Christopher Haydon
Director
Christopher Haydon is artistic director of the Rose Theatre, Kingston. Prior to that, he was Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre from 2012-2017, and from 2008-2011, was Associate Director at the Bush Theatre. He was a 2017 fellow of the Clore Leadership Programme. He studied at Cambridge University and the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Directing credits at the Rose include: Never Let Me Go, The Caucasian Chalk Circle; and Leopards.
Credits at the Gate include: The Convert, Grounded (also Traverse Theatre, Studio Theatre Washington DC, national and international tour, winner: Fringe First, Best Production - Off West End Awards); Diary of a Madman (also Traverse Theatre); The Iphigenia Quartet, The Christians (also Traverse Theatre, winner: Fringe First); and Image of An Unknown Young Woman (winner: Best Production - 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, winner: Fringe First); 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 many publications including: The Guardian, Financial Times, The Scotsman, The Independent, The New Statesman and Prospect Magazine.