Till The Stars Come Down

ALISON REID BIOG FOR BOVTS 2026: Alison’s directing work includes 'The Hills of California' (Institute of Arts Barcelona); 'God Of Carnage' (Frinton Summer Theatre 2025); 'Emilia' (Institute of Arts Barcelona); 'The Trials' (The Courtrooms, Bristol, BSA); 'Bestseller' (Frinton 2024); 'The Welkin' (Engine Shed, Bristol, BSA); 'The Long Goodbye and other Tennessee Williams Shorts’ (Tobacco Factory Theatre Spielman Studio, BA BSA); 'The King’s Speech' (Frinton 2023); 'Dance Nation' (Tobacco Factory Theatres/BSA); 'Ladies in Lavender' (Frinton 2022); 'The Best of Times' by Michael Morpurgo; the world premieres of 'Glutz' (Cardiff & Prague for Royal Welsh College); 'Feast' (Royal Welsh College) and 'Icebergs' for The Actor’s Playground Theatre Company. She has directed 'Midas' (Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, devised project MFA); Numerous text projects including: 'The Cherry Orchard', 'An Enemy of the People' (BOVTS, BA); 'Till the Stars Come Down', 'Romeo and Julie', 'Six Characters in Search of an Author' (Bristol School of Acting, BA); 'Island Town', 'Mayfly', 'Gun Dog', 'The Love of The Nightingale', 'Philistines', 'Angels in America', 'Her Naked Skin', 'Pitchfork Disney' and 'That Face' (BSA). She was the associate director of 'Private Peaceful' (Tobacco Factory 2014) and the 'Mozart Question' by Michael Morpurgo. She has also directed 'The Magic Vessels' in Chennai, India. Alison is a regular senior acting tutor, director, deviser at Bristol School of Acting (BA Stage and Screen and Diploma,), Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BA and MFA); Royal Welsh (Shakespeare projects for MA design students). She was the Acting Coach on TV drama mini-series 'The Third Day' (Sky Studios/HBO) and 'The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself' (Netflix). Alison trained as an actor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at Adishakti Theatre Laboratory, India. She has performed her one woman show, 'An Elephant in the Garden' by Michael Morpurgo in Pittsburgh, USA, having extensively toured to leading UK venues for ten years, including Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Globe Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol. Alison has performed with the RSC ('Tales from Ovid', 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream', 'Two Gentlemen of Verona', 'The Family Reunion', 'A Warwickshire Testimony', 'The Park', 'Bill' - RSC Fringe/Live Theatre Newcastle); National Theatre ('A Midsummer Night’s Dream' and 'Jo-Jo the Melon Donkey'); Barn Theatre ('Waiting for Anya'), Bristol Old Vic Theatre ('Macbeth', 'Cyrano de Bergerac', 'My Front Line'); and Filter Theatre Company ('Macbeth'). Alison played Florence Hardy in 'A Pure Woman' (World Première Poonamallee Productions’); 'Bolingbroke' in Richard II (Rose Theatre Studio) and 'Widow Horcada' (Barn Theatre). Alison regularly performs with Michael Morpurgo around the UK in The Mozart Question. Her television work includes: Bafta Award winning dramas 'Three Sisters', 'Prisoner 951', 'Five Daughters', 'Neverwhere', 'Cyderdelic', (BBC TV), 'Ruth Rendell' and 'Dalziel and Pascoe' (ITV). She has recorded numerous BBC Radio Plays and audiobooks. Her feature films include 'The Heart of Me' (BBC Films); 'What You Will' (Filter/Fluidity Films).