Miles Gregory

Miles Gregory is a New Zealand / UK theatre director and theatrical producer.

Miles Gregory
Occupation
  • Theatre producer
  • theatre director
NationalityNew Zealand
Period2008–
Notable awardsSir Peter Blake Leader Award (2018)
Best Director BroadwayWorld Sydney Awards (2018)

Background

In 2015, Gregory founded Pop-up Globe, a New Zealand theatre company that performs Shakespeare's plays in temporary, 'pop-up' replicas of the second Globe Theatre, and serves as artistic director of the company.[1] In addition to five seasons in Auckland in 2016–2020, Pop-up Globe has toured internationally to Australia, with seasons in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, winning some fifteen awards and performing to over 650,000 people.[2]

Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Miles attended King's College, Auckland, before reading for a BA in Modern History at Durham University, UK. He has a PhD in Shakespeare in Performance from Bristol University and a Master of Fine Arts in Staging Shakespeare from Exeter University.[3]

He was formerly founding artistic director of the Bristol Shakespeare Festival and the British Touring Shakespeare Company, before being appointed as Artistic Director and CEO of The Maltings Theatre & Cinema, Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK, in 2008. He returned to NZ with his family in 2012.[4]

For his work with Pop-up Globe he has received numerous awards including a Sir Peter Blake Leader Award,[5] Best Director for A Midsummer Night's Dream from BroadwayWorld Sydney Awards[6] and a Denizen Magazine Heroes Award.[7]

References
  1. McDonald, Dani. "Auckland's Pop-Up Globe to take Shakespeare to the Aussies". Stuff. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  2. Brooks, Sam (29 August 2019). "To unpathed waters, undreamed shores: the Pop-Up Globe is leaving New Zealand". The Spinoff. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. De Lore, Clare (12 November 2017). "The Kiwi behind the Pop-up Globe is taking Shakespeare global". Noted. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. Whetstone, David (20 August 2011). "Transformed art centre The Maltings to lose its chief". The Journal. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  5. "Miles Gregory". Blake NZ.
  6. "Winners Announced for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Sydney Awards". BroadwayWorld.com.
  7. "Denizen Winter 16". The Denizen. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
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