Josie Rourke
Theatre productions directed

Josie Rourke

Section Title: Theatre productions directed
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Play	Author	Theatre	Opening date	Notes

Les Liaisons dangereuses	Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, adapted by Christopher Hampton	Donmar Warehouse	17 December 2015	Broadcast live with National Theatre Live on 28 January 2016.

The Vote	James Graham (playwright)	Donmar Warehouse	27 April 2015	Broadcast live on More4 on election night.

Privacy	James Graham	Donmar Warehouse	22 April 2014

Coriolanus	William Shakespeare	Donmar Warehouse	6 December 2013

The Machine	Matt Charman	Manchester International Festival	4 July 2013

The Weir	Conor McPherson	Donmar Warehouse	18 April 2013

Berenice	Jean Racine, in a new version by Alan Hollinghurst	Donmar Warehouse	27 September 2012

The Physicists	Friedrich Dürrenmatt, in a new version by Jack Thorne	Donmar Warehouse	31 May 2012

The Recruiting Officer	George Farquhar	Donmar Warehouse	9 February 2012

Sixty-Six Books	various	Bush Theatre	10 October 2011

Much Ado About Nothing	William Shakespeare	Wyndham's Theatre	1 June 2011

The 24 Hour Plays	Old Vic Theatre	21 November 2010

Men Should Weep	Ena Lamont Stewart	National Theatre	18 October 2010

Here	Eve Ensler	Riverside Studios	1 July 2010	Broadcast live on British television in conjunction with Sky Arts

...like a fishbone...	Anthony Weigh	Bush Theatre	7 June 2010

The Taming of the Shrew	William Shakespeare	Chicago Shakespeare Theater	7 April 2010	The production included new scenes written by dramatist Neil LaBute

If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet	Nick Payne	Bush Theatre	17 October 2009

Apologia	Alexi Kaye Campbell	Bush Theatre	17 June 2009

Twelfth Night	William Shakespeare	Chicago Shakespeare Theater	29 March 2009

2,000 Feet Away	Anthony Weigh	Bush Theatre	11 June 2008

Tinderbox	Lucy Kirkwood	Bush Theatre	23 April 2008

How To Curse	Ian McHugh	Bush Theatre	10 October 2007

A Year and a Day	Christina Reid	Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough	17 November 2006	Part of National Theatre Connections

The Cryptogram	David Mamet	Donmar Warehouse	12 October 2006

The Life and Death of King John	William Shakespeare	Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon	27 July 2006

Flight without End	Joseph Roth, adapted by Steve Waters	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art	1 May 2006

The Long and the Short and the Tall	Willis Hall	Lyceum Theatre (Sheffield)	23 February 2006

Much Ado About Nothing	William Shakespeare	Crucible Theatre, Sheffield	21 September 2005

Believe What You Will	Philip Massinger	Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon	18 May 2005	Later the People's Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne and Trafalgar Studios, London

The Unthinkable	Steve Waters	Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield	26 October 2004

Butterfly Fingers	Fraser Grace	The Junction Theatre, Cambridge	1 July 2004

Changed So Much I Don't Know You	Steve Waters	The Junction Theatre, Cambridge	1 July 2004

Dead Hand	Anthony Neilson	Old Vic Theatre	6 June 2004	Part of The 24 Hour Plays

My Dad's A Birdman	David Almond	Young Vic	4 December 2003

Crazyblackmuthfuckin'self	DeObia Oparei	Royal Court Theatre	29 November 2003

Loyal Women	Gary Mitchell	Royal Court Theatre	11 November 2003

The Herd	Sandesh Kulkarni	Royal Court Theatre	1 August 2003

World Music	Steve Waters	Crucible Theatre, Sheffield	28 May 2003	Later Donmar Warehouse

Children's Day	Marvin Blair	Royal Court Theatre	27 February 2003	This piece was written by Marvin Blair in 2003, whilst serving a life sentence in prison in the UK. It was developed during Voices From Within, a writing project at HM Prison Grendon in conjunction with the Royal Court Young Writers Programme.

The Vagina Monologues	Eve Ensler	UK tour	2003	UK tour director, 2003 tour

Romeo and Juliet	William Shakespeare	Liverpool Playhouse	3 October 2002

Kick For Touch	Peter Gill	Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield	23 May 2002

Frame 312	Keith Reddin	Donmar Warehouse	14 March 2002	World premiere.

The Wrong Side of the Rainbow	Donmar Warehouse	28 January 2001	A dramatic piece based on a Carlton TV television show of the same name. Stories from the streets about London's homeless were dramatised for the stage

Orpheus Descending	Tennessee Williams	Donmar Warehouse	27 June 2000

Passion Play	Peter Nichols	Donmar Warehouse	18 April 2000

Sentence(s)

At the Donmar, Rourke was asked to direct Frame 312, and was invited to direct Kick for Touch of The Peter Gill.

final_sentence: At the Donmar, Rourke was asked to direct Frame 312, and was invited to direct Kick for Touch of The Peter Gill.