Ian Hylands

As a director, I work between stage, screen and radio. I have led workshops and youth theatre as well as one to one learning. I am an actors director, forged in the rehearsal room and the wings of theatres who has worked on the crew in just about every job you can do from focus puller to editor. My most recent work includes a remotely filmed hybrid production of "King Lear", "SkyBridge", a new original radio drama and "Juice" a short film I wrote and directed about a rough sleeper during lockdown. On stage, previously I have directed Jez Butterworths "Jerusalem", my own adaptation of Chekhov's "The Sneeze". I am an experienced Shakespeare director having directed "The Tempest", "Richard II", "Othello", "the Merchant of Venice", "Romeo & Juliet". I have written and directed three pantomimes, "Aladdin", "Cinderella" and A Batman pantomime that I wrote/directed "The Dark Knight Before Christmas". My radio work includes multiple short fantasy stories when I directed the inaugural season of Bunbury Banter's radio drama, broadcast in the UK and US. I have directed 60 min one offs, "Freddie goes to France" and Skybridge. Although the drama world has been my focus, I have corporate experience with clients like IBM, Specialist Risk, National Trust, NHS, Portsmouth Football Club and smaller independent clients. I have produced corporate videos, animations and am happy to discuss corporate work.