| Michael Grandage | |
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| Born | 2 May 1962 Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | theatre director, producer |
Michael Grandage (born 2 May 1962) is a British theatre director and producer, and current Artistic Director at the Donmar Warehouse, London.
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Grandage was born in Yorkshire, England, and raised in Penzance, Cornwall where his parents ran a family business. He was educated at the Humphry Davy Grammar School before training as an actor at Central School of Speech and Drama through 1984. He worked as an actor for twelve years before turning to directing in 1996.[1]. His partner is award-winning British theatre and set designer Christopher Oram. [2]
He made his directorial debut in 1996 with a production of Last Yankee at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester.
From 2000 to 2005 he served as artistic director of Sheffield Theatres where his high profile productions included Edward II with Joseph Fiennes, Richard III with Kenneth Branagh, Suddenly Last Summer with Diana Rigg and Victoria Hamilton, The Tempest with Derek Jacobi and Don Carlos with Derek Jacobi. He produced over forty plays with predominantly young directors and designers. The Crucible was awarded Theatrical Management Association Theatre of the Year in 2001.
In 2002 he was announced as the successor to Sam Mendes at the Donmar where he expanded the theatre's repertoire to include European work, touring productions and an extensive education programme as well as taking the new Donmar brand to the West End and overseas. His work has won Olivier, Evening Standard, Critics' Circle and South Bank Awards. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 for Best Director for Peter Nichols' Passion at Donmar Warehouse before winning in 2004 for Albert Camus’ Caligula. Two of his musical productions for the Donmar have won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production and a third won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. He has also won Evening Standard Awards for Best Director for his productions of As You Like It, Passion, Merrily We Roll Along, Grand Hotel and Don Carlos.
In August 2006, two Grandage-directed musical revivals were playing side-by-side in the West End; Guys and Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre (Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production) and Evita (Adelphi Theatre).
In September 2008 he launched a one-year Donmar West End season of four plays (with Donmar Warehouse ticket prices) when the company extended its repertory to the newly refurbished Wyndham's Theatre. Grandage directs all productions, Kenneth Branagh in Ivanov, Derek Jacobi in Twelfth Night, Judi Dench in Madame de Sade and Jude Law in Hamlet. Hamlet is currently running at the Wyndham's Theatre.
Grandage has been awarded Honorary Doctorates by both Sheffield Hallam University and Sheffield University as well as an Honorary Fellowship by Central School of Speech and Drama. He was awarded the 2006 Award for Excellence in International Theatre by the International Theatre Institute. In 2009 he became a Visiting Professor of University College Falmouth.
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  | The Next S tage - Interview: Michael Grandage | Art and design | The Guardian |
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