Director
Sophie Motley
The Cunning Little VixenBiography
Sophie Motley made her Irish National Opera debut directing Massenet’s Werther. Her other recent work includes The Summer I Robbed A Bank, Gatman!, Letters of A Country Postman (The Everyman), The Giggler Treatment (The Ark), Here I Belong, Wolves Are Coming For You, Crossings, The Tale of Little Bevan, One Side Lies the Sea (Pentabus), Millions of Years (English National Opera) BEES!, Jockey, CARE, FOLLOW, FARM, (WillFredd Theatre), Tejas Verdes, Vincent River (Prime Cut) The Sleeping Queen (Wexford Festival Opera), Everything Between Us, Plaza Suite (Rough Magic). As a dramaturg, Sophie has worked on Michel van der Aa’s operas Blank Out (Dutch National Opera) and The Book of Sand (The Holland Festival). As Associate Director she worked on Michel van der Aa’s The Book of Disquiet (London Sinfonietta) and Sunken Garden (ENO/Barbican/Opéra de Lyon), The Last Hotel by Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh (Wide Open Opera / Landmark Productions), and Detlev Glanert’s Caligula (ENO/Teatro Colon). Sophie is Artistic Director of Project Arts Centre. She was previously Artistic Director of The Everyman, Cork, Pentabus Theatre and Co-Artistic Director of WillFredd Theatre. Sophie was Staff Director at English National Opera, Resident Assistant Director at the Abbey Theatre and Resident Stage Director for London Sinfonietta.
Jan 2026