Vicki Manderson trained at the Scottish School of Contemporary Dance and London Contemporary Dance School. She works as a movement director, choreographer, facilitator and performer. She is co-founder of the Scottish theatre company Groupwork.

Groupwork credits include: When Prophecy Fails; The Hope River Girls; The Afflicted.

Other credits include:My Mix-Up Tape(Dirty Protest Theatre Company); Waiting for Godot(The Citizens Theatre); Wild Rose (as Co-Choreographer), The Mountaintop, The Outrun, (The Lyceum), Anna Karenina(The Lyceum/Bristol Old Vic); Sunset Song, Cinderella; Wings Around Dundee(Dundee Rep); Dracula Mina's Reckoning, Burn, Orphans, The Enemy and The 306: Day(National Theatre of Scotland); Light Falls, Queen Margaret, The Almighty Sometimes and Happy Days(Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester); Ear for Eye, Instructions for Correct Assembly, A Profoundly Affectionate, Passionate Devotion to Someone(Noun), The Children(Royal Court Theatre); Last Orders at the Dockside, The Country Girls, Jimmy’s Hall (nominated for best movement direction at The Irish Times Theatre Awards - Abbey Theatre Dublin); Square Go(Roundabout Francesca Moody Productions).

Associate movement director credits include:The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time(National Theatre); Let the Right One In, In Time O’ Strife, Black Watch(National Theatre Scotland)