Grandage directed all four productions: Kenneth Branagh in Ivanov, Derek Jacobi in Twelfth Night, Judi Dench in Madame de Sade and Jude Law in Hamlet. In September 2008 he launched a one-year Donmar West End 'access for all' season of four plays with affordable ticket prices when the company extended its repertory to the newly refurbished Wyndham's Theatre. During his tenure, 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 international audiences in America, Australia, Argentina and Europe.

Donmar Warehouse įrom 2002 to 2012 he was Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse where he succeeded Sam Mendes. He is credited with delivering consistently high quality work as well as bringing in new audiences and in 2001, Sheffield Theatres won the TMA Theatre of the Year. He produced over forty plays with predominantly young directors and designers. In the same year he made his London directorial debut at the Almeida Theatre with a production of Shaw's The Doctor's Dilemma.Ĭareer Sheffield Theatres įrom 2000 to 2005 he was 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. In 1998 he was invited by Sheffield Theatres to direct Twelfth Night, his first Shakespeare production.

He made his directorial debut in 1996 with a production of Arthur Miller's The Last Yankee at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester. He spent twelve years working as an actor for companies such as the Royal Exchange and the Royal Shakespeare Company and was also a member of National Youth Theatre before turning to directing. He was educated at the Humphry Davy Grammar School before training as an actor at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama through 1984. Grandage was born in Yorkshire, England, and raised in Penzance, Cornwall, where his parents ran a family business.

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