Sophie trained at the University of Bristol Drama Department and has a postgraduate in directing from Drama Studio London.  In 2009, she was part of a small group selected to train on the NT Studio Directors' Course. Sophie is an associate artist at Company of Angels.

 
THEATRE

2012
 
HANSEL AND GRETEL
Directed by Katie Mitchell
National Theatre
Staff Director
 
THE LAST OF THE HAUSSMANS
Directed by Howard Davies
National Theatre
Staff Director
 
National Theatre Studio
Resident Director
18 months
 

2011
 
TACTICAL QUESTIONING: Scenes from the Baha Mousa Inquiry
Edited by Richard Norton-Taylor
Tricycle Theatre
Assistant Director

GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM
By David Wood
Chichester Festival Theatre/ Fiery Angel – UK number 1 Tour
Staff director
 
2010
 
HAY FEVER
by Noel Coward
Rose Theatre, Kingston
Assistant Director
 
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
By William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Globe and UK Tour
Assistant Director
 
NAGGING DOUBT
By Jack Klaff
Finborough Theatre
Director
 
GAMBLING
Devised, with text by Tom Holloway
Soho Theatre
Assistant Director
 
2009
 
IN TOUCH
By Dougal Irvine
Trafalgar Studios 2
Director
 
STOCKWELL
By Kieron Barry
Landor Theatre / Tricycle Theatre
Nominated for an Evening Standard Award
Director
 
NUMBERS
By Kieron Barry
King’s Head Theatre
Director
 
2008
 
DEEPCUT: SCENES FROM AN INQUIRY
By Kieron Barry
Landor Theatre
Director
 
MY BEST FRIEND
By Tamsin Oglesby
Courtyard Theatre
Director
 
2007
 
RETREAT
By James Saunders
Roman Eagle Lodge, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
New End, London
Director
 
AWARDS / PRESS:
 
RETREAT– winner: FringeReview Award
STOCKWELL – Evening Standard Award nomination
 
STOCKWELL by Kieron Barry -

'More gripping than anything else to be seen in the London theatre' ***** THE TIMES

'Beautifully structured by director Sophie Lifschutz… the evening neither judges nor preaches... a superlative ensemble effort' **** THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

'This devastating piece of theatre… will leave you bristling with anger, bewilderment and emotion.' **** THE LONDON PAPER

'Excellent… as gripping as it is chilling' **** TIME OUT CRITICS' CHOICE

'Sharp, sleek script…played by spot-on actors…slickly directed, the piece attains the gripping, sickening momentum of a thriller' **** EVENING STANDARD

'Honest, fair, comprehensive and non-judgmental, Barry and Lifschutz have given us an important, resonant gem of theatre.' **** OBSERVER