Rosie Kat is an award-winning theatre and opera director originally from Newcastle Upon Tyne. Her work primarily explores power imbalance in interpersonal and political drama, expressed through bold and highly physical performance.
She has directed for Opera North, Royal Ballet and Opera, Welsh National Opera, and her production of Lucia di Lammermoor for Barefoot Opera won the Fringe Theatre Award for Best Opera Production 2025/26.
Rosie has Masters with Distinction in Theatre and Opera Directing from Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and BA Drama and English Literature from the University of Birmingham.
Rosie specialises in directing Learning and Engagement productions including Tales Untapped (Royal Ballet and Opera), Mini Magic Flute (Opera North), The Secret of the Black Spider (Opera North), Figaro Reimagined (Streetwise Opera), The Monster in the Maze (Sheffield Crucible Theatre), Pied Piper of Hamelin (Northern Opera Group), Carmen (Opera on Location), and The Journey (Citizens of the World Refugee Choir).
Rosie was director of Leeds Youth Opera from 2020-2022, where she directed Jonathan Dove's The Enchanted Pig and the world premiere of Murphy and Attridge's ARC23. She is also an RBO Create and Sing Director Artist, leading CPDs for school teachers throughout the country for Royal Ballet and Opera.
Credits as assistant and associate director include
Opera North, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera,
Leeds Playhouse, Opera Holland Park, Longborough Festival,
Grange Festival, Royal Ballet and Opera and Glyndebourne Festival.
