Tree', which was subsequently aired on Radio 4 Extra. She won the Rising Award at the International HearSay Audio Festival 2021 with 'Chameleon'. Lydia has also been associate director, movement director and assistant director at Bloomsbury Theatre, London, and had training from Young Artists' Festival, Cardiff, and National Youth Theatre.

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Family Tree (audio documentary).

Produced and directed by Lydia Kenny.

Listen on Radio 4 Extra

Nominated for the Charles Parker Audio Prize 2023

“delicately and beautifully made, and unfolds simply and mysteriously. An excellent piece, brilliantly structured." - Charles Parker judges

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Company by Stephen Sondheim.

Directed by Lydia Kenny and Maddie Dunn

University College London, 26-28th May 2022.

Nominated for UCL Best Small Show 2022

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My Land's Shore by Christopher J Orton and Robert Gould.

Directed by Catherine Mclean and Lewis Bentley.

Associate Movement Director and Band Swing (violin, clarinet, baritone saxophone)

Bloomsbury Theatre, London 17th-19th February 2022.

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Machinal by Sophie Treadwell.

Directed by Catherine Mclean and Josh Moore.

Associate Movement Director.

Bloomsbury Theatre, London 18th-20th November 2021.

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Theatrephonic Anniversary episodes.

Produced by Emmeline Braefield.

Theatrephonic. August 2021

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Chameleon (audio documentary).

Produced and directed by Lydia Kenny.

Winner of the Rising Award at the HearSay Audio Prize 2021 

Played at the HearSay International Audio Festival May 2021

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An Orange in the Subway by Owen Thomas.

Directed by Lydia Kenny.

Produced by Lydia Kenny and Mica Williams.

VAULT Video Club in immersive 360-degree video, March 2021.

VAULT Festival 2020, 25th February - 1st March 2020.

Nominated for Best Origins award.

Rehearsed Reading at Wales Millennium Centre, September 2019

The Other Room, Young Artists Festival, April 2019

 

Hoping for Butterflies by Lydia Kenny.

Directed by Lydia Kenny.

Produced by Lydia Kenny and Cat on a Piano.

Theatrephonic. January 2021

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Live on the Drive! 

A 10-week street concert series during the 2020 summer lockdown.

Lydia collaborated and performed with pianist Damian Kenny and dancer Zoe Turner.

April-June 2020

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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.

Directed by Srishti Chakrabourghty

Assistant Director and Movement Director

Bloomsbury Theatre, 5th-7th March 2020.

Winner Best Bloomsbury Production 2020

Nominated for Best Individual Contributor to the Arts, UCL 2020

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Wanker Magic by Paul Stoyle. Directed by Lydia Kenny.

Rehearsed Reading, The Other Room. April 2019

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Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra Children’s Concert Series. Conductor: Glyn Oxley.

Red Riding Hood. Music by Robert Patterson and words by Roald Dahl.

Three Little Pigs. Music by Robert Patterson and words by Roald Dahl.

Lieutenant Kijé. Music by Sergueï Prokofiev and words by Lydia Kenny.

Director, narrator and soloist

Stroud Subrooms, Cheltenham Town Hall, 2017-2018

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Other skills

British Sign Language Level 1 2019

TEFL 120 hour Premier Course 2020. Tutor, Team Liaison and training lead with Opportutoring since 2020.

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