Caroline Leslie is a freelance theatre director who trained at Bristol University, the Central School of Speech and Drama and The King’s Head Theatre also spending a bursary year at Salisbury Playhouse as Resident Associate Director.  Caroline has directed Hay Fever, Kindertransport, The Crucible, Stars in The Morning Sky and After Mrs Rochester (Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff);  The Herbal Bed, Master Harold and The Boys..., Going to the Chapel, Lonestar Mark 3 and Cinderella (Salisbury Playhouse);  My Fair Lady (Storm on the Lawn, Theatre Royal Bath); Top Girls (Birmingham); Tales from Hans (Creation Theatre Company, Oxford).   She directed Don Juan Comes Back From The War in Singapore and, in 2008, spent the summer in Korea, directing the 39 Steps, having previously staff directed this at The Criterion Theatre in the West End. 

Caroline has worked on extensive community projects for the Young Vic Theatre and led an exploratory workshop on Lanford Wilson’s play Burn This.  She was the Artistic Associate Director for the National Youth Music Theatre in 2007, directing Fiddler on the Roof (Bridewell Theatre) and Neil Simon's Little Me (Bloomsbury Theatre).  In 2008 she became a founder member of The Company Music Theatre, a national youth theatre for musicals based in Manchester offering workshops and a summer production.  She directed its award-winning first production, Michael Jeffries' The Rose and the Ring and, in 2009, Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along”.  From 2010 the home of The Company is the Lowry Theatre and, in 2010, the summer show will be Guys and Dolls.  Over the last few months, Caroline has worked as Staff Director on "Pains of Youth" with Katie Mitchell at the National Theatre, directed Cinderella at the Salisbury Playhouse, and is presently directing Hello Again at the RWCMD, Cardiff. 

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