Omar Elerian

Omar Elerian

Director

ITA

Italian of Palestinian descent, Omar Elerian (he/him) trained in Italy and then graduated from Lecoq International Theatre School in Paris in 2005. 

He was the resident Associate Director at the Bush Theatre from 2012 to 2019, where he commissioned and directed some of the theatre’s most successful shows. 

As sole director for the Bush, his credits include smash-hit Misty by Arinzé Kene (Bush, West End and Off Broadway), NASSIM by Nassim Soleimanpour (Bush, Traverse Theatre and world tour), GoingThrough by Estelle Savasta and Islands by Caroline Horton. As Associate Director working alongside Madani Younis, his credits include The Royale by Marco Ramirez, Leave Taking by Winsome Pinnock and Perseverance Drive by Robin Soans. Outside the Bush, he directed Olivier nominated show You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy by Caroline Horton and co-created acclaimed site-specific showThe Mill: City of Dreams with Madani Younis for Freedom Studios. His most recent directing credits include The Return of Danton by Syrian playwright Mudar Alhaggi which premiered at the Munchner Kammerspiele, The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco at the Almeida Theatre, the Olivier nominated Two Palestinians Go Dogging by Sami Ibrahim at the Royal Court andAs You Like It for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. 

 

Headshot by Alaa Alatrash

Shows worked on

Current as of December 2024

Omar Elerian has worked with...

Peter Adams

Peter Adams

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Immanuel Bartz

Immanuel Bartz

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Rike Berg

Rike Berg

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Erica Browne

Erica Browne

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Anna Clock

Anna Clock

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Kirsty Housley

Kirsty Housley

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Ethan Hudson

Ethan Hudson

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Axel Lischke

Axel Lischke

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Katja Rivas Pinzon

Katja Rivas Pinzon

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Jorge Andres Rivas Pinzon

Jorge Andres Rivas Pinzon

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Stewart Pringle

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Derek Richards

Derek Richards

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Lotta Sahlstedt

Lotta Sahlstedt

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Jackie Shemesh

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Nassim Soleimanpour

Nassim Soleimanpour

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Rhys Velasquez

Rhys Velasquez

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen