Stef O’Driscoll (she/they) is a critically acclaimed and award-winning theatre director. Accolades include With A Little Bit of Luck by Sabrina Mahfouz being the first radio play to be broadcast on BBC 1Xtra, winning Best Radio production at the BBC Radio and Music Awards 2019.

Stef was previously the Interim Artistic Director of the Gate, the Artistic Director of nabakov, Associate Director at Paines Plough, Associate Director at the Lyric Hammersmith and Resident Artist at the Tobacco Factory. 

When she is not making theatre, Stef is in a drum and bass/jungle rave. She then spends the rest of her time finding ways she can get the people she raves with to come to the theatre. 

Directing credits include The Flood (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch), How To Save The Planet When You’re A Young Carer and Broke (Boundless Theatre), Love Reign (Young Vic), Herstory (Arch 468/Brighton Festival/Lighthouse), A History of Water in the Middle East (Royal Court Theatre), Inside This Box (Clean Break), Lit (Nottingham Playhouse/Hightide), Box Clever (The Bunker), and Yard Gal (Ovalhouse – winner of Fringe Report Awards for Best Fringe Production 2009). 

For Paines Plough: On The Other Hand We’re Happy, Daughterhood, Dexter and Winter’s Detective Agency (Paines Plough/Theatr Clwyd 2019 Roundabout Season); Island Town, Sticks and Stones, How To Spot An Alien (Paines Plough/Theatr Clwyd 2018 Roundabout Season); as well as With A Little Bit Of Luck and Hopelessly Devoted.

For the Lyric Hammersmith, as Co Director: A Midsummer Night’s Dream