Michael Grandage is an award winning British theatre director and producer. He is Artistic Director of the Michael Grandage Company, a London-based production company that is set to produce work from 2012 onwards after he steps down as Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse. His work there has included Red, The Chalk Garden, Othello, Frost/Nixon, The Wild Duck, Grand Hotel, Caligula, Merrily We Roll Along, and Passion Play.
In 2008, he opened a season of work at the Wyndham's Theatre as part of the Donmar in the West End presenting four classic plays at affordable prices: Ivanov (with Kenneth Branagh), Twelfth Night (with Derek Jacobi), Madame de Sade (with Judi Dench), and Hamlet (with Jude Law).
In May of 2010, Michael made his operatic directing debut with Billy Budd at the 2010 Glyndebourne Festival.
Michael was also the Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres from 1999 - 2005. His work there included Don Carlos (also Gielgud Theatre, London), Suddenly Last Summer (also national tour and Albery Theatre, London), A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest (also The Old Vic), Richard III, Don Juan, Edward II, The Country Wife, and As You Like It (also Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith).
This is a resource site devoted to the work Michael has directed since 1996 and details photographs, cast lists, creative teams, programme notes and other information.
(Photo credit: Michael Grandage by Johan Persson, London 2010)
