Jeremy Herrin

Jeremy Herrin is Artistic Director of Headlong. He studied at RSAMD. For Headlong, Herrin has directed The Absence of War and the European premiere of The Nether, at the Royal Court and in the West End. At the National Theatre he directed This House (Olivier nomination for Best Director) and Statement of Regret. For the RSC, he recently directed the world premiere of Wolf Hall (Evening Standard Award for Best Director; Olivier and Tony award nominations) and Bring Up the Bodies, which transferred to the West End in May 2014 and to Broadway in 2015. For the Royal Court, where he was Deputy Artistic Director, from 2009 to 2012, his productions include No Quarter, Hero, Haunted Child, The Heretic, Kin, Spur of the Moment, Off the Endz, The Priory (Olivier Award for Best Comedy), Tusk Tusk (Evening Standard Best Director nomination), The Vertical Hour and That Face (also West End). At Chichester he directed South Downs (also West End), and Uncle Vanya. Other theatre includes Noises Off at the American Airlines Theatre, Broadway (Tony nomination for Best Revival); Children's Children at the Almeida; Absent Friends and Death and the Maiden at the Harold Pinter; Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare's Globe; Marble at the Abbey Dublin; The Family Reunion at the Donmar Warehouse; Blackbird at the Market Theatre Johannesburg; and Gathered Dust and Dead Skin, The Lovers, Dirty Nets, Our Kind of Fun, Sudden Collapses in Public Places, Toast, Smack Family Robinson, Attachments, From the Underworld, The Last Post, Personal Belongings, NE1 and Knives in Hens at Live Theatre Newcastle. Television and film include The Inventor, Linked, Dead Terry, Warmth and Cold Calling. Radio includes South Downs, Flare Path and The Vertical Hour. Jeremy Herrin is a board member for Stage Directors UK.