“Southerland is making an increasingly well-argued case to be the best young theatre director around”

Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

Multi award-winning theatre director

Thom is Associate Artistic Director of MAST and Mayflower Theatre in Southampton. Having been nominated for four consecutive Evening Standard Awards, Thom won Best Director 2011 at the Off West End Awards for Me And Juliet at the Finborough Theatre. Amongst others, his Southwark Playhouse productions of Parade, Titanic, Grand Hotel and Mack and Mabel won many awards, with TITANIC receiving both the WhatsOnStage and Off West End Awards for Best Production. His work has been produced in London and the USA and have subsequently transferred internationally.

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Noises Off

Cottbus, Germany, 2022

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She Loves You

Aarhus, 2022

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The Illusionist

Tokyo, 2021

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Angela's Ashes, The Musical

Croydon, 2019

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Titanic The Musical

Moscow, 2019

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Candide

Bergen, 2018

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Harold and Maude

London, 2018

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The Woman In White

London, 2017

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