Thom Southerland

Thom Southerland is an English theatre director. ^[1] He studied at Rose Bruford College. He is best known for his revivals of classic musicals in London, especially in fringe theatre. Along with his 2013 Southwark Playhouse production of the Maury Yeston musical Titanic , some of his best-received productions include:

• The Full Monty , New Players Theatre (2009) ^[2]
• Call Me Madam , Upstairs at the Gatehouse (2009)
• State Fair , Finborough Theatre and Trafalgar Studios (2009 and 2010) ^[3]
• Hobson's Choice , Broadway Theatre, Catford (2010) ^[4]
• Me and Juliet , Finborough Theatre (2010)
• Parade , Southwark Playhouse (2012)
• Mack and Mabel , Southwark Playhouse (2012) ^[5]
• Victor/Victoria , Southwark Playhouse (2012) ^[6]
• Daisy Pulls It Off , Upstairs at the Gatehouse (2013)
• Death Takes a Holiday , Charing Cross Theatre (2017) ^[7]

He was nominated for an Evening Standard Award for Parade in 2012, and won an Off West End Theatre Award (Offie) award for Best Director for Me and Juliet in 2011. ^[8]

Southerland has received further Offies nominations for directing Grand Hotel (2015) ^[9] , Ragtime (2016) ^[10] , and Death Takes a Holiday (2017). ^[11]

References

1. Profile
2. Shenton, Mark ." 'The Full Monty' review at New Players Theatre London" ^{[ dead link ]}The Stage, 7 December 2009
3. " State Fair 2010" finboroughtheatre.co.uk, retrieved June 10, 2019
4. "Review 'Hobson's Choice'" londonist.com, 3 March 2010
5. "Review 'Mack and Mabel'" Time Out, 3 March 2012
6. "Telegraph review" Telegraph
7. Hitchings, Henry. "Death Takes a Holiday, theatre review: Musical romance with a distinctly Gothic flavour", Evening Standard , January 24, 2017
8. admin (12 April 2019). "2010: Full Run: Director - Thom Southerland - Me and Juliet - The Offies". The Offies. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
9. "2015: Full Run: Director – Thom Southerland – Grand Hotel". Offies.london. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
10. admin (12 April 2019). "2016: Full Run: Director - Thom Southerland - Ragtime - The Offies". The Offies. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
11. admin (12 April 2019). "2017: Full Run: Director - Thom Southerland - Death Takes A Holiday - The Offies". The Offies. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2025.