Tim Sheader
Director
Tim Sheader is Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive of the Donmar Warehouse where he has directed Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, which was nominated for six Olivier Awards, and is currently directing When We Are Married.
He was previously Artistic Director of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre where he directed over 20 productions, including the Olivier and Evening Standard Award-winning musicals Into the Woods (also Central Park’s Delacorte Theater), Hello, Dolly!, Crazy For You (also West End), and Jesus Christ Superstar which, following two sold out seasons at Regent’s Park and a transfer to the Barbican, toured the US, UK and Australia. His critically acclaimed production of To Kill a Mockingbird also toured the UK ending with a sell-out run at the Barbican.
Committed to taking the company’s work to as wide an audience as possible, he oversaw further UK tours of productions including Pride and Prejudice, Lord of the Flies and Running Wild. His other stage work includes The Monstrous Child (Royal Opera House), My Fair Lady (Aarhus Theatre), Barnum (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Magistrate (National Theatre) and Don Pasquale (Opera National de Lorraine and Lausanne, and upcoming in Nice and Toulon).