Faynia Williams is an award-winning, internationally renowned theatre and opera director. She is also a producer for the BBC, and wrote and presented the BBC Radio 4 documentary Filling the Void. In addition to her impressive credentials, she once served as the chair for the Council of the Directors’ Guild, is now co-president of the Dramatic Theatre Committee, and is a reputable member of the Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. During her residency at UC Davis she restaged Satan’s Ball, which had previously been nominated for the annual London Critic’s Award.