Theatre
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Abbey Theatre, Dublin) 2012
Director & Adaptor
WHAT CAN YOU DO (Brighton Dome/Festival) 2012
Writer & performer
SIXTY-SIX BOOKS (The Bush Theatre) 2011
Writer – ‘The Opening of the Mouth’ in
response to Numbers
OR YOU COULD KISS ME (The National Theatre) 2010
Co-Devisor and Director
Collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company
EVERYBODY LOVES A WINNER (Manchester International Festival) 2009
Co-devisor and director with Simon Deacon and Struan Leslie. With Sally Lindsay.
ROMEO AND JULIET (RSC) 2008
Director
AN IDEAL HUSBAND (The Abbey Theatre, Dublin) 2008
Director . With Derbhle Crotty and Mark O’Halloran
THE MAIDS (Brighton Festival) 2007
Director and Translator. With Kathryn Hunter.
TWELFTH NIGHT (RSC) 2007
Director. With John Lithgow.
THE PIANIST (Manchester International Festival) 2007 and 2009
Director
Written by Wladyslaw Szpilman
Winner: Special Entertainment of the Year Award at the Manchester Evening News Awards 2007
OLIVER TWIST (American Repertory Theater, Boston) 2007
Director and adaptor
DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE; Marlowe (American Repertory Theater, Boston) 2005
Director
With Diane D'Aquila
DON JUAN; Molière (Lyric Hammersmith) 2004
Director and translator
With James Wilby
OLIVER TWIST (Lyric Hammersmith) 2004
Director and adaptor
With Michael Feast
PERICLES (Lyric Hammersmith) 2003
Director
Olivier Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement
THE ISLAND OF SLAVES; Marivaux by (Lyric Hammersmith) 2002
Director
With Anita Dobson
THE PRINCE OF HOMBURG; Kleist (RSC) 2002
Director and translator
THE SERVANT by Robin Maugham (Lyric Hammersmith) 2001
Director
With Jack Davenport and Michael Feast
THE DISPUTE; Marivaux (RSC) 1999
Director and translator
With Hayley Carmichael and Martin Freeman
Time Out Award Best West End Production
TMA Award Best Touring Production
CINDERELLA (Lyric Hammersmith) 1998
Director, with Improbable Theatre
CAUSE CELEBRE by Terence Rattigan (Lyric Hammersmith) 1998
Director
With Amanda Harris
TREASURE ISLAND (Lyric Hammersmith) 1997
Director and adaptor
With Tom Georgeson
MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION; Shaw (Lyric Hammersmith) 1996
Director
With Maggie Steed
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Lyric Hammersmith) 1996
Director and adaptor
With Richard Briers
THE LETTER; Somerset Maugham (Lyric Hammersmith) 1995
Director
With Joanna Lumley and Tim Piggott Smith
SPLENDID'S; Jean Genet (British premiere) (Lyric Hammersmith) 1995
Director and translator
With John Cameron Mitchell and Everett Quinton
ROMEO AND JULIET (Lyric Hammersmith and West Yorkshire Playhouse) 1995
Director
With Emily Woof
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY; Wilde (Lyric Hammersmith, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Nottingham Playhouse) 1994
Director and adaptor
With Maria Aitken, Tim Piggott Smith, Joanna Riding
THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE, Marivaux (National Theatre) 1992
Director and translator
With Maggie Steed, Caroline Quentin
TWELFTH NIGHT (Goodman, Chicago) 1992
Director
THE MISANTHROPE; Molière (Goodman, Chicago) 1990
Translator
Directed by Bob Falls
With Kim Cattrall
BERENICE; Racine (National Theatre) 1990
Translator
Directed by Tim Albery
With Lyndsay Duncan and Owen Teale
THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES; Molière (Derby Playhouse) 1989
Director and translator
With Kathryn Hunter and Josette Bushell Mingo
MORE BIGGER SNACKS NOW (Theatre de Complicité, Edinburgh Festival and Donmar Warehouse) 1985
Director
Winner of Perrier Comedy Award
Opera and Music Theatre
THE QUEEN OF SPADES (Opera North)2011. Director. With Jeff Lloyd Roberts, Orla Boylan, Josephine Barstow.)
THE MADNESS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY PLAN by Gerard McBurney. (Manchester International Festival) 2011. Director. With Mark Elder and the Halle Orchestra.
THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME (Opera North) 2010
Co-Devisor and Director. With Jessica Walker
THE TURN OF THE SCREW (Aldeburgh Festival) 2009
Director. With Anna Devin.
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS (Aldeburgh Festival) 2006
Director
A JUDGEMENT IN STONE; Ruth Rendell (Lyric Hammersmith and Nottingham Playhouse) 1992
Director and librettist; music by Nicolas Bloomfield
With Sheila Hancock
Time Out Award Best Original Music Theatre
SARRASINE; after Balzac (Traverse Edinburgh, New York Theatre Workshop) 1989
Director and librettist; music by Nicolas Bloomfield
Television/Film
OH TELL ME THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE In Development
MJW Productions - A 90’ Screenplay based on the life of Benjamin Britten.
Publications
Novels
SKIN LANE (Serpent's Tail) 2007
Short-listed for the Costa Awards 2007
MR CLIVE AND MR PAGE (Serpent's Tail) 1996
Published in USA as THE HOUSE ON BROOKE STREET.Shortlisted for the Whitbread Award 1996
READY TO CATCH HIM SHOULD HE FALL (Serpents Tail) 1990
Biography
WHO WAS THAT MAN ; A PESENT FOR MR. OSCAR WILDE (Serpent’s Tail) 1988
Theatre
GREAT EXPECTATIONS, adapted from Dickens, ( Oberon) 2007
OLIVER TWIST, adapted from Dickens (Oberon) 2004
DON JUAN, Molière, translation (Oberon) 2004
CAMILLE, adapted and translated from Dumas (Oberon) 2003
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, adapted from Dickens (Oberon) 2002
LA CASA AZUL, Sophie Faucher, translation (Oberon) 2002
THE PRINCE OF HOMBURG, Kleist, translation (Oberon) 2002
THE ISLAND OF SLAVES, Marivaux, translation (Oberon) 2002
THE THREESOME, Labiche, translation (Oberon) 2000
IN EXTREMIS (Oberon) 2000
THE DISPUTE, Marivaux, translation (Oberon) 1999
THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF NICOLAS POUSSIN (Artangel) 1998
SPLENDID'S, Genet, translation (Faber) 1995
THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE, Marivaux, translation (Absolute Classics, Oberon) 1992
BERENICE, Racine, translation (Absolute Classics, Bath, Oberon) 1990
THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES, Moliere, translation (Absolute Classics, Bath, Oberon) 1990
THE MISANTHROPE, Moliere, translation (Absolute Classics, Bath, Oberon)
Theatre
OR YOU COULD KISS ME (The National Theatre) 2010
Co-Devisor and Director
Collaboration with The Handspring Puppet Company
THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME (Opera North) 2010
Co-Devisor and Director
THE TURN OF THE SCREW (Aldeburgh Festival) 2009
Director
EVERYBODY LOVES A WINNER (Manchester International Festival) 2009
Co-devisor and director
ROMEO AND JULIET (RSC) 2008
Director
AN IDEAL HUSBAND (The Abbey Theatre, Dublin) 2008
Director
THE MAIDS (Brighton Festival) 2007
Director
TWELFTH NIGHT (RSC) 2007
Director
THE PIANIST (Manchester International Festival) 2007 and 2009
Director
Written by Wladyslaw Szpilman
Winner: Special Entertainment of the Year Award at the Manchester Evening News Awards 2007
OLIVER TWIST (American Repertory Theater, Boston) 2007
Director and adaptor
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS (Aldeburgh Festival) 2006
Director
DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE; Marlowe (American Repertory Theater, Boston) 2005
Director
With Diane D'Aquila
DON JUAN; Molière (Lyric Hammersmith) 2004
Director and translator
With James Wilby
OLIVER TWIST (Lyric Hammersmith) 2004
Director and adaptor
With Michael Feast
PERICLES (Lyric Hammersmith) 2003
Director
Olivier Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement
LA CASA AZUL by Sophie Faucher (Lyric Hammersmith) 2002
Translator
Directed by Robert Lepage
THE ISLAND OF SLAVES; Marivaux (Lyric Hammersmith) 2002
Director and translator
THE PRINCE OF HOMBURG; Kleist (RSC) 2002
Director and translator
THE SERVANT by Robin Maugham (Lyric Hammersmith) 2001
Director
With Jack Davenport and Michael Feast
THE DISPUTE; Marivaux (RSC) 1999
Director and translator
With Hayley Carmichael and Martin Freeman
Time Out Award Best West End Production
TMA Award Best Touring Production
CINDERELLA (Lyric Hammersmith) 1998
Director, with Improbable Theatre
CAUSE CELEBRE by Terence Rattigan (Lyric Hammersmith) 1998
Director
With Amanda Harris
TREASURE ISLAND (Lyric Hammersmith) 1997
Director and adaptor
With Tom Georgeson
MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION; Shaw (Lyric Hammersmith) 1996
Director
With Maggie Steed
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Lyric Hammersmith) 1996
Director and adaptor
With Richard Briers
THE LETTER; Somerset Maugham (Lyric Hammersmith) 1995
Director
With Joanna Lumley and Tim Piggott Smith
SPLENDID'S; Jean Genet (British premiere) (Lyric Hammersmith) 1995
Director and translator
With John Cameron Mitchell and Everett Quinton
ROMEO AND JULIET (Lyric Hammersmith and West Yorkshire Playhouse) 1995
Director
With Emily Woof
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY; Wilde (Lyric Hammersmith, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Nottingham Playhouse) 1994
Director and adaptor
With Maria Aitken, Tim Piggott Smith, Joanna Riding
THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE, Marivaux (National Theatre) 1992
Director and translator
With Maggie Steed, Caroline Quentin
A JUDGEMENT IN STONE; Ruth Rendell (Lyric Hammersmith and Nottingham Playhouse) 1992
Director and librettist
With Sheila Hancock
Time Out Award Best Original Music Theatre
TWELFTH NIGHT (Goodman, Chicago) 1992
Director
THE MISANTHROPE; Molière (Goodman, Chicago) 1990
Translator
Directed by Bob Falls
With Kim Cattrall
BERENICE; Racine (National Theatre) 1990
Translator
Directed by Tim Albery
With Lyndsay Duncan and Owen Teale
THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES; Molière (Derby Playhouse) 1989
Director and translator
With Kathryn Hunter and Josette Bushell Mingo
SARRASINE; after Balzac (Traverse Edinburgh, New York Theatre Workshop) 1989
Director and librettist
MORE BIGGER SNACKS NOW (Theatre de Complicité, Edinburgh Festival and Donmar Warehouse) 1985
Director
Winner of Perrier Comedy Award
Publications
SKIN LANE (Serpent's Tail) 2007
Short-listed for the Costa Awards 2007
SOLO VOICES; Monologues 1987-2004 (Oberon) 2005
OLIVER TWIST, adapted from Dickens (Oberon) 2004
DON JUAN, Molière, translation (Oberon) 2004
CAMILLE, adapted and translated from Dumas (Oberon) 2003
A CHISTMAS CAROL, adapted from Dickens (Oberon) 2002
LA CASA AZUL, Sophie Faucher, translation (Oberon) 2002
THE PRINCE OF HOMBURG, Kleist, translation (Oberon) 2002
THE ISLAND OF SLAVES, Marivaux, translation (Oberon) 2002
THE THREESOME, Labiche, translation (Oberon) 2000
IN EXTREMIS (Oberon) 2000
THE DISPUTE, Marivaux, translation (Oberon) 1999
THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF NICOLAS POUSSIN (Artangel) 1998
MR CLIVE AND MR PAGE (Serpent's Tail) 1996
Published in USA as THE HOUSE ON BROOKE STREET
SPLENDID'S, Genet, translation (Faber) 1995
THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE, Marivaux, translation (Absolute Classics, Oberon) 1992
READY TO CATCH HIM SHOULD HE FALL (Serpents Tail) 1990
BERENICE, Racine, translation (Absolute Classics, Bath, Oberon) 1990
THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES, Moliere, translation (Absolute Classics, Bath, Oberon) 1990
THE MISANTHROPE, Moliere, translation (Absolute Classics, Bath, Oberon) 1990
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