Matthew Warchus
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Warchus at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
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| Born |
24 October 1966 Rochester, Kent, England |
| Occupation | Director, dramatist, Artistic Director of The Old Vic (2015-the present) |
| Notable work |
Simpatico Pride |
| Spouse(s) | Lauren Ward |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards |
Drama Desk Award Tony Award Laurence Olivier Award |
Matthew Warchus (born 24 October 1966) is a British director and dramatist. He has been Artistic Director of London's Old Vic Theatre since September 2015
He is married to American actress Lauren Ward, who originated the role of Miss Honey in the Stratford-upon-Avon, London, and Broadway productions of Matilda the Musical. Ward and Warchus met when he directed her in the 2001 revival of Follies on Broadway and they have three children.
Warchus attended Selby High School. He studied music and drama at Bristol University and has directed for the National Youth Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Donmar Warehouse, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre, Opera North, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Welsh National Opera, English National Opera and in the West End. He won the Globe's Most Promising Newcomer Award for Much Ado About Nothing in the West End, the Evening Standard Best Director award, and Olivier Award nominations for Henry V and Volpone.
Productions include: Sejanus his Fall (Edinburgh), "Master Harold"...and the Boys (Bristol Old Vic), The Suicide, Coriolanus (National Youth Theatre), Life is a Dream, Plough and the Stars, True West (Donmar Warehouse), Henry V, The Devil is an Ass, Hamlet (RSC), Volpone (RNT), Troilus and Cressida (Opera North), Rake's Progress (Welsh National Opera), Falstaff (Opera North & ENO), and Art (West End & Broadway).
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