Sita Thomas

Sita is a multidisciplinary director from Pembrokeshire. She is a Creative Associate at Wales Millennium Centre, a Headlong Origins Director and a presenter of Channel 5’s milkshake!

Sita holds a PhD from the University of Warwick examining cultural diversity in theatre, and a Masters in Movement Direction from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She is an Ambassador Trustee of Young Vic, a Trustee of Emergency Exit Arts and a member of the advisory group for Refugee Week. 

She has worked as Co-Artistic Director (maternity cover) at Common Wealth theatre, and as Trainee Artistic Director at Bush Theatre as part of Artistic Directors of the Future’s Up Next programme. Sita has held staff, associate, assistant and movement director positions at organisation including National Theatre, Southbank Centre, Royal Court, Theatre Royal Stratford East, National Youth Theatre, Out Of Joint, and Watford Palace. 

Sita leads Tamasha’s Directors artist development programme. Recently she has directed Go Tell The Bees (National Theatre Wales), Under the Mask (Tamasha, Oxford Playhouse), We Are Shadows: Brick Lane (Tamasha, Rich Mix), and Le Cabaret de Rien and Romani Girl (Theatre Royal Stratford East).