Timothy took up the post of Artistic Director at the Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park in October, 2007.

Timothy read Law with French at the University of Birmingham and then became a Trainee Director at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond followed by an Assistant Director with the RSC for two years.

Directing includes: Gigi, Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night (Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park), Imagine This (New London Theatre), Hobson's Choice, The Clandestine Marriage and Love in a Maze (Watermill Theatre), Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella and The Three Musketeers (Bristol Old Vic), new plays The Star Throwers and Unless (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough) and Misconceptions (Derby Playhouse).  He directed Streetcar to Tennessee (Young Vic), Achilles (Edinburgh Fringe First) and Wild, Wild Women (Orange Tree).  He has also directed national tours of Shaw's Arms and the Man, The Vagina Monologues and Annie Get Your Gun. At the Sheffield Crucible he directed Piaf and Sweet Charity (TMA Best Musical).  He has also developed and directed the world premiere of the new musical Imagine This at Plymouth Theatre Royal.