Sophie Drake in rehearsals for Patriots, Almeida Theatre.
Photography: Marc Brenner
ABOUT
Sophie Drake is an award-winning theatre director and dramaturg based in London. ​She has worked on large-scale productions in the West End and on Broadway with actors including Ian McKellen, Penelope Wilton, and Tom Hollander. Sophie is the winner of the 2024 Stage Debut Best Director Award and was invited onto the '24 NT Directors Course.
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Sophie's recent production of Angus Cerini's multi-award winning play THE BLEEDING TREE starring Mariah Gale, Elizabeth Dulau and Alexandra Jensen, ran at Southwark Playhouse and won the 2024 Stage Debut Best Director Award. The production received fantastic reviews and five Off-West-End nominations, including Best Director.
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This year, Sophie worked as the Associate Director to Rupert Goold​ on the Broadway Transfer of Peter Morgan's Olivier-Award-winning PATRIOTS at the Barrymore Theatre and the Off-Broadway transfer of Almeida Theatre's THE HUNT, starring Tobias Menzies. Before that, she was Michael Grandage's Associate on the world premiere of Marcelo Dos Santos' new play BACKSTAIRS BILLY.
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Sophie is currently Associate Director on Hamlet at the RSC.
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THEATRICAL ENQUIRIES:
Agent: Amanda Evans
T: 020 7637 4623
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Sophie is the winner of Best Director at the Stage Debut Awards 2024 for her production of THE BLEEDING TREE by Angus Cerini
"It's Drake's assured hand on the tiller that makes it work so terrifyingly well." Tim Walker, The New European
"Breathless and compelling from beginning to end."★★★★ The Stage
"Sophie Drake gives a direction masterclass" ★★★★★ All That Dazzles
"Exquisitely painted on the stage like a poem in motion." ★★★★ Reviews Hub
"Sophie Drake manages to create a nuanced atmosphere that breathes both absolute fear and real hope." ★★★★★ West End Best Friend
"Creatively, Drake delivers a masterclass in atmospheric storytelling" There Ought to be Clowns
"Note-perfect production by Sophie Drake" ★★★★ ajhlovestheatre
"Seamless direction" ★★★★ Reviews Gate
