Edward Dick trained as an assistant director with theatre company Cheek by Jowl.

Theatre directing credits include The Pitchfork Disney at the Arcola; The Fastest Clock in the Universe at Hampstead Theatre; A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Sydney Theatre Company; Our Country’s Good at Liverpool Playhouse; Gaslight at Salisbury Playhouse; Fewer Emergencies at the National Theatre, Prague; Twelfth Night at the Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park; Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe and ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore at Southwark Playhouse.

His work in opera includes Carmen, Tosca (TMA nomination for outstanding achievement in opera) and Hansel and Gretel for Opera North; the world premiere of Tarik O’Regan’s Heart of Darkness (Royal Opera House – South Bank Show award nomination); the UK premiere of Rossini’s Maometto Secondo (Garsington Opera); Ein Maskenball (Volkstheater Rostock); La Voix Humaine (Cheltenham Festival); The Rape of Lucretia (Aldeburgh) and The Turn of the Screw (King’s Head).

Ed’s first short film, An Act of Love, premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival and has played at festivals around the world. He has also directed a second short, That Woman, as well a Little Cracker for Hillbilly / Sky One. As part of the BBC continuing drama training scheme he has directed episodes of EastEnders, Holby City and Doctors, for which he received an RTS nomination for outstanding new talent. He is a member of BAFTA Connect, was recently featured on the BBC New Talent hotlist and is currently working on Silent Witness as part of the DUK High End Drama training scheme.