NEIL BETTLES

Neil is a Theatre Director, Choreographer and Movement Director. Recent work includes Movement Director for James IV, Queen Of The Fight, (Raw Material and Capital Theatres) Scottish tour 2022. Choreographer for Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks, UK and Ireland tour 21/22.  Movement Director for Private Peaceful, UK tour 2022.  As co-founder and Artistic Director of ThickSkin, his directing credits include How Not To Drown, Chalk Farm, The Static, Blackout, Boy Magnet, White Noise. Neil was Associate Director for Frantic Assembly and was nominated for the Off West End award for Best Director for The Unreturning (2019). He also directed This Will All Be Gone and No Way Back for the company as well as Co-Directing 11 Frantic Ignition performances. As Movement Director, Shade (ThickSkin); Carmen (Opera Wuppertal, Germany); The James Plays 1,2 & 3 (National Theatre of Scotland, EIF and National Theatre); Blood Wedding and The Bacchae (Royal & Derngate). As Associate Movement Director, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016 – 2021; Heisenberg (Wyndhams Theatre); The Light Princess (National Theatre) and The Full Monty (Sheffield Theatres and West End) Other credits include, Associate Director Disco Show (La Mama, New York).