Growing up with an actress mother, a writer father and three

older actress sisters meant that Sophie lived and breathed

theatre throughout her childhood. Her directing debut was

Bouncers whilst at Oxford University, where she also directed

'The Tempest' and 'Shakespeare for Breakfast' for the Edinburgh

Festival. After university she trained for a year as a theatre

director at The Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond. She

created Key Players in 2019, and has adapted, directed and

produced all four of Key Players productions. In 2023 she

became an accredited practitioner in the Gonsalves

Method, which is now being widely taught in drama

schools and universities up and down the country.

She also runs a video and e-learning production

company with her husband Sam, and they have

two grown up children, Abbie and Tom.