Trevor Nunn

Trevor Nunn
Born
Trevor Robert Nunn

(1940-01-14) 14 January 1940 (age 84)
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Alma materDowning College, Cambridge
OccupationTheatre director
Years active1960s–present
Spouses
(m. 1969; div. 1986)
Sharon Lee-Hill
(m. 1986; div. 1991)
(m. 1994; sep. 2011)
Children5, including Laurie and Ellie

Sir Trevor Robert Nunn CBE (born 14 January 1940) is an English theatre director. He has been the artistic director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and, currently, the Theatre Royal Haymarket. He has directed dramas for the stage, including Macbeth, as well as opera and musicals, such as Cats (1981) and Les Misérables (1985).

Nunn has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical, winning Tonys for Cats, Les Misérables, and Nicholas Nickleby and the Olivier Awards for productions of Summerfolk, The Merchant of Venice, Troilus and Cressida, and Nicholas Nickleby. In 2008, The Telegraph named Nunn among the most influential people in British culture.[1] He has also directed works for film and television.

  1. ^ "The 100 most powerful people in British culture: 61–80". The Telegraph. 18 March 2017.