Hetty Hodgson (she/they) is a director who works collaboratively to tell stories which are both political and playful.

She is the Artistic Director of multi-award winning Pigfoot, telling stories about the climate crisis with the least carbon impact possible. They are a supported artist with ThickSkin Theatre, and has recently completed their role as Bryan Forbes Assistant Director with the National Youth Theatre REP company.

Credits as Director include: HOT IN HERE (Pigfoot, Gate Theatre & UK Tour), I Really Do Think This Will Change Your Life (Mercury Theatre, ThickSkin, Pleasance), BOTHERED (a short film commissioned by The Space), How To Save A Rock (Pigfoot, English Touring Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre 'Lets Do London'), Sharp (LAMDA MishMash Festival), Pepi and Me (Camden Peoples Theatre), Yes Chef (R&D: Roundhouse, Unity Theatre, North Wall), A Perverts Guide to the Internet (R&D: Sheffield Theatres).

Credits as Assistant / Associate Director include: Twelfth Night (National Youth Theatre REP Company), War of the Worlds (Rhum and Clay, Wiltons Music Hall), Love Will Tear Us Apart (ThickSkin & LIPA), Peak Stuff (ThickSkin UK Tour), Fanboy (Worklight Theatre, Soho Theatre, UK Tour)

Alongside their work as a Director, they have worked extensively as a facilitator for organisations across the country, including National Theatre, Southbank Centre, HOME, The Lowry, as well as being an associate artist with the National Youth Theatre.

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"As activism, the play is irresistable... this is theatre with purpose, its mission crucial to the vision created on stage. It fires you up and leaves you outraged, making you want to fight back, too.
The Guardian on HOT IN HERE

"Howell’s arresting writing slashes through the pulsating production design with its deconstructed set of screens and mirrors, lighting, sound and video design, which, through Hetty Hodgson’s dynamic direction, capture the cacophony of commentors, pings and pop-ups that endless flow from its fragmented reality."
The Scotsman on I REALLY DO THINK THIS WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE

"A fascinating blueprint for the future of theatre-making"

The Stage Innovation Award Nomination for IRDTTWCYL

"As activism, the play is irresistable... this is theatre with purpose, its mission crucial to the vision created on stage. It fires you up and leaves you outraged, making you want to fight back, too. The Guardian on HOT IN HERE

"A fascinating blueprint for the future of theatre-making"

The Stage Innovation Award Nomination for IRDTTWCYL

"As activism, the play is irresistable... this is theatre with purpose, its mission crucial to the vision created on stage. It fires you up and leaves you outraged, making you want to fight back, too.
The Guardian on HOT IN HERE