About Neil
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Major Theatre Productions ; The Complete Works; Film and television; Awards and Nominations
Major Theatre Productions;
More Bigger Snacks Now
Director, with Theatre de Complicite, Edinburgh Festival and Donmar Warehouse, 1985. (Perrier Award)
Sarrasine, after Balzac.
Director and librettist; music by Nicolas Bloomfield. Traverse Edinburgh, Drill Hall London, New York Theatre Workshop, 1989.
With Bette Bourne, Beverley Klein, Francois Testory, Sara Kestleman.
The School for Wives, Moliere
Director and translator, Derby Playhouse , 1989
With Josette Bushell-Mingo and Kathryn Hunter.
Berenice, Racine
Translator; Lyndsay Duncan,Owen Teale, David Haigh, James Fleet, directed by Tim Albery. National, 1990
The Misanthrope, Moliere
Translator ; Kim Cattrall, directed by Bob Falls. Goodman Chicago, 1991
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare
Director. Designed by Richard Jones. Goodman Chicago, 1991
A Judgement in Stone, after Ruth Rendell
Director and librettist; music by Nicolas Bloomfield. Lyric Hammersmith, Nottingham Playhouse. With Sheila Hancock.
The Game of Love and Chance, Marivaux
Translator and Director ( with Mike Alfreds) National(Cottesloe) 1992
With Maggie Steed, Caroline Quentin, Marcello Magni
The Picture of Dorian Gray, after Wilde.
Director and adaptor. Designed by Ian McNeil, music by Nicolas Bloomfield. Lyric Hammersmith, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Nottingham Playhouse.
With Maria Aitken, Benedict Bates, Bette Bourne, Tim Piggott Smith and Joanna Riding.
Romeo and Juliet
Director and Designer, Lyric Hammersmith and West Yorkshire Playhouse 1995
With Emily Woof
Splendid’s, Genet ( British premiere)
Director , designer and translator, Lyric Hammersmith.
With John Cameron Mitchell, Julian Clary and Everett Quinton
The Letter, Somerset Maugham
Director ; designed by Rae Smith. Lyric Hammersmith 1995
With Joanna Lumley and Tim Piggott Smith.
A Christmas Carol, after Dickens
Director and adaptor; designed by Rae Smith. Lyric Hammersmith 1996.
With Richard Briers
Mrs Warren’s Profession, Shaw
Director; designed by Rae Smith. Lyric Hammersmith 1996
With Maggie Steed, Catherine Cusack.
Treasure Island
Director and adaptor. Lyric Hammersmith 1997.
With Tom Georgeson.
Cause Celebre, Rattigan
Director; designed by Rae Smith. Lyric Hammersmith 1998
With Amanda Harris
Cinderella
Director, with Improbable Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith 1998
With Martin Freeman.
The Dispute, Marivaux
Director , designer and translator. Royal Shakespeare Company (The Other Place) and Lyric Hammersmith, 1999
With Hayley Carmichael and Martin Freeman.
In Extremis
Author. Directed by Trevor Nunn. National ( Cottesloe)
With Sheila Hancock and Corin Redgrave.
The Servant, Robin Maugham
Director;designed by Rae Smith. Lyric Hammersmith 2001
With Michael Feast and Jack Davenport.
The Prince of Homburg, Kleist
Director and translator; designed by Rae Smith. Royal Shakespeare Company (The Swan) 2002
The Island of Slaves, Marivaux
Director , designer and translator, Lyric Hammersmith 2002
With Anita Dobson, Amanda Harris, Guy Dartnell.
Pericles
Director and designer, Lyric Hammersmith 2003
With Bette Bourne, Will Keen. Olivier Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement
Oliver Twist
Director and adaptor; designed by Rae Smith. Lyric Hammersmith 2004
With Michael Feast
Don Juan, Moliere.
Director, designer and translator. Lyric Hammersmith 2004
With James Wilby
Dido, Queen of Carthage ; Marlowe.
Director; designed by Rae Smith. American Repertory Theatre Boston, 2005.
With Diane D’Aquila and John Kelly
The Rake’s Progress, Stravinsky/Auden.
Director ; designed by Rae Smith. Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins.
Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival 2006
Oliver Twist, American Repertory Theatre Boston, Director, designed by Rae Smith with music by Gerard McBurney/Simon Deacon, 2007
The Maids; Genet. Director and translator. Site-specific staging in The Ship Hotel for the Brighton Festival, 2007. With Geraldine Alexander, Hayley Carmichael, Kathryn Hunter.
The Pianist. Director. Site-specific staging at the Museum of Science and Industry for The Manchester International Festival, 2007. Text by Wladislaw Szpilman, music by Szpilman and Chopin ; with Peter Guinness and Mikhail Rudy. Revived at The manchester Royal Exchange, 2009.
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare. Director; designed by Kandis Cook, music by Simon Deacon. The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford, for the RSC . With John Lithgow, Marjorie Yates, Siobhan Redmond.
An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde. Designed by Rae Smith. Abbey Theatre Dublin, 2008. With Derbhle Crotty and Mark O'Halloran
Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare. Designed by Kandis Cook. RSC; opened Theatre Royal Brighton, 2008; tour; Courtyard Theatre, Stratford.
Everybody Loves A Winner; author and director, in collaboration with Struan Leslie and Simon Deacon. Designed by Miriam Buether. Royal Exchange, Manchester, as part of the Manchester International Festival 2009. With Sally Lindsay.
The Turn of the Screw, Britten. Director; designed by Kandis Cook. Snape Maltings, 2009
The Complete Works;Theatre, Music Theatre, Opera and Performance
1978/79 A COMPANY collective member/performer, Oxford University ; Feasting, Very Moving, Not Heartbreak House, Levels (Richard Demarco Gallery 1978) , Hot Opera(Richard Demarco Gallery 1979), Oscar Séance ( Magdalen Oxford 1979)
1981 The Beech Buoys. Street Theatre with Simon McBurney; LIFT. National Theatre, Ronnie Scotts, Edinburgh, Hammersmith Palais ( support act for Bauhaus)
!982 The Silver Veil (Aspazija) and In the Jungle of Cities (Brecht), collective member and performer with The I982 Theatre Company, touring in Britain, Germany, U.S.
1983 Dressing Up – deviser and director, September In The Pink . Cockpit, London.
The Winters Tale, Macbeth, performer, The 1982 Theatre Company, University of Essex
1984 Pornography. Deviser and director, ICA London ; British tour ; also performer in Toronto performances
. Anthony and Cleopatra, Othello, performer, The 1982 Theatre Company, University of Essex, Pegasus Oxford, Cockpit London..
Mistero Buffo,by Dario Fo, performer, The 1982 Theatre Company, Riverside Studios, Arts Theatre London, Greenham Common, British tour.(British premiere)
1985 More Bigger Snacks Now, co-director/deviser with Complicite. Assembly Rooms Edinburgh, Donmar Warehouse. With Simon McBurney, Tim Barlow, Jos Houben, Marcello Magni.
The Magic Flute, Schikaneder/Mozart, translator and director, ICA London.
1986 Miracles, director for Manact, British Tour.
Little Dorrit, adapted and directed after Dickens, St Pauls Oxford, ETC
1986-90 National Review of Live Art ; Mistress of Ceremonies, Midland Group Nottingham, Riverside Studios London, Third Eye Centre Glasgow.
1987 Mahagonny Songspiel, translator and director, Pegasus Oxford, Hoxton Hall, Ritzy Brixton, BAC, Cockpit.
A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep (Part One), solo version, GLORIA,Battersea Arts Centre London
A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep (Part Two)GLORIA, Butler’s Wharf London, and British and European tour.
Where Is Love ? Monologue. Pegasus, ICA, BBC2,Piccadilly Theatre, etc
1988 Lady Audley’s Secret, adapted after Mary E Braddon, director, designer and performer with GLORIA, ICA and British tour, Hamburg.
. Alice in Wonderland, co-deviser and performer, Albany Empire London ( with Complicite, Rose English, Emma Thompson, Annie Griffin)
Don’t Look At Me Like That, director, ACGB Artist in Residence, Newcastle Polytechnic.
1989 A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep (Part Three)GLORIA, Drill Hall London and tour ; revived 1990. With Bette Bourne , Ivan Cartwright and Regina Fong.
Sarrasine, adaptor, designer, and director ; GLORIA,Traverse Edinburgh and British Tour . With Bette Bourne, Francois Testory, Beverley Klein.
1990 The School for Wives, Moliere ; translator and director, Derby Playhouse. With Josette Bushell-Mingo, Kathryn Hunter, Marcello Magni.
1991. Let Them Call It Jazz, adapted from Jean Rhys,GLORIA, director and designer, Drill Hall London. With Pauline Black.
Atriebeja (The Avenging Woman) Aspazija ; director ( with Banuta Rubess) Kabata Theatre, Riga. Performer in Toronto version.
Sarrasine, Drill Hall London, New York Theatre Workshop, Seattle, Minneapolis, Blackpool Grand, Project Dublin.
1992 Twelfth Night, director,Goodman, Chicago. With Lola Pashalinski
A Judgement in Stone, libretto after Ruth Rendell, director,GLORIA, Lyric Hammersmith, Glasgow Tramway, Nottingham Playhouse.With Sheila Hancock.
The Game of Love and Chance, Marivaux; translator and director ( with Mike Alfreds) GLORIA, British tour and National Theatre, London. With Maggie Steed, Caroline Quentin, Marcello Magni.
1993 Night After Night (Part One),(solo version, with Nicolas Bloomfield) author, designer, performer, GLORIA,Royal Court Upstairs London, Public Theatre New York.
Night After Night, (company version), author, director, designer, performer, GLORIA, Traverse Edinburgh, Seattle, Minneapolis, Dance Theatre Workshop New York, Royal Court, London. With Regina Fong and Francois Testory.
1994 The Picture of Dorian Gray, adapted after Wilde and directed, GLORIA, Lyric Hammersmith, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Nottingham Playhouse. With Maria Aitken, Bette Bourne, Tim Piggott Smith.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol, Wilde, directed, Lyric Hammersmith/Radio 3, with Bette Bourne, Ian McKellen, Neil Tennant, Tom Wakefield.
1995 The Little Match Girl, book and lyrics after Andersen, with ForkBeard Fantasy, Lyric Hammersmith
Romeo and Juliet, Director and designer, Lyric Hammersmith/West Yorkshire Playhouse. With Emily Woof.
Splendid’s, Genet ( British premiere), Translator, director and designer.Lyric Hammersmith. With Julian Clary, John Cameron Mitchell, Everett Quinton.
The Letter, Somerset Maugham, director, Lyric Hammersmith. With Joanna Lumley, Tim Piggott Smith.
All Souls Day, deviser and performer, Lyric Hammersmith (with Rose English, Dawn French, Matthew Kelly; original texts by Juan Goytisolo, Ruth Rendell, Kate Pullinger))
Lyric Centenary Gala, Lyric Hammersmith; devised and directed by Neil Bartlett. A variety evening composed of greatest hits of the Lyric’s previous hundred years; one-off performances by Joanna Lumley, Tim Piggot Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Simon Callow, Kathryn Hunter, Beverley Klein, Complicite, Sheila Hancock, Ian McKellen.
1996 A Christmas Carol, adaptor and director, Lyric Hammersmith.With Richard Briers.
Lady into Fox, libretto after David Garnett, directed and designed, GLORIA, Lyric Hammersmith, Sheffield Crucible.
Sarrasine, director and designer, GLORIA, Lyric Hammersmith. With Sara Kestleman.
Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Shaw, director, Lyric Hammersmith. With Maggie Steed.
1997 Then Again,(revue), director, Lyric Hammersmith. Original texts by Harold Pinter, Richard Curtis, Fidelis Morgan, Stephen Fry and Julian Clary, alongside material from Lyric Revues of the 1950’s and 60’s. With Sheila Hancock and Dawn French.
The Seven Sacraments of Nicolas Poussin, solo performance with Robin Whitmore, GLORIA/Artangel, London Hospital.
Treasure Island, adapted after Stevenson, directed, Lyric Hammersmith. With Tom Georgeson.
1998 Cause Celebre, Terence Rattigan, director, Lyric Hammersmith. With Amanda Harris.
Seven Sonnets Of Michaelangelo, Britten, director, Lyric Hammersmith.With Toby Spence.
Cinderella, co-director with Improbable Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith. With Martin Freeman.
Seven Sacraments, oratorio ; librettist and performer, GLORIA/Artangel, Southwark Cathedral, St Barts ( Brighton) Southwell Minster.
1999 The Dispute, Marivaux, translator, director and designer, Lyric Hammersmith, RSC, Lisbon, British tour.With Hayley Carmichael, Martin Freeman.
2001 The Servant, Robin Maugham, adaptor and director, Lyric Hammersmith. With Michael Feast, Jack Davenport.
2002 A Christmas Carol, adaptor and director, Lyric Hammersmith.With Tim Piggot Smith.
The Prince of Homburg, Kleist, translator and director, RSC and Lyric Hammersmith.
The Island of Slaves, Marivaux, translator, director and designer, Lyric Hammersmith. With Anita Dobson, Amanda Harris.
2003 Pericles, director and designer, Lyric Hammersmith. With Will Keen.
The Gorey End, devised and directed with The Tiger Lilies and The Kronos Quartet, Lyric Hammersmith. Miranda Richardson, Eleanor Bron, Alan Rickman, Rosalind Knight.
2004 Oliver Twist, adaptor and director, Lyric Hammersmith. With Michael Feast.
Don Juan, Moliere, translator, director and designer, Lyric Hammersmith. With James Wilby, Paul Ritter.
2005 Dido, Queen of Carthage, Marlowe, director, American Repertory Theatre Boston. With Diane D’Aquila, John Kelly.
The Maids, Genet, translator, BBC Radio 4. With Janet McTeer.
“Strange How Potent ; an evening of musical variety” ; deviser,director and MC for an evening of music-hall, vaudeville and chanson with Linda Thompson, Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Justin Bond, Deborah Findlay and Michael Feast. Lyric Hammersmith, London.
2006 The Rake’s Progress, Stravinsky/Auden. Director, for the Aldeburgh Festival. Snape Maltings; designer Rae Smith, choreographer Leah Hausman, conductor Martyn Brabbins, Philharmonia Orchestra
2007 Oliver Twist, Dickens, director, American Repertory Theatre Boston, Theatre For A New Audience , New York, Berkeley Rep.
The Maids, Jean Genet, director, designer and translator. Site specific staging for the Brighton Festival with Geraldine Alexander, Hayley Carmichael, Kathryn Hunter.
The Pianist, Szpilman/Chopin. director. Site-specific staging for the Manchester International Festival with Mikhail Rudy and Peter Guinness
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare, director. Royal Shakespeare Company, at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford. With John Lithgow, Marjorie Yates, Siobhan Redmond.
Helpless Author/performer. A new monologue for World AIDS day ; Duckie, at the Vauxhall Tavern, London.
2008 An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde. Director. Abbey Theatre Dublin. With Derbhle Crotty and Mark O'Halloran.
Romeo and Juliet. Director for the RSC; National Tour and Courtyard Theatre Stratford.
2009 The Pianist, revived at Manchester Royal Exchange.
Everybody Loves A Winner, created with Simon Deacon and Struan Leslie, Royal Exchange Manchester/Manchester International Festival.
The Turn of the Screw, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh.
Film and television…
1988 That’s What Friends Are For . Alterimage for Channel Four (with Robin Whitmore)
Where is Love ? ICA/BBC2
Pedagogue (With Stuart Marshall; distributed by LUX, London)
1989 That’s How Strong My Love Is Alterimage for Channel Four
1992 Now That It’s Morning. Channel Four/British Screen. With Regina Fong, Malcolm Sinclair.
Awards and Nominations
1985 Perrier Award for More Bigger Snacks Now with Complicite.
1990 Dance Umbrella ; Outstanding Creative Achievement ( for A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep)
1990 City Limits, Best male Stage performance ( for A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep)
1991 Writers Guild of Great Britain ( for Sarrasine)
1992 Time Out Awards Best Original Music Theatre, ( For A Judgement in Stone)
Special Jury Prize Cork Film Festival ( for Now That It’s Morning)
1996 Whitbread Prize Nomination ( For Mr Clive and Mr Page)
1999 Time Out Awards Best West End Production (for The Dispute), TMA Best Touring Production ( for The Dispute).
2000 O.B.E. for services to the theatre.
2001 Honorary Associate, The National Review of Live Art
2004 Olivier Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement ( for Pericles)
2007 Manchester Evening News Award , Best Special Entertainment of the Year ( for The Pianist)
2007 Costa Book Award Nomination for Novel of the Year ( for Skin Lane)
2008 Honorary Doctorate, Oxford Brookes University
2009 AN IDEAL HUSBAND nominated for BEST DIRECTOR in Irish Times Theatre Awards.