Josie Rourke

Josie Rourke is an English theatre and film director She is a VicePresident of the London Library and was the artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse theatre from 2012 to 2019 In 2018 she made her feature film debut with the Academy Award and BAFTAnominated historical drama Mary Queen of Scots starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie During the 2020 lockdown she directed the episode Her Big Chance of the BBC reboot of Alan Bennetts classic 1980s monologues Talking Heads starring Jodie Comer In summer 2021 she directed and cowrote the starstudded short film Rhythm of Life encouraging people to get COVID19 vaccines It featured the song The Rhythm of Life from the 1966 classic musical Sweet Charity and starred Jim Broadbent Derek Jacobi David Walliams Asa Butterfield Colin Salmon Don Warrington Nicola Roberts Russel Tovey and West End dancers