Production Staff
Roundabout’s director of artistic development. Shows cast for Roundabout: Anything Goes, The Road to Mecca, Man and Boy, The Importance of Being Earnest, Sondheim on Sondheim, Bye Bye Birdie, Sunday in the Park…, 110 in the Shade, The Pajama Game, Twelve Angry Men, Assassins, Twentieth Century, Nine, Big River, Cabaret. Other Broadway: The Mountaintop, On a Clear Day…, Jerusalem, Arcadia, The Scottsboro Boys, La Bête, American Idiot, The Seagull, Spring Awakening, Boeing-Boeing, Curtains, The Pillowman, La Cage, Chitty…, Democracy, Fiddler on the Roof, …Millie. Film: A Home at the End of the World, Flicka. TV: “Glee” (Emmy nom). ... read more
Recent credits: Heisenberg (Wyndham's); Fatherland (Royal Exchange Theatre); Common (National Theatre); Angels in America (National Theatre); Junkyard (Bristol Old Vic); Fracked! (Chichester and tour); Before I Leave (Cardiff); Elegy (Donmar); Uncle Vanya (Almeida); Husbands and Sons (National); Hangmen (Royal Court and Wyndham's); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Olivier Award and Drama Desk Award - Gielgud, National Theatre, Broadway, and UK and US tours); Jerusalem (Royal Court, West End and Broadway); This House (National Theatre, Chichester and Garrick Theatre); The River (Royal Court and Broadway); The Nether (Royal Court/West End); Love's Sacrifice (RSC); The Days the Nights ... read more
Rickson's first professional job as director was at the Royal Court Young People's Theatre in 1990. He was appointed to replace Stephen Daldry as artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre in 1998, after three years there as an associate director. He stayed as artistic director until 2006, overseeing the completion of the new theatre in 1999. While there, he directed Joe Penhall's play Some Voices, Jez Butterworth's play Mojo, Conor McPherson's play The Weir, and Butterworth's play The Night Heron.
Rickson has also directed a production of Hamlet at the Young Vic, starring BAFTA Award-nominee Michael Sheen. He also directed ... read more
Awards and Nominations
2012 Olivier Awards
Best Performance In A Supporting Role: Johnny Flynn was nominated but did not win.
2010 Olivier Awards
Best Director: Ian Rickson was nominated but did not win.
2009 Evening Standard Awards
Best Play: Jez Butterworth won.