The Art of the Artistic Director

Christopher Haydon was artistic director of the Gate Theatre, London, from 2012-2017. Prior to that, he was an associate director at the Bush Theatre, London, from 2008-2011. He was a 2017 fellow of the Clore Leadership Programme. His work as a director has been seen in the West End, nationally and internationally.

Forword by Michael Grandage

Sarah Benson – Soho Rep, London

Andre Bishop – Lincoln Center Theater, New York (formerly Playwrights Horizons, New York)

Oskar Eustis - Public Theatre (Formerly Associate AD at The Mark Taper Forum, LA and AD of Eureka Theatre Company in San Francisco)

Paige Evans – Signature Theatre, New York (formerly LCT3, Lincoln Center New York)

Robert Falls - Goodman Theatre, Chicago (formerly Wisdom Bridge Theatre, Chicago)

Vicky Featherstone - Royal Court (Formerly National Theatre Scotland, Paines Plough)

Sarah Frankcom - Manchester Royal Exchange

Kwame Kwei-Armah – Young Vic, London (formerly Centre Stage, Baltimore)

David Lan – formerly Young Vic, London

Tom Morris - Bristol Old Vic (Formerly BAC and also currently as Associate Director at the NT)

Jim Nicola - New York Theatre Workshop

Rufus Norris – Royal National Theatre, London

Diane Paulus - American Repertory Theatre, Boston

Josie Rourke - Donmar Warehouse (Formerly Bush Theatre)

Indhu Rubasingham - Tricycle Theatre

Howard Shalwitz - Woolly Mammoth, Washington DC

Niegel Smith – Flea Theatre, New York

Kully Thiarai – National Theatre, Wales (formerly Red Ladder Theatre, Leeds and Leicester Haymarket Theatre)

Erica Whyman – Deputy Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company (formerly Southwark Playhouse and Gate Theatre, London)

Madani Younis – Bush Theatre, London (formerly Freedom Studios, Bradford)