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Jeremy Herrin | |
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 Herrin at the British Library in 2023 | |
| Born | 19 January 1970 New York City USA |
| Alma mater | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
| Occupation | Theatre director |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Partner | Deborah Bruce |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | https://www.secondhalfproductions.co.uk/ |
Jeremy Herrin (born 19 January 1970) is an English theatre director. He is a Founding Director of Second Half Productions with Alan Stacey and Rob O’Rahilly.[1] He was previously Artistic Director of the British touring theatre company; Headlong.[2]
For his work on the London stage, Herrin has received three Lawrence Olivier Awards for Labour of Love, The Heretic and The Priory. He won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director and was nominated for the Lawrence Olivier Award for Best Director for Wolf Hall Parts One & Two. His hit production of James Graham's This House[3] at the Royal National Theatre received a nomination for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play.[4]
Working as a theatre director since 1999, Herrin has directed a string of award winning productions that have transferred to the West End and Broadway. Notable productions include the adaptation of Hilary Mantel's eponymous novels Wolf Hall & Bringing Up the Bodies for the RSC, which transferred to West End (2014) and Broadway (2015). People Places and Things by Duncan Macmillan at the National Theatre (2015) starring Denise Gough who won a Lawrence Olivier Award for Best Actress[5] and which was recently revived at the Trafalgar Theatre (2024). Ulster American by David Ireland at the Riverside Studios (2023) starring Woody Harrelson. The revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Days Journey into Night at the Wyndham's Theatre (2024) starring Patricia Clarkson and Brian Cox.
In 2022 his acclaimed[6] production of Graham's Best of Enemies was announced winner of the South Bank Sky Arts Award.[7]
His most recent production, the John le Carré novel, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold adapted for the stage by David Eldridge, was performed at Chichester Festival Theatre in Autumn 2024.
- ^ Writer, Staff (14 September 2021). "Jeremy Herrin, Alan Stacey and Rob O'Rahilly Launch Second Half Productions". Theatre Weekly. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Thompson, Jessie (11 September 2019). "Jeremy Herrin set to stand down as artistic director of Headlong". Evening Standard. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Olivier Winners 2013". Olivier Awards. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Evening Standard Theatre Awards: Adrian Lester and his writer wife". Evening Standard. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Olivier Winners 2016". Olivier Awards. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Best of Enemies review – James Graham is back, doing what he does best". 10 December 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Best of Enemies among South Bank Sky Arts Award winners". 11 July 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2024.