​​​Bronagh Lagan is an award-winning theatre director and dramaturg whose work spans new writing, musicals and large-scale international productions.

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Originally from Northern Ireland, her artistic practice is shaped by political history, identity and the power of storytelling to bridge cultures and communities. Her work is known for its emotional precision, cinematic theatricality and dynamic musicality, often combining formally ambitious staging with deeply human storytelling.

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Bronagh directed the Olivier Award-nominated Cruise by Jack Holden, the first new play to reopen the West End following the pandemic, at both the Duchess and Apollo Theatres. She later directed the filmed adaptation at Shoreditch Town Hall, which won the ONCOMM Award for Best Recorded Show.

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Her productions frequently sit at the intersection of music, politics and cross-cultural storytelling. Recent work includes Flowers for Mrs Harris starring Jenna Russell, named one of The Stage’s Top 50 Shows of the Year and winner of the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Off-West End Production; the reimagined London production of Mrs President starring Keala Settle; Rags, redeveloped in collaboration with Stephen Schwartz for a new actor-musician staging; and Umm Kulthum & The Golden Era, the first bilingual English-Arabic musical of its kind, staged at the London Palladium, Bahrain National Theatre and Dubai Opera.

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Her wider credits include work at the London Coliseum, Theatre Royal Haymarket, Riverside Studios and Hope Mill Theatre, alongside productions touring nationally, streaming internationally on BroadwayHD and generating internationally released cast recordings.

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Alongside directing, Bronagh works extensively as a dramaturg and creative development collaborator, supporting writers and composers from early development through to premiere production. She is part of the literary department at Aria Entertainment’s From Page to Stage initiative and regularly teaches and directs at leading UK drama schools and conservatoires.

Her work is driven by a belief that theatre should expand the canon, connect cultures and operate at both artistic and civic scale.