Gitika Buttoo
Director
About Gitika
Gitika is a Queer British South Asian Director from Yorkshire, currently based in Manchester.
She directs theatre and radio nationally and has just finished her tenure as Staff Director at The National Theatre. She has recently been appointed Regional Associate of Tamasha and has been the full time Artistic Associate of Birmingham Opera Company and Associate Director of LUNG Theatre Company. Gitika was picked to be one of Headlong Theatre's Origins Directors has recently won Best Online Audio Production at the Off West End Awards (2023) and her work on Tanika Gupta’s play, Love N Stuff was nominated for Best Stage Production at the Asian Media Awards (2022).
Her most recent credits include ROAD by Jim Cartwright (Oldham Coliseum) The Father & The Assassin by Anupama Chandrasekhar (The National Theatre) Love N Stuff by Tanika Gupta (Oldham Coliseum, Watford Palace & Sheffield Theatres) and The Jungle Book (Storyhouse Theatre, Chester).
For any freelance enquiries contact - [email protected]
She directs theatre and radio nationally and has just finished her tenure as Staff Director at The National Theatre. She has recently been appointed Regional Associate of Tamasha and has been the full time Artistic Associate of Birmingham Opera Company and Associate Director of LUNG Theatre Company. Gitika was picked to be one of Headlong Theatre's Origins Directors has recently won Best Online Audio Production at the Off West End Awards (2023) and her work on Tanika Gupta’s play, Love N Stuff was nominated for Best Stage Production at the Asian Media Awards (2022).
Her most recent credits include ROAD by Jim Cartwright (Oldham Coliseum) The Father & The Assassin by Anupama Chandrasekhar (The National Theatre) Love N Stuff by Tanika Gupta (Oldham Coliseum, Watford Palace & Sheffield Theatres) and The Jungle Book (Storyhouse Theatre, Chester).
For any freelance enquiries contact - [email protected]
Awards & Nominations
Best Online Audio Production (Award Winner) The Waves – Off West End Awards 2023
Best Stage Production (Nominee) Love n Stuff by Tanika Gupta – Asian Media Awards 2022
Community Project of The Year 2022 (Nominee) Young Carers Project (LUNG Theatre) - The Stage Awards 2022
Best Opera and Music Theatre (Award Winner) Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Birmingham Opera Company) - Royal Philharmonic Society Award for 2020
Reviews
★★★★ Reviews Hub |
★★★★★ West End Best Friend |
★★★ The Stage |
★★★
The Guardian
The Guardian
"From the moment you enter the auditorium, Director Gitika Buttoo makes sure you are integrated into the production. The characters are there, dancing, drinking on the alley, playing darts, making you laugh, making you feel uncomfortable, bringing you into their world by breaking the fourth wall and stepping off the stage into different spaces of the theatre." |
"Gitika Buttoo’s fantastically gripping version of Road allows audiences to truly connect with live theatre and each other whilst celebrating the northern talent whom share their stories with the world." "It’s all delivered beautifully by the cast with powerful direction from Gitika Buttoo. It’s impressive to watch the cast and creative team work to so effortlessly draw the audience into the story." |
"Buttoo’s production is engaging, performed with infectious enthusiasm by the four-strong cast." |
Theatre CreditsDirector
Bhaijaan by Zoe Iqbal Contact Theatre 2023 Lighting Design - Dyaln Tate Sound Design - Sam Redway Director
CHAOS by Laura Lomas Royal Exchange Theatre, Young Company 2023 Set & Costume Design - Rowdah Charbak Sound Design - Werkha Movement Director - Jess Williams Director
A Force To Be Reckoned With by Amanda Whittington Mikron Theatre (National Tour) 2023 Set & Costume Design - Celia Perkins Composition - Greg Last Musical Director - Dan McGlade Director
Period Party by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan Tara Theatre 2023 Set & Costume Design - Helen Coyston Sound Design - Dinah Mullen Light & Projection Designer - Louise Rhoades Brown Director
Reaction by Erinn Dhesi National Theatre Immersive Storytelling Studio & Tamasha (R&D) VR Show 2023 Digital Designer - Donald Shek Director
Macbeth by William Shakespeare Leeds Playhouse 2022 Set & Costume Design - Helen Coyston Sound Design - Dan McGlade Lighting Designer - Jessie Addinall Director
ROAD by Jim Cartwright Oldham Coliseum 2022 Set & Costume Design - Richard Foxton Sound Design - James Frewer Movement Director - Grace Goulding Lighting Designer - Jason Taylor Staff Director
Father & The Assassin by Anupama Chandrasekhar The National Theatre, The Olivier 2022 Director - Indhu Rubasingham Set & Costume Design - Rajha Shakiry Music Director - David Shrubsole Composition - Siddhartha Khosla Movement Director - Lucy Cullingford Lighting Designer - Oliver Fenwick Director
Chop Chop by Afshan D'Souza Lodhi Octagon Theatre, Bolton 2021 (rehearsed reading) Director
Love n Stuff by Tanika Gupta Watford Palace Theatre, Sheffield Theatres & Oldham Coliseum 2021 (Regional Tour) Set & Costume Design - Hannah Sibai Sound Design & Composition - Sarah Sayeed & Adam McCready Director
India Pale Ale by Jaclyn Backhaus Octagon Theatre, Bolton 2021 (rehearsed reading) Director
Disproportionatley Affected (Monologues) Tara Theatre 2021 Set & Costume Design - Rachana Jadhav Sound Design - Duramaney Kamara Director
The Jungle Book by Glyn Maxwell Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre/ Storyhouse 2021 Movement Direction - Grace Goulding Music Direction - Tom Penn Set & Costume Design - Jessica Curtis Director
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TV & Film Credits
(Shadowing) Director
Waterloo Road (Rope Ladder Fiction) Season 11, 2022 |
Director
Exploring Identity (Short Film/ Documentary) SAHM Festival 2020 |
Radio Credits
Director
Baby Mama by Stephanie Reynolds
Tamasha Theatre & Holy Mountain Productions 2022
Radio Series - The Waves
(Multiple National Radio Stations)
Director
Queens by Erinn Dhesi
Tamasha Theatre & Holy Mountain Productions 2022
Radio Series - The Waves
(Multiple National Radio Stations)
Other Involvements
Origins Director
Headlong Theatre
Associate Director & Engagement Manager
LUNG Theatre
Project Associate & Assistant Director
The National Theatre (Public Acts)
Board Member
Unity Theatre, Liverpool
Facilitator/ Workshop Leader
The Royal Exchange
Opera North
SBC Theatre Company
CAST Theatre
Birmingham Opera Company
JMK Trust
Occasional Guest Lecturer/ Director
ALRA North
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts
Speaker/ Panelist
Opera Europa Conference, Paris
National Opera Studio Diversity Conference, UK
Orange Tree Theatre, London
Genesis Young Director
Young Vic
FUSE Director
Leeds Playhouse