Maggie Norris

Maggie Norris is a director who has worked extensively in regional theatre and the west end before setting up The Big House. From 2008 – 2012, Maggie was the Artistic Director of Only Connect, a creative arts company working in prisons, schools and from the company’s base in Kings Cross. Directing credits for Only Connect include Any Which Way (Evening Standard and Time Out Critics’ Choice), Family Matters, A Christmas Carol (or Badman Christmas) & His Teeth (Evening Standard and Time Out Critics’ Choice, nominated for 6 Off West End Awards). Other directing work includes Bad Girls – The Musical (West Yorkshire Playhouse, The Garrick Theatre London), The Sunshine Boys (West Yorkshire Playhouse) & The Bodies (LIVE Theatre Newcastle). More recently, Maggie directed Phoenix Rising staged in a car park underneath Smithfield’s Meat Market, Knife Edge (The Big House, Royal Court), Between the Lines (New Diorama Theatre), The Ballad Of Corona V, Mission and Redemption (The Big House) and Blaze FM (The Pleasance at Edinburgh Fringe Festival), winning her the best director award from Theatre Weekly Best of the Fest Awards. In 2025, Maggie produced the series A Big Up, which won two prestigious Lovie Awards: a Silver Lovie and the People’s Choice Lovie for Best Film & Video (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion).