Becky Hope-Palmer
Becky is a Scottish theatre director and writer from Edinburgh.
Becky is a Glasgow-based theatre director, facilitator and writer. She trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and was Resident Trainee Director at the Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. A finalist for the JMK Award in 2019 and 2021; she is an Associate Artist with She Productions.
Becky is directing Machinal for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Autumn 2026.
She is also currently writing a new project for Charades Theatre Company, with support from Creative Scotland.
Director
Recent directing credits include: Walking on Eggshells (Siren Theatre & Scissorkick); Gush, Letters to Our Future Government (Traverse Theatre); Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas (Birmingham Rep); Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Comedy of Errors (Petersfield Shakespeare Festival); The Penelopiad (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); Bridezilla and the Orchard of Sin, Hotdog, Bloodbank, Not Now, He Who Opens the Door (A Play, a Pie and a Pint); Woman Walking (Sylvain Productions with Perth Theatre); God Catcher (Petrichor Productions/Prickly Pear Productions); The Steamie (Dundee Rep), Seven Against Edinburgh (Lyceum Theatre); Bombshells, It’s Different For Girls (She Productions).
Writer
As a writer, Becky’s first play with music, Seven Against Edinburgh, was produced by the Lyceum Theatre in 2022. Her most recent musical, Lifeline, with Charades Theatre Company, performed to great success off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre and made history performing at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2024. It has also just completed a run at Southwark Playhouse in the Spring of 2026.
Facilitator
Becky has a great passion for outreach, learning and participation. Working across a variety of educational institutions and engagement departments throughout the UK. Her engagement work has included Associate roles with the York Mystery Plays and the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. She also developed an online creative workshop programme for members of the ME/CFS community as part of her Applied Arts and Social Practice Masters at Queen Margaret University.