George Turvey

George co-founded Papatango in 2007 and became sole Artistic Director in 2013. He has been awarded the Genesis Foundation Prize and named in The Stage 25. He has dramaturged all of Papatango’s productions, including the Olivier Award-winning Old Bridge and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning The Meat Kings! (Inc.) Of Brooklyn Heights.

Theatre direction for Papatango includes The Meat Kings! (Inc.) Of Brooklyn Heights (Park Theatre, nominated for 3 OffWestEnd Awards); The Watch House (UK tour); Some Demon (Arcola Theatre/Bristol Old Vic, nominated for 4 OffWestEnd Awards including Best Director); Shook (Southwark Playhouse/UK tour, nominated for 7 OffWestEnd Awards including Best Director and Best Production; also broadcast on Sky Arts); Here (Southwark Playhouse); Hanna (Arcola Theatre/UK tour); The Annihilation of Jessie Leadbeater (ALRA); After Independence, winner of the Alfred Fagon Audience Award (Arcola Theatre/BBC Radio 4); Leopoldville (Tristan Bates Theatre) and Angel (Pleasance London/Tristan Bates Theatre).

Film direction for Papatango includes Heathenland.

Audio direction for Papatango includes The Silence and The Noise.

George trained as a director on the National Theatre Studio Directors’ course and as an actor at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts. He has appeared on stage and screen throughout the UK and internationally, including the lead roles in the world première of Arthur Miller’s No Villain (Old Red Lion Theatre/West End) and Batman Live World Arena Tour. He is co-author of Being A Playwright: A Career Guide For Writers.