Lydia Cook MA Drama Directing Student

Lydia Cook

MA Drama Directing Student


Biography

Lydia Cook is a Bristol based director/theatre maker whose style is immersive, courageous and bold with elements of music and movement.  Her aim as a director is to showcase the voices of people from global majority backgrounds and queer LGBTQIA+ communities and shine a light on their stories.  Lydia aspires to create theatre that is accessible for all to experience and enjoy.

Credits include Legally Blonde the Musical (Redgrave Theatre, 2025).  Little Shop of Horrors (Redgrave Theatre, 2024).  Holes by Tom Basden (The Wardrobe Theatre, 2023) and Assistant Director for Emilia by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Directed by Sally Cookson (Circomedia Bristol, 2023).

Lydia graduated from the MA Drama Directing course at  Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2023.

One of my favourite parts about BOVTS is that it feels ‘homegrown’. From the set to the costume, lighting, acting and sound, every single aspect of a theatre production or film is down to the students. The location of Clifton is so serene and the School being so small everyone knows each other and it feels so personal and special. Violet Morris, BA Professional Acting Student