Photo Credit: Philippa James 2022
RIA PARRY
Ria is Director of The North Wall Arts Centre in Oxford: www.thenorthwall.com
She is a director and producer, winning four Fringe-First Awards at the Edinburgh Festival.
As a director, Ria’s current productions include the new musical Who Let The Gods Out by Maz Evans at Polka Theatre; and Pied Piper: a hip-hop family musical (co-directed with Conrad Murray), which is on its second UK tour.
Other directing includes: Rosie and Hugh’s Great Big Adventure by Victoria Saxton and Nick Cope (CBeebies); Burnt Out in Biscuit Land by Touretteshero (Co-Director). The Apology by Kyo Choi (New Earth / Arcola), A Gig for Ghosts by Fran Bushe (45 North / Soho Theatre), E8 by Marika McKennell (North Wall/ Edinburgh Festival), Love and Money by Dennis Kelly (Rada), Spring Awakening (Lamda), The Island Nation by Christine Bacon (Ice and Fire at Arcola Theatre), Jane Wenham: The Witch of Walkern by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Out of Joint national tour), The Girl Who Never Looked Up (National Theatre Learning), On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson (Salisbury Playhouse), The Winter's Tale Re-imagined (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre), Dr Korczak's Example by David Greig (Unicorn Theatre), Tales of Winter by Mary King and Ria Parry (Southbank Centre), Fen by Caryl Churchill (Finborough Theatre), Not I by Touretteshero (Creative Associate).
She has worked extensively with emerging and early-career writers and directors, running residencies and supporting the development of new plays through The North Wall ArtsLab programme. Ria was awarded the Leverhulme Bursary for Emerging Directors in 2010, becoming Resident Director at the National Theatre Studio. She was previously Assistant Producer and a Creative Producer at Watford Palace Theatre. She is an alumna of the Step Change Cultural Leadership Programme.
