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[West End, 2016] [Replacement]
Director[Replacement]
Designer[Replacement]
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Director
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Director

Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 2007 - Outstanding Director of a Play

Deborah Warner, Happy Days

Tony Awards - 2003 - Best Play

Deborah Warner, Medea


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Drama Desk Awards - 2002 - Outstanding Director - Play

Deborah Warner, Medea

Drama Desk Awards - 1996 - Outstanding Director - Play

Deborah Warner, The Waste Land


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Olivier Awards - 1992 - Best Director of a Play

Deborah WarnerHedda Gabler


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Olivier Awards - 1988 - Director of the Year

Deborah WarnerTitus Andronicus

News


The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera Will Perform PHAEDRA + MINOTAUR

The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera will present a joint collaboration of Phaedra + Minotaur for a limited run of performances this February. Learn more here!
Cast Set For UK Tour of GHOST STORIES

Casting has been announced for Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s worldwide cult phenomenon Ghost Stories, which is set to embark on its first full UK national tour opening at Churchill Theatre, Bromley.
Critics' Choice: Cheryl Markosky's Best Shows of 2024

Grand dame Sian Phillips stealing the show, Adam Cooper giving an unexpected twirl and smaller theatre spaces punching above their weight. These are some of BroadwayWorld reviewer Cheryl Markosky's favourite theatre moments of 2024.
Full Cast Set For UK and Ireland Tour of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Find out who's starring in Lucy Bailey’s new production of the UK & Ireland Tour of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.
Jane Horrocks Leads The Cast of THE BIRTHDAY PARTY at Theatre Royal Bath

Rehearsals are underway for Harold Pinter's classic comedy of menace, The Birthday Party starring Olivier Award, Tony Award and BAFTA nominee Jane Horrocks, which will play the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath from Friday 2 – Saturday 31 August.
Richard Tucker Music Foundation Announces 2024 Award Winner And Grant Recipients

Discover the 2024 award winner and grant recipients announced by the Richard Tucker Music Foundation.
John Behlmann, Saffron Burrows & More to Star in CORRUPTION at Lincoln Center Theater

Lincoln Center Theater has revealed the cast for its upcoming production of CORRUPTION, a new play by J.T. Rogers, directed by Bartlett Sher.
Review: MACHINAL, Theatre Royal Bath

With the AI (artificial intelligence) summit at Bletchley Park this week, Machinal at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath, couldn’t be more timely.
Review: WOZZECK, Royal Opera House

Deborah Warner's new production dives head first into the Lars Von Trier pool of paranoia
Deborah Warner Commissions Theatre, Opera, Dance and Recitals This Year at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath

Last year, acclaimed theatre and opera director Deborah Warner took over as Artistic Director of the Ustinov Studio. She proposed a radical new programming model for the theatre where OPERA, DANCE and SONG would be programmed alongside THEATRE.
Edinburgh International Festival Reveals 2023 Programme

The global celebration of performing arts, Edinburgh International Festival, today unveils an expansive programme of world-class music, opera, dance and theatre to take place from 4 – 27 August 2023. This year marks the first Festival under the direction of new Festival Director, Nicola Benedetti, one of today's most influential classical music artists.  
New Muhammad Ali Musical ALI Will Have its World Premiere In Louisville in Fall 2024

The World Premiere of ALI will be presented in Ali's hometown of Louisville, at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, in Fall 2024. Learn more about the show here!
Joe Spano & More to Star in Rolling Southern California Premiere of THE REALISTIC JONESES

Laguna Playhouse announced, in association with Gare St. Lazare, Ireland and the Rubicon Theatre Company, Faline England, Sorcha Fox, Conor Lovett and Joe Spano starring in the rolling Southern California premiere of THE REALISTIC JONESES, written by Will Eno and directed by Judy Hegarty-Lovett.
Photos: First Look At English National Opera's THE DEAD CITY (DIE TOTE STADT)

See production images for the English National Opera's The Dead City (Die tote Stadt), running 25 March - 8 April 2023.
Annilese Miskimmon Presents Korngold's THE DEAD CITY at The London Coliseum

This March, after making her ENO directorial debut with the gripping new production of the multi-award nominated The Handmaid's Tale in 2022, Annilese Miskimmon (the ENO's Artistic Director) directs the new production of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's The Dead City (Die tote Stadt).
Joe Spano & More to Star in THE REALISTIC JONESES at Rubicon Theatre Company

Rubicon Theatre Company will present the Southern California premiere of THE REALISTIC JONESES, Wednesday, January 25 at 7:00 pm, with a press opening on Saturday, January 28 at 7:00 pm, running through Sunday, February 12.
2022 Year in Review: Cheryl Markosky's Best of 2022 - and Picks for 2023!

One of my favourite theatrical moments of the year at Theatre Royal Bath was Into the Woods: a trippy version of Stephen Sondheim's musical, thanks to Terry Gilliam's surreal Monty Python-esque imagination. This mind-bending show deserves space in the West End soon.
Photos: First Look At Dickie Beau In ¡SHOWMANISM! At the Ustinov Studio in Bath

See photos of ¡SHOWMANISM! A Concise Histrionic of Performance, devised and performed by Dickie Beau at the Ustinov Studio in Bath, 11 November to 10 December 2022.
Dickie Beau's !SHOWMANISM! Comes to Theatre Royal Bath Next Month

The final commission by Deborah Warner in her inaugural season as Artistic Director of Ustinov Studio will be ¡SHOWMANISM! A Concise Histrionic of Performance, devised and performed by Dickie Beau which will play the Ustinov Studio, Bath from 11 November to 10 December 2022.
Review: DIDO AND AENEAS, Theatre Royal Bath

It's a double first at Theatre Royal Bath with Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Regarded as England's first opera when initially performed around 1688, it's also the first opera to be performed in the intimate Ustinov Studio.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Deborah Warner been nominated for?

Outstanding Director of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Happy Days, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Medea, Outstanding Director - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Medea, Outstanding Director - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Waste Land, Best Director of a Play (Olivier Awards) for Hedda Gabler and Director of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Titus Andronicus.

What awards has Deborah Warner won?

Deborah Warner has won the following awards: Outstanding Director - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Medea; Best Director of a Play at the Olivier Awards for Hedda Gabler; and Director of the Year at the Olivier Awards for Titus Andronicus.

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