SANCTUARY, 2026, Pleasance Dome
★★★★ ‘At the heart of Josh Seymour’s tenderly directed piece are two utterly stellar performances’ WHATSONSTAGE
★★★★ ‘Directed by Josh Seymour, both actors give delicately emotional performances which become deeply moving’ GUARDIAN
★★★★ ‘Tender, nuanced performances… sensitively directed by Josh Seymour’ THE SCOTSMAN
★★★★★ ‘Beautifully written and flawlessly delivered… [it] is both elegant and deeply affecting’ THEATRE WEEKLY
★★★★ ‘Heartwarming and tragic’ BROADWAY WORLD
HERE COMES J. EDGAR!, 2026, King’s Head Theatre
★★★★ ‘Exuberantly directed by Josh Seymour… A ridiculously fun ride of a musical with entertaining and imaginative set-pieces’ GUARDIAN
★★★★ ‘An absolute scream…the overall impression of Seymour’s chaotic yet focused staging is of a cartoon-made-flesh, and it’s irresistible’ WHATSONSTAGE
★★★★ ‘Irreverent, incredible... directed with a keen eye for comedy… Each member of the company is given a chance to shine in Seymour’s joyfully batty production’ THE STAGE
★★★★ ‘This could be the most purely entertaining new musical of the year’ MUSICAL THEATRE REVIEW
★★★★★ ‘Side-splitting and outrageous in all the best ways… a rip-roaringly funny exposé’ LONDON BOX OFFICE
★★★★★ ‘One of the most exciting, hilarious, and uplifting theatrical events of the year’ HACKNEY GAZETTE
WE HAD A WORLD, 2026, Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
★★★★ ‘Director Josh Seymour marshals terrific performances from this superb trio’ ARTS DESK
★★★★ ‘Josh Seymour directs with a confident, unobtrusive touch… Funny, poignant and beautifully observed’ LONDON THEATRE 1
★★★★ ‘A delicious and spicy ensemble piece worthy of Edward Albee’ LONDON BOX OFFICE
★★★★★ ‘Remarkable work by director Josh Seymour’ JEWISH RENAISSANCE
★★★★★ ‘The superb cast delivers a masterclass… Josh Seymour’s direction elevates the piece at every turn ’ THE SPY IN THE STALLS
RAGDOLL, 2025, Jermyn Street Theatre
★★★★ ‘Under the artful direction of Josh Seymour… the play [has] an audacious theatricality’ GUARDIAN
★★★★ ‘Fizzingly theatrical’ DAILY MAIL
★★★★ ‘Director Josh Seymour shuffles the players brilliantly until they all appear together’ DAILY EXPRESS
★★★★ ‘Short, snappy and hugely enjoyable’ EVENING STANDARD
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, 2025, Sheffield Crucible Theatre
*Nominated for Best Play Revival at the 2026 WhatsOnStage Awards*
★★★★ ‘Impressively intense staging… Josh Seymour’s production wisely eschews gimmicks, and instead focuses on the story’ THE STAGE
★★★★ ‘Josh Seymour’s intense production for Sheffield Crucible, while preserving the drama in the exchanges between characters, adds an increasingly potent expressionistic ingredient’ WHATSONSTAGE
★★★★★ ‘A striking piece of theatre’ NORTHERN ARTS REVIEW
★★★★★ ‘Cold, heartbreaking and tragic in all the best ways… a must-see’ SHEFFIELD MAGAZINE
★★★★★ ‘Tantalising and devastating … innovative and dynamic staging’ NORTHERN SOUL
SPEND SPEND SPEND, 2024, Royal Exchange Theatre
★★★★ ‘Sex, snobbery and a romp of a musical … Josh Seymour’s revival soars when it unleashes Viv’s appetites via glorious, giddy theatricality’ THE TIMES
★★★★ ‘[A] sparkling revival ... Seymour directs at a blistering pace’ THE STAGE
★★★★ ‘Directed with ebullience by Josh Seymour’ TELEGRAPH
★★★★ ’Josh Seymour has clearly approached this true story with gusto … has all the fizz and pizazz of freshly popped champagne’ WHATSONSTAGE
THAT FACE, 2023, Orange Tree Theatre
★★★★★ ‘This stunning revival will tear right through you… Josh Seymour’s finely calibrated direction manages to be both stylised and punchy but intimate and truthful… The show is packed with tiny but deeply unsettling details that tear right through us’ GUARDIAN
★★★★★ ‘Josh Seymour’s production is a fittingly suffocating, hold-your-breath affair…a tense, magnetically performed revival…a remarkable portrayal of a family in crisis’ THE STAGE
★★★★ ‘Director Josh Seymour makes full use of the Orange Tree’s in-the-round auditorium to ramp up the claustrophobia…chillingly compelling’ THE TIMES
★★★★ ‘Josh Seymour’s shattering revival is an immersion in the extreme dysfunction of a middle-class family broken by alcoholism’ OBSERVER
THE NARCISSIST, 2022, Chichester Festival Theatre
Play of the Year ‘Josh Seymour’s fleet-footed production was marvellously deft, with a clutch of beautifully delineated performances’ THE STAGE
★★★★ ‘A zinging evening ... Josh Seymour's production swoops adroitly from shrewd argument to intimate dialogue and jittery sputter' OBSERVER
★★★★ ‘True to the times, much of the communication is texting, inventively represented, in Josh Seymour’s edgily swift staging’ GUARDIAN
‘In Seymour’s terrific, dynamic production — fluidly and effortlessly marshalling the action between different locations and time-frames — Lloyd is well supported by a cast that also includes the wonderful Claire Skinner as the Senator he is advising’ SHENTONSTAGE
’Brilliantly performed and superbly staged’ BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE
HOMOS, OR EVERYONE IN AMERICA, 2018, Finborough Theatre
★★★★★ ’Powerfully combines smart wit and smarting pain, and its inherent energy comes across beautifully in a production from Josh Seymour that positively fizzes’ THE ARTS DESK
★★★★ ’Gradually darkness and doubt rise up through the gaps of Josh Seymour’s forensically choreographed production’ TIME OUT
ADDING MACHINE: A MUSICAL, 2016, Finborough Theatre
★★★★ ’Josh Seymour's dark, intense production is staged with chilling, thrilling precision’ THE STAGE
★★★★ ’Josh Seymour’s production … perfectly captures, in Frankie Bradshaw’s design, the watery strangeness of the afterlife’ GUARDIAN, Michael Billington