Harriet Taylor is an American stage director working across opera, theatre and new work. Full Moon in March at the Linbury Theatre. Photo features Veena Akama Makia. Movement direction: Sarita Piotrowski Design: Anna Reid
Harriet Taylor is an American stage director working across opera, theatre and new work. Full Moon in March at the Linbury Theatre. Photo features Veena Akama Makia. Movement direction: Sarita Piotrowski Design: Anna Reid
Helen, Battersea Arts Centre
The Turn of the Screw, Cape Town 2024
Summer Performance, Royal Opera House
London Film School Graduation Showcase
Helen, VAULT Festival
Harriet Taylor is an American stage director working across opera, theatre and new work. Full Moon in March at the Linbury Theatre. Photo features Veena Akama Makia. Movement direction: Sarita Piotrowski Design: Anna Reid
Scenes from 'Werther', Royal Opera House
Scenes from 'Barber of Seville', Royal Opera House
Skeletons, Cockpit Theatre
Harriet Taylor is an American stage director working across opera, theatre and new work. This photo is from Medea at Royal Ballet and Opera.
Clonter Opera Gala 2023
London Film School Graduation Showcase
Scenes from 'I Capuleti E I Montecchi', Royal Opera House
Nacht, Royal Opera House
Clonter Opera Gala 2023
The Turn of the Screw, Cape Town 2024
The Vagina Musical
Grip, International Youth Arts Festival
The Vagina Musical
A woman smiling, with brown hair and bangs, wearing a navy blue satin blouse, high-waisted blue jeans, a black woven belt, a gold watch, and a delicate gold necklace, standing against a plain grey background.

I direct opera, theatre, film
and new work.
I’m interested in stories that
interrogate power, invite connection, and feel urgent.

Hi, I’m Harriet Taylor

Royal Opera House
Jette Parker Program

Artistic Director
Nothing to Perform

Current work: Royal Ballet & Opera (Figaro) · Opera Holland Park (Ballo)

Current work: Royal Ballet & Opera (Figaro) · Opera Holland Park (Ballo)

A woman with long brown hair and a black woman with short curly hair are holding hands and looking towards something outside the frame in a room with wood panel walls. Several other people are seated behind them, some looking at papers or with focused expressions.

A bit about me…

American director working across opera, theatre, film, and new work - based between London and the Gulf South.

A skateboard with a white deck and black wheels.

I build rehearsal rooms where safety enables rigor, and performers can take real risk.

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I'm drawn to work where beauty and unease coexist, especially stories that grapple with gender, faith, power, and the bodies that bear their consequences.

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