ROYAL COURT THEATRE

 

As Associate Director:

1992 Young Writers' Festival

'Some Voices by Joe Penhall (1994)

'Ashes and Sand' by Judy Upton (1994)

'Pale Horse' by Joe Penhall (1995)

'Mojo' by Jez Butterworth (1995)

'The Lights' by Howard Korder (1995)

'The Weir' by Conor McPherson (1997)

'Mojo' and 'The Weir' transferred to the West End. 'Mojo' went to Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago and 'The Weir' continued to Broadway.

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Ian became Artistic Director in 1998 and helped steward the company back to its Sloane Sq home after a major redevelopment. 

 

As Artistic Director:

'Dublin Carol' by Conor McPherson (2000)

'Mouth to Mouth' by Kevin Elyot (2001)

'Boy Gets Girl' by Rebecca Gilman (2001)

'The Night Heron' by Jez Butterworth (2002)

The Caryl Churchill Season (2002)

'Fallout' by Roy Williams (2003)

'The Sweetest Swing in Baseball' by Rebecca Gilman (2004)

'Alice Trilogy' by Tom Murphy (2005)

'The Wintering' by Jez Butterworth (2006)

'Krapp's Last Tape' by Samuel Beckett (2006)

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His last production as Artistic Director, 'The Seagull' by Anton Chekhov, transferred to Broadway.

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Ian returned to the Royal Court to direct two more plays by Jez Butterworth: 'Jerusalem' and 'The River'. Each went to Broadway and 'Jerusalem' had several runs at the Apollo Theatre.