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Matthew Warchus (born 24 October 1966) is an English theatre director, filmmaker and dramaturg. He has been the Artistic Director of London's The Old Vic since September 2015.
Matthew Warchus was born on 24 October 1966 in Rochester, Kent, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Pride (2014), Matilda: The Musical (2022) and Simpatico (1999).
May 23, 2024 · Tony winner Matthew Warchus will step down from his position as artistic director of London's The Old Vic in September 2026, ending an 11-year tenure that began in 2015.
Oct 25, 2020 · Early in the pandemic, Matthew Warchus, the artistic director of London’s Old Vic theater, got a lot of attention in the British press for his dire warning about the existential threat to...
Oct 3, 2022 · Adapted from the hugely successful stage play (which is in itself adapted from the beloved children’s book), Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical — telling the story of a remarkably intelligent ...
Dec 25, 2022 · Matilda: The Musical: Directed by Matthew Warchus. With Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham. An adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical.
Matthew Warchus is a director of theatre, opera and film. He has directed award-winning productions for all the major British theatre companies (including a debut with the RSC as the youngest director ever on the Stratford main stage). He is the Artistic Director of the Old Vic Theatre, London.
May 23, 2024 · The Old Vic has announced that Matthew Warchus will step down as artistic director. Warchus, who was appointed in 2015, has overseen a major transformation of the venue’s reputation and buildings, becoming more accessible with transformed front-of-house, stage door, and back-of-house spaces.
Matthew Warchus was born on October 24, 1966 in Rochester, Kent, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Pride (2014), Matilda: The Musical (2022) and Simpatico (1999).
Jan 5, 2023 · As Artistic Director of London’s The Old Vic, director Matthew Warchus is no stranger to directing for the stage, nor is the task of adapting different source material into a musical foreign to him (in addition to their collaboration on Matilda, Warchus and composer/lyricist Tim Minchin turned Groundhog Day into a theater hit ...
