Holly Race Roughan
Director
Holly Race Roughan is the Artistic Director of Headlong.
Most recently for Headlong she directed HENRY V at Shakespeare’s Globe and CORRINA, CORRINA by Chloe Moss at the Liverpool Everyman. She co-created SIGNAL FIRES, a nationwide festival for touring companies, directing in it THE GHOST CALLER by Luke Barnes. She was an Executive Producer on UNPRECEDENTED, the BBC Four, Century Films and Headlong drama anthology, directing HOUSE PARTY by April De Angelis and PENNY by Charlene James for the series. Previously for Headlong she directed the Ibsen adaptation HEDDA TESMAN by Cordelia Lynn, and the UK tour of PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS by Duncan MacMillan. Holly was Co-Director on METAMORPHOSES for Shakespeare’s Globe and the Director of the Lyric Ensemble at the Lyric Hammersmith between 2018 and 2019, directing THE MOB REFORMERS by Omar El-Khairy. Other directing credits include BROKEN DREAMS by Simon Longman for the Royal Court, PRURIENCE for Southbank Centre in London and the Guggenheim in New York, EYE OF A NEEDLE for Southwark Playhouse, Milly Thomas’ A FIRST WORLD PROBLEM and CLICKBAIT for Theatre 503, she directed BEST SERVED COLD by Cordelia Lynn for the VAULT Festival. Holly sits on the board of arts-in-prisons charity Kestrel Theatre Company, where she was Associate Director from 2015 to 2019.