Esther Richardson

Esther Richardson (born 1974) is a British theatre director and script editor. She directed an adaptation of Stephen Poliakoff's Breaking the Silence, In 2016, she was appointed the artistic director of Pilot Theatre. where she studied English. She began working with the Royal Shakespeare Company as a literary assistant in 2000. TWP won the Peggy Ramsay award for Momentum in 2004. Richardson was the director, and the play takes the form of "eavesdropped" conversations between characters heading to the airport.

During the European recession, Richardson gathered stories from across Europe in 2013, collecting testimonies about how austerity has impacted people's lives. The project was called All Across Europe and Richardson planned to develop a theatre piece based on what she collected.

Selected stage credits Noughts and Crosses 2019 UK Tour (director) Private Lives (2016) Mercury Theatre (director). Blood (2015) Belgrade Theatre (director). Dancehall (2015) The Cast in Doncaster (director). How to Breathe (2015) Nottingham Playhouse (director). The Glee Club (2013) The Cast in Doncaster (director). Skybus (2011) Derby LIVE (director). Town (2010) Royal & Derngate (director). The Dumb Waiter (2010) Derby LIVE (director). A Kind of Alaska (2010) Derby LIVE (director). Wasteland (2009) New Perspectives/Derby LIVE (director). I Capuleti e i Monetecchi (2007) Pimlico Opera at The Lowry (director). Earl of Mo'Bay (2006) Theatre Writing Partnership (director). Satin 'n' Steel (2005) Nottingham Playhouse (director). Momentum Project and Festival (2004) Lakeside Arts Centre (director). The Cake (2011) Anthem Films.