Northern Irish writer, film and theatre director
Mick Gordon (born 1970) is a Northern Irish writer, film and theatre director. Currently he is Guest Lecturer, MA Creative Writing, Queens University Belfast where he is also a PhD candidate - Translating Artificial Intelligence into Theatre.[ 1]
Mick Gordon was born inBelfast . He graduated fromWadham College, Oxford in 1992, with a First Class Honours Degree in Modern History. He lives in Northern Ireland, with his wife Sophie Hayles and their two children.
From 2012 to 2015 Gordon wasArtistic Director ofAarhus Teater ,Denmark .[ 2] Previously he wasTrevor Nunn 's Associate Director at theRoyal National Theatre inLondon [ 3] and was Director of the National's Transformation Season. And Artistic Director of theGate Theatre in London.[ 4] He founded the charitable theatre companyOn Theatre to work in collaboration with experts from fields such asneurology ,psychology ,philosophy andtheology . He has produced and directed over 100 theatre productions. He is the author of eight plays, and a collection of essays. His mentors werePeter Brook andBrian Friel .
1996 John S Cohen Bursary Royal National Theatre Studio[ 5] London UK 1998 Critics’ Circle Most Promising Newcomer London UK[ 6] 1999Art [ 7] ACE Award Best Production Buenos Aires Argentina 2000 Peter Brook Award for Most Outstanding Theatre UK[ 7] 2000Closer ACE Award Best Production Buenos Aires Argentina 2001My Fair Lady ACE Award Best Production Buenos Aires Argentina[ 8] 2003Betrayal Public Award Best Production Stockholm Sweden[ 9] 2005NESTA Dreamtime Award UK[ 10] 2007Grimms' Tales [ 11] Best Production Belgrade Serbia 2008Deepcut Five awards Edinburgh Festival UK[ 12] [ 13] 2013 Danish Reumart Award, Aarhus Theatre 1993Alice in Wonderland Playhouse Oxford 1993The Telephone European Chamber Opera Hong Kong 1994Cosi fan Tutte European Chamber OperaHong Kong 1994Tosca Playhouse Epsom 1995Rigoletto Holland Park Opera London[ 14] 1995La Cenerentola Holland Park Opera London[ 14] 1996La Traviata Holland Park Opera , London[ 14] 1996The Soldiers Tale Institut Français , London 1996Arabian Nights BAC London[ 15] 1996Renard National Youth Ballet London 1996The Promise Battersea Arts Centre , London 1997The Tales of Hoffmann National Theatre Studio London 1997Hamlet National Theatre Studio London 1997Measure for Measure English Touring Theatre 1998Une Tempete Gate Theatre London[ 4] 1998Volunteers Gate Theatre London[ 16] 1999On Death (Intimate Death) Gate Theatre London[ 17] 1999Art National Theatre Buenos Aires[ 18] 1999Mad Dog Old Courthouse Belfast[ 19] 1999Salome Riverside Studios , London 1999Marathon Gate Theatre London[ 4] 2000Trust Royal Court Theatre , London 2000Closer Teatro Nacional Cervantes, Buenos Aires[ 8] 2000On Love Gate Theatre London[ 4] 2001My Fair Lady Teatro Nacional Cervantes ,Buenos Aires [ 8] 2001Godspell Festival Theatre ,Chichester 2001The Walls National Theatre London 2002Monkey! Young Vic Theatre , London 2002Le Pub! National Theatre London 2002A Prayer for Owen Meany National Theatre London 2003Betrayal Strindbergs Intima Teater, Stockholm[ 9] 2004The Real Thing [ 20] Strindbergs Intima Teater Stockholm 2005A Play in Swedish English and Italian Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm[ 21] 2005On Ego Soho Theatre London[ 22] 2006War Strindbergs Intima Teater, Stockholm[ 23] 2006Winners, Losers Strindbergs Intima Teater , Stockholm[ 23] 2006Optic Trilogy Royal Dramatic Theatre ,Stockholm [ 24] 2006On Religion (Grace) Soho Theatre London[ 25] 2007Grimms' Tales Dusko Radovic Belgrade[ 26] 2008On Emotion Soho Theatre London[ 27] 2008Dancing at Lughnasa Lyric Theatre Belfast[ 28] 2009The Home Place Grand Opera House, Belfast An Granian Theatre Letterkenny[ 29] 2009The Ride of Your Life Polka Theatre , London[ 30] 2009Deep Cut Tricycle Theatre , London,[ 31] Sherman Theatre ,Cardiff ,[ 32] Traverse Theatre ,Edinburgh [ 33] 2010The Tempest OSC/Wadham College 400th Anniversary 2010Translations Curve Theatre Leicester 2010Bea Soho Theatre , London[ 34] [ 35] 2011Sweeney Todd Aarhus Theatre , Denmark[ 36] 2011Both Sides Belfast International Theatre Festival 2012Uncle Vanya Lyric Theatre (Belfast) [ 37] 2012Ghosts Aarhus Theatre[ 38] [ 39] [ 40] 2013Dancing at Lughnasa Aarhus Theatre[ 38] [ 41] 2014The Visit Aarhus Theatre[ 38] [ 42] 2015On/Off Aarhus Theatre[ 38] [ 43] 2016Door into the Dark Seamus Heaney Home Place[ 44] 2017Sinners Lyric Theatre (Belfast) [ 45] 2017Making History FrielFest[ 46] 2018The Music Room BBC NI[ 47] 2018Living Quarters FrielFest[ 48] 2019A Deal's a Deal RTE Storylands[ 49] 2005On Ego [ 50] Oberon Books 2005On Love [ 51] Oberon Books 2005On Death (Intimate Death) [ 52] Oberon Books 2006On Religion (Grace) [ 53] Oberon Books 2007Conversations on Religion [ 54] Continuum Books 2008On Emotion [ 55] Oberon Books 2009The Ride of Your Life [ 56] Oberon Books 2009Identity and Identification [ 57] Black Dog Publishing 2009Conversations on Truth [ 58] Continuum Books 2010Pressure Drop [ 59] Oberon Books 2010Theatre and the Mind [ 60] Oberon Books 2011Bea [ 61] Oberon Books 2015ON/OFF Aarhus Teater[ 62] 2019Hvad med teaterhistorien? 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Retrieved19 February 2014 .^a b c d "Velkommen til Aarhus Teater" .Aarhus Teater .^ "Da sandheden ramte Aarhus" . 24 April 2012.^ AarhusTeater (18 April 2012)."Gengangere på Aarhus Teater" – via YouTube. ^ AarhusTeater (9 April 2014)."DANS UNDER HØSTMÅNEN på Aarhus Teater" – via YouTube. ^ AarhusTeater (22 August 2014)."BESØGET på Aarhus Teater" – via YouTube. ^ AarhusTeater (9 April 2015)."ON/OFF - Internettet vækkes til live på Aarhus Teater" – via YouTube. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 22 December 2017. Retrieved27 March 2019 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "The Lyric Theatre brings you the hilarious new comedy Sinners from the wicked pen of Marie Jone" . 13 May 2017.^ "Making history in Donegal at FrielFest" . 24 August 2017.^ "BBC One - the Music Room" .^ "Homepage - an Grianan Theatre - Letterkenny, Donegal. Arts Music Comedy Venue" . 6 September 2021.^ "RTE Storyland – A Deal's a Deal – Wolfhound Media" . 16 December 2019.^ Paul Brooks, Mick Gordon."On Ego" . Oberonbooks.com. Archived fromthe original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved19 February 2014 . ^ Mick Gordon."On Love" . Oberonbooks.com. Archived fromthe original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved19 February 2014 . ^ Gordon, Mick;Hennezel, Maria de ."On Death" . Oberonbooks.com. Archived fromthe original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved19 February 2014 . ^ Mick Gordon, A C Grayling."On Religion" . Oberonbooks.com. Archived fromthe original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved19 February 2014 . ^ "Conversations on Religion by Wilkinson, Chris; Gordon, Mick [Editor]: Continuum 9780826499097 Paperback" . AbeBooks.com. Retrieved19 February 2014 .^ Mick Gordon (5 November 2008)."On Emotion" . Oberonbooks.com. Archived fromthe original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved19 February 2014 . ^ Mick Gordon."The Ride of your Life" . Oberonbooks.com. Archived fromthe original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved19 February 2014 . ^ "Identity and Identification: - All Books - Black Dog Publishing" . Blackdogonline.com. Archived fromthe original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved19 February 2014 .^ "Conversations on Truth" . Bloomsbury. Retrieved19 February 2014 .^ Mick Gordon."Pressure Drop" . Oberonbooks.com. Archived fromthe original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved19 February 2014 . ^ Mick Gordon."Theatre and the Mind" . Oberonbooks.com. Archived fromthe original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved19 February 2014 . ^ "Bea Mick Gordon" . Oberonbooks.com. Archived fromthe original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved19 February 2014 .^ "ON / OFF på Aarhus Teater by Aarhus Teater - Issuu" .^ Hoogland, Rikard (2019)."Hvad med teaterhistorien? (What about Theatre History?)" .Nordic Theatre Studies .31 :155– 157.doi :10.7146/nts.v31i1.113016 .S2CID 192519814 .
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