Joe Hill-Gibbins
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Joe Hill-Gibbins (born 1977 as Joseph Hill-Gibbins) is a British theatre director. He is Deputy Artistic Director of the Young Vic Theatre in London.
Background
Hill-Gibbins was raised in Surrey by his parents, a car salesman and a primary school secretary. He read Drama at Manchester University. Since June 2012, Hill-Gibbins has been rumoured to be dating Mawgaine Tarrant.
Career
Hill-Gibbins directed his first professional production, Wallace Shawn’s A Thought In Three Parts, as winner of the 2002 James Menzies-Kitchen Trust Award for young directors.
He trained at the Royal Court Theatre, both as an assistant director to Dominic Cooke, James Macdonald and Ian Rickson, and as a senior 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 directed A Girl In A Car With A Man by Rob Evans.
In 2006 Hill-Gibbins joined the staff of the Young Vic theatre. After directing Bertolt Brecht’s one-act comedy A Respectable Wedding in a new translation by Rory Bremner,[1] he became an Associate Director. In 2010 he was appointed Deputy Artistic Director and directed acclaimed productions of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie[2] and The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh[3], which returned to the theatre in 2011.[4]
In 2011 he also directed Penelope Skinner's new play The Village Bike at the Royal Court.[5]
Directing credits include
The Village Bike by Penelope Skinner (2011 Royal Court)[6]
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (2010 Young Vic)[7]
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh (2010[8] and 2011[9] Young Vic)
The Girlfriend Experience by Alecky Blythe (2008 Royal Court and Drum Plymouth, 2009 Young Vic)[10]
Bliss by Olivier Choinière, translated by Caryl Churchill (2009 Royal Court Theatre)[11]
Family Plays: The Good Family by Joakim Pirinen & The Khomenko Family Chronicles by Natalia Vorozhbit (2007 Royal Court Theatre)
A Respectable Wedding by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Rory Bremner (2007 Young Vic)[12]
The Fever by Wallace Shawn (2005 Theatre 503 in association with Young Vic)
A Girl In A Car With A Man by Rob Evans (2004 Royal Court)
The One with the Oven by Emma Rosoman (2002 Royal Court)
A Thought In Three Parts by Wallace Shawn (2002 Battersea Arts Centre)
References
- ^ Independent "The Independent" April 10, 2007
- ^ Independent On Sunday "The Independent On Sunday" November 19, 2010
- ^ The Guardian "The Guardian" July 22, 2010
- ^ London Evening Standard "London Evening Standard" July 27, 2011
- ^ The Telegraph "The Telegraph" July 5, 2011
- ^ The Observer "The Observer" July 10, 2011
- ^ The Telegraph "The Telegraph" November 18, 2010
- ^ New York Times "New York Times" August 10, 2010
- ^ The Guardian "The Guardian" July 26,2011
- ^ What's On Stage "What's On Stage" July 30, 2009
- ^ Guardian "The Guardian" April 4, 2008
- ^ Guardian "The Guardian" April 5, 2007