English theatre director
For the British Royal Navy officer and horologist, see
Rupert Gould .
Rupert Goold
CBE (born 18 February 1972)
[1] is an English director who works primarily in theatre. He is the artistic director of the
Almeida Theatre , and was the
artistic director of
Headlong Theatre Company (2005–2013).
[2] Since 2010, Goold has been an associate director at the
Royal Shakespeare Company .
[3] He was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the
2017 for services to drama.
[4]
Goold is known for his extensive work in theatre. For his work in the
West End he won two
Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Director for
Macbeth (2008) and
Enron (2010). He was Olivier-nominated for
King Charles III (2015),
Ink (2018), and
Dear England (2024). He received
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play nominations for King Charles III (2016) and Ink (2019). He made his directorial film debut with
Judy (2019).
Early years and education
Goold was born in
Highgate , England, a suburb of
north London . His father was a management consultant, and his mother was an author of children's books.
[5] He attended the independent
University College School ,
[6] graduated from
Trinity College, Cambridge , in 1994 with a
First in
English literature and studied
performance studies at
New York University on a
Fulbright Scholarship . He was trainee director at
Donmar Warehouse for the 1995 season, and assisted on productions including
'Art' and
Speed-the-Plow in the West End.[
citation needed ]
Career
Goold was artistic director of the
Royal and Derngate Theatres in
Northampton from 2000 to 2005. Prior to that, he was an associate at the
Salisbury Playhouse in 1996–97. In addition to his work as a director he has co-authored three adaptations for the stage. Goold directed Sir
Patrick Stewart (whom he had previously directed as Prospero, and later in
Richard II ) as Macbeth in his acclaimed Minerva Studio staging of
Macbeth at the
Chichester Festival Theatre in May 2007.
[7]
In September 2007, the production transferred to the
Gielgud Theatre in London, then the
Brooklyn Academy of Music , New York and then to the
Lyceum Theater on Broadway. At the 2007
Evening Standard Theatre Awards ,
Macbeth won two awards: Stewart won the Best Actor Award, while Goold won The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director.
[8] It also won Goold a 2008 Olivier Award for Best Director. He says he was not concerned with thoughts of a career anti-climax. "I came home to an empty house after the Olivier Awards, clutching my trophy for Best Director and I realised that I'd peaked. It was now going to be downhill all the way. But I still felt quite comfortable with the realisation that nothing could get better after this."
[9] He later directed a 2010 BBC4 television film version of
Macbeth using Soviet-era Russian-type uniforms and weapons.
[10]
In 2008, he directed the UK premiere of
Stephen Adly Guirgis 's
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and a radical re-interpretation of
Pirandello 's
Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Chichester Festival which he co-authored with
Ben Power . This production subsequently transferred to the West End and toured the UK and later Australia. In 2009 he directed a hugely acclaimed West End revival of
Lionel Bart 's
Oliver! Produced by
Cameron Mackintosh , Goold recreated
Sam Mendes ' direction for the
London Palladium production, which was nominated for three Olivier Awards.
[11] In 2009, Goold directed a revival of Shakespeare's
King Lear at the
Young Vic . Goold set his Lear in Northern England during the 1970s, fascinated by the fact that during this decade, Britain was enduring the power of women. He approached the play with a drastically different view, and as a result this production received mixed reviews. In 2009, he again won Best Director at the Evening Standard Awards for
ENRON .
[12] His opera credits include productions at
Batignano Opera Festival and
Garsington .
[13]
In the following years he directed a string of plays for the
Almeida Theatre , which include the musical
American Psycho (2013), the new play
King Charles III (2014), the revivals
Medea (2015) and
Richard III (2016), as well as the new play
Ink (2017).
[14] Goold returned to
Broadway with the transfer of the play,
King Charles III which he previously directed in the West End. He earned a nomination for the
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play .
[15] The following year he directed the musical transfer,
American Psycho based off the
1991 novel of the same name by
Bret Easton Ellis .
[16] In 2019 he directed the
Broadway transfer for the
James Graham play
Ink about the rise of
Rupert Murdoch which ran at the
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre . Goold received his second nomination for the
Tony Award for Best Direction .
[17] That same year he directed the Almeida Theatre production of
The Hunt (2019) starring
Tobias Menzies by
David Farr which was based off the
2012 film of the same name directed
Thomas Vinterberg .
[18] In 2021 he directed the musical revival of
Spring Awakening on the West End.
[19]
In 2022 he directed the
Peter Morgan play
Patriots about the rise of
Vladimir Putin
[20] and the
Elton John musical
Tammy Faye about the American
evangelist
Tammy Faye Messner .
[21] The following year he directed the play
Dear England about the England football manager
Gareth Southgate
[22] and Cold War based on the
2018 film of the same name directed by
Paweł Pawlikowski , the former of which earned Goold a nomination for the Olivier Award for Best Director.
[23] In 2024 he directed the New York transfer of
The Hunt which ran at
St. Ann's Warehouse .
[24]
Personal life
Goold is married to actress
Kate Fleetwood .
[25] The couple met while working together on a production of Romeo and Juliet . They have one son, Raphael, and a daughter, Constance.
[5]
Credits
Theatre
Directing
Travels with My Aunt (1997, Salisbury Playhouse / UK tour)
The End of the Affair (1997, Salisbury Playhouse / Bridewell Theatre)
Romeo and Juliet (1998, UK tour)
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998, Salisbury Playhouse)
Summer Lightning (1998, Salisbury Playhouse)
Habeas Corpus (1999, Salisbury Playhouse)
The Colonel Bird (1999,
Gate Theatre )
Broken Glass (1999, Salisbury Playhouse/
Watford Palace Theatre )
Gone To LA (2000, Hampstead Theatre)
Privates on Parade (2001,
New Vic Theatre )
Scaramouche Jones (2001, international tour)
The Wind in the Willows (2001,
Birmingham Rep )
Arcadia (2002, Northampton)
Betrayal (2002, Northampton)
Waiting for Godot /
The Weir (2003, Northampton)
Sunday Father (2003,
Hampstead Theatre )
Othello (2003, Northampton/
Greenwich Theatre )
Insignificance (2004, Northampton)
Summer Lightning (2004, Northampton)
Hamlet (2005, Northampton)
Speaking Like Magpies (2005, RSC)
The Tempest (2006, RSC)
Restoration (2006, Headlong/
Bristol Old Vic : UK tour)
Faustus (2006, Headlong/ Hampstead Theatre)
The Glass Menagerie (2007, Apollo Theatre)
[26]
Macbeth (2007, Chichester Festival Theatre/ West End/ NYC)
Rough Crossings (2007, Headlong:
Lyric Hammersmith / Birmingham Rep, Liverpool Everyman/
WYP )
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (2008, Headlong:
Almeida Theatre )
Six Characters in Search of an Author (2008, Headlong: Chichester / West End)
No Man's Land (2008, Gate Theatre, Dublin/West End)
King Lear (2008, Headlong: Liverpool Everyman/
Young Vic )
Oliver! (2009, Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
ENRON (2009,
Minerva Theatre /
Royal Court Theatre )
Romeo and Juliet (2010,
RSC )
Earthquakes in London (2010,
National Theatre )
The Merchant of Venice (2011 RSC; 2014 Almeida Theatre
[27] )
Decade (2011,
Headlong )
The Effect (2012,
National Theatre )
American Psycho (2013, Almeida Theatre)
King Charles III (2014, Almeida Theatre)
Made in Dagenham (2014,
Adelphi Theatre )
[28]
Medea (2015, Almeida Theatre)
Richard III (2016, Almeida Theatre)
[29]
Albion (2017, Almeida Theatre)
[1]
Ink (2017, Almeida Theatre
[30] / Duke of York's Theatre;
[31] 2019,
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre )
[32]
Shipwreck (2019, Almeida Theatre)
[33]
The Hunt (2019, Almeida Theatre;
[34] 2024,
St. Ann's Warehouse
[35] )
Spring Awakening (2021, Almeida Theatre)
[36]
The 47th (2022,
The Old Vic )
Patriots (2022, Almeida Theatre; 2023,
Noël Coward Theatre )
Tammy Faye (2022, Almeida Theatre)
Women, Beware the Devil (2023, Almeida Theatre)
Dear England (2023, National Theatre)
Cold War (2023, Almeida Theatre)
[37]
Writing
The End of the Affair (1997) – a play with music, adapted with Caroline Butler, from
the novel by
Graham Greene . The first production included music played by a pianist at the side of the stage, underscoring the text with some period songs sung by the cast. Goold and Butler removed the music from later productions and the play was published without musical interpolation in 2001.
[38]
Faustus (2004) – adapted with
Ben Power from
Dr Faustus by
Christopher Marlowe
Six Characters in Search of an Author (2008) – adapted with
Ben Power from the play by
Luigi Pirandello
Film and television
Directing
Award and nominations
References
^ "Birthdays",
The Guardian , p. 37, 18 February 2014
^ Matt Trueman (8 February 2013).
"Rupert Goold named as Almeida theatre's new artistic director" . The Guardian . London. Retrieved 28 February 2013 .
^
rsc.org.uk
Archived 2 December 2008 at the
Wayback Machine
^
"No. 61803" .
The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N9.
^
a
b Emma John (28 September 2008).
"Going for Goold" . The Observer . London. Retrieved 4 December 2008 .
^
"Interview with Alan Franks" . Alanfranks.com. Archived from
the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013 .
^ Cavendish, Dominic (16 July 2007).
"Shakespeare is coursing through me" . The Daily Telegraph . London. Archived from
the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2010 .
^
"Winning performances on the West End stage" . This Is London.co.Uk. 28 November 2007. Archived from
the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2012 .
^ Al Senter.
"Rupert Goold profile" . Director magazine . Archived from
the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2012 .
^
"Macbeth with Sir Patrick Stewart: The Scottish play from stage to TV" . BBC . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards 2010 Winners Announced" . londontheatre.co.uk . 8 June 2016.
^
"Winners of Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2009" . Standard.co.uk . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"Does Rupert Goold's Turandot really show him up?" . The Guardian . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"Rupert Goold Theatre Credits" . abouttheartists . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"King Charles III" .
The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"American Psycho (Broadway, 2016)" . Playbill . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"Ink (Broadway, 2019)" . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"The Hunt at the Almeida Theatre" . aboutheartists . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"Spring Awakening at the Almeida Theatre" . March 18, 2024 .
^
"Patriots at Almeida Theatre" . abouttheartists . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"Tammy Faye" . abouttheartists . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"Dear England" . Abouttheartists . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"Cold War" . Almeida Theatre . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"The Hunt at St. Ann's Warehouse" . abouttheartists . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"The Tatler List > Rupert Goold" .
Tatler . Archived from
the original on 6 June 2012.
^ John Thaxter (14 February 2007).
"The Stage / Reviews / The Glass Menagerie" . Thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2013 .
^
"The Merchant of Venice" . Almeida Theatre . Retrieved 19 January 2019 .
^
"Gemma Arterton to star in Made in Dagenham musical" .
BBC . 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014 .
^
"2016/7 Season" . Almeida Theatre .
^
"Ink" . Almeida Theatre . Retrieved 19 January 2019 .
^
"Ink" . Almeida Theatre . Retrieved 19 January 2019 .
^
"Rupert Murdoch Story 'Ink' Sets Broadway Bow at Manhattan Theatre Club" . 30 April 2018.
^
"Shipwreck" . Almeida Theatre . Retrieved 19 January 2019 .
^
"The Hunt (London, 2019)" . Playbill . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"The Hunt" . St. Ann's Warehouse . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"Spring Awakening" . Almeida Theatre . Retrieved 1 January 2022 .
^
"Cold War" . Almeida Theatre . Retrieved 13 December 2023 .
^ Goold, Rupert (2001). The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, Adapted for the stage by Rupert Goold and Caroline Butler . London: Samuel French Ltd.
ISBN
0-573-01886-3 .
^
"TV Baftas 2013: all the winners" . Guardian UK . 12 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013 .
^ Lanre Bakare (13 May 2018).
"Bafta TV awards 2018: full list of winners" . theguardian.com .
^
"Olivier Winners 2008" . officiallondontheatre.com .
Society of London Theatre .
Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"Olivier Winners 2010" . officiallondontheatre.com .
Society of London Theatre .
Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"Olivier Winners 2015" . officiallondontheatre.com .
Society of London Theatre .
Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"Olivier Winners 2018" . officiallondontheatre.com .
Society of London Theatre .
Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"Olivier Winners 2024" . officiallondontheatre.com .
Society of London Theatre .
Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"King Charles III (Broadway, 2015)" . Playbill . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^
"Ink (Broadway, 2018)" . Playbill . Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
External links
Awards for Rupert Goold
Jonathan Miller (1976)
Clifford Williams (1977)
Terry Hands (1978)
Michael Bogdanov (1979)
Trevor Nunn /
John Caird (1980)
Peter Wood (1981)
Richard Eyre (1982)
Terry Hands (1983)
Christopher Morahan (1984)
Bill Bryden (1985)
Bill Alexander (1986)
Declan Donnellan (1987)
Deborah Warner (1988)
Michael Bogdanov (1989/1990)
Richard Jones (1991, musical)
David Thacker (1991, play)
Simon Callow (1992, musical)
Deborah Warner (1992, play)
Nicholas Hytner (1993, musical)
Stephen Daldry (1993, play)
Declan Donnellan (1994, musical)
Stephen Daldry (1994, play)
Scott Ellis (1995, musical)
Declan Donnellan (1995, play)
Trevor Nunn (1995)
Sam Mendes (1996)
Des McAnuff (1997)
Richard Eyre (1998)
Howard Davies (1999)
Trevor Nunn (2000)
Howard Davies (2001)
Michael Boyd (2002)
Sam Mendes (2003)
Michael Grandage (2004)
Nicholas Hytner (2005)
Richard Eyre (2006)
Dominic Cooke (2007)
Rupert Goold (2008)
John Tiffany (2009)
Rupert Goold (2010)
Howard Davies (2011)
Matthew Warchus (2012)
Marianne Elliott (2013)
Lyndsey Turner (2014)
Ivo van Hove (2015)
Robert Icke (2016)
John Tiffany (2017)
Sam Mendes (2018)
Stephen Daldry (2019)
Miranda Cromwell and
Marianne Elliott (2020)
No Ceremony (2021)
Rebecca Frecknall (2022)
Phelim McDermott (2023)
Jamie Lloyd (2024)
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