Wild Wood (Fontanella pictured at The Lights, Andover)
Coker’s jerkily rhythmic score made a powerful impact from the start
The Times
Tim Coker is a Festival Director, Artistic Director, Teacher, Theatre-Maker, Composer.
He is published by Edition HH.
In 2023, Tim was nominated for an Offie Award for his Edinburgh Fringe production 2nd Picture of Dorian Gray.
He is currently Artistic Director at the Macready Theatre, Rugby; Festival Director, Festival on The Close; a Trustee of Bloomsbury Festival and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He also teaches drama, theatre and performing arts at Rugby School in Warwickshire.
Macready Theatre Young Actors’ Ensemble, dir. Tim Coker 2024
Tim trained at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and holds degrees from the universities of Manchester, Royal Holloway University of London and Reading. His PhD focuses on the relationship between contemporary music, Shakespeare, experimental theatre and the modern audience.
Tim’s has directed and written new work for a range of artists, ensembles and venues including Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, Pleasance Theatre, Wycombe Swan, Anvil Basingstoke and C Venues Edinburgh and his music and theatre work has been performed at festivals and in concert halls across Europe by some of the world’s leading ensembles including the Buxton Opera House, York Mystery Plays, Traverse Theatre, BBC Singers, Orkest de Volharding, Fontanella, Red Note Ensemble and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Times
