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).

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