Dominic Dromgoole
Dominic Dromgoole (born 25 October 1963)[1] is an English theatre director and writer about the theatre who has recently begun to work in film.[2] He lives in Hackney with his three daughters and partner Sasha Hails.[3]
Early life
He is the son of an actress turned schoolteacher, Jenny Davis, and of
Career
Six months after graduating from Cambridge, Dromgoole started working part-time as an assistant director at the Bush Theatre, London. In 1990 he became artistic director of the Bush, and stayed there until 1996. During this time, he premiered 65 new plays including early works by Billy Roche, Philip Ridley, Catherine Johnson, Sebastian Barry, Jonathan Harvey, Simon Bent, Naomi Wallace, Irvine Welsh, David Harrower, Samuel Adamson and Conor McPherson, and the original production of Helen Edmundson's The Clearing in 1993.[5][6]
After a period in charge of new plays for
In 2005, he took over from
His other directing credits include revivals of Someone Who'll Watch Over Me at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London, Noël Coward's Present Laughter, with Rik Mayall, George Bernard Shaw's John Bull's Other Island at London's Tricycle Theatre, and Eric Schlosser's Americans at the Arcola Theatre. He has also directed plays in the US and Romania.[9]
Since leaving Shakespeare's Globe, Dromgoole has set up
Writing
In 2000, his book The Full Room: An A-Z of Contemporary Playwriting provided a personal survey of contemporary British playwriting. In 2006, Will and Me: How Shakespeare Took Over My Life charted his fascination with William Shakespeare, and won the inaugural Sheridan Morley award. Dromgoole has also contributed to The New Statesman, The Sunday Times and other publications.[2] In 2017 his book Hamlet Globe to Globe, recounted experiences from the global tour of Hamlet.[20]
References
- ^ a b DROMGOOLE, Dominic Charles Fleming, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
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- Independent.co.uk. 20 October 2011.
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- ^ a b "Changing of the Guard: Dromgoole at the Globe | What's on Stage Interview with ... | Whatsonstage". Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- Independent.co.uk. 12 October 2015.
- ^ "HOME".
- ^ "Dromgoole Stays on at Bankside Globe Until 2011 | What's on Stage News | Whatsonstage". Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ^ a b "Dominic Dromgoole 1 | Globe Image Library". Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ^ Taylor, Paul (16 January 2014). "The Duchess of Malfi, theatre review". The Independent. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ "Previous Productions | Shakespeare's Globe | Education / Shakespeare's Globe". www.shakespearesglobe.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
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- ^ "Open Palm Films - Making Noise Quietly".
- ^ "Benjamin review – Simon Amstell's barbed wit shines". www.theguardian.com. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Dominic Dromgoole Launches New Theatre Company". www.thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Dracula and Frankenstein staged by Classic Spring in double bill at Hackney Empire". www.whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Greenblatt, Stephen (21 April 2017). "Their Hours Upon the Stage: Performing 'Hamlet' Around the World". The New York Times.