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Hamza ALi

Director & Movement practitioner

London & Midlands, UK

About

Hamza Ali is a director and movement director working across new writing and contemporary theatre. His practice balances precise visual composition with psychological depth to illuminate text and performance. He is particularly interested in formally adventurous work and stories that sit between the personal and the political. Recipient of the Embassy Scholarship, MA Movement: Directing and Teaching, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Credits

Selected Directing Credits

Apple Tree / The Bird – Director – The North Wall (Catalyst 2026) – 2026

Where There Is No Time – Director – Seven Dials Playhouse – 2026

Growing Pains – Director – Beckton Globe – 2025

Bottled – Director – artsdepot – 2025

Growing Pains (R&D) – Director – Omnibus Theatre (Engine Room) – 2025

Bhai – Director – The Place – 2023

1518 – Director – Greenside (Edinburgh Fringe) – 2023

Dear Social Services – Director – Kiln Theatre (BCJ Young Company) – 2022

Suitcases – Director (Short Film) – Regent Street Cinema – 2022

Discoballs and Dupattas – Director – Camden People’s Theatre – 2021

Resident and Assistant Director Credits

Community – Assistant Director – Birmingham Rep & UK Tour – 2025

Kiss Marry Kill – Resident Director – National Theatre Studios & UK Tour – 2024

This Is America – Assistant Director – Courtyard Studio, RCSSD (BA Acting MT) – 2021

Selected Movement Direction Credits

Reparations – Movement Director – Pleasance & Edinburgh Fringe – 2026

This Little Earth – Movement Director – Arcola Theatre – 2025

Our Place – Movement Director – Lyric Hammersmith – 2025

The Maladies – Movement Director – Kiln Theatre – 2025

Community – Movement Director – Birmingham Rep – 2025

The Noisy Dinosaur / The Naughty Fox – Movement Director – Woolwich Works & UK Tour – 2025

10 Nights – Movement Director – Riverside Studios & UK Tour – 2024

Statues – Movement Director – Bush Theatre – 2024

Life – Movement Director – Independent Film – 2024

Ablutions – Movement Director – Jesus College, Cambridge – 2024

Duck – Movement Director – Arcola Theatre & Edinburgh Fringe – 2023

Daytime Deewane – Movement Director – Half Moon Theatre & UK Tour – 2022

Statues (Open Labs) – Movement Director – Barbican Centre – 2021

Teaching and Facilitation (Selected)

Arrive Build Create (College Group) – Lead Facilitator – Kiln Theatre – 2025–Present

Arrive Build Create (Young Company) – Movement Facilitator – Kiln Theatre – 2025

Audiomoves in Space – Facilitator and Contributing Writer – Peut-Être Dance Theatre / Royal Observatory Greenwich – 2025

Young Barbican Festival – Consultant – Barbican Centre – 2023

Workshops – Facilitator – LUNG Theatre, Dante or Die, SOLT Theatre Craft Festival – 2022–2024

Teaching Assistant (Drama) – British International School Phuket – 2019–2020

Training

MA Movement: Directing and Teaching – Royal Central School of Speech and Drama – 2021

BA Drama and Theatre Studies – Royal Holloway, University of London – 2019

Directing Short Course – Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (Katie Mitchell) – 2025

Directing Short Course – Birkbeck, University of London – 2025

Creative Access Thrive Programme – 2024

Professional development includes work with Sacha Wares, Complicite, Open Theatre, and advanced training in movement, puppetry and intimacy direction.

View fullsize This Little Earth - 10/2025 Writer – Jessica Norman Director – Imy Wyatt Corner Producer – Izzy Carney Producer – 3 hearts canvas Set and Costume Designer – Cat Fuller Light and Projection Designer – Hugo Dodswort
View fullsize This Little Earth - 10/2025 Writer – Jessica Norman Director – Imy Wyatt Corner Producer – Izzy Carney Producer – 3 hearts canvas Set and Costume Designer – Cat Fuller Light and Projection Designer – Hugo Dodswort
View fullsize This Little Earth - 10/2025 Writer – Jessica Norman Director – Imy Wyatt Corner Producer – Izzy Carney Producer – 3 hearts canvas Set and Costume Designer – Cat Fuller Light and Projection Designer – Hugo Dodswort
View fullsize Bottled (WIP) - 11/2025 Bottled was developed during our Artist Residency at artsdepot, supported by Tsitsit Fringe Festival. Created by an inter-faith artistic team, we engaged local Jewish and Muslim communities; their voices helped shape the work
View fullsize Bottled (WIP) - 11/2025 “Um, water is life. I. Uh, I’m a swimmer as well. I absolutely love swimming and water to me is my refuge, my meditation” - Verbatim Interviewee Co-Created by Adi Gortler and Hamza Ali Designer - Cara Evan
View fullsize Bottled (WIP) - 11/2025 Bottled follows three Barnet Water Company colleagues as they navigate their relationships amidst a rapidly shifting political landscape, demonstrating how political pressures leak into personal spaces. Integrating written te
View fullsize Audiomoves in Space - 06/2025 Created by @peutetretheatre Director & Creator — Daphna Attias Producer — Bridie Donaghy Narrator — Charlie Hendren Composer & Sound Design — Ellie Isherwood, Ben Kelly Engagement Produ
View fullsize Audiomoves in Space - 06/2025 Created by @peutetretheatre Director & Creator — Daphna Attias Producer — Bridie Donaghy Narrator — Charlie Hendren Composer & Sound Design — Ellie Isherwood, Ben Kelly Engagement Produ
View fullsize Audiomoves in Space - 06/2025 Created by @peutetretheatre Director & Creator — Daphna Attias Producer — Bridie Donaghy Narrator — Charlie Hendren Composer & Sound Design — Ellie Isherwood, Ben Kelly Engagement Produ
View fullsize Our Place - 06/2025 Director – Neetu Singh Associate Director – Adrian Paul Jeyasingham Lead Facilitator – Paul Andrew Movement Director – Hamza Ali Producer – Alessandra Zavagno Cast Lyric Hammersmith Company Photo b
View fullsize Our Place - 06/2025 Director – Neetu Singh Associate Director – Adrian Paul Jeyasingham Lead Facilitator – Paul Andrew Movement Director – Hamza Ali Producer – Alessandra Zavagno Cast Lyric Hammersmith Company Photo b
View fullsize Our Place - 06/2025 Director – Neetu Singh Associate Director – Adrian Paul Jeyasingham Lead Facilitator – Paul Andrew Movement Director – Hamza Ali Producer – Alessandra Zavagno Cast Lyric Hammersmith Company Photo b
View fullsize The Noisy Dinosaur - 02/2025 Created by @toucantheatre Writer & Director: James Baldwin Co-writer & Inclusion Consultant: Joe Rizzo Naudi Producer: Hannah Farley-Hills Movement Director: Hamza Ali Illustrator / Artwork: Caleb Simmons
View fullsize The Noisy Dinosaur - 02/2025 Created by @toucantheatre Writer & Director: James Baldwin Co-writer & Inclusion Consultant: Joe Rizzo Naudi Producer: Hannah Farley-Hills Movement Director: Hamza Ali Illustrator / Artwork: Caleb Simmons
View fullsize The Noisy Dinosaur - 02/2025 Created by @toucantheatre Writer & Director: James Baldwin Co-writer & Inclusion Consultant: Joe Rizzo Naudi Producer: Hannah Farley-Hills Movement Director: Hamza Ali Illustrator / Artwork: Caleb Simmons
View fullsize Growing Pains - 01/09/25 Working with the brilliant @nailitheatreco to direct three scenes from Fathima Abdullah’s work in development, ‘Growing Pains’. Performed at Omnibus Theatre’s Engine Room. Writer - Fathima Abdullah D
View fullsize Growing Pains - 01/09/25 “We’ve never worked with a director who puts such care and detail into his work. He completely shifted the actors’ views on ways of working and made such a positive impact on the play.” - Nalini Theat
View fullsize Community - 02/2025 Alongside my role as assistant director, movement direction for Community included storytelling through movement during transitions by developing stylised beats to underscore the narrative shifts. Tying together an exploration of
View fullsize Community - 02/2025 “The scene changes are small movement pieces in themselves, beautifully choreographed by the movement director, Hamza Ali” - British Theatre Guide “The transitions are neatly choreographed by Movement Director,
View fullsize Community - 02/2025 “Set in the heart of Birmingham, Community is a coming-of-age comedy-drama exploring identity, belonging, and friendship. A graduate of Rep Foundry and a proud Brummie, Farrah Chaudhry writes about relationships, identity a