Kirrie has been directing plays, ranging from Shakespeare to new writing via Chekhov and Noel Coward, for the past ten years. Directing credits include Much Ado About Nothing, Les Liaisons Dangeureuses, The Cherry Orchard, Present Laughter, The Dresser by Ronald Harwood and Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker, all at the Trinity Theatre in Tunbridge Wells. On the London fringe, favourite productions have included Drinking to Remember by David Varela, W;t by Margaret Edson and Romeo and Juliet, in a promenade performance in the crypt of St Andrew's Church, Holborn.

Last year she directed Rupture by Jason Charles for First Draft, and she has also recently been working with Judy Upton on her new play, Once Around the Sun. This year she directed Counterfeit Skin by Jason Charles at the new Courtyard theatre in Hoxton. Kirrie trained as a director with Mike Alfreds, Katie Mitchell and Tatiana Olear (Living Pictures Productions).