David Thacker

David Thacker (born 21 December 1950) is an English theatre director. He is married to the actress Margot Leicester.[1]

## Education[edit]

Thacker studied at the University of York.

## Theatre[edit]

Thacker was the artistic director at the Octagon Theatre Bolton[2] until July 2015, when he stepped down to become the first Professor of Theatre at University of Bolton. He will continue as associate director, directing two productions per year, until 2018.[3] He has directed over 100 theatre productions including plays by William Shakespeare, Arthur Miller, Samuel Beckett, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, Tennessee Williams, Tom Stoppard and Eugene O'Neill.

## Background[edit]

Thacker has worked at eight producing theatres including the Royal Shakespeare Company (Director-in-Residence), the Young Vic (Director), the Dukes Playhouse, Lancaster (Theatre Director), and the National Theatre. Seven of his productions have transferred to the West End.

He has won Olivier Awards for Best Director (Pericles) and Best Revival (Pericles) and the London Fringe Award for Best Director (Ghosts) and Best Production (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?).[citation needed]

### Television[edit]

Thacker has directed more than 30 TV productions, including episodes of The Vice, Silent Witness, Foyle's War and Waking the Dead. He has also directed films, such as Measure for Measure, A Doll's House, Broken Glass, The Mayor of Casterbridge and Faith, a film for the BBC set in the Miners' Strike.[citation needed]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Brown, Georgina (30 April 1995). "HOW WE MET : DAVID THACKER AND ARTHUR MILLER". Independent. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
2. ^ Octagon Theatre Bolton
3. ^ Degree of difference for Bolton, British Theatre Guide, sourced 3 January 2017

* "David Thacker Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-01.

## External links[edit]

* David Thacker at IMDb

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Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director

* Jonathan Miller (1976)
* Clifford Williams (1977)
* Terry Hands (1978)
* Michael Bogdanov (1979)
* Trevor Nunn / John Caird (1980)
* Peter Wood (1981)
* Richard Eyre (1982)
* Terry Hands (1983)
* Christopher Morahan (1984)
* Bill Bryden (1985)
* Bill Alexander (1986)
* Declan Donnellan (1987)
* Deborah Warner (1988)
* Michael Bogdanov (1989/1990)
* Richard Jones (1991, musical)
* David Thacker (1991, play)
* Simon Callow (1992, musical)
* Deborah Warner (1992, play)
* Nicholas Hytner (1993, musical)
* Stephen Daldry (1993, play)
* Declan Donnellan (1994, musical)
* Stephen Daldry (1994, play)
* Scott Ellis (1995, musical)
* Declan Donnellan (1995, play)
* Trevor Nunn (1995)
* Sam Mendes (1996)
* Des McAnuff (1997)
* Richard Eyre (1998)
* Howard Davies (1999)
* Trevor Nunn (2000)
* Howard Davies (2001)
* Michael Boyd (2002)
* Sam Mendes (2003)
* Michael Grandage (2004)
* Nicholas Hytner (2005)
* Richard Eyre (2006)
* Dominic Cooke (2007)
* Rupert Goold (2008)
* John Tiffany (2009)
* Rupert Goold (2010)
* Howard Davies (2011)
* Matthew Warchus (2012)
* Marianne Elliott (2013)
* Lyndsey Turner (2014)
* Ivo van Hove (2015)
* Robert Icke (2016)
* John Tiffany (2017)
* Sam Mendes (2018)
* Stephen Daldry (2019)
* Miranda Cromwell and Marianne Elliott (2020)
* No Ceremony (2021)
* Rebecca Frecknall (2022)
* Phelim McDermott (2023)

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