Francesca Goodridge

Francesca is a Welsh, working class theatre director and the previous Associate Artistic Director of Theatr Clwyd. Francesca was selected for the inaugural Warner Bros. Discovery Access programme in partnership with Waterloo Road and the BBC, developing female directors for screen. She was chosen as one of the Development Artists for the RSC being mentored by writer and director Robert Icke and renowned international theatre company Cheek by Jowl. Francesca trained at The National Theatre Directors Course and The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. She was the first recipient of the 18 month Carne Traineeship for Directors in Wales, mentored by Tamara Harvey and prior to that the Trainee Director at The Other Room theatre in Cardiff.

Upcoming productions: Snake in the Grass (Theatr Clwyd/ Bolton Theatre co production), Nye (National Theatre/WMC), Worn Out (BYMT/The Lowry), Miss Wales (new all-female musical and recipient of the National Theatre Studio's Generate Programme, selected for BEAM showcase 2023. Commissioned by Theatr Clwyd).

Selected Credits include; Let The Right One In (Leeds City Varieties)  Constellations (RWCMD), Rapunzel Rock n Roll Panto (Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre),  Rope,  Sleeping Beauty Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto, A Pretty Sh*tty Love, Truth or Dare, Once Upon a Christmas (Theatr Clwyd), Sorter (Swansea Grand Theatre), Faustus : That Damned Woman (Storyhouse Theatre), Carousel (Mountview), The True Adventures of Marian and Robin Hood, The Brothers Grimm presents Cinderella (The Barn Theatre), REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN, Philistines, POSH (LIPA), The Future (National Youth Theatre of Wales), The Crocodile (Cornerstone Theatre), Adam Eve & Steve (The Kings Head Theatre), Shout! The Mod Musical (Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool).