Denise Silvey

Director

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Denise Silvey

Director

Denise trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and began her career as an actress and singer working in the West End, film, television and radio, this she continues to do, but has also moved into casting, direction and production.  Since 2009 she has worked as Production Supervisor and then Artistic Director of The Mousetrap, being responsible for casting both the West End and National tours of the production. 

Casting credits include:  Cinderella (Feature Film) Jack and the Beanstalk (Feature film), Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast (Godalming Pantos), Hot Flush (National Tour)  MUSIK (Edinburgh and West End) The Dame (Park Theatre), Dead Sheep (Park Theatre and National Tour), Audience with Jimmy Saville (Park Theatre and Edinburgh)  The Roundabout (Park Theatre and New York),  Twitstorm, Deny Deny Deny and Twilight Song (Park Theatre) ,  Alex Salmond Unleashed (Edinburgh and National Tour), Once Seen on Blue Peter (Edinburgh Festival), , The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (National Tour), The Watcher (Waterloo East Theatre), The Translucent Frogs of Quuup ( Edinburgh Festival, Ambassadors Theatre, Kings Head), Burton,  Clown in the Moon Wilde Without the Boy (Edinburgh and St James’s Theatre), The Man Called Monkhouse (National Tour)  

Direction credits:  A Christmas Carol and Pygmalion (St Paul’s Church Covent Garden),  The Mousetrap (Indian National Tour,  Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpar and Shanghai), The Survivor’s Tale (Radio), The Avengers (Radio),  The Pargetter Triptych (Podcast), Tesla’s Imprint (Audible) The Charles Kingsley Festival (Eversley Festival,  Lapland (Event), Don’t Call Me Nigel (National Tour) 

Denise also works as a producer for Cahoots Theatre Company and Panto Online.  

Future productions include:  Bloody Difficult Women (Riverside Studios), Wodehouse in Wonderland (Edinburgh Festival and tour)  and Looking for Me Friend (Edinburgh Festival and tour), MUSIK (feature film) 

She is also a recipient of both Stage One Bursary and Start Up Fund for producers and is a member of the League of Independent Producers.  

2022

The Mousetrap

Casting and Associate director
St Martin’s Theatre
Dir:  Ian Talbot

Bloody Difficult Women

Producer
Riverside Studios
Dir:  Stephen Unwin

Wodehouse in Wonderland

Producer and Director
Edinburgh Festival
Robert Daws -William Humble

MUSIK

Casting Director and Producer
Feature Film
Dir: Andy Morahan

2021

The Mousetrap

Casting and Associate director – four casts
St Martin’s Theatre
Dir: Ian Talbot

Cinderella

Casting director
Godalming Panto
Guildford Fringe

Cinderella

Casting director and producer
Panto Online
Dir: Peter Duncan & Ian Talbot

A Christmas Carol
Pygmalion

Director
Paul Burton Productions

Tesla’s Imprint

Director and Narrator
Audible Books

2020

Jack and the Beanstalk

Casting Director and Producer
Panto Online
Dir: Peter Duncan & Ian Talbot

The Pargetter Triptych

(director and editor) Radio podcast with Graham Seed   – Cahoots Theatre Co.

The Mousetrap

Casting Director
St Martin’s Theatre
Dir: Ian Talbot