Christopher Haydon

Christopher Haydon is the Artistic Director of the Rose Theatre, Kingston. Prior to this, he was Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre from 2012 to 2017 and Associate Director at the Bush Theatre from 2008 to 2011. He was a Clore Leadership Programme Fellow in 2017. He studied at the University of Cambridge and the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Directing credits at Rose Theatre include: Emma; Never Let Me Go (also Bristol Old Vic, Malvern Theatres and Royal & Derngate, Northampton); The Caucasian Chalk Circle; and Leopards.

Credits at the Gate Theatre include: The Convert; Grounded (also Traverse Theatre, Studio Theatre Washington, DC, and national and international tours; winner of a Fringe First Award and Best Production at the Off West End Awards); Diary of a Madman (also Traverse Theatre); The Iphigenia Quartet; The Christians (also Traverse Theatre, winner of a Fringe First Award); and Image of an Unknown Young Woman (winner of Best Production at the Off West End Awards).

Freelance directing credits include: To the Streets (China Plate/Birmingham Hippodrome/Commonwealth Games); Macbeth (Manchester Royal Exchange); The Remains of the Day (Royal & Derngate, Northampton/Out of Joint); Trying It On (China Plate/RSC/Royal Court/Traverse Theatre); On the Exhale (China Plate/Traverse Theatre, released as an audiobook by Audible and winner of a Fringe First Award); The Caretaker (Bristol Old Vic/Royal & Derngate, Northampton); Twelve Angry Men (Birmingham Rep/West End); and Pressure Drop (On Theatre/Wellcome Collection).

He has feature films in development with Independent Entertainment and Riverstone Pictures.

As a journalist, he has contributed to numerous publications, including The Guardian, the Financial Times, The Scotsman, The Independent, the New Statesman and Prospect magazine.