Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey will be co-artistic directors of the UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Bard’s troupe based in Stratford-upon-Avon, from June 2023.
Gregory Doran, who held the position of technical director for a decade from 2012, decided to step down earlier this year and took over as honorary technical director until the end of 2023. He will direct his 50th production for the company in the spring of 2023.
At the request of the RSC Board of Directors, Erica Wyman will continue as Acting Technical Director until June 2023, after which she will leave to pursue a freelance career.
Evans is currently the Artistic Director of the Chichester Festival Theatre, and Harvey is the Artistic Director of Teeter Clwyd. They are regular collaborators and together they apply for the position.
Evans’ work as an actor has spanned to Shakespeare, Sondheim and Sarah Kane at RSC, National Theatre, Royal Court, Donmar Warehouse, Minniere, Sheffield and on Broadway. He received two Olivier Awards for his performances in Sondheim. In 2009, he was appointed Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres and in 2016 he took up the position at Chichester. During his tenure, CFT has produced 17 world premieres, while five have moved to London or Broadway.
Harvey’s work as a freelance director has included Shakespeare, classical revival, new writing and musical theater, in theaters in the West End, around the United Kingdom and the United States. She took up her position at Theater Clwyd in 2015, where, with CEO Liam Evans-Ford, she has forged partnerships and co-productions across the UK, including National Theatre, Paines Plow, Sherman’s Theatre, National Theater of Wales and Royal Welsh College For Music and Drama, ETT, Sheffield Theatres, NHS, Social Services, the National Youth Theater of Wales and the National Trust.
Shriti Vadera, Chairman of RSC, said: “They have had an impressive track record of technical achievement with a strong commitment to education, communities, talent advocacy, and diverse voices, along with a proven strategic ability to lead great companies. Their partnership heralds an exciting vision for the future of RSC to attract world-class technical talent, and attract Today’s audience with Shakespeare, classics and new work, radically increasing the reach and impact of pioneering learning, partnerships and digital work.”
Evans said, “I was fortunate to see so many inspiring performances in Stratford during my teenage years. I later celebrated my 21st birthday there during my first post-drama career school. So coming back to RSC as co-artistic director is very meaningful to me. Doing so Together with Tamara is a pleasure and a privilege. We share deep-rooted values and an ambitious vision for the company.”
Harvey added: “We bring a shared belief in all that the RSC can be – home to relevant radical theater made by artists from across the UK and the world at large. A global community inspired by Shakespeare, bringing together countless voices to tell the stories of our time – and in every ages”.
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