Katharine Farmer

23.5 Hours (2024)
★★★★ “Farmer’s taut direction builds a sense of sickly, foreboding paranoia into even the most casual-seeming conversation” - The Stage
★★★★ “Director Katharine Farmer helms a production that’s gutsy and disturbing” - Broadway World

The Least We Could Do (2023)
★★★★★ Spy in the Stalls

Never Not Once (2022)
★★★★ “Gut-wrenching” – The Guardian
★★★★ “Katharine Farmer intelligently directs this naturalistic play” – Morning Star
★★★★★ “Incredibly powerful, totally absorbing and completely heart-wrenching” – The Upcoming

Never Not Once (2020)
”Adept staging by Katharine Farmer builds momentum to riveting intensity.” - The L.A. Times
”Director Katharine Farmer beautifully builds intensity” - Santa Barbara Independent

Other People’s Money (2019)
“Director Katharine Farmer keeps the scenes light and pacy” – The Guardian
“Katherine Farmer’s production is a slick and fast-paced evening” - The Reviews Hub

Heisenberg (2019)
”The concept informs so much of the play, and the actors run with it” - The L.A. Times
”Thanks to Katharine Farmer, a talented young director from England, the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura continues its hot streak” - Santa Barbara Independent
”It will inspire you, give you hope, and make you think about humanity and how none of us is an island, so long as we make sure not to build walls between us” - Broadway World

Kiss Me (2018)
"If a director’s main job is to ensure the work on the page gets the best possible realisation on a stage than you couldn’t ask for better than Farmer provides" - Kris Hallett

Incognito (2017)
"Expertly directed by Katharine Farmer" - Santa Barbara Independent
"...the ensemble of actors under the supremely intelligent direction of Katharine Farmer make the play worth a trip to Ventura to the Rubicon Theatre" - Broadway World

Gulf View Drive (2017)
"Director Farmer’s assured hand keeps the story insightful, articulate and witty without eclipsing emotional authenticity" - The L.A. Times
"Farmer's direction is outstanding" - Broadway World

See Rock City (2016)
"Pitch-perfect staging by Katharine Farmer once again" - The L.A. Times
“Farmer delivers an experience with an emotional punch and satisfaction that could only be achieved by first-rate directing" - Society 805

Pig Farm (2015)
“Director Katharine Farmer brings home the bacon with a final act that is both outrageous and hysterically funny, sired from the sort of comic-book violence that owes a lot to Punch-and-Judy.” - Stage Review

Last Train To Nibroc (2015)
"Under Katharine Farmer’s assured, insightful direction, [Erik] Odom and [Lily] Nicksay demonstrate theatrical savvy and maturity well beyond their years, radiating seriocomic charm with nary a wasted word, sidelong glance or emotional beat in this poignant, under-appreciated play." - The LA Times