Daniel Buckroyd

Daniel Buckroyd is a British theatre director and former Artistic Director of the Mercury Theatre, Colchester.[1] Buckroyd has adapted several books by Michael Morpurgo for the stage, including The Butterfly Lion, Farm Boy, and Friend or Foe.[2]

Daniel Buckroyd
Born
Chelmsford
OccupationTheatre director

Career

Buckroyd was Artistic Director of New Perspectives touring theatre company from 2003, Associate Director of the Nuffield Theatre, Artistic Director of Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company, and Education Director of the Haymarket Theatre in Leicester. He became artistic director of the Mercury Theatre in November 2012.[3]

In 2014, Buckroyd directed the UK regional premiere of the George Stiles, Anthony Drewe and Cameron Mackintosh musical Betty Blue Eyes,[4] co-produced with Salisbury Playhouse, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Liverpool Playhouse. Buckroyd's direction received positive critical reviews.[5]

Buckroyd produced Clybourne Park, which toured six theatres in 2016.[6] Also in 2016 he toured with his production of the Churchill Theatre's End of the Rainbow.[7]

Productions as Director

References
  1. "REVIEW Not Now, Bernard - Mercury Theatre, Colchester". Gazette-Standard, D'Arcy-Jones / 29 October 2015
  2. "What's On Stage Review of Friend or Foe". What's on Stage.
  3. "New leadership team appointed at Colchester Mercury". The Stage.
  4. "Review: Betty Blue Eyes, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds". York Press..
  5. Shilling, Jane (20 March 2014). "Betty Blue Eyes, The Mercury Theatre: 'the sow steals every scene'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  6. "Clybourne Park review at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester – ‘a tense, terrific staging’". The Stage, 18 Jun 2014 / Charles Hutchinson
  7. "REVIEW: End Of The Rainbow, Churchill Theatre Bromley (on Tour)". British Theatre, By Douglas Mayo on 10 March 2016
  8. End of the Rainbow – Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury". Reviews Hub, 04/03/2016
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