Christopher Haydon

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.

Directing credits at the Rose include: The Caucasian Chalk Circle, 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).