Ed Stambollouian is a theatre and comedy director who trained on the Directing MA at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In 2018 he had his West End debut, directing Harold Pinter’s Night School for the prestigious Pinter at the Pinter Season. Most recently, Ed directed Tatty Hennessy’s ambitious adaptation of Animal Farm at the Royal & Derngate for the National Youth Theatre.
Theatre: Animal Farm (Royal & Derngate), Night School (Pinter at the Pinter Season), Curse of the Crackles (Shoreditch Town Hall), BLUSH (Soho, UK tour and Underbelly), Prince of the River (Old Vic 12, The Criterion), Don’t Waste Your Bullets on the Dead (VAULT Festival), Feathers in the Snow (Unicorn), Awkward Conversations with Animals I’ve F*cked (Underbelly), Wedding (Shoreditch Town Hall), Family Voices & Victoria Station (Trafalgar Studios), Finer Noble Gases/ Lobby Hero (Haymarket, Masterclass), The Aliens (Trafalgar Studios 2), Elegy (Shunt Vaults).
In 2021, Ed created an action-packed, binaural headphones show for kids, Curse of the Crackles, alongside sound artist Ben Ringham and playwright Bea Roberts, produced by Shoreditch Town Hall
Ed also writes and directs comedy. He is a long-time collaborator with stand-up comedian Joe Lycett directing his recent UK tour (More More More: Joe Lycett) which won the Channel 4 Comedy Award for Best Stand-Up 2023. Ed also works extensively with digital talent and has directed UK and world tours with YouTubers Daniel Howell, Max Fosh and Sorted Food.
Comedy: Max Fosh: Loophole (UK/US/Aus tour), Daniel Howell: We’re All Doomed (UK/US/Aus tour), Sorted Food Live: The Big Christmas Bash (Shoreditch Town Hall), Joe Lycett: More, More, More (UK tour), Max Fosh: Zocial Butterfly (UK tour), BONCAS: British Online Creator Awards (London Palladium), Joe Lycett: I’m About to Lose Control (UK tour), Max and Ivan: The Straight Man (BAC), Dan & Phil: The Amazing Tour is Not on Fire (UK tour, London Palladium and US, Australia and Europe tour), That’s The Way Aha Aha Joe Lycett (Edinburgh Festival and UK tour), Joe Lycett: Some Lycett Hot (Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh).
Ed was the associate director on Jamie Lloyd’s Trafalgar Transformed Season which included Pride, The Hothouse and Macbeth.
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