Mick Gordon (director)

Mick Gordon (born 1970) is a Northern Irish writer, film and theatre director.

Personal

Mick Gordon was born in Belfast. He graduated from Wadham College, Oxford in 1991, with a First Class Honours Degree in Modern History. He lives in Belfast, with his wife Sophie Hayles and their two children.

Career

From 2012 to 2015 Gordon was Artistic Director of Aarhus Teater, Denmark.[1] Previously he was Trevor Nunn's Associate Director at the Royal National Theatre in London[2] and was Director of the National’s Transformation Season. And Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre in London.[3] He founded the charitable theatre company On Theatre to work in collaboration with experts from fields such as neurology, psychology, philosophy and theology. He has produced and directed over 100 theatre productions. He is the author of eight plays, and a collection of essays. His mentors are Peter Brook and the late Brian Friel.

Awards

• 1996 John S Cohen Bursary Royal National Theatre Studio[4] London UK
• 1998 Critics’ Circle Most Promising Newcomer London UK[5]
• 1999 Art[6] ACE Award Best Production Buenos Aires Argentina
• 2000 Peter Brook Award for Most Outstanding Theatre UK[6]
• 2000 Closer ACE Award Best Production Buenos Aires Argentina
• 2001 My Fair Lady ACE Award Best Production Buenos Aires Argentina[7]
• 2003 Betrayal Public Award Best Production Stockholm Sweden[8]
• 2005 NESTA Dreamtime Award UK[9]
• 2007 Grimms' Tales[10] Best Production Belgrade Serbia
• 2008 Deepcut Five awards Edinburgh Festival UK[11][12]
• 2013 Danish Reumart Award, Aarhus Theatre

Directing

• 1993 Alice in Wonderland Playhouse Oxford
• 1993 The Telephone European Chamber Opera Hong Kong
• 1994 Cosi fan Tutte European Chamber Opera Hong Kong
• 1994 Tosca Playhouse Epsom
• 1995 Rigoletto Holland Park Opera London[13]
• 1995 La Cenerentola Holland Park Opera London[13]
• 1996 La Traviata Holland Park Opera, London[13]
• 1996 The Soldiers Tale Institut Français, London
• 1996 Arabian Nights BAC London[14]
• 1996 Renard National Youth Ballet London
• 1996 The Promise Battersea Arts Centre, London
• 1997 The Tales of Hoffman National Theatre Studio London
• 1997 Hamlet National Theatre Studio London
• 1997 Measure for Measure English Touring Theatre
• 1998 Une Tempete Gate Theatre London[3]
• 1998 Volunteers Gate Theatre London[15]
• 1999 On Death (Intimate Death) Gate Theatre London[16]
• 1999 Art National Theatre Buenos Aires[17]
• 1999 Mad Dog Old Courthouse Belfast[18]
• 1999 Salome Riverside Studios, London
• 1999 Marathon Gate Theatre London[3]
• 2000 Trust Royal Court Theatre, London
• 2000 Closer Teatro Nacional Cervantes, Buenos Aires[7]
• 2000 On Love Gate Theatre London[3]
• 2001 My Fair Lady Teatro Nacional Cervantes, Buenos Aires[7]
• 2001 Godspell Festival Theatre, Chichester
• 2001 The Walls National Theatre London
• 2002 Monkey! Young Vic Theatre, London
• 2002 Le Pub! National Theatre London
• 2002 A Prayer for Owen Meany National Theatre London
• 2003 Betrayal Strindbergs Intima Teater, Stockholm[8]
• 2004 The Real Thing[19] Strindbergs Intima Teater Stockholm
• 2005 A Play in Swedish English and Italian Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm[20]
• 2005 On Ego Soho Theatre London[21]
• 2006 War Strindbergs Intima Teater, Stockholm[22]
• 2006 Winners, Losers Strindbergs Intima Teater, Stockholm[22]
• 2006 Optic Trilogy Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm[23]
• 2006 On Religion (Grace) Soho Theatre London[24]
• 2007 Grimms' Tales Dusko Radovic Belgrade[25]
• 2008 On Emotion Soho Theatre London[26]
• 2008 Dancing at Lughnasa Lyric Theatre Belfast[27]
• 2009 The Home Place Grand Opera House, Belfast An Granian Theatre Letterkenny[28]
• 2009 The Ride of Your Life Polka Theatre, London[29]
• 2009 Deep Cut Tricycle Theatre, London,[30] Sherman Theatre, Cardiff,[31] Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh[32]
• 2010 The Tempest OSC/Wadham College 400th Anniversary
• 2010 Translations Curve Theatre Leicester
• 2010 Bea Soho Theatre, London[33][34]
• 2011 Sweeney Todd Aarhus Theatre, Denmark[35]
• 2011 Both Sides Belfast International Theatre Festival
• 2012 Uncle Vanya Lyric Theatre (Belfast)[36]
• 2012 Ghosts Aarhus Theatre [37][38][39]
• 2013 Dancing at Lughnasa Aarhus Theatre [37][40]
• 2014 The Visit Aarhus Theatre [37][41]
• 2015 On/Off Aarhus Theatre [37][42]
• 2016 Door into the Dark Seamus Heaney Home Place [43]
• 2017 Sinners Lyric Theatre (Belfast)[44]
• 2018 The Music Room BBC NI [45]

Writing

• 2005 On Ego[46] Oberon Books
• 2005 On Love[47] Oberon Books
• 2005 On Death (Intimate Death)[48] Oberon Books
• 2006 On Religion (Grace)[49] Oberon Books
• 2007 Conversations on Religion[50] Continuum Books
• 2008 On Emotion[51] Oberon Books
• 2009 The Ride of Your Life[52] Oberon Books
• 2009 Conversations on Identity[53] Black Dog Publishing
• 2009 Conversations on Truth[54] Continuum Books
• 2010 Pressure Drop[55] Oberon Books
• 2010 Theatre and the Mind[56] Oberon Books
• 2011 Bea[57] Oberon Books

References

1. Aarhus Teater. "Aarhus Teater :: Rigtig god fornøjelse!". Aarhusteater.dk. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
2. "South Bank, London". National Theatre. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20130907221607/http://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. National Theatre Studio#National Theatre Studio
5. Critics' Circle Theatre Award
6. "Página/12". Pagina12.com.ar. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
7. "Romay Producciones". Romay Producciones. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
8. "Pinter på engelska på Strindbergs Teater - Kulturnytt | Sveriges Radio". Sverigesradio.se. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
9. "Big thinker - Mick Gordon and On Ego : Features". The Stage. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
10. "webStage". Web-stage.org. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20101123143530/http://www.shermancymru.co.uk/performance/drama/deep-cut/. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
12. https://web.archive.org/web/20140106182529/http://amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/scotland-%E2%80%9Cdeep-cut%E2%80%9D-wins-2008-freedom-expression-award. Archived from "deep-cut"-wins-2008-freedom-expression-award the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
13. "Opera Holland Park". Opera Holland Park. 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
14. Ivens, Olivia. "Welcome to Battersea Arts Centre - Battersea Arts Centre". Bac.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
15. David Benedict and Paul Taylor (1998-11-07). "THE FIVE BEST PLAYS IN LONDON - Arts & Entertainment". The Independent. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
16. "A new start with death | From". The Guardian. 1999-01-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
17. "Página/12 :: espectaculos". Pagina12.com.ar. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
18. "Courthouse takes centre stage as actors revisit horrors of Belfast - Home News - UK". The Independent. 2000-11-15. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
19. "The Real Thing | Strindbergs Intima Teater". Strindbergsintimateater.se. 2004-09-03. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
20. https://web.archive.org/web/20130904044458/http://www.dramaten.se/dramaten/. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
21. "Lyn Gardner talks to Mick Gordon who has paved way for the National Theatre's success | Stage". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
22. "Strindbergs Intima Teater". Strindbergsintimateater.se. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
23. "In English - Dramaten". Dramaten.se. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
24. Paul Vale (2006-12-08). "The Stage / Reviews / On Religion". Thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
25. "About Theater "Duško Radović"". Malopozoriste.co.rs. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
26. McGinn, Caroline (2008-11-04). "Paul Broks and Mick Gordon 'On Emotion' - Time Out London". Timeout.com. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
27. "Theatre Belfast". The Lyric Theatre. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
28. "Theatre Belfast | Places to Eat in Belfast | Conference Rooms Belfast". Goh.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
29. "World-class theatre for children". Polka Theatre. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
30. "Tricycle Theatre". Tricycle.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
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32. "Traverse Theatre Edinburgh - Scotland's new writing theatre". Traverse.co.uk. 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
33. "Soho Theatre". Soho Theatre. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
34. Dennis, Richard (2010-12-10). "bea, Soho Theatre, London". FT.com. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
35. "Sweeney Todd in Aarhus". YouTube. 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
36. "Uncle Vanya, Lyric Theatre, Belfast, review". Telegraph. 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
37. "Velkommen til Aarhus Teater". Aarhus Teater.
38. "Da sandheden ramte Aarhus". 24 April 2012.
39. AarhusTeater (18 April 2012). "Gengangere på Aarhus Teater" – via YouTube.
40. AarhusTeater (9 April 2014). "DANS UNDER HØSTMÅNEN på Aarhus Teater" – via YouTube.
41. AarhusTeater (22 August 2014). "BESØGET på Aarhus Teater" – via YouTube.
42. AarhusTeater (9 April 2015). "ON/OFF - Internettet vækkes til live på Aarhus Teater" – via YouTube.
43. http://www.seamusheaneyhome.com/getmedia/d7edfbd1-2468-49f4-99f9-fb8303d28ec1/SHHP-Season1Programme-web.pdf
44. https://lovebelfast.co.uk/sinners-lyric-theatre/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
45. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bkb0nl
46. Paul Brooks, Mick Gordon. "On Ego". Oberonbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
47. Mick Gordon. "On Love". Oberonbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
48. Mick Gordon, Maria de Hennezel. "On Death". Oberonbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
49. Mick Gordon, A C Grayling. "On Religion". Oberonbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
50. "Conversations on Religion by Wilkinson, Chris; Gordon, Mick [Editor]: Continuum 9780826499097 Paperback". AbeBooks.com. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
51. Mick Gordon (2008-11-05). "On Emotion". Oberonbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
52. Mick Gordon. "The Ride of your Life". Oberonbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
53. "Identity and Identification: - All Books - Black Dog Publishing". Blackdogonline.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
54. "Conversations on Truth". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
55. Mick Gordon. "Pressure Drop". Oberonbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
56. Mick Gordon. "Theatre and the Mind". Oberonbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
57. "Bea Mick Gordon". Oberonbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.

External links

• Unitedagents.co.uk
• Aarhusteater.dk
• Politiken.dk
• Havebackstage.dk
• Guardian.co.uk
• Independent.co.uk
• Thestage.co.uk
• Guardian.co.uk
• Oberonbooks.com
• Guardian.co.uk
• Telegrpah.co.uk
• Artandmind.org
• Whatsonstage.com
• Wellcome.ac.uk
• Malopozoriste.co.rs