Júlia Levai

Júlia Levai is a theatre director & dramaturg from Budapest based in London. Her work combines British theatre practices with a European theatrical sensibility. She most recently directed the critically acclaimed premiere of Nancy Netherwood’s new play RADIANT BOY (★★★★★, WhatsOnStage) at Southwark Playhouse. She is due to direct a radical new adaptation of THE WAVES by Flora Wilson Brown for Jermyn St Theatre in Spring 2026. Júlia regularly works at the National Theatre as Staff Director (LAND OF THE LIVING, CORIOLANUS, DEAR OCTOPUS), Script Reader and Mentor Director for NT Connections. In 2024, she trained on the NT Studio’s Directors Course. She has worked as Assistant/Associate Director at theatres such as the RSC, Royal Court, and the Young Vic. Júlia is an MGCFutures bursary recipient and was Director in Residence at the National Theatre in Belgrade supported by the European Theatre Convention. She is a script reader for the NT Studio, Women’s Prize for Playwriting, Bruntwood Prize and for the Papatango Prize.