Kate Golledge is a director, dramaturg, and creative leader specialising in new musical theatre and large-scale live entertainment.
Her work spans theatre, immersive experiences and live spectaculars in the UK and internationally, including projects for Disney, Balich Wonder Studio, Holiday on Ice and Cirque du Soleil.
She is currently creating a new concept for Cirque du Soleil and recently directed Legally Blonde at the Esplanade Theatre in Singapore.
She is an Associate Artist of the Singapore Repertory Theatre, where her original family shows have reached audiences of more than 200,000.
She also works extensively in new musical development, collaborating with writers and producers to shape shows from first idea to production.
Current Projects:
Cirque du Soleil – Concept Creation / Dramaturgy
Developing a new large-scale live entertainment concept.
88 Keys – Director/ Dramaturg
Working with Kitty Morgan to develop the musical towards full production.
Holiday on Ice: Mirage – Dramaturg
Working with Robin Cousins to create a new international ice spectacular. Touring from December 2026.
Artemis Fowl – Dramaturg
Working with Eoin Colfer on the stage adaptation of the bestselling novel series.
Balich Wonder Studio / Disney – Writer / Creative Development
Creating concepts for large-scale theme park and location-based entertainment.
Selected Directing Credits:
Legally Blonde (Director)
Written by Laurence O’Keefe, Nell Benjamin and Heather Hach
Singapore Repertory Theatre – Esplanade Theatres on the Bay
Disney: The Castle (Show Director and Writer)
Produced by Balich Wonder Studio, Propeller Live, TML Enterprises and Disney Music Group
Riyadh Boulevard.
Thrive: UK Tour with Dr Rangan Chatterjee (Director and Dramaturg)
UK National Tour
Phil McIntyre Productions
Principles of Deception (Director and Dramaturg)
Written by Dave Gorman and Ali Cook
SMART Entertainment
Northampton Royal and Derngate
The Keyworkers Cycle / Assembly: The Teacher’s Play (Director and Dramaturg)
Written by Sonali Bhattacharyya
Almeida Theatre
Lightning Boy (Director and Dramaturg)
Written by Charlie Turner and Liv Warden
National Youth Music Theatre
Birmingham Hippodrome
Claus (Director and Dramaturg)
Written by Andy Collyer and Simon Warne
ARIA Entertainment/ Katy Lipson
Lowry Theatre
Jack and the Beanstalk (Director and Dramaturg)
Written by Pete Rowe
New Wolsey Theatre
Pigs Might Fly (Director and Dramaturg)
Written by Jen Green and Caroline Wigmore
DEM and Golden Toad Theatre
UK Tour
Midnight (Director and Dramaturg)
Written by Timothy Knapman and Laurence Mark Wythe
Union Theatre/ Seoul
Red Riding Hood (Director and Dramaturg)
Written by Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary
Paul Taylor Mills
Pleasance Theatre and international tour.
Jerry’s Girls (Director and Dramaturg/ Adaptor)
From the original work of Jerry Herman
St James Theatre Studio and Jermyn Street Theatre
Aria Entertainment/ Katy Lipson
Stroke of Luck (Director and Dramaturg)
Written by Larry Belling
Starring Tim Pigott-Smith
Park Theatre
Don’t Tell Me Not To Fly (Director and Dramaturg)
Underbelly
McEwan Hall, Edinburgh
Living the Disney Dream outside the Castle in tech, November 2023
Selected Dramaturgy Credits:
Lovestuck (Dramaturg)
Written by James Cooper, Bryn Christopher and Martin Batchelor
Laura Elmes Productions / Theatre Royal Stratford East
Unfortunate – the Untold Story of Ursula the Seawitch (Script Consultant)
Written by Daniel Fox, Tim Gilvin and Robyn Grant
Laura Elmes Productions
Ceilidh (Director and Dramaturg)
Written by Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie aka Noisemaker
Goodspeed Digital Festival/ The Hartt School
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Dramaturg)
Written by Ben Frost and Richard Hough
James Seabright Productions
Then, Now & Next (Dramaturg)
Written by Jon Robyns and Christopher J Orton
Delfont Room, Prince of Wales Theatre
Snow White and Me (Dramaturg and Workshop Director)
Written by Pippa Cleary, Ronald Kruschak and Philip LaZebnik
Delfont Room, Prince of Wales Theatre
Former Head of New Work at the National Youth Music Theatre, with ongoing work as a dramaturg and development consultant for producers and writers developing new musicals.
For Families and Young Audiences:
As an Associate Artist of Singapore Repertory Theatre, Kate’s productions include Playmakers, The Gingerbread Man, Nursery Crimes, Chicken Little, Charlotte’s Web, Treasure Island, The Emperor and the Nightingale, Junior Claus, Red Riding Hood and Fantastic Mr Fox.
Selected UK family work includes:
Errol’s Garden, Miss Moore Thought Otherwise, Pigs Might Fly, Claus and Aladdin.
Earlier and Associate Work:
Associate / Resident Director: Impossible (West End & World Tour), The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium), Sweet Charity (Menier Chocolate Factory / Theatre Royal Haymarket), Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine (Menier Chocolate Factory / Trafalgar Studios).
Assistant Director: Salome (Royal Opera House), Daddy Cool (Shaftesbury Theatre), Julius Caesar (Barbican), The Doorway Project (Young Vic).
Training: Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Member: Stage Directors UK
Arts Council England: Develop Your Creative Practice recipient
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