Robert Icke

Robert Icke is a writer and director. His recent productions include Judas , Children of Nora and Oedipus at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam; Player Kings (West End and UK tour); Enemy of the People (Park Avenue Armory); Animal Farm (UK tour); Ivanov (Schauspiel Stuttgart); and The Doctor (Park Avenue Armory, Adelaide Festival, Almeida, West End and Burgtheater, Vienna). His work while Associate Director at the Almeida (2013-19) included adapting and directing The Wild Duck , Mary Stuart ...See more

Robert Icke is a writer and director. His recent productions include Judas , Children of Nora and Oedipus at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam; Player Kings (West End and UK tour); Enemy of the People (Park Avenue Armory); Animal Farm (UK tour); Ivanov (Schauspiel Stuttgart); and The Doctor (Park Avenue Armory, Adelaide Festival, Almeida, West End and Burgtheater, Vienna). His work while Associate Director at the Almeida (2013-19) included adapting and directing The Wild Duck , Mary Stuart (also West End and UK tour), Uncle Vanya , Oresteia (also West End and Park Avenue Armory) and 1984 (co-created with Duncan Macmillan, also Broadway, West End, UK and international tours). As a director, his productions included Hamlet (also West End, BBC2 and Park Avenue Armory), The Fever and Mr Burns . His awards include two Evening Standard Awards for Best Director, the Critics' Circle Award, the Kurt Hübner Award for his debut production in Germany, and the Olivier Award for Best Director for Oresteia , of which he is the youngest-ever winner. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. See less