Welcome to Keith Myers Theatre Director
Me
Current and Recent Projects.
P&O and Cunard shows.
Neil Simon's California Suite ran for several years on Cunard Queen Victoria and Alan Aykbourn's Relatively Speaking recently closed on
P&O Aurora after also having had long runs on Oriana and Adonia. I am currently responsible for the new Aardman Wallace and Gromit show, All Hands on Deck, on P&O Arvia and The Outsider, a musical on Cunard Queen Elizabeth.
The Mill at Sonning. The House on Cold Hill, a ghostly thriller by Peter James had a successful run at the Mill at Sonning in 2022, starring Debbie McGee and Matt Milburn.
Aladdin at DG1, Dumfries in 2019, starring Michelle Heaton of Liberty X, had a fab cast and received great reviews.
Please scroll down for more information, my CV and pics.
I have directed major touring productions, repertory seasons and guested at many well known theatres and for premier cruise lines.
I have directed major touring productions, repertory seasons and guested at many well known theatres and for premier cruise lines.
I have 35 years experience directing dramas, comedies, farces, thrillers, musicals, and pantomimes.
I have directed major touring productions, repertory seasons and guested at many well known theatres and for premier cruise lines.
I have directed major touring productions, repertory seasons and guested at many well known theatres and for premier cruise lines.
I have directed major touring productions, repertory seasons and guested at many well known theatres and for premier cruise lines.
I have directed major touring productions, repertory seasons and guested at many well known theatres and for premier cruise lines.
I love a challenge, be it a new work or a classic, in a theatre or site specific and I'm used to working to a tight budget.
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My Philosophy.
Range of experience.
Range of experience.
Range of experience.
I have worked with many well known and highly experienced actors, stars of the big and small screen.
I have directed plays by Alan Ayckbourn, Henrik Ibsen, Alan Bennett, William Shakespeare, Ray Cooney, Terry Johnson, Noel Coward, Neil Simon, John Godber, Richard Harris, J B Priestley, Mike Leigh, Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, John Chapman, Lee Hall, Jean Paul Sartre and Francis Durbridge amongst many others.
Please scroll down for my full CV.
My philosophy.
Range of experience.
Range of experience.
I believe in creating a safe, supportive, respectful and fun rehearsal environment where all members of the team; actors , stage management and designers, feel empowered and able to be brave and release their creativity. I try to be a consensual director and believe it is important that everyone feels they own the production.
Having been an actor I understand the way actors work and realise that everyone has a different way of working; some actors jump in the deep end, others prefer to put a toe in the water first, my job is to ensure they all swim and reach the finishing line together!
Shared experience.
Range of experience.
Shared experience.
I have directed shows and taught in drama schools and for drama training organisations, so I understand all the particular challenges of directing students.
I enjoy the combination of teaching as one directs.
Over the years I have also taught at international theatre summer schools and run bespoke workshops and classes for amateur groups all over Europe and the UK.
Teaching topics include:
acting in Shakespeare, Brecht, High Comedy and Farce. Devised theatre, physical theatre, poetry speaking, basic voice and movement for the stage and improvisation.
My detailed curriculum vitae.
KEITH MYERS
Director CV
Training; The Rose Bruford College. B.A. Honours Degree in Theatre Arts. (1976-9).
Positions held:
Director for The Mill at Sonning Theatre. 2015 - Ongoing.
Director for P&O & Cunard Cruise Lines. 2013 - Ongoing.
Director for Tread the Boards Theatre Company. 2016 - Ongoing.
Director for David Graham Productions. 2016.
Director for Vienna’s English Theatre. 2012 – Ongoing.
Director for Ian Fricker Productions. (No.1 tours). 2009-12.
Associate Director for Bill Kenwright Productions Ltd. (No.1 tours). 2009-2012.
Director for Michael Friend Productions. 2009-15.
Director for Colin McIntyre Prods. Theatre Royal, Nottingham. (Thriller season) 2010.
Director for Mad About Pantomime Productions. (Various venues) 2009 -2012.
Artistic Director of Stage Further Productions Ltd. (Plays, Rep & Panto) 2001-2008.
Artistic Director of Time of Our Lives Music Theatre. (Touring revues) 1997-2009.
Artistic Producer & Director of Ellie Jay. (Concerts, pantomimes and touring plays).
Artistic Director of the Lyceum Theatre, Crewe. (Mixed repertory of plays). 1985-6
Artistic Producer & Director of Corpus Productions. (Touring plays and seasons).
Artistic Director of Motion Theatre Co. (Young People’s Theatre in East Anglia).
Associate Director of Nell Gwynne Prods. (Touring plays and repertory seasons).
Associate Director of the Southwark Playhouse, London. (Classics and new work).
Director of The Portland Playhouse, London. (Classic Plays).
Guest Director for The Blakehay Actors Company.
Guest Director for The Academy Drama School.
Guest Director for The Arts Institute Acting Degree Course, Bournemouth.
For The Mill at Sonning:
Boeing Boeing. (Marc Camoletti). 2015.
The Perfect Murder. (Peter James & Shaun McKenna). January 2016.
Dead Simple. (Peter James & Shaun McKenna). January-March 2017.
A Night in Provence. (Robin Hawdon). September 2018.
The House on Cold Hill. (Peter James & Shaun McKenna). 2022.
For Tread the Boards:
Present Laughter. (Noel Coward). The Attic Theatre, Stratford upon Avon. 2015.
A Christmas Carol. (Dickens). The Albany Theatre, Coventry. Christmas 2016/17.
For Vienna’s English Theatre:
Boeing Boeing. (Marc Camoletti). 2012.
Key for Two. (John Chapman). 2013.
Run for Your Wife. (Ray Cooney). 2016.
For David Graham Productions.
Heartbeat. (D. Lonsdale), Stage version of the ITV show. No1. Tour. 2016.
For P&O and Cunard Cruise Lines:
Wallace and Gromit in All Hands on Deck. Aardman Productions.
Private Lives. (Noel Coward). P&O Adonia. 2013-15.
The Opposite Sex. (David Tristram). P&O Adonia. 2013-18.
Relatively Speaking (Ayckbourn). P&O Aurora, Oriana & Adonia. 2018, - 2024.
California Suite. (Neil Simon). Cunard Queen Victoria. 2018, - 2023.
Fantasy. A disco musical. (K Myers). P&O Aurora. 2019, ongoing.
Dialogue Director on musical production shows across both fleets. 2013, ongoing. Including: Up All Night, Paradise City, The Outsider, Echoes in the Night.
For All At Sea Theatre Company on board Swan Helenic Ship Minerva:
Albert. (Richard Harris). 2015.
Blind Date. (Peter Quilter). 2015.
Secretarial Skills. (Peter Quilter). 2015.
I Say, I Say, I Say! (Various). Music Hall and modern monologues. 2015.
For Bill Kenwright Ltd:
Witness for the Prosecution. (Christie) 2010. Resident Director. No.1 tour.
Murder on the Nile. (Christie) 2012. Associate Director to Joe Harmston. No.1 tour.
For Ian Fricker Productions;
Dry Rot. (John Chapman). 2012. Starring Gareth Hale, Liza Goddard, Andrew Paul, Gemma Bissix, Steven Blakeley and Neil Stacey. No.1 Tour.
Star Quality. (Coward). 2011-12. Associate Director to Joe Harmston. No.1 tour.
Brief Lives. (Garland). 2009. Associate Director to Patrick Garland on the tour with Roy Dotrice.
For Michael Friend Productions:
Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick. (Terry Johnson). Broadstairs Rep. 2015.
We’re Strangers Here. (Eric Chappell). The Theatre Royal, Margate. 2006.
For Stage Further Productions:
Anyone for Breakfast? (Benfield) Starring Shane Connor (Neighbours). UK Tour.
Dead of Night. (Whalley) Starring Chris Ellison (The Bill), Carol Harrison (Eastenders), Louise Jamieson (Eastenders) and Colin Tarrant (The Bill). UK Tour.
Murder by Misadventure. (Edward Taylor). Starring Stefan Dennis (Neighbours) and Peter Dean Eastenders). UK Tour.
Dial ‘M’ For Murder (Frederick Knott) Starring Cheryl Baker and Tony Scannell. Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield & Tour.
The Murder Room. The Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield.
Mixed Feelings. The Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield.
Anybody for Murder? Starring Cheryl Baker, Ross Davidson (Eastenders), Tony Scannell (The Bill), and Frazer Hines (Emmerdale). UK Tour.
Cooking With Elvis. (Lee Hall). Lyceum Theatre, Crewe, starring Carol Harrison.
Gym & Tonic. (John Godber). Lyceum Theatre, Crewe, starring Carol Harrison.
Inside Job. (Brian Clemens). Lyceum Theatre, Crewe, starring Leslie Grantham.
The Opposite Sex (D.Tristram) Lyceum Theatre, Crewe, starring Leslie Grantham.
For Ellie Jay Productions:
Masters of the House. A concert of songs from West End shows featuring principal singers from Les Miserables. UK and International Tours.
Pinocchio. (Myers) A musical. No.1 & 2 UK Tours and 2 Summer Seasons.
Alice in Wonderland. UK Tour.
A Christmas Carol. UK Tour.
Aladdin. Starring Jenny Powell, Juliet Caplan & Robert Fyfe (The Last of the Summer Wine) (Weston-Super-Mare)
Aladdin. Starring Simon Parkin (Aldershot)
Aladdin. Starring Ken Goodwin & Geoffrey Hayes (Bexhill)
Mother Goose. Starring Cindy Marshall-Day (Sutton),
Snow White. Starring Valerie Leon & Nick from Home & Away (Dunfermline).
For Corpus Productions:
The Business of Murder. (Richard Harris). Regent Theatre, Christchurch and tour.
My Fat Friend. (Charles Laurence). Regent Theatre, Christchurch and tour.
For Crewe Repertory Theatre:
Bent (Martin Sherman)
The Secretary Bird (William D. Home)
Abigail’s Party (Mike Leigh).
Time And Time Again (Alan Aykbourn)
Habeas Corpus (Alan Bennett)
Busybody (Jack Popplewell)
The Exorcism. (Don Taylor)
Old Time Music Hall.
Aladdin.
For The Southwark Playhouse, London:
The Venetian Twins. (Carlo Goldoni/Myers). The Southwark Playhouse, London.
Pinocchio. (Carlo Coloddi/Myers). The Southwark Playhouse, London.
War Music. (Christopher Logue). The Southwark Playhouse, London.
For The Portlands Playhouse, London:
Huis Clos. (Jean Paul Sartre). The Portlands Playhouse, London.
The Lady from the Sea. (Ibsen). The Portlands Playhouse, London.
As You Like It. (Shakespeare). The Rheingold Theatre, London.
Musical Comedy Revues for Time of Our Lives Music Theatre:
The Home Front, Playing the Halls, When Movies Were Movies, Millennium Memories, England Swings, The Best of Times, All The World’s a Stage,
Old Time Music Hall, Radio Days and TV Times.
(All written & directed by me. Touring to theatres, arts centres and community venues, 2005-2015).
Freelance:
The House. (Brian Parks). The So & So Festival, London, 2016, The Maltings Theatre, St Albans & The Bread and Roses Theatre, London. 2017.
Deadly Nightcap. (Francis Durbridge). Theatre Royal, Nottingham. 2010.
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Production of a Murder Mystery. (McGillivray). Starring Faith Brown & Anna Karen. UK Tour.
Spider’s Web. (Agatha Christie). Tour of Israel.
Agnes of God. (John Pielmeir). Small Scale UK Tour.
The Merry Wives of Windsor. (Shakespeare). Theatre Du Capucins. Luxembourg.
Comfort and Joy. (Mike Harding). The Blakehay Theatre, Weston-Super-Mare.
All for Mary. (Kay Bannerman). The Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkaldy.
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds. (Paul Zindel). The Jermyn Street Theatre, London.
East. (Berkoff). Tour of Further Education Colleges.
Vincent. (Leonard Nimoy) Man in the Moon Theatre, London & UK Tour.
Revolution. An award-winning comedy sketch show at the Edinburgh Festival.
Graduate Actor Showcase. 2008 & 2009. Arts Institute, Bournemouth & The Soho Theatre, London.
Musicals, Concerts and Children’s Shows;
Masters of the House. A concert of songs from West End shows featuring principal singers from Les Miserables. UK and International Tours.
Pinocchio. (K Myers) A musical for young people. UK tours and summer seasons.
Alice in Wonderland. A musical. UK tour.
Haunted. A new musical featuring the songs of Noel Coward. UK Tour.
Lovely Lady. (Sue Burns) A new musical. Windsor Castle.
Whip Crack Away! (K Myers) A new musical with Country and Western Songs. Small Scale UK Tours.
Donkey Work. (Bernard Goss/Apuleius) Tour of Norfolk and Suffolk Primary Schools.
Dragula. (K Myers) A Vampire Musical with 80s songs. Heaven Night Club, London.
Bag Lady. Tour of German Schools.
Pantomimes;
Aladdin. Starring Michelle Heaton. (Dumfries). 2019.
Jack and the Beanstalk. Starring Phoebe Thomas and Alex Sheldon. (Welwyn Garden City). 2012.
Aladdin. Starring Egghead’s C. J. De Moi. (Clacton-on-Sea). 2011.
Dick Whittington. (The Walthamstow Theatre)
Snow White. Starring Ted Rogers. (Weston-Super-Mare)
Aladdin. Starring Jenny Powell, Juliet Caplan & Robert Fyfe, (Weston-Super-Mare)
Aladdin. Starring Simon Parkin. (Aldershot)
Aladdin. Starring Gabrielle Bradshaw & Gladiator Rocket. (Dunfermline)
Dick Whittington. Starring Peter Dean and Glenda McKay. (Chesterfield)
Jack and the Beanstalk. Starring Bobby Knut & Charlotte McDonagh (Chesterfield)
Aladdin. Starring Bobby Knut and Nicholas Cochrane (Chesterfield)
Cinderella. Starring Des Coleman and Jill Greenacre (Grimsby)
Jack and the Beanstalk. Starring Stefan Booth (Consett)
Aladdin. Starring Ken Goodwin & Geoffrey Hayes (Bexhill)
Mother Goose. Starring Cindy Marshall-Day (Sutton),
Snow White. Starring Valerie Leon & Nick Freedman (Dunfermline).
Aladdin. (Lyceum Theatre, Crewe) .
For The Academy Drama School:
The Libertine. (Stephen Jeffereys). Camden Peoples Theatre.
Still Life. (Brief Encounter) (Coward). The Diorama Theatre, London
The Astonished Heart. (Coward). The Diorama Theatre, London
The Rivals. (Sherridan). The Academy Drama School, London.
Touched. (Lowe). The Academy.
Messiah. (Sherman). The Academy.
Masterpieces. (Daniels). The Academy.
Hedda Gabler. (Ibsen). The Academy.
La Ronde. (Schnitzler). The Academy.
Time and the Conways. (Priestley). The Academy.
How The Other Half Loves. (Aykbourn). The Academy.
Two Birds Alighting on a Field. (Wertenbaker). The Academy.
Teaching experience:
The British Theatre Association.
The London Actors Studio.
London Studio Centre.
The Sylvia Young Stage School.
The Actorworks.
The Blair Academy.
The Festival of European Anglophone Theatre Societies. (FEATS).
Central School of Speech and Drama.
Middlesex University.
The Academy Drama School, London.
The Royal Navy.
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keithmyers27@gmail.com
Keith Myers. Theatre Director
56 St Davids Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom,
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