Skip to main content
  • What's on
  • Your visit
  • Take part
  • Support us
  • News
  • 25/26 Season Ticket
  • Account
  • Basket
  • Search

Site Menu.


  • Account
  • Basket
  • Search
  • What's on
  • Your visit
  • Take part
  • Support us
  • News
  • 25/26 Season Ticket
Return to main

Wils Wilson

Director

Royal Lyceum Theatre credits: Two Sisters (with Malmö Stadstheater), Red Ellen (with Northern Stage, Nottingham Playhouse), Twelfth Night (with Bristol Old Vic), Wind Resistance (with Edinburgh International Festival), Life is a Dream, Cockpit, The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other.

Theatre credits include: Macbeth (Royal Shakespeare Company), I Want My Hat Back (National Theatre), The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, 306 Dusk, Ignition, Gobbo (National Theatre of Scotland), Candylion (National Theatre Wales), Gastronauts (Royal Court Theatre), Scuttlers (Manchester Royal Exchange), Manchester Lines (Manchester Library Theatre).

Film credits include: crowd, the way I missed the end (ghostbag productions).

Other credits include: Anon (National Theatre Wales), The Portal (Lepus Productions, podcast), music and videos for Meilyr Jones (Moshi Moshi Music).

Awards and nominations include: CATS – Best Director, Best Production for Children and Young People, Best Use of Music – Winner, Brighton Festival Award for Artistic Excellence – Winner, Welsh Theatre Awards – Best Director – Winner, Olivier Awards – Best Family Show – Nominee, LA Critics Circle Awards – Nominee, CATS – Best Director, Best Production, Best Ensemble, Best Use of Music – Nominee.

Wils is Co-Artistic Director of ghostbag (2020-present) and was Associate Director of The Lyceum (2015-2024) and Co-Artistic Director of Wilson+wilson (1987-2007).

Related items

  1. Karine Polwart: Windblown

    Tue 28 – Thu 30 Apr 2026
    A spellbinding blend of folk music, conjured sound, intimate storytelling and stunning, immersive visuals. 
    More info
  2. Daniel Kitson: Maybe a Ghost Story

    Mon 27 Oct
    A singularly seasonal story by Daniel Kitson that is definitely funny, potentially frightening and maybe, just maybe, a ghost story.
    More info
  3. The Seagull - Secret Seats

    Wed 15 Oct – Sat 1 Nov
    Test your luck and book an unreserved ticket for £15. You may be in the Upper Circle, or you could end up in the Stalls!
    More info

More Site Pages

  • Jobs
  • Press
  • News
  • Contact us
  • About Us
  • Hire Us

Contact Details

Box Office 0131 248 4848 boxoffice@lyceum.org.uk


  • X
  • Facebook
  • YouTube

Legal Pages

  • Terms & conditions
  • Cookie policy
  • Privacy policy
  • Site map

Small Print

© 2024 The Royal Lyceum Theatre Company Limited, which is registered in Scotland as a private company limited by guarantee (SC062065) and as a charity (SC010509) at 30b Grindlay Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9AX..

Website by Supercool.