Joseph Hill-Gibbins is a British theatre and opera director.

Background

Hill-Gibbins was born and raised in Surrey. He attended a local comprehensive, George Abbot School, and later read Drama at Manchester University.

Career

Hill-Gibbins directed his first professional production, Wallace Shawn’s A Thought In Three Parts, at the Battersea Arts Centre as winner of the 2002 James Menzies-Kitchen Trust Award for young directors [1]

He trained at the Royal Court Theatre, both as an assistant director and script reader in the literary office. In 2004 he became Trainee Associate Director at the Royal Court, helping curate the Young Writer’s Festival for which he directed A Girl In A Car With A Man by Rob Evans.

In 2006 Hill-Gibbins joined the staff of the Young Vic theatre. After directing Bertolt Brecht’s one-act comedy A Respectable Wedding in a new translation by Rory Bremner,[2] he became an Associate Director. In 2010 he was appointed Deputy Artistic Director and directed acclaimed productions of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie[3] and The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh,[4] which returned to the theatre in 2011.[5]

In 2011 he also directed Penelope Skinner's new play The Village Bike at the Royal Court.[6]

Directing credits include

References

  1. ^ [1] "The JMK Trust"[dead link]
  2. ^ Taylor, Paul (10 April 2007). "The Jewish Wife/A Respectable Wedding, Young Vic, London". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  3. ^ Taylor, Paul (19 November 2010). "The Glass Menagerie, Young Vic, London". The Independent. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. ^ Billington, Michael (21 July 2010). "The Beauty Queen of Leenane". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  5. ^ Mountford, Fiona (27 July 2011). "The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Young Vic - review". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  6. ^ Cavendish, Dominic (5 July 2011). "The Village Bike, Royal Court Upstairs, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  7. ^ "The Tragedy of King Richard the Second". Almeida Theatre. 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  8. ^ lovetheatre.com "lovetheatre.com" 23 February 2013[dead link]
  9. ^ Billington, Michael (27 November 2012). "The Changeling – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  10. ^ Clapp, Susannah (9 July 2011). "That Day We Sang; The Crash of the Elysium; The Village Bike – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  11. ^ Spencer, Charles (18 November 2010). "The Glass Menagerie, Young Vic, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  12. ^ Wolf, Matt (10 August 2010). "Old Favorites, With New Tricks". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  13. ^ Hill-Gibbins, Joe (26 July 2011). "Play it again: staging a production one year on". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  14. ^ What's On Stage "What's On Stage" 30 July 2009
  15. ^ Billington, Michael (3 April 2008). "Bliss". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  16. ^ Billington, Michael (5 April 2007). "The Jewish Wife/ A Respectable Wedding". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
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