Hugh Wooldridge
- Additional Crew
- Director
- Actor
Trained at LAMDA
Theatre Actor in UK regional theatre, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury Actor in West End, The Dame of Sark with Celia Johnson and Tony Britton (1974) Assistant Director to Alan Ayckbourn, Eric Thompson, Freddie Carpenter, David Kelsey, Frank Hauser, Philip Grout and Michael Blakemore Resident Director at the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester; the Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead, and the Old Vic Theatre, London Director of more than 60 productions in London and throughout the UK Artistic Director and CEO of The Jolly Good Production Company producing plays and TV programmes Director of international tours of Jesus Christ Superstar and The Rocky Horror Show as well as national tours of plays by Noel Coward, Daphne du Maurier and Dylan Thomas.
TV Writer An Evening with Alan Jay Lerner (1982) TVS Writer An Evening with Liz Robertson (1982) TVS Researcher No 72 (1982) TVS Writer and Creative Consultant Challenge Anneka (1987) BBC TV Director and writer An Evening with Alan Jay Lerner (1989) PBS USA from Lincoln Center, New York Director and writer A Gala Concert for Hal Prince (1992) Bayerischer Rundfunk and Eurovision, Munich Director and writer Who Could Ask For Anything More? - the centenary celebration of Ira Gershwin at the Royal Albert Hall, London (1996) Thames HD/BBC TV Director and co-adapter with Tim Rice Chess in Concert (2008) PBS USA from Royal Albert Hall, London Director and writer The Songs of Tim Rice (2017) PBS Maryland - nominated for 3 local Emmy Awards - Best Artistic Program, Best Lighting and Best Direction. It won the Emmy for Best Lighting.
Theatre Actor in UK regional theatre, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury Actor in West End, The Dame of Sark with Celia Johnson and Tony Britton (1974) Assistant Director to Alan Ayckbourn, Eric Thompson, Freddie Carpenter, David Kelsey, Frank Hauser, Philip Grout and Michael Blakemore Resident Director at the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester; the Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead, and the Old Vic Theatre, London Director of more than 60 productions in London and throughout the UK Artistic Director and CEO of The Jolly Good Production Company producing plays and TV programmes Director of international tours of Jesus Christ Superstar and The Rocky Horror Show as well as national tours of plays by Noel Coward, Daphne du Maurier and Dylan Thomas.
TV Writer An Evening with Alan Jay Lerner (1982) TVS Writer An Evening with Liz Robertson (1982) TVS Researcher No 72 (1982) TVS Writer and Creative Consultant Challenge Anneka (1987) BBC TV Director and writer An Evening with Alan Jay Lerner (1989) PBS USA from Lincoln Center, New York Director and writer A Gala Concert for Hal Prince (1992) Bayerischer Rundfunk and Eurovision, Munich Director and writer Who Could Ask For Anything More? - the centenary celebration of Ira Gershwin at the Royal Albert Hall, London (1996) Thames HD/BBC TV Director and co-adapter with Tim Rice Chess in Concert (2008) PBS USA from Royal Albert Hall, London Director and writer The Songs of Tim Rice (2017) PBS Maryland - nominated for 3 local Emmy Awards - Best Artistic Program, Best Lighting and Best Direction. It won the Emmy for Best Lighting.
