Royal Shakespeare Company Sets Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey as Co-Artistic Directors
21.09.2022 - 02:51
/ variety.com
Naman Ramachandran Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey will be the co-artistic directors of the U.K.’s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), the Bard-centric troupe based in Stratford-Upon-Avon, from June 2023. Gregory Doran, who served as artistic director for a decade from 2012, decided to step down earlier this year and has taken on the role of artistic director emeritus until the end of 2023. He will direct his 50th production for the company in spring 2023. At the request of the RSC board, Erica Whyman will continue as acting artistic director until June 2023, and she will then leave to pursue a freelance career.
Evans is currently artistic director of Chichester Festival Theatre and Harvey is artistic director of Theatr Clwyd. They are regular collaborators and applied together for the position.
Evans’ work as an actor has spanned Shakespeare, Sondheim and Sarah Kane, at the RSC, National Theatre, Royal Court, Donmar Warehouse, Menier, Sheffield and on Broadway. He’s the recipient of two Olivier Awards for his Sondheim performances. In 2009, he was appointed artistic director of Sheffield Theatres and in 2016, he took up the position at Chichester. During his tenure, CFT produced 17 world premieres, while five shows transferred to London or Broadway. Harvey’s work as a freelance director has included Shakespeare, classic revivals, new writing and musical theatre, at theaters in the West End, around the U.K. and in the U.S. She took up her position at Theatr Clwyd in 2015, where, together with executive director Liam Evans-Ford, she has built partnerships and co-productions across the U.K., including with the National Theatre, Paines Plough, the Sherman Theatre, National Theatre of Wales, Royal Welsh College of Music and
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