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After going to Oxford University where he gained experience directing, designing and acting in plays, Gray went to work on the London fringe |
After going to Oxford University where he gained experience directing, designing and acting in plays, Gray went to work on the London fringe, starting with a cross-cast production of John Marston's The Malcontent at the Latchmere Theatre. He subsequently won a Regional Theatre Young Director's Bursary to work at the Liverpool Playhouse where he reopened the Studio Theatre with a season of new plays. Gray then worked with playwright Gregory Motton on three of his plays in Paris until he began work at [[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court]] in 2000, initially as International Associate, then as Associate Director until he left the company in July 2009. His production of Simon Stephen's Motortown was also seen at the Wiener Festwochen in 2006 and this has lead to further productions of Simon Stephen's plays in German, Am Strand der weiten Welt at the Volkstheater Wien which won the Karl-Skraup Prize in 2007 and Harper Regan with Martina Gedeck at the 2008 Salzburg Festspiele, later at the Deutsche Schauspielhaus Hamburg. Hamburg also saw Gray's debut as an opera director with Death in Venice at the Staatsoper in 2009, a production also seen at Theater an der Wien. |
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| Occupation | Theatre director |
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Ramin Gray (born 1963) is an English theatre director and one time associated director of the Royal Court Theatre, London. From an Iranian background Gray now does extensive work abroad but is still based in London. His work includes a revival of The Arsonists at Royal Court[1] and I'll Be The Devil with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Biography
After going to Oxford University where he gained experience directing, designing and acting in plays, Gray went to work on the London fringe, starting with a cross-cast production of John Marston's The Malcontent at the Latchmere Theatre. He subsequently won a Regional Theatre Young Director's Bursary to work at the Liverpool Playhouse where he reopened the Studio Theatre with a season of new plays. Gray then worked with playwright Gregory Motton on three of his plays in Paris until he began work at Royal Court in 2000, initially as International Associate, then as Associate Director until he left the company in July 2009. His production of Simon Stephen's Motortown was also seen at the Wiener Festwochen in 2006 and this has lead to further productions of Simon Stephen's plays in German, Am Strand der weiten Welt at the Volkstheater Wien which won the Karl-Skraup Prize in 2007 and Harper Regan with Martina Gedeck at the 2008 Salzburg Festspiele, later at the Deutsche Schauspielhaus Hamburg. Hamburg also saw Gray's debut as an opera director with Death in Venice at the Staatsoper in 2009, a production also seen at Theater an der Wien.
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Selected Works
- Death in Venice by Benjamin Britten 2009 at Hamburgische Staatsoper and Theater an der Wien, Vienna
- Over There by Mark Ravenhill 2009 at downstairs Royal Court[3]
- The Stone by Marius von Mayenburg 2009 at downstairs Royal Court
- Harper Regan by Simon Stephens 2008 at Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg/Salzburger Festspiele
- I'll Be The Devil by Leo Butler 2008 at the Tricycle Theatre
- The Ugly One by Marius von Mayenburg 2008 at upstairs Royal Court
- The Arsonists by Max Frisch 2007 at downstairs Royal Court
- Am Strand der weiten Welt (On The Shore of The Wide World) by Simon Stephens 2007 at Volkstheater Wien
- Motortown by Simon Stephens 2006 at downstairs Royal Court
- Way To Heaven by Juan Mayorga 2005 at upstairs Royal Court
- The Weather by Clare Pollard 2004 at downstairs Royal Court
- Ladybird by Vassily Sigarev 2004 at upstairs Royal Court
- Terrorism by Vladimir and Oleg Presnyakov 2003 at upstairs Royal Court
External links
http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=209&name=Ramin%20Gray
References
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