Ramin Gray
| Ramin Gray | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 October 1963 London |
| Occupation | Theatre director |
Ramin Gray (born 1963) is an English theatre director and currently Artistic Director of ATC Theatre.
Personal
Born in London in 1963, Ramin grew up in Oxford, Tehran, New York and Paris before graduating from Christ Church, Oxford with a BA (Hons, 2:1) in Oriental Studies (Persian and Arabic) in 1987. He speaks French, Persian, Arabic, and German and has travelled extensively, especially in the Middle East. He is divorced, has five children and now lives mainly in London.
Contemporary Theatre
Ramin began directing professionally in 1988 with a production of John Marston’s 'The Malcontent' at the Latchmere Theatre in London. In 1990 he was awarded a Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme bursary to Liverpool Playhouse where he directed Wedekind’s 'Spring Awakening' and Miller’s 'A View from the Bridge'. He re-opened the Playhouse Studio as a dedicated space for new plays from 1992-95, where he directed Gregory Motton’s 'A Message for the Broken-Hearted'. In Paris at Odéon Théâtre National de l’Europe and Théâtre National de Gennevilliers he directed 'Cat and Mouse (Sheep)' by Gregory Motton in English and French versions while at the Gate Theatre he directed Jon Fosse’s 'The Child' and Paul Godfrey’s 'The Invisible Woman'.
From 2000-09 Ramin was at the Royal Court Theatre, first as International Associate, then as Associate Director where he directed over fifteen world or British premieres. In the Theatre Upstairs these included: 'Push Up' by Roland Schimmelpfennig, 'Terrorism' by the Presnyakov Brothers, 'Ladybird' by Vassily Sigarev, 'Way To Heaven' by Juan Mayorga, 'Woman and Scarecrow' by Marina Carr, 'Just a Bloke' by David Watson and 'Scenes from the Back of Beyond' by Meredith Oakes.
In the Theatre Downstairs he directed Simon Stephens’ 'Motortown' (also Wiener Festwochen, Falter critics’ prize), Max Frisch’s 'The Arsonists', Martin Crimp’s 'Advice to Iraqi Women', two plays by Marius von Mayenburg, 'The Ugly One' and 'The Stone', and 'Over There' by Mark Ravenhill (also Schaubűhne, Berlin).
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