Board of Directors
Ben White
Mairi Brewis
Heather Doole

William Reynolds

Poppy Burton-Morgan

Artistic Director | Poppy Burton-Morgan
Artistic Director & Resident Designer | William Reynolds
Executive Producer | Heather Doole

Resident Composer | Jessica Dannheisser


poppy burton-morgan | artistic director
Poppy is co-founder and Artistic Director of Metta Theatre. Previous directing credits for Metta include LA VOIX HUMAINE, LE LIVRE BLANC (Riverside Studios), THE STATE WE'RE IN starring Samuel West & Raquel Cassidy (rehearsed reading, Trafalgar Studios), HAMLET - A RETELLING (White Bear Theatre), THE DEVIL'S DRUM (Arcola Theatre), HIDDEN LIGHT (Barons Court Theatre & Oxford Playhouse), THE SHAKESPEARE READINGS (White Bear Theatre), FUENTE OVEJUNA (Oxford Playhouse) and THE BIRDS (Merton Chapel). Other directing credits include FRISKY & MANNISH (Canal Cafe Theatre & tour), SECRETS OF LIFE & LOVE (O'Reilly Theatre, Oxford) and HERE'S TOMMY (King's Head Theatre). Assisting credits include HAMLET (The Factory, dir. Tim Carroll), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, dir. Jonathan Munby), MADAME BUTTERFLY (Opera North, dir. Tim Albery), THE MAGIC FLUTE (Choir of London Palestine Tour, dir. Samuel West), MIRANDOLINA (Royal Exchange, Manchester, dir. Jonathan Munby), DICK WHITTINGTON (Oxford Playhouse, dir. Peter Duncan), ENO GALA CONCERT (London Coliseum, dir. Phyllida Lloyd). Poppy has trained with the National Youth Theatre, Theatre de Complicite, Circus Maniacs, Shared Experience & the Young Vic.

william reynolds | co artistic director & resident designer
William is co-founder and co-Artistic Director of Metta Theatre. Set & lighting credits include SECRETS OF LIFE & LOVE (O'Reilly Theatre, Oxford), HAMLET - A RETELLING (White Bear Theatre), DESDEMONA: A PLAY ABOUT A HANDKERCHIEF (White Bear Theatre), PIPPIN (Bridewell Theatre), FUENTE OVEJUNA (Oxford Playhouse), KID-SIMPLE: A RADIO PLAY IN THE FLESH, CAN'T PAY WON'T PAY (Edinburgh Fringe). Other set credits include ONE-NINETEEN (Arcola Theatre), THE FEAR OF RODERICK USHER (Riverside Studios), HIDDEN LIGHT (Barons Court Theatre & Oxford Playhouse), CAN'T PAY WON'T PAY (Edinburgh Fringe). Other lighting credits include THE MAGIC FLUTE (Palestine Tour, Dir. Sam West), THE DEVIL'S DRUM, THE CONSTANT PRINCE (Arcola Theatre), THREEPENNY OPERA, ALL MY SONS, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, (Oxford Playhouse), PAST TENSE (Old Red Lion Theatre), HOMELANDS (Bolton Octagon, BNT studio), JULIUS CAESAR (OUDS Japan tour). He trained at Motley Theatre Design School & Oxford University.