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Matthew Warchus was born on 24 October, 1966 in Rochester, Kent, England, is a British director and dramatist. Discover Matthew Warchus's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

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Occupation Director,dramatist
Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 24 October, 1966
Birthday 24 October
Birthplace Rochester, Kent, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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2020

In 2020, Warchus was planned to direct Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles starring Eileen Atkins and Timothée Chalamet in April to May 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the production has been postponed with the rescheduled dates to be announced. Also his production of Lungs which was due to transfer with Claire Foy and Matt Smith reprising their roles to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York in March to April 2020 was also cancelled due to the pandemic.

For Christmas 2020, his production of A Christmas Carol has been announced to return for its fourth consecutive season at The Old Vic, as well as a return to Broadway (theatre and details to be announced).

2019

In 2019 he directed a revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter starring Andrew Scott, followed by Duncan Macmillan's Lungs starring Claire Foy and Matt Smith before a return of A Christmas Carol starring Paterson Joseph. His production of A Christmas Carol was also performed on Broadway over the 2019-2020 festive season at the Lyceum Theatre starring Campbell Scott as Scrooge, with Andrea Martin and LaChanze.

2016

His second season saw him direct the 20th anniversary revival of 'Art' starring Rufus Sewell, Tim Key and Paul Ritter from December 2016 to February 2017. He also directed a new adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Jack Thorne starring Rhys Ifans as Scrooge for Christmas 2017, and returned for Christmas 2018 starring Stephen Tompkinson as Scrooge.

2015

His first season began in September 2015 directing a new play, Future Conditional by Tamsin Oglesby, starring Rob Brydon. He also directed The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen starring Ralph Finnes, The Caretaker by Harold Pinter starring Timothy Spall, Daniel Mays and George MacKay, and reunited with the same creative team as Matilda to create the world premiere of the musical Groundhog Day. The musical ran for 8 weeks from July to September 2016 before transferring to the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway from April to September 2017.

2014

His film Pride was selected to be screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Queer Palm award on 23 May 2014.

In May 2014 Warchus was announced as the new Artistic Director of the Old Vic Theatre London, succeeding Kevin Spacey.

2012

Warchus's production of Ghost: The Musical, a stage adaptation of the Academy Award winning 1990 film, Ghost premiered at the Manchester Opera House in March 2011, and opened at the West End's Piccadilly Theatre in July 2011 and closed on 6 October 2012. The show transferred to Broadway beginning at the Lunt Fontanne Theater on 15 March 2012 and closed on 18 August 2012. Ghost The Musical was on tour in UK and USA in 2013 while also playing in Budapest. It opened in Korea in November 2013.

2010

In 2010, Warchus directed the acclaimed RSC musical production, Matilda The Musical, which transferred to the West End in October 2011 at the Cambridge Theatre, before opening at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway in March 2013. The musical has since gone on to tour the US, Australia and New Zealand, winning multiple awards with a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical and Best Director for Warchus.

2009

During the 2009 Broadway season, Warchus directed two productions. One was the critically lauded, 2009 Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a Play transfer of his Old Vic production of The Norman Conquests, for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Best Director. The other was the 2009 Tony Award winner for Best Play, Yasmina Reza's smash hit God of Carnage for which Warchus won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play.

2007

In 2007 he directed Lord of the Rings, the stage adaptation of Lord of the Rings, which played at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane from May 2007 to July 2008. It was the most expensive stage production ever at the time of its debut. In 2008 he directed David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, starring Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum and Alan Ayckbourn's trilogy of plays The Norman Conquests at London's Old Vic Theatre, and Boeing Boeing at New York's Broadhurst Theatre for which he received a Tony nomination for Best Director of a Play.

2001

He is married to American actress Lauren Ward, who originated the role of Miss Honey in the Stratford-upon-Avon, London, and Broadway productions of Matilda the Musical. Ward and Warchus met when he directed her in the 2001 revival of Follies on Broadway. They have three children.

1999

Warchus directed Yasmina Reza's plays, The Unexpected Man (RSC) and Life x 3 (National Theatre) in London and New York (at, respectively, the Promenade Theatre and Circle in the Square Theatre). In 1999, he completed his debut feature film – an adaptation of Sam Shepard's play Simpatico – which he co-wrote and directed, starring Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Albert Finney and Sharon Stone. In 2000 he directed Sam Shepard's True West starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C. Reilly. In 2002 he directed Our House, at the Cambridge Theatre, a new musical written by Tim Firth featuring the music of Madness which won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical.

1997

His 1997 productions of Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre and Falstaff at the English National Opera have been nominated for several Olivier awards including "Best Director". Hamlet was also seen at the Brooklyn Academy in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

1966

Matthew Warchus (born 24 October 1966) is a British director and dramatist. He has been Artistic Director of London's Old Vic Theatre since September 2015.