Andrew Panton is Artistic Director of Dundee Rep Theatre and an award-winning director working across theatre, music and television.

His recent work includes A History of Paper, which won him the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) Award for Best Director, a Fringe First and Music Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award. Co-produced with Pitlochry Festival Theatre, the new production will transfer to New York in spring 2027, starring Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson.

His recent directing credits include James Graham’s Make It Happen (Dundee Rep, National Theatre of Scotland and Edinburgh International Festival), The High Life (Dundee Rep, National Theatre of Scotland, Capital Theatres and Aberdeen Performing Arts), and No Love Songs, which is touring internationally.

At Dundee Rep, Andrew has directed the Scottish premieres of August: Osage County and The Children, alongside new commissions including Peter Arnott’s Tay Bridge and Noisemaker’s Oor Wullie: The Musical.

His work elsewhere includes productions for the National Theatre of Scotland, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Glasgow Citizens Theatre, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Royal & Derngate and Goodspeed Musicals in the United States.

Andrew has also worked extensively in television, including The Voice and Children in Need for the BBC. He was a Creative Director for the opening ceremony of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and has collaborated with Susan Boyle on albums, television appearances and international tours.

A former Artistic Director of Musical Theatre at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Andrew is now a Visiting Professor and Fellow.

He lives in Dundee with his husband and their son.