Sean Linnen

In 2014, Sean was Trainee Artistic Director at Sheffield Theatres and Paines Plough in partnership with Arts Council England.

Prior to this he was a Staff Director at the National Theatre and has worked as an Associate/Assistant Director for Donmar Warehouse, English Touring Theatre, Manchester International Festival, The Old Vic, Paines Plough, Rose Theatre Kingston, Sheffield Theatres and the Park Avenue Armory, New York.

Directing credits include: MOJO by Jez Butterworth (RWCMD); 322 DAYS by Lucy Gillespie (Paines Plough); GROWTH by Luke Norris (Paines Plough/RWCMD); A PREOCCUPATION WITH ROMANCE by Beth Grant (Edinburgh Festival Fringe); HOLLOW by Beth Grant (Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter).

Sean also worked on THE VOTE by James Graham for the Donmar Warehouse/Channel Four and was recently Associate Director to Matthew Warchus on his production of Harold Pinter’s THE CARETAKER.