Jordan Murphy | Director

Jordan is an emerging director & dramaturg with credits on West End & 1st class touring productions. Currently, Jordan is working on a Create Rights International commission to write the book for new musical Samson.

Jordan was most recently resident director & children’s director on Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre). He directed the UK premiere of Dr Zhivago in concert at Cadogan Hall, starring Ramin Karimloo and Celinde Schoenmaker; and After You, a new musical by Parker & Lam at London Coliseum. Previously, Jordan was on the resident team as assistant director of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda (Cambridge Theatre).

Further credits as director: The Railway Children, South Pacific in Concert (Cadogan Hall); Fiver: A New Musical, The Dysfunctional Guide to Being a Third Wheel (Crazy Coqs); After You (Cunard); Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (Upstairs At the Gate House); Double Bubble (Theatre N16); The Surface (European School of Alicante, Spain); Living A Little (The Vaults/New Wee Theatre, Edinburgh); Something Like A Fairytale: A New Musical (Off-Broadway workshop, NYC); The Dreaming (Chain Theatre, NYC); Edges (London Theatre Workshop); Zombie Prom, Radium Girls (Stagedoor Manor, NYC); Blind Bet (Hen and Chickens); A Place Called Oz (Russian Cultural Centre, Mongolia).

Credits as Assistant/Associate Director: Flashdance (South Korea) and Side Show (Southwark Playhouse) for Hannah Chissick; Wonderland (UK Tour), The Busker’s Opera (Park Theatre) for Lotte Wakeham; Eugenius (London Palladium) for Ian Talbot & Mike Jibson.

Training: University of Exeter, National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT), Young Vic Directors Programme.