British theatre and opera director
Joseph Hill-Gibbins is a British theatre and opera director.
Hill-Gibbins was born and raised in Surrey. He attended a local comprehensive,George Abbot School , and later read Drama atManchester University .
Hill-Gibbins directed his first professional production,Wallace Shawn ’sA Thought In Three Parts , at theBattersea Arts Centre as winner of the 2002 James Menzies-Kitchen Trust Award for young directors[ 1]
He trained at theRoyal Court Theatre , both as an assistant director and script reader in the literary office. In 2004 he became Trainee Associate Director at the Royal Court, helping curate the Young Writer’s Festival for which he directedA Girl In A Car With A Man byRob Evans .
In 2006 Hill-Gibbins joined the staff of theYoung Vic theatre. After directingBertolt Brecht ’s one-act comedyA Respectable Wedding Rory Bremner ,[ 2] Tennessee Williams 'The Glass Menagerie [ 3] The Beauty Queen of Leenane Martin McDonagh ,[ 4] [ 5]
In 2011 he also directedPenelope Skinner 's new playThe Village Bike [ 6]
Directing credits include [ edit ] ^ [1] "The JMK Trust"[dead link ^ Taylor, Paul (10 April 2007)."The Jewish Wife/A Respectable Wedding, Young Vic, London" .The Independent . Archived fromthe original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved21 August 2023 . ^ Taylor, Paul (19 November 2010)."The Glass Menagerie, Young Vic, London" .The Independent . Retrieved21 August 2023 . ^ Billington, Michael (21 July 2010)."The Beauty Queen of Leenane" .The Guardian . Retrieved21 August 2023 . ^ Mountford, Fiona (27 July 2011)."The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Young Vic - review" .London Evening Standard . Archived fromthe original on 22 November 2011. Retrieved21 August 2023 . ^ Cavendish, Dominic (5 July 2011)."The Village Bike, Royal Court Upstairs, review" .The Telegraph . Retrieved21 August 2023 . ^ "The Tragedy of King Richard the Second" .Almeida Theatre . 2023. Retrieved21 August 2023 .^ lovetheatre.com "lovetheatre.com" 23 February 2013[dead link ^ Billington, Michael (27 November 2012)."The Changeling – review" .The Guardian . Retrieved21 August 2023 . ^ Clapp, Susannah (9 July 2011)."That Day We Sang; The Crash of the Elysium; The Village Bike – review" .The Guardian . Retrieved21 August 2023 .^ Spencer, Charles (18 November 2010)."The Glass Menagerie, Young Vic, review" .The Telegraph . Retrieved21 August 2023 . ^ Wolf, Matt (10 August 2010)."Old Favorites, With New Tricks" .The New York Times . Retrieved21 August 2023 . ^ Hill-Gibbins, Joe (26 July 2011)."Play it again: staging a production one year on" .The Guardian . Retrieved21 August 2023 . ^ What's On Stage "What's On Stage" 30 July 2009^ Billington, Michael (3 April 2008)."Bliss" .The Guardian . Retrieved21 August 2023 . ^ Billington, Michael (5 April 2007)."The Jewish Wife/ A Respectable Wedding" .The Guardian . Retrieved21 August 2023 .
