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Caid is a freelance director and writer working in theatre, opera and musical theatre, an Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Principal Guest Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm (Dramaten) and author of Theatre Craft, published by Faber and Faber.
Recent work in England includes: Macbeth (Almeida) and Hamlet (NT), both with Simon Russell Beale. In Stockholm his production of Strindberg’s Dance of Death is currently running at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and in Japan he has just directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the New National Theatre and his own adaptation of Teru Miyamoto’s novel Kinshu at the Galaxy Theatre. Other productions at the NT include Bulwer-Lytton’s Money, new versions of Bernstein’s Candide and Barrie’s Peter Pan, Trelawny of the ‘Wells’, The Seagull with Judi Dench, Pam Gems’s Stanley with Anthony Sher and Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones with Diana Rigg and Simon Russell Beale.
He is an honorary associate director of the RSC, where he has directed over 20 plays including classic works by Shakespeare, Shaw, Farquhar, Gorky, Strindberg, Brecht and Ben Jonson, and new plays by Peter Flannery, Pam Gems, Jonathan Gems, John Berger and Nella Bielski, Richard Nelson, David Edgar, Mary O’Malley and Charles Wood. His productions of Les Misérables and Nicholas Nickleby, both with Trevor Nunn, have won numerous awards around the world. Other work includes Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song & Dance (Palace), Mozart’s Zaide (Battignano Opera Festival, Tuscany) and the Siegfried and Roy Spectacular (Las Vegas).
Television includes: Nicholas Nickleby, As You Like It and his own adaptation of Shakepeare’s Henry IV plays for the BBC.
Other recent productions include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night (both Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm), The Beggar’s Opera (Nissay Theatre, Tokyo), The Screams of Kitty Genovese (Public Theatre, New York) and Verdi’s Don Carlos (Welsh National Opera and Canadian Opera Company, Toronto).
Published work as a librettist and lyricist includes: a new version of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera with the composer Ilona Sekacz, first performed at the RSC, a new adaptation of J M Barrie’s Peter Pan (RSC and NT), Children of Eden with composer Stephen Schwartz, Jane Eyre and Daddy Long Legs, both with composer Paul Gordon, and Bernstein’s Candide with new lyrics by Richard Wilbur and Stephen Sondheim.
John Caird, Daddy Long Legs
John Caird, Daddy Long Legs
John Caird, Daddy Long Legs
John Caird , Jane Eyre
John Caird, Jane Eyre
John Caird, Stanley
John Caird, Stanley
John CairdThe Beggar's Opera
John CairdLes Miserables
John Caird, Les Miserables
John Caird, Les Misérables
John Caird , The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
John CairdThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
John CairdNicholas Nickleby
John Caird has written 3 shows including Children of Eden (Bookwriter), Jane Eyre (Bookwriter), Daddy Long Legs (Book).
John Caird has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. He was nominated for Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Daddy Long Legs." He was also nominated for Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Jane Eyre," as well as Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for the same show. Caird received nominations for Best Director - Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards and the Tony Awards for "Stanley." He was also nominated for Best Director of a Musical at the Olivier Awards for "The Beggar's Opera." Additionally, he received nominations for Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production at the Helen Hayes Awards and Best Director at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Les Misérables." Caird's nominations also include Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Les Misérables" and Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby." He won the Best Director award at the Evening Standard Awards for "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" and was named Director of the Year at the Olivier Awards for "Nicholas Nickleby."
John Caird has won several awards for his work in the theater industry. He received the Outstanding Book of a Musical award at the Drama Desk Awards for "Daddy Long Legs." He was also recognized as the Best Director - Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Stanley" and as the Best Director for "Les Misérables" at the same awards. Caird's exceptional direction of "Les Misérables" also earned him the Best Direction of a Musical award at the Tony Awards. Additionally, he won the Best Direction of a Play Tony Award for "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby." Caird's talent as a director was further acknowledged with the Best Director award at the Evening Standard Awards for "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," and he was named Director of the Year at the Olivier Awards for "Nicholas Nickleby."