In the 'House Seats'

Ep31: Sasha Regan, theatre producer and director.

December 06, 2020 Season 1 Episode 31
In the 'House Seats'
Ep31: Sasha Regan, theatre producer and director.
Show Notes

Sasha Regan is an English theatre director. In 1998, she founded the Union Theatre, a small fringe venue on the premises of a disused paper warehouse on Union Street in the London borough of Southwark. She has been in charge of the theatre ever since.

Her director credits include: Blondel (The Union Theatre); The Last Five Years (St. James Theatre, Assisted Jason Robert Brown); Out There (Union Theatre); Cinderella (Watersmeet, Rickmansworth); H.M.S. PINAFORE (Hackney Empire/UK tour); Pipe Dream (Union Theatre); Pirates Of Penzance (Hackney Empire/Australian tour); Patience (Union Theatre); Iolanthe (Wilton's Music Hall) and Sweeney Todd (Union Theatre).

She has won critical praise for a number of productions including Sweeney Todd, The Mikado, HMS Pinafore, The Pajama Game, Cabaret and Annie Get Your Gun.

In 2007, Regan was awarded the Stage One Bursary for New Producers by The Society of London Theatre. This was followed by more success when the Union won in the category of Up-and-Coming Theatre at the 2008 Empty Space Peter Brook Awards. She also was awarded ‘Best Director’ in BroadwayWorld Awards 2010; Nominated twice for ‘Best Artistic Director’ in The Off-West End Awards; Winner of ‘Best Off West End Production’ by What’s On Stage 2010; Winner of The Stage One Bursary; Winner ‘Best Fringe Programmer’ at The Fringe Report Awards 2012 and also won The Best Fringe Venue 2013 in The Stage 100 Awards.