Has been Artistic Director of four regional theatres in the UK, including the Liverpool Everyman. He is currently represented on Broadway with the revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company. In 2006 he directed the critically acclaimed
Sweeney Todd (Broadway and West End), for which he won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director and the Drama Desk Award. Other notable productions include
The Gondoliers (West End),
Fiddler on the Roof and Moll Flanders, each winning UK regional Best Musical awards, with nominations for four other productions, including
Mack and Mabel (also West End). His UK opera work includes
The Tailor's Daughter,
The Elixir of Love (Welsh National Youth Opera),
Ice (City of London Sinfonia) and
Fast Forward Figaro (Buxton Opera Festival). He recently directed
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny for Los Angeles Opera. He has directed numerous classic plays, including
A Midsummer Night's Dream (New Shakespeare Company),
The Wars of the Roses (York Theatre Royal) and a major revival of
Amadeus for Wilton's Music Hall, London. Forthcoming engagements include
Peter Grimes for The Metropolitan Opera, New York.
