Current Projects:
Sophie is currently an Old Vic 12 Director and is developing a new play written by Omar El-Khairy through her attachment. Sophie is also directing POT by Ambreen Razia, (supported by Ovalhouse, Stratford Circus, Brewhouse and Arts Council England), which will perform in London and tour regionally in September-October 2018.
Directing Credits:
Wild East
by April De Angelis at Drama Centre
dirty butterfly
(co-director) by debbie tucker green at Guildhall
Midsummer Roman Feast
self-written at The RSC (Avonbank Gardens/The Dell)
POT
by Ambreen Razia at Ovalhouse (Supported by Stratford Circus)
Photography courtesy of Suzi Corker
The Diary of a Hounslow Girl
by Ambreen Razia, House Theatre National Tour: 13 Venues Including: Arts Depot, Brighton Dome, Bernie Grants & Belgrade Theatre
.Photography courtesy of Suzi Corker
by Amir Nazir Zuabi (short play) at The Young Vic: The Clare
The Diary of a Hounslow Girl (Remount)
by Ambreen Razia, Black Theatre Live National Tour: 19 Venues Including: The Drum, Stratford Circus, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Lighthouse, Derby Theatre, Key Theatre, Tobacco Factory Theatre, Unity Theatre, Theatre Royal Margate, Hounslow Arts Centre & Tara Arts.
Nominated for Best Stage Production at The Asian Media Awards 2016
***** British Theatre **** The Stage **** Everything Theatre ***** Plays To See.
by Ambreen Razia at Ovalhouse
**** Theatre Bubble **** SOOBAX
Photography courtesy of Louis Giles
by Caro Dixey at Tristan Bates Theatre
***** Female Arts *****/ 92% Mouth London ***** Grumpy Gay Critic
Photograph courtesy of El-Alfy Photography
by Jessica Burgess at VAULT Festival
‘Fucking Outside the Box is an impressive feat of writing and storytelling from Burgess, well-directed by Sophie Moniram, with excellent timing, strong characters and effective design elements.’– Simon Holton, A Younger Theatre
‘Polished and well-crafted’… ‘touching, informative and poignant’ – Laura Kressly, Everything Theatre
Photograph courtesy of Ori Jones Photography
Brahman/i
(co-director) by Aditi Brennan Kapil at RADA Festival
by Lucy Maurice at The White Bear Theatre
Photography courtesy of Bobbin Productions
by Jean Anouilh at The Cockpit Theatre
Photograph courtesy of Lucienne Sencier
with Musical Direction from Collin Sell at Worlds End Studios
‘consistently consummate performances’… ‘under the clearly imaginative direction of Sophie Moniram’… ‘exactly the right balance of playful-yet-threatening’… ‘Unforgettable.’ – Martin Slidel, Whats On London
by August Strindberg (in a version by David Greig) at The Cockpit Theatre
Photograph courtesy of Elyse Marks Photography
The Star- Spangled Girl
by Neil Simon at The Karamel Club
Purgatorio
by Ariel Dorfman at The Karamel Club
Zero Degrees
Devised at The Annex Theatre (Southampton University’s Student Union Theatre)
Icebergs (short play) by Camilla Whitehill at Charing Cross Theatre
Kingfisher (short play) by Yasmin Zadeh at Park Theatre
Bells (extract) by Camilla Whitehill at Soho Theatre
A Long Way Home (short play) by Sam Sedgman at Theatre 503
Associate Director Credits:
Old Vic: The Greatest Wealth (In Celebration of the NHS), Currator: Lolita Chakrabarti, Director: Adrian Lester
Assistant Director Credits:
National Theatre: Schools Tour & The Dorfman: The Winter’s Tale by Shakespeare, Director: Justin Audibert
Royal Court: B by Guillermo Calderon, Director: Sam Pritchard
Young Vic & NT Live: Yerma (Remount) by Simon Stone after Federico García Lorca, Director: Simon Stone
The RSC (TOP): Myth by Kirsty Housley and Matt Hartley, Director: Kirsty Housley
Young Vic: Yerma by Simon Stone after Federico García Lorca, Director: Simon Stone (Part of the Young Vic’s Jerwood Assistant Director Programme 2016, supported by The Jerwood Charitable Foundation)
Young Vic: Creditors by August Strindberg, Director: Rikki Henry
The Gate Theatre: The Rise and Shine of Comrade Fiasco by Andrew Whaley, Director: Elayce Ismail
TIE Tour and The Cockpit Theatre: As You Like It by Shakespeare, Director: Ben Caplan
Mountview: A Doll’s House by Ibsen, Director: Carol Harvey
Mountview: Our Town by Thornton Wilder, Co-Directors: Emma Girsch and Debbie Seymour
