Ian Rickson

FOR THE ROYAL COURT: The Seagull (& Broadway), Krapp’s Last Tape, The Winterling, Alice Trilogy, The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, Fallout, The Night Heron, Boy Gets Girl, Mouth to Mouth (& Albery), Dublin Carol, The Weir (& Duke of York’s/Broadway), The Lights, Pale Horse, Mojo (& Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago), Ashes & Sand, Some Voices, Killers (1992 Young Writers Festival), Wildfire.

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Parlour Song (Almeida); The Hothouse, The Day I Stood Still (National); Hedda Gabler (Roundabout, New York); The House of Yes (Gate, London); Me & My Friend (Chichester Festival Theatre); Queer Fish (BAC); First Strike (Soho Poly).

OPERA INCLUDES: La Serva Padrona (Broomhill).

FILM INCLUDES: Fallout, Krapp’s Last Tape.

Previous Royal Court Productions

  • The River

    Written by Jez Butterworth, Directed by Ian Rickson…

  • Jerusalem (West End)

    Jerusalem, Jez Butterworth’s hit play which was a runaway success at the Royal Court in 2009 will transfer to Broadway in April 2011. …

  • Jerusalem (Broadway)

    Jerusalem, Jez Butterworth’s hit play which was a runaway success at the Royal Court in 2009 will transfer to Broadway in April 2011.…

  • Jerusalem at the Apollo Theatre

    Following a sell-out season at the Royal Court Jez Butterworth’s riotous comedy featuring Mark Rylance’s legendary performance as Johnny...…

  • Jerusalem

    On St George's Day, the morning of the local county fair, Johnny Byron, local waster and modern day Pied Piper, is a wanted man. The council...…

  • The Seagull

    In a new version by Christopher Hampton. _The Seagull_ is one of the great plays about writing. It superbly captures the struggle for new forms,...…

  • The Weir

    A bar in a remote part of Ireland: the local lads are swapping spooky stories to impress a young woman from Dublin newly moved into the area. But...…

  • The Lights

  • Pale Horse

  • Ashes and Sand

  • Some Voices

Ian Rickson elsewhere on Royal Court

  • History

    still committed to its founding ideals. Ian Rickson led a Royal Court producing more new plays than any other theatre in Britain, with plays by Caryl…

  • Ian Rickson

    privilege. — Ian Rickson FOR THE ROYAL COURT Jerusalem (also West End at the Apollo Theatre and wi…

  • Royal Court Theatre Leads The Way In Standard Awards

    by former Royal Court Artistic Director Ian Rickson with a cast that included Mark Rylance and Mackenzie Crook.…

  • Jerusalem returns to the West End

    JOHNNY “ROOSTER” BYRON DIRECTED BY IAN RICKSON Ian Rickson’s Royal Court Theatre production of Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem will return to …

  • Royal Court Theatre Announces Autumn Season

    Upstairs. • THE RIVER by Jez Butterworth, directed by Ian Rickson, in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. • E.V. Crowe’s HERO, directed by Jeremy…

  • Jerusalem Broadway Run Extended by Four Weeks

    by former Royal Court Artistic Director Ian Rickson, opened at the Royal Court Theatre in July, 2009 with critics praising playwright Jez Butterworth…

  • Chairman Anthony Burton appointed a CBE in New Year Honours list

    the helm, including Max Stafford Clark, Ian Rickson and Stephen Daldry and will oversee the appointment of a new Artistic Director when Dominic Cooke…

  • Playwrights' Playwrights at the Duke of York's Theatre

    staged in 1999 by then Artistic Director Ian Rickson at the Duke of York’s Theatre during the Royal Court’s residency there when its Sloane Squar…

  • Cast Announced for The River

    critically-acclaimed hit Jerusalem in 2009, directed by Ian Rickson, which went on to play two record breaking runs in the West End, as well as trans…

  • Artistic Directors

    (2013- present) Dominic Cooke (2007-2013) Ian Rickson (1998-2006) Stephen Daldry (1992-1998) Max Stafford-Clark (1979-1992) Stuart Burge (1977-1979) …

  • Jerusalem

    Writer Jez Butterworth and director Ian Rickson in discussion with the Royal Court’s Diversity Associate, Ola Animashawun.…