Liz Light

Liz Light is a director who currently runs a youth theatre called Stage2 in Birmingham, England.
She is the sister of actor John Light, is a third cousin of the poet Laurie Lee and the film director Jack Lee. Her father John Light Senior is a retired headmaster and is a former chairman of the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.
Since setting up her first theatre company at the age of 16 Liz has directed over 100 productions, the majority with casts of over 100. She set up Stage2 Youth Theatre 19 years ago and has been at the helm ever since (albeit with assistance). A LAMDA teacher for over 20 years, she has also worked in Marketing, Fund-Raising and Public Relations for organisations such as mac, Birmingham School of Acting and the Royal Family.
Stage2 aim to focus on a wide ranging list of cultures and topics through the medium of their plays, which include:
*Equus
*Road
*Dangerous Liaisons
*Two
*Cabaret
*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
*Tom and Viv
*Lord of the Flies
*In the Bleak Midwinter
*Bouncers
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*The Crucible
*James and the Giant Peach
*Adult Child/Dead Child, in collaboration with Stage2's patron Claire Dowie
*Cider with Rosie
*Daughters of Albion
*Teechers
Light is a known fan of William Shakespeare, and thus Stage2 aims to produce a Shakespeare at least every 18 months. These have included Twelfth Night which was revisited in 2009, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing and The Tempest, which will also be revisited in 2011. Stage2 will also revisit Romeo and Juliet, in April 2011.
The most recent production Stage2 have produced under Light's direction is Shakers. The next production will be a world premiere of Claire Dowie's Arsehammers, and The Year of the Monkey, converted from monologues to two one-act full cast plays and presented as a double-bill. Stage2 received exclusive permission from Dowie, as the company's patron, to adapt and perform her work.
The performance venues for each productions have varied, with the most recent shows performing at the Crescent Theatre (both in the Main House and in the secondary, more intimate studio), whilst previous productions by Light and Stage2 have been performed at the Patrick Centre, the Birmingham Hippodrome and the mac.

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