British theatre director
Christopher Haydon is a British theatre director and the current Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre in London. After graduating from Cambridge University, and training at Central School of Speech and Drama, Haydon became an associate director at the Bush Theatre and is also associated with the series of plays "On Theatre" that played at Soho Theatre.
For many years Haydon ran The Guardian's theatre blog, under his birth name Chris Wilkinson. He has contributed as a journalist on theatre to many other publications.
On Theatre.
On Theatre is a series of plays created by Mick Gordon often working with experts to explore key issues of everyday life; (e.g. "On Death" and "On Emotion"). Haydon supports and directs many of the plays including the play "On Religion" which went under the name "Grace" and "On Identity" which went under the name "Pressure Drop" which was a project involving Billy Bragg and his band.
Gate Theatre.
In 2011 Haydon became the new Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, before taking over he directed "Wittenburg" by David Davalos which was well received and longlisted for Best New Play at the Evening Standard Awards. Since then he has announced a new season focusing on revolution and rebellion. In researching some of the plays in the new season Haydon was arrested in Egypt alongside the playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak.
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