David Farr (theatre director)

David Farr is a writer, theatrical director and Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.^[1]

Background

Farr was brought up in Surrey and educated in Guildford and the University of Cambridge (English Literature double first).

Career

Farr began directing theatre at University and won the Guardian Student Drama Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1991 with Slight Possession starring Rachel Weisz. His professional directorial debut came at The Gate Theatre, Notting Hill under Stephen Daldry. Farr became Artistic Director of The Gate Theatre at the age of twenty five and had that role form 1995 to 1998. He was also Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic from 2002 to 2005 ^[2] and Lyric Hammersmith^[3] from 2005 to 2009. In 2009 he joined Royal Shakespeare Company as Associate Director.^[1] He writes regularly for Spooks for the BBC and is a film writer, having co-wrote the Joe Wright film Hanna, released in 2011.

Professional productions

• The Boat Plays (The Gate Theatre 1994)
• Powder Her Face, by Thomas Ades (Almeida Opera 1995)
• The Nativity, by David Farr (Young Vic 2000)
• Coriolanus, by William Shakespeare (RSC and London Old Vic winner critics circle, best lead actor Greg Hicks 2003)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bristol Old Vic, winner best director TMS Awards 2002)
• The Odyssey (Bristol Old Vic 2004)
• The UN Inspector, by Gogol, adapted by David Farr starring Michael Sheen (National Theatre 2005) ^[4]
• Tamburlaine, by Christopher Marlowe (The Barbican Centre, London)^[5]
• Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare (RSC and Lyric Hammersmith 2005)
• Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (Lyric Hammersmith 2006)^[6][7]
• The Birthday Party, by Harold Pinter (50th anniversary production, Lyric Hammersmith 2008) ^[8]
• Water, a collaboration with Filter Theatre (Lyric Hammsermith 2007)^[9]
• Spyski, a collaboration with Peepolyskus (Lyric Hammersmith 2008)^[10]
• Winters Tale, by William Shakespeare (RSC 2010)^[11]
• King Lear, by William Shakespeare (RSC 2010)^[12]

Playwriting

• Elton John's Glasses (Watford Palace Theatre and West End 1996)
• The Danny Crowe Show (Bush Theatre 2002)
• Crime and Punishment in Dalston (Arcola Theatre 2002 and 2003)
• The Queen must Die (National Theatre, 2003)
• Ruckus in the Garden (National Theatre 2007)
• Night of the Soul (Royal Shakespeare Company 2002)
• Metamorphosis (adaptation from Kafka 2006)

Screenwriting

• Spooks (series 4-9)
• Hanna (dir. Joe Wright)
• Outcasts (episode 6-7).

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "RSC - David Farr". http://www.rsc.org.uk/about-us/our-work/farr.aspx. Retrieved 2011-01-28. 
2. ^ Christiansen, Rupert (13 November 2002). "Innovator ready for a fight - Telegraph". London: telegraph.co.uk. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3585736/Innovator-ready-for-a-fight.html. Retrieved 28 January 2011. 
3. ^ Arendt, Paul (21 October 2004). "Farr says bye to Bristol". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2004/oct/21/theatre. Retrieved 28 January 2011. 
4. ^ National Theatre 2005
5. ^ Guardian October 2005
6. ^ Michael Billington The State of the Nation p.395
7. ^ Independent Sept 2006
8. ^ Evening Standard 13th May 2008
9. ^ Daily Telegraph 22nd Oct 2007
10. ^ Times Oct 2008
11. ^ Daily Telegraph April 2009
12. ^ Whatsonstage Feb 2010

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