Jordan Murphy | Director

Jordan is an emerging director & dramaturg with credits on West End & 1st class touring productions. Currently, Jordan is resident director & children’s director on Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre). Most recently he directed the UK premiere of Dr Zhivago in concert at Cadogan Hall, starring Ramin Karimloo and Celinde Schoenmaker. Previously, Jordan was on the resident director 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.