Becky Hope-Palmer

Becky is a Scottish theatre director and writer from Edinburgh.

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Becky trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, was Resident Trainee Director at the Lyceum Theatre and is currently an Associate Artist for She Productions in East Yorkshire. She was a finalist for the prestigious JMK Award in 2019/2021 and worked in residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2017-2019. 

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Director

Recent directing credits include: Letters to Our Future Government (Traverse Theatre); Romeo and Juliet, Comedy of Errors (Petersfield Shakespeare Festival); Bridezilla and the Orchard of Sin, Hotdog (Traverse/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); Bloodbank, Not Now, He Who Opens the Door (A Play, a Pie and a Pint); Bombshells, It’s Different For Girls (She Productions). 

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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. 

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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.