Cory Hippolyte

Training

Cory Hippolyte is an actor, facilitator, teacher and director. He trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Theatre

For the National Theatre: The Hot Wing King

As assistant director: Hansel and Gretel at Shakespeare’s Globe; The Inquiry at Chichester; The Tempest at Regent’s Park and the Unicorn; and A Comedy of Errors, Antony & Cleopatra and Twelfth Night for Rutgers University and Shakespeare’s Globe

As director: Much Ado About Nothing for Rutgers University and Shakespeare’s Globe; Macbeth for RADA and NYU; and The Tempest for East 15 and Shakespeare’s Globe

As actor, work in theatre includes King Lear at Shakespeare’s Globe; Baby Show at the Unicorn; Reformation Nation for Latitude, National Theatre and Paines Plough; Take a Deep Breath and Skeen at Ovalhouse; and Nine Rooms at Old Vic Tunnels

Other work includes: Twelfth Night at Regent’s Park (as associate director); and Codes & Daggers (as co-creator and writer) and Unexpected Adventure (as co-director) at Kiln

TV

African Queens: Njinga

Short film

Wings and Some Candid Observations

(Published July 2024)