Rate My Professor Orla O'Loughlin

Professor Orla O'Loughlin is Vice-Principal and Director of Drama at Guildhall School of Music & Drama in the Drama department, a position she has held since 2018, when she was conferred the title of Professor in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the advancement of her discipline. She earned a Master’s with Distinction in Advanced Theatre Practice from the Central School of Speech and Drama, a PGCE in Drama from the University of Reading, and a BA (Hons) in Theatre & Performance from the University of Warwick. Her distinguished career includes serving as Artistic Director of the Traverse Theatre from 2011 to 2018 and of Pentabus Theatre, as International Associate Director of the Royal Court Theatre, and as Resident Assistant Director at the Donmar Warehouse, where she was awarded the Carlton Bursary. Trained as a staff director at the National Theatre and participant in its Studio Directors Programme, O'Loughlin has directed a wide array of acclaimed productions across the UK and internationally. Notable credits encompass Mouthpiece at the Traverse Theatre, Soho Theatre, Melbourne and Auckland International Arts Festivals; What Girls are Made Of for Raw Material in association with Traverse Theatre at venues including Assembly, Tramway, Tron, Soho, Adelaide, Sao Paulo, and Spoleto International Theatre Festivals; Enough of Him for the National Theatre of Scotland; Lear for Raw Material in association with Singapore International Festival and National Theatre of Scotland; James V: Katherine for Raw Material and Capital Theatres Edinburgh; How Much is your Iron? at the Young Vic; The Hound of the Baskervilles at West Yorkshire Playhouse, UK tour, and West End; and Kebab at Dublin Theatre Festival and Royal Court.