FIONA KINGWILL
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Fiona Kingwill is a director who specialises in new writing and form breaking work. Fiona’s immersive theatre work includes Doctor Who: Time Fracture with The BBC and Immersive Everywhere where she was the associate director, and the resident director. She collaborated with Immersive Everywhere and Guild of Misrule as assistant director on The Great Gatsby where she also undertook the role of resident director after its West End transfer in 2019. She returned once more to the project in 2020 as assistant director for its reopening in October of that year. Fiona has also worked as a performance director for companies such as AVR and The Immersive Ensemble, delivering their bespoke events, dining and party experiences.
Fiona’s work as a freelance director has seen her work with, amongst others; Theatre503, VAULT Festival and The Arcola. Other assistant director roles include the UK tour of Antigone with Actors of Dionysus, Twelfth Night for York Shakespeare Project at York Theatre Royal and Heading to Higher Ground, where she assisted Sophie Lifschutz, for Company of Angels, also at York Theatre Royal.
Fiona is the co-founder of Minerva Productions Ltd, of which she is Co-Artistic Director, a company that seeks to share untold stories of the female identifying and non-binary experience. With Minerva, Fiona has directed at Theatre Upstairs (Dublin), The Bunker, VAULT Festival, The King's Head Theatre, The Ovalhouse, The Hope and the Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival.
Fiona is a graduate of the University of York with First Class Honours in Writing, Directing & Performance.
