Mick Gordon (director)
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Mick Gordon (born 1970) is a Northern Irish writer, film and theatre director. Currently he is Guest Lecturer, MA Creative Writing, Queens University Belfast where he is also a PhD candidate - Translating Artificial Intelligence into Theatre.https://www.qub.ac.uk/
Personal
Mick Gordon was born in Belfast. He graduated from Wadham College, Oxford in 1992, with a First Class Honours Degree in Modern History. He lives in Northern Ireland, with his wife Sophie Hayles and their two children.
Career
From 2012 to 2015 Gordon was Artistic Director of Aarhus Teater, Denmark.{{cite web|author=Aarhus Teater |url=http://www.aarhusteater.dk |title=Aarhus Teater :: Rigtig god fornøjelse! |publisher=Aarhusteater.dk |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}} Previously he was Trevor Nunn's Associate Director at the Royal National Theatre in London{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk |title=South Bank, London |publisher=National Theatre |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}} and was Director of the National's Transformation Season. And Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre in London.{{cite web|url=http://www.gatetheatre.co.uk |accessdate=15 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907221607/http://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/ |archivedate=7 September 2013 |title=Gate Theatre }} He founded the charitable theatre company On Theatre to work in collaboration with experts from fields such as neurology, psychology, philosophy and theology. He has produced and directed over 100 theatre productions. He is the author of eight plays, and a collection of essays. His mentors were Peter Brook and Brian Friel.
Awards
- 1996 John S Cohen Bursary Royal National Theatre StudioNational Theatre Studio#National Theatre Studio London UK
- 1998 Critics’ Circle Most Promising Newcomer London UKCritics' Circle Theatre Award
- 1999 Art ACE Award Best Production Buenos Aires Argentina
- 2000 Peter Brook Award for Most Outstanding Theatre UK{{cite web|url=http://www.pagina12.com.ar/2000/00-05/00-05-23/pag24.htm |title=Página/12 |publisher=Pagina12.com.ar |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2000 Closer ACE Award Best Production Buenos Aires Argentina
- 2001 My Fair Lady ACE Award Best Production Buenos Aires Argentina{{cite web|url=http://www.romayproducciones.com |title=Romay Producciones |publisher=Romay Producciones |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2003 Betrayal Public Award Best Production Stockholm Sweden{{cite news|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=478&artikel=247964 |title=Pinter på engelska på Strindbergs Teater - Kulturnytt | Sveriges Radio |newspaper=Sveriges Radio |publisher=Sverigesradio.se |date= 17 June 2003|accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2005 NESTA Dreamtime Award UK{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/2005/12/big-thinker-mick-gordon-and-on-ego/ |title=Big thinker - Mick Gordon and On Ego : Features |publisher=The Stage |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2007 Grimms' Tales{{cite web|url=http://www.web-stage.org/stagedesign_25.htm |title=webStage |publisher=Web-stage.org |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}} Best Production Belgrade Serbia
- 2008 Deepcut Five awards Edinburgh Festival UK{{cite web|url=http://www.shermancymru.co.uk/performance/drama/deep-cut/ |accessdate=15 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123143530/http://www.shermancymru.co.uk/performance/drama/deep-cut/ |archivedate=23 November 2010 |title=Deep Cut : Sherman Cymru }}{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/scotland-"deep-cut"-wins-2008-freedom-expression-award |accessdate=15 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106182529/http://amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/scotland-%E2%80%9Cdeep-cut%E2%80%9D-wins-2008-freedom-expression-award |archivedate=6 January 2014 |title=Scotland: "Deep Cut" wins 2008 Freedom of Expression Award | Amnesty International UK }}
- 2013 Danish Reumart Award, Aarhus Theatre
Directing
- 1993 Alice in Wonderland Playhouse Oxford
- 1993 The Telephone European Chamber Opera Hong Kong
- 1994 Cosi fan Tutte European Chamber Opera Hong Kong
- 1994 Tosca Playhouse Epsom
- 1995 Rigoletto Holland Park Opera London
- 1995 La Cenerentola Holland Park Opera London
- 1996 La Traviata Holland Park Opera, London{{cite web|url=http://www.operahollandpark.com |title=Opera Holland Park |publisher=Opera Holland Park |date=2009-09-17 |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 1996 The Soldiers Tale Institut Français, London
- 1996 Arabian Nights BAC London{{cite web|last=Ivens |first=Olivia |url=https://www.bac.org.uk |title=Welcome to Battersea Arts Centre - Battersea Arts Centre |publisher=Bac.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 1996 Renard National Youth Ballet London
- 1996 The Promise Battersea Arts Centre, London
- 1997 The Tales of Hoffmann National Theatre Studio London
- 1997 Hamlet National Theatre Studio London
- 1997 Measure for Measure English Touring Theatre
- 1998 Une Tempete Gate Theatre London
- 1998 Volunteers Gate Theatre London{{cite news|author=David Benedict and Paul Taylor |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-five-best-plays-in-london-1183413.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-five-best-plays-in-london-1183413.html |archive-date=14 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=THE FIVE BEST PLAYS IN LONDON - Arts & Entertainment |work=The Independent |date=1998-11-07 |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 1999 On Death (Intimate Death) Gate Theatre London{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/jan/25/features11.g26 |title=A new start with death | From |work=The Guardian |date=1999-01-25 |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 1999 Art National Theatre Buenos Aires{{cite web|url=http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/espectaculos/10-16596-2010-01-10.html |title=Página/12 :: espectaculos |publisher=Pagina12.com.ar |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 1999 Mad Dog Old Courthouse Belfast{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/courthouse-takes-centre-stage-as-actors-revisit-horrors-of-belfast-621813.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124044630/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/courthouse-takes-centre-stage-as-actors-revisit-horrors-of-belfast-621813.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |title=Courthouse takes centre stage as actors revisit horrors of Belfast - Home News - UK |work=The Independent |date=2000-11-15 |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 1999 Salome Riverside Studios, London
- 1999 Marathon Gate Theatre London
- 2000 Trust Royal Court Theatre, London
- 2000 Closer Teatro Nacional Cervantes, Buenos Aires
- 2000 On Love Gate Theatre London
- 2001 My Fair Lady Teatro Nacional Cervantes, Buenos Aires
- 2001 Godspell Festival Theatre, Chichester
- 2001 The Walls National Theatre London
- 2002 Monkey! Young Vic Theatre, London
- 2002 Le Pub! National Theatre London
- 2002 A Prayer for Owen Meany National Theatre London
- 2003 Betrayal Strindbergs Intima Teater, Stockholm
- 2004 The Real Thing{{cite web|url=http://www.strindbergsintimateater.se/repertoar/arkiv/2004/the-real-thing |title=The Real Thing | Strindbergs Intima Teater |publisher=Strindbergsintimateater.se |date=2004-09-03 |accessdate=2014-02-19}} Strindbergs Intima Teater Stockholm
- 2005 A Play in Swedish English and Italian Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm{{cite web|url=http://www.dramaten.se/Dramaten/ |accessdate=15 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904044458/http://www.dramaten.se/dramaten/ |archivedate=4 September 2013 |title=Startsidan - Dramaten }}
- 2005 On Ego Soho Theatre London{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/nov/29/theatre.ideas |title=Lyn Gardner talks to Mick Gordon who has paved way for the National Theatre's success | Stage |work=The Guardian |date= 29 November 2005|accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2006 War Strindbergs Intima Teater, Stockholm
- 2006 Winners, Losers Strindbergs Intima Teater, Stockholm{{cite web|url=http://www.strindbergsintimateater.se |title=Strindbergs Intima Teater |publisher=Strindbergsintimateater.se |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2006 Optic Trilogy Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm{{cite web|url=http://www.dramaten.se/dramaten/In-English/ |title=In English - Dramaten |publisher=Dramaten.se |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2006 On Religion (Grace) Soho Theatre London{{cite web|author=Paul Vale |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/15176/on-religion |title=The Stage / Reviews / On Religion |publisher=Thestage.co.uk |date=2006-12-08 |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2007 Grimms' Tales Dusko Radovic Belgrade{{cite web |url=http://www.malopozoriste.co.rs/EN/onama/1 |title=About Theater "Duško Radović" |publisher=Malopozoriste.co.rs |accessdate=2014-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222004418/http://www.malopozoriste.co.rs/EN/onama/1 |archivedate=2014-02-22 }}
- 2008 On Emotion Soho Theatre London{{cite web|last=McGinn |first=Caroline |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/paul-broks-and-mick-gordon-on-emotion |title=Paul Broks and Mick Gordon 'On Emotion' - Time Out London |publisher=Timeout.com |date=2008-11-04 |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2008 Dancing at Lughnasa Lyric Theatre Belfast{{cite web|url=http://www.lyrictheatre.co.uk |title=Theatre Belfast |publisher=The Lyric Theatre |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2009 The Home Place Grand Opera House, Belfast An Granian Theatre Letterkenny{{cite web|url=http://www.goh.co.uk |title=Theatre Belfast | Places to Eat in Belfast | Conference Rooms Belfast |publisher=Goh.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2009 The Ride of Your Life Polka Theatre, London{{cite web|url=http://www.polkatheatre.com |title=World-class theatre for children |publisher=Polka Theatre |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2009 Deep Cut Tricycle Theatre, London,{{cite web|url=http://www.tricycle.co.uk |title=Tricycle Theatre |publisher=Tricycle.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}} Sherman Theatre, Cardiff,{{cite web|url=http://www.shermancymru.co.uk/homepage |accessdate=15 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819071218/http://www.shermancymru.co.uk/homepage |archivedate=19 August 2013 |title=Theatre to Excite Cardiff : Sherman Cymru }} Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh{{cite web|url=http://www.traverse.co.uk |title=Traverse Theatre Edinburgh - Scotland's new writing theatre |publisher=Traverse.co.uk |date=2014-02-11 |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2010 The Tempest OSC/Wadham College 400th Anniversary
- 2010 Translations Curve Theatre Leicester
- 2010 Bea Soho Theatre, London{{cite web|url=http://www.sohotheatre.com |title=Soho Theatre |publisher=Soho Theatre |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}{{cite web|last=Dennis |first=Richard |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/10fa5086-047e-11e0-a99c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2mFlZYqiH |title=bea, Soho Theatre, London |publisher=FT.com |date=2010-12-10 |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2011 Sweeney Todd Aarhus Theatre, Denmark{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26MCY0406mg |title=Sweeney Todd in Aarhus |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-04-05 |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2011 Both Sides Belfast International Theatre Festival
- 2012 Uncle Vanya Lyric Theatre (Belfast){{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9075125/Uncle-Vanya-Lyric-Theatre-Belfast-review.html |title=Uncle Vanya, Lyric Theatre, Belfast, review |publisher=Telegraph |date=2012-02-10 |accessdate=2014-02-19}}
- 2012 Ghosts Aarhus Theatre {{cite web|url=https://www.information.dk/kultur/anmeldelse/2012/04/sandheden-ramte-aarhus|title=Da sandheden ramte Aarhus|date=24 April 2012|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhJiMg0RbGI|title=Gengangere på Aarhus Teater|last=AarhusTeater|date=18 April 2012|publisher=|via=YouTube}}
- 2013 Dancing at Lughnasa Aarhus Theatre {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dl9sgVLobA|title=DANS UNDER HØSTMÅNEN på Aarhus Teater|last=AarhusTeater|date=9 April 2014|publisher=|via=YouTube}}
- 2014 The Visit Aarhus Theatre {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nahnge6QHUE|title=BESØGET på Aarhus Teater|last=AarhusTeater|date=22 August 2014|publisher=|via=YouTube}}
- 2015 On/Off Aarhus Theatre {{cite web|url=http://www.aarhusteater.dk|title=Velkommen til Aarhus Teater|website=Aarhus Teater}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo0LWfwIDgQ|title=ON/OFF - Internettet vækkes til live på Aarhus Teater|last=AarhusTeater|date=9 April 2015|publisher=|via=YouTube}}
- 2016 Door into the Dark Seamus Heaney Home Place {{Cite web |url=http://www.seamusheaneyhome.com/getmedia/d7edfbd1-2468-49f4-99f9-fb8303d28ec1/SHHP-Season1Programme-web.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-date=22 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222071641/http://www.seamusheaneyhome.com/getmedia/d7edfbd1-2468-49f4-99f9-fb8303d28ec1/SHHP-Season1Programme-web.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- 2017 Sinners Lyric Theatre (Belfast){{cite web|url=https://lovebelfast.co.uk/sinners-lyric-theatre/|title=The Lyric Theatre brings you the hilarious new comedy Sinners from the wicked pen of Marie Jone|date=13 May 2017}}
- 2017 Making History FrielFest {{Cite web|url=https://www.donegallive.ie/news/home/266878/making-history-in-donegal-at-frielfest.html|title=Making history in Donegal at FrielFest|date=24 August 2017 }}
- 2018 The Music Room BBC NI {{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bkb0nl|title = BBC One - the Music Room}}
- 2018 Living Quarters FrielFest {{Cite web|url=https://www.angrianan.com/event/rehearsed-reading-living-quarters-by-brian-friel/|title=Homepage - an Grianan Theatre - Letterkenny, Donegal. Arts Music Comedy Venue|date=6 September 2021}}
- 2019 A Deal's a Deal RTE Storylands {{Cite web|url=https://wolfhoundmedia.co.uk/2019/12/16/rte-storyland-a-deals-a-deal/|title=RTE Storyland – A Deal's a Deal – Wolfhound Media|date=16 December 2019 }}
Writing
- 2005 On Ego{{cite web |author=Paul Brooks, Mick Gordon |url=http://oberonbooks.com/on-ego |title=On Ego |publisher=Oberonbooks.com |accessdate=2014-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225060733/http://oberonbooks.com/on-ego |archivedate=2014-02-25 }} Oberon Books
- 2005 On Love{{cite web |author=Mick Gordon |url=http://oberonbooks.com/on-love |title=On Love |publisher=Oberonbooks.com |accessdate=2014-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225064907/http://oberonbooks.com/on-love |archivedate=2014-02-25 }} Oberon Books
- 2005 On Death (Intimate Death){{cite web |first1=Mick |last1=Gordon |first2=Maria de |last2=Hennezel |author-link2=Marie de Hennezel |url=http://oberonbooks.com/on-death |title=On Death |publisher=Oberonbooks.com |accessdate=2014-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225055929/http://oberonbooks.com/on-death |archivedate=2014-02-25 }} Oberon Books
- 2006 On Religion (Grace){{cite web |author=Mick Gordon, A C Grayling |url=http://oberonbooks.com/on-religion |title=On Religion |publisher=Oberonbooks.com |accessdate=2014-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225055539/http://oberonbooks.com/on-religion |archivedate=2014-02-25 }} Oberon Books
- 2007 Conversations on Religion{{cite web|url=http://www.abebooks.com/Conversations-Religion-Wilkinson-Chris-Gordon-Mick/10116897658/bd |title=Conversations on Religion by Wilkinson, Chris; Gordon, Mick [Editor]: Continuum 9780826499097 Paperback |publisher=AbeBooks.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}} Continuum Books
- 2008 On Emotion{{cite web |author=Mick Gordon |url=http://oberonbooks.com/on-emotion |title=On Emotion |publisher=Oberonbooks.com |date=2008-11-05 |accessdate=2014-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225060531/http://oberonbooks.com/on-emotion |archivedate=2014-02-25 }} Oberon Books
- 2009 The Ride of Your Life{{cite web |author=Mick Gordon |url=http://oberonbooks.com/ride-of-your-life |title=The Ride of your Life |publisher=Oberonbooks.com |accessdate=2014-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225062637/http://oberonbooks.com/ride-of-your-life |archivedate=2014-02-25 }} Oberon Books
- 2009 Identity and Identification{{cite web |url=http://blackdogonline.com/all-books/identity-and-identification.html |title=Identity and Identification: - All Books - Black Dog Publishing |publisher=Blackdogonline.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115083010/http://blackdogonline.com/all-books/identity-and-identification.html |archive-date=2010-01-15 |url-status=dead }} Black Dog Publishing
- 2009 Conversations on Truth{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conversations-on-truth-9781847064240/ |title=Conversations on Truth |publisher=Bloomsbury |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}} Continuum Books
- 2010 Pressure Drop{{cite web |author=Mick Gordon |url=http://oberonbooks.com/pressure-drop |title=Pressure Drop |publisher=Oberonbooks.com |accessdate=2014-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225062630/http://oberonbooks.com/pressure-drop |archivedate=2014-02-25 }} Oberon Books
- 2010 Theatre and the Mind{{cite web |author=Mick Gordon |url=http://oberonbooks.com/theatre-and-the-mind |title=Theatre and the Mind |publisher=Oberonbooks.com |accessdate=2014-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225062824/http://oberonbooks.com/theatre-and-the-mind |archivedate=2014-02-25 }} Oberon Books
- 2011 Bea{{cite web|url=http://oberonbooks.com/bea|title=Bea Mick Gordon|publisher=Oberonbooks.com|accessdate=2014-02-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225055534/http://oberonbooks.com/bea|archivedate=2014-02-25}} Oberon Books
- 2015 ON/OFF Aarhus Teater {{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/aarhusteater/docs/onoff_program_enkeltsidet|title = ON / OFF på Aarhus Teater by Aarhus Teater - Issuu}}
- 2019 Hvad med teaterhistorien? (What about Theatre History?) Contributor {{Cite journal|url=https://tidsskrift.dk/nts/article/view/113016|doi=10.7146/nts.v31i1.113016|title=Hvad med teaterhistorien? (What about Theatre History?)|year=2019|last1=Hoogland|first1=Rikard|journal=Nordic Theatre Studies|volume=31|pages=155–157|s2cid=192519814|doi-access=free}}
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External links
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