Sally Woodcock is a theatre director and playwright. She is the founder  / artistic director of MESH Theatre Co. 

DIRECTOR / PRODUCER 
'Director Sally Woodcock's painstaking attention to detail takes this play to another level.
- The Daily Telegraph - on Journey's End, Ypres WW1 Centenary production.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sally studied directing at RADA. Credits include: 
BULL by Mike Bartlett
Banging Denmark by Van Badham (The Finborough Theatre, London) 
Journey's End by RC Sherriff (Gunpowder Store, Ypres; Skindles Ballroom, Ypres; The Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks; UK Tour)
The Soldier by Rachel Wagstaff (Salisbury Playhouse, Painted Hall, Greenwich; Macready Theatre, Rugby; Kings College, Cambridge: Great War Huts, Suffolk; St Georges Chapel, Ypres and UK schools tour). by Rachel Wagstaff
Blue Whales by Sally Woodcock (Soho Theatre, Luton Hat Factory, RADA Festival) 
Oxymoronic by Sally Woodcock (RADA)
U Bend by Sally Woodcock (RADA)
Wedding Belles by Sally Woodcock (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh and 78th Street Theatre Lab, New York)
All the Wrong Reasons by Sally Woodcock (Bridewell Theatre, London) 
The Trouser Department by Sally Woodcock (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh)
Yerma by Lorca (Corpus Playroom, Cambridge Arts Theatre) by Lorca
Teechers by John Godber (Corpus Playroom, Cambridge Arts Theatre) by John Godber 
Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett (Mumford Theatre, Cambridge) by Samuel Beckett
The Doll's House by Ibsen (Mumford Theatre, Cambridge) by Ibsen 
The Caretaker by Harold Pinter (Mumford Theatre, Cambridge) by Harold Pinter
The Gate Escape (Mumford Theatre, Cambridge) 
Nusu Nusu by Sally Woodcock (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon) 

In 2005 Sally co-founded HORSESHOE Theatre Co with Toby Parsons, producing live theatre productions of GCSE and A Level curriculum plays and running thematic workshops for schools. HORSESHOE produced and directed more than twenty modern dramas including An Inspector Calls, The Caretaker, Waiting For Godot, A Doll's House, Yerma and Teechers. 
 
In 2016 Sally founded MESH Theatre Co to stage conflict-related dramas in historic locations. MESH's inaugural production was  JOURNEY'S END by R C Sheriff in Ypres, Belgium which ran for 3 years through the WW1 centenary.
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PLAYWRIGHT
Woodcock's writing is daring, assured and stingingly funny - Time Out on Fanta Orange ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Highly unusual and uncategorisably hilarious - Independent on Pink Gin ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Woodcock is a master of the comic monologue - The Stage on Wedding Belles ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Credits include: 
Fanta Orange (Finborough Theatre; developed at NT Studio & RADA) winner Little Brother's Big Opportunity II, Exeunt Critic's Pick, nominated for Best New Play by Offwestend and Time Out and co-winner International Playwriting Festival
Pink Gin (Salisbury Playhouse)
Blue Whales (RADA Festival / Soho Theatre / Luton Hat Factory)
Voices in My Head (Gate Theatre for Tamasha; Latitude Festival for Paines Plough) 
Shamba (TV commission for Little Brother Productions)
Horses For Courses (RADA, shortlisted for Papatango)
Clever (RADA, shortlisted for Menagerie Sparks)
The Trouser Department (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh)
All the Wrong Reasons (Bridewell Theatre)
Wedding Belles (Gilded Balloon & Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh / 78th St Theater Lab, NYC)
Kitchen Sink Drama  (RADA, developed at Royal Court Writers Group)
Oxymoronic (RADA)
U Bend (RADA) 

Sally is a graduate of Tamasha Playwrights and the Royal Court Invitation Group of playwrights. She has an MA in Text and Performance (RADA / KCL); MPHIL in Arts Education (Trinity Hall, Cambridge); B Ed Drama (Homerton, Cambridge) and NCTJ Certificate in Newspaper Journalism. Published by Oberon Books. ​