Julian Woolford

2025-11-18 03:11:06

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Head of Musical Theatre, GSA, University of Surrey

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Currently Head of Musical Theatre at Guildford School of Acting (GSA), part of the University of Surrey, Julian is an academic with a significant industry profile as an award-winning writer, director and educator.

Before joining the University he was Artistic Director of Sevenoaks Playhouse; Artistic Director of the Global Search for New Musicals at the International Festival of Musical Theatre Cardiff and Associate Director of the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch. He is the recipient of a Society of London Theatre Stage One New Producer's Award.

He works internationally as a director and writer many types of theatre. In 2015 he became the first person to direct a commercial musical in Egypt when he staged 'The Sound of Music' in Cairo. He is also the author of 'How Musicals Work', the standard text book for musical theatre dramaturgy.

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–present Head of Musical Theatre, GSA, University of Surrey

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