Roy Luxford is the Creative Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, a globally renowned 25-day celebration of theatre, dance, music, opera, and visual arts. Since 2016, he has led the festival’s artistic direction, welcoming companies and audiences from all over the world.
With decades of experience producing international theatre and dance, Roy has delivered landmark projects for institutions such as the Barbican, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, The Young Vic, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center New York, the Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival, the Chekhov Festival in Moscow, and the Venice Biennale.
He previously led three of the UK’s most prominent producing companies—Cheek by Jowl, Michael Clark Company, and DV8 Physical Theatre—and produced major works including the European premiere of Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul and Tim Supple’s One Thousand and One Nights.
Roy also mentors emerging cultural professionals across Europe as the professional lead of the Atelier for Young Producers at the Festival Academy and is an active member of UK Theatre. POSITION: Creative Director, Edinburgh International Festival
