Michael Boyd directs Henry VI Parts I, II and III, Richard III, Richard II, Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II (Associate Director), Henry V as part of the ensemble.
RSC:
Michael has been Artistic Director of the RSC since 2003. The Broken Heart, Much Ado About Nothing, The Spanish Tragedy, Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Henry VI Parts I, II and III, Richard III (Olivier Award Best Director 2001), .The Tempest, Hamlet, Twelfth Night.
Trained:
Malaya Bronnaya Theatre, Moscow.
Other theatre includes:
Michael Boyd was the founding Artistic Director of the Tron Theatre, Glasgow.
For the Tron: Macbeth, The Trick Is To Keep Breathing (Boyd/Galloway, also at the Royal Court and World Stage Festival), Good (nominated for Critics’ Award, Edinburgh Festival), Tremblay’s The Real Wurld (also International Festival, New York), Tremblay’s The Guid Sisters (also Edinburgh Festival, World Stage Festival, Toronto and Montreal), premieres of Chris Hannan’s The Baby, Iain Heggie’s Clyde Nouveau, Peter Arnott’s Muir and Losing Alec, Alasdair Gray’s McGrotty and Ludmilla.
From 1982-84 Associate Director of the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Howard Barker’s A Passion In Six Days.
From 1979-82 Director Belgrade Theatre, Coventry: Ron Hutchinson’s Risky City, Boyd/Gogol The Nose, The Mystery Plays.
Other work includes: Miss Julie (West End); Hedda Gabler (Leicester Haymarket); Othello (Lyric, Hammersmith. Nominated Best Director Plays & Players); The Alchemist (Cambridge Theatre Co.).
