CV

2023-26

Josh has run Fennec Fox Productions in Oxford since late 2024. The company makes striking contemporary theatre which offers aesthetically intense experiences. Fennec Fox has presented shows in venues ranging from studio spaces to the 600-seat Oxford Playhouse.

He also co-runs Whole Headache, a new-writing company he founded with Emma Gibson in 2023. They have taken work to the Lambeth and Brighton fringes.

As well as working as a director, Josh is studying for a DPhil at Worcester College, Oxford. He is writing a thesis on experiences of audience discomfort in contemporary theatre.

Read his theatre criticism blog here: blog.joshuarobey.co.uk

DIRECTING

2026

JUN

THE EFFECT by Lucy Prebble

THE EFFECT by Lucy Prebble

Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford

MAR

THE FLICK by Annie Baker

THE FLICK by Annie Baker

Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford

JAN

COMPANY by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth

COMPANY by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth

Oxford Playhouse, Oxford

2025

OCT

UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov / Robert Icke

UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov / Robert Icke

Keeble O'Reilly Theatre, Oxford

JUN

THE WRITER by Ella Hickson

THE WRITER by Ella Hickson

Michael Pilch Studio, Oxford

MAR

THE CORPSE IN THE ROOM by Emily Gibson

THE CORPSE IN THE ROOM by Emily Gibson

Co-directed with Emma Gibson

The Space, Isle of Dogs, Mar 2025

and Calder Bookshop and Theatre, Lambeth Fringe, Sep 2024

FEB

THE CHILDREN by Lucy Kirkwood

THE CHILDREN by Lucy Kirkwood

Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford

2024

SEP

VEGAS by Alice Roberts and Louis Hadfield

VEGAS by Alice Roberts and Louis Hadfield

Co-Directed with Emma Gibson

The Bread and Roses Theatre, Lambeth Fringe

2023

JUN

MR BURNS: A POST ELECTRIC PLAY by Anne Washburn

MR BURNS: A POST ELECTRIC PLAY by Anne Washburn

Co-Directed with Emma Gibson

ADC Theatre, Cambridge

FEB

YELLOWFIN by Marek Horn

YELLOWFIN by Marek Horn

Pembroke New Cellars, Cambridge

SOUND DESIGN

2025

JUN

CRUSH by Hannah Eggleton

CRUSH by Hannah Eggleton

North Wall, Oxford

2024

SEP

SAP by Rafaella Marcus

SAP by Rafaella Marcus

Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford

Josh has also sound designed several of the shows which he has directed: Uncle Vanya, The Writer, The Children, The Corpse in the Room, Yellowfin.

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