Joe Hill-Gibbins
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Joe Hill-Gibbins (born 1977 as Joseph Hill-Gibbins) is a British theatre director. He is an Artistic Associate of the Young Vic Theatre in London.
Background
Hill-Gibbins was born and raised in Surrey by his parents, a car salesman and a primary school secretary. He read Drama at Manchester University.
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
- Edward II by Christopher Marlowe (2013 National Theatre) [6]
- The Changeling by Thomas Middleton & William Rowley (2012 Young Vic) [7]
- The Village Bike by Penelope Skinner (2011 Royal Court)[8]
- The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (2010 Young Vic)[9]
- The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh (2010[10] and 2011[11] Young Vic)
- The Girlfriend Experience by Alecky Blythe (2008 Royal Court and Drum Plymouth, 2009 Young Vic)[12]
- Bliss by Olivier Choinière, translated by Caryl Churchill (2009 Royal Court Theatre)[13]
- 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)[14]
- 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" 10 April 2007 [dead link]
- ^ Independent On Sunday "The Independent On Sunday" 19 November 2010
- ^ The Guardian "The Guardian" 22 July 2010
- ^ London Evening Standard "London Evening Standard" 27 July 2011
- ^ The Telegraph "The Telegraph" 5 July 2011
- ^ lovetheatre.com "lovetheatre.com" 23 February 2013
- ^ The Guardian "The Guardian" 27 November 2012
- ^ The Observer "The Observer" 10 July 2011
- ^ The Telegraph "The Telegraph" 18 November 2010
- ^ New York Times "New York Times" 10 August 2010
- ^ The Guardian "The Guardian" 26 July 2011
- ^ What's On Stage "What's On Stage" 30 July 2009
- ^ Guardian "The Guardian" 4 April 2008
- ^ Guardian "The Guardian" 5 April 2007