THEATRE DIRECTOR
DRAMATURG
Photography: Johan Persson
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 acclaimed actors including Ian McKellen, Imelda Staunton and Tom Hollander.
Sophie won Best Director at the 2024 Stage Debut Awards for her production of Angus Cerini's The Bleeding Tree at Southwark Playhouse, starring Mariah Gale, Elizabeth Dulau, and Alexandra Jensen. The production also received five Off-West End Award nominations, including Best Director, and won for Best Ensemble Performance. Sophie was a member of the 2024 National Theatre Directors Course cohort and runner-up for the 2025 RTST Sir Peter Hall Award.
Recent work includes the world premiere of Daisy Goodwin's Victoria: A Queen Unbound, Rob Madge's adaptation of Charley's Aunt, both at the Watermill Theatre, and the UK tour of the RSC's Hamlet, for which she was revival director.
As a freelance dramaturg and script reader, Sophie works with independent artists and producers, as well as producing houses. Past work includes Paines Plough, Mercury Colchester and Sand & Snow Entertainment.
THEATRICAL ENQUIRIES:
Agent: Amanda Evans
T: 020 7637 4623
Sophie is the winner of Best Director at the Stage Debut Awards 2024 for her production of THE BLEEDING TREE by Angus Cerini
"Sophie Drake's sensitive direction perfectly complements Goodwin's writing."★★★★★ WhatsOnStage
"Gripping" ★★★★ The Stage
"Sophie Drake's direction handles its subject matters with nuance and sensitivity" ★★★★★ BroadwayWorld
"Thought provoking and entertaining." ★★★★ Marlborough N
"The best of what theatre can do" ★★★★★ StageTalkMagazine
"Incredibly effective" ★★★★★ Theatre and Art Reviews
"Sophie Drake's fleet-footed production" The Guardian
"Intelligent, witty and captivating" British Theatre Guide
"Compelling " ★★★★ All that Dazzles
"Sophie Drake's production handles Goodwin's arguments so capably that I found myself consuming them very happily." The Times
"Drake's empathetic direction finds the funny or feelings of frustration in every situation."★★★★★ WhatsOnStage
"Drake's dynamic direction" ★★★★ The Stage
"Sophie Drake's glittering direction" ★★★★ BroadwayWorld
"Superbly directed by Sophie Drake." ★★★★★ SpyInTheStalls
"This production has everything you could want from an updated classic" ★★★★★ StageTalkMagazine
"Directed by Sophie Drake with flair" British Theatre Guide
"Director Sophie Drake has pulled all the farcical threads together brilliantly " ★★★★★ TheatreandArtReviews
"Charming, witty, light-footed" ★★★★ Mickey-Jo Theatre
"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
