Ruth Carney

Past Productions

Ruth is currently Associate Director on The Lord Of The Rings (Theatre Royal Drury Lane).
Most recently Ruth directed A Model Girl (Greenwich Theatre); the UK professional premiere of The Laramie Project (Sound Theatre, London) and the world premiere of The Lemon Princess by Rachael McGill from an original idea by Ruth Carney (West Yorkshire Playhouse).
Other directing credits include: My Matisse, Blue Remembered Hills, Measure For Measure, The Sea, Music Lessons, Family, Company, Mina Laury and Emma And Oleanna.
She was joint Artistic Director of the New British Writing Season for the Caird Company, which showcased over fifty new pieces of work.
As an Associate Artist Ruth worked on the BBC Concert Orchestra performance of Pal Joey and On Your Toes performed on BBC Radio Two.
Ruth assisted Hettie MacDonald on the National Theatre’s production and tour of Sanctuary by Tanika Gupta.
Ruth has a BA (hons) from the University of Sheffield and an MA in Theatre Directing from the Russian Theatre Academy, Moscow and Middlesex University, London. Ruth was also a participant on the Directors Course at the National Theatre.
Future projects include: working on a film with Noel Clarke, writer of Kidulthood and Adulthood. She is also developing a verbatim play called Sisters about British Muslim women by Stephanie Street. Sisters has been developed in association with the National Theatre Studio.