Daniel Evans

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Daniel Evans is Co-Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

As director, theatre includes: Black Superhero (Royal Court), Our Generation (& National), Local Hero, South Pacific (& Sadler’s Wells), Quiz (& Noel Coward), Fiddler on the Roof, Forty Years On (Chichester Festival Theatre); American Buffalo (Wyndham’s); Show Boat (& New London), Flowers for Mrs Harris, Oliver!, My Fair Lady, Anything Goes, The Sheffield Mysteries, Macbeth, Racing Demon, Othello, An Enemy of the People, The Effect, This is My Family, The Full Monty (Sheffield Theatres); The Light in the Piazza (RFH/LA Opera/Chicago Lyric Opera); Esther (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru); Lovely Evening/In The Blue (Young Vic at Theatre 503).

As an actor, theatre includes: Cleansed, 4.48 Psychosis, Other People, Where Do We Live? (Royal Court); Cardiff East, Peter Pan, Candide, Troilus and Cressida, The Merchant of Venice (National); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coriolanus, Henry V, Cymbeline, Measure For Measure (RSC); Ghosts (ETT); Merrily We Roll Along (Donmar); Sunday in the Park with George (Menier).

Awards include: Olivier Awards for Best Actor in a Musical (Merrily We Roll Along and Sunday in the Park with George); UK Theatre Awards for Best Musical Production (Show Boat and Flowers for Mrs Harris); WhatsOnStage Awards for Best Regional Production (Oliver! and My Fair Lady).

Daniel was Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre until 2023. Previously, he was Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres (2009-2016).