ATC Theatre

Actors Touring Company (ATC) was founded in 1978 by John Retallack, who was also the company's inaugural artistic director. Other former artistic directors have included Mark Brickman, Ceri Sherlock, Nick Philippou, Gordon Anderson, Bijan Sheibani, and Ramin Gray.

Since 2007 the company has toured internationally and throughout the UK.

In November 2018, after dissatisfaction with Gray's leadership had led to his departure (after a formal warning relating to complaints of "inappropriate verbal conduct"), Matthew Xia was appointed artistic director. Xia focused on changing the direction and governance of ATC; to this end, he established a new board and relocating the headquarters from the Institute of Contemporary Arts to Brixton House, which had recently opened as a theatre. These moves were intended to better align with the vision and values of the company. Xia's first production with the company was Amsterdam, by Israeli writer Maya Arad Yasur, at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, London, in autumn 2019.^[1]

Matthew Xia's tenure (2018 – present)

2023: Tambo & Bones, at Theatre Royal Stratford East,^[1] written by African American poet and playwright Dave Harris, from West Philadelphia; directed by Xia, who also wrote the hip hop music for the production^[4]^[5]
2021-2: Rice, by Michele Lee, co-produced with Orange Tree Theatre, directed by Xia
2021: Family Tree by Mojisola Adebayo, co-produced with Greenwich & Docklands International Festival and Young Vic, directed by Xia
2021: Dear Tomorrow: Hope from Home, co-produced with Northern Stage, by Ameera Conrad, Satinder Chohan, Hannah Khalid, Nemo Martin, Chiméne Suleyman, Eve Leigh, directed by Xia and Natalie Ibu
2020: Dear Tomorrow by Maya Arad Yasur, Kimber Lee and Stephanie Street (letters of hope delivered during COVID lockdowns) directed by Xia
2019 Amsterdam by Maya Arad Yasur,^[1] co-produced with Orange Tree Theatre and Theatre Royal, Plymouth and Richmond, 2019; tour, 2020 (cancelled due to COVID, production released via online streaming) directed by Xia

Ramin Gray's tenure (2011–2018)

2016 – Winter Solstice by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Ramin Gray
2016 -2018 – The Suppliant Women by Aeschylus, in a new version by David Greig, directed by Ramin Gray
2015 – Living with the Lights On with Mark Lockyer, directed by Ramin Gray
2015 – Martyr by Marius von Mayenburg, directed by Ramin Gray
2014 – Blind Hamlet by Nassim Soleimanpour, directed by Ramin Gray
2014 – Hendelsen, the Norwegian-language version of The Events by David Greig, translated by Oda Radoor, directed by Ramin Gray
2014 – Chorale – A Sam Shepard Roadshow directed by Simon Usher
2013 – Die Ereignisse, the German-language version of The Events by David Greig, translated by Brigitte Auer, directed by Ramin Gray
2013 – The Events by David Greig, directed by Ramin Gray
2012 – The Broadwalk Trilogy, comprising three short plays by Mikhail Durnenkov, Pavel Pryazhko, and Natal’ya Vorozhbit, directed by Ramin Gray and Sacha Wares
2012 – Making the Sound of Loneliness, created by Jack Tarlton and Simon Usher, directed by Simon Usher
2012 – Illusions by Ivan Viripaev, translated by Cazimir Liske, directed by Ramin Gray
2012 – Crave by Sarah Kane, directed by Ramin Gray
2012 – Wild Swans, adapted by Alex Woods from the memoir by Jung Chang, directed by Sacha Wares
2011 – The Golden Dragon by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Ramin Gray

Bijan Sheibani's tenure (2007–2011)

2011 – Fatherland by Tom Holloway, directed by Caroline Steinbeis
2010 – Ivan and the Dogs by Hattie Naylor, directed by Ellen Mcdougall
2010 – The Typist by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Bijan Sheibani
2010 – Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Bihan Sheibani
2009 – Ghosts or Those Who Return by Henrik Ibsen, in a new version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Bijan Sheibani
2008 – The Brothers Size by Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by Bijan Sheibani^[6]
2008 – Gone Too Far! by Bola Agbaje, directed by Bijan Sheibani
2007 – The Brothers Size by Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by Bijan Sheibani^[7]

Gordon Anderson's tenure (2001–2007)

2006 – Bad Jazz by Robert Farquhar, directed by Gordon Anderson
2006 – Gizmo Love by John Kolvenbach, directed by Matt Wilde
2005 – A Brief History of Helen of Troy by Mark Schultz, directed by Gordon Anderson
2004 – Jeff Koons by Rainald Goetz, directed by Gordon Anderson
2004 – Country Music by Simon Stephens, directed by Gordon Anderson
2003 – Excuses! by Joel Joan and Jordi Sanchez, directed by David Grindley
2003 – One Minute by Simon Stephens, directed by Gordon Anderson
2003 – Out of Our Heads directed by Gordon Anderson
2002 – Arabian Night by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Gordon Anderson
2001 – In the Solitude of Cotton Fields by Bernard-Marie Koltès, directed by Gordon Anderson

Nick Philippou's tenure (1992–2000)

2000 – The Boy Who Left Home after the Brothers Grimm, directed by Nick Philippou
2000 – Macbeth False Memory by Deborah Levy, directed by Nick Philippou
1999 – The Tempest by William Shakespeare, directed by Nick Philippou
1998 – Handbag or The Importance of Being Someone Archived 2018-08-04 at the Wayback Machine by Mark Ravenhill, directed by Nick Philippou
1997 – Orpheus by Kenneth McLeish, directed by Nick Philippou
1997 – Faust with Pete Bailie and Alain Pelletier, text by Mark Ravenhill, directed by Nick Philippou
1996 – The Belle Vue by Ödön von Horváth, translated by Kenneth McLeish, directed by Nick Philippou
1996 – Miss Julie by August Strindberg, directed by Nick Philippou
1995 – The Modern Husband by Paul Godfrey, directed by Nick Philippou
1995 – Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare, directed by Nick Philippou
1994 – Ion, the Lost Boy Found by Euripides, translated by Kenneth McLeish, directed by Nick Philippou
1993 – Celestina, attributed to Fernando de Rojas, adapted by Max Hafler and Nick Philippou, directed by Nick Philippou
1993 – The Maids by Jean Genet and No Way Out by Jean-Paul Sartre, directed by Nick Philippou
1992 – The Coaldust Affair by Eugène Marin Labiche, directed by Jane Collins

Ceri Sherlock's tenure (1989–1992)

1992 – Woman of Flowers, Blodeuwedd, directed by Ceri Sherlock
1991 – Punishment Without Revenge by Lope de Vega, directed by Ceri Sherlock
1991 – La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler, directed by Ceri Sherlock
1991 – Mozart and Salieri by Alexander Pushkin, directed by Ceri Sherlock
1990 – Torquato Tasso by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Robert David MacDonald, directed by Ceri Sherlock
1990 – Phaedra by Marina Tsvetayeva directed by Ceri Sherlock
1989 – The Triumph of Love by Pierre de Marivaux, directed by Ceri Sherlock
1989 – Cleopatra and Antony by William Shakespeare, directed by Malcolm Edwards

Mark Brickman's tenure (1986–1988)

1988 – The Illusion by Pierre Corneille, directed by Mark Brickman
1988 – Princess Ivona by Witold Gombrowicz, directed by Mark Brickman
1987 – Faustus, directed by Mark Brickman
1987 – Heaven Bent, Hell Bound, directed by Mark Brickman
1986 – The Bourgeois Gentleman by Molière, directed by Mark Brickman
1986 – Hamlet by William Shakespeare, directed by Mark Brickman

John Retallack's tenure (1980–1985)

1986 – Ubu and the Clowns / Ubu in Chains, based on Ubu enchaîné by Alfred Jarry, directed by John Retallack
1984 – A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, in a version by Michael Meyer, directed by John Retallack
1984 – Twelfth Night Archived 10 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine by William Shakespeare, directed by John Retallack
1984 – Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Mark Brickman and John Retallack
1983 – Don Juan Archived 10 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine, adapted by Nigel Gearing and John Retallack, directed by John Retallack
1982 – Ubu the Vandalist, freely adapted from Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry, directed by John Retallack
1982 – The Provoked Wife by John Vanbrugh, directed by John Retallack
1981 – The Tempest by John Vanbrugh, directed by John Retallack
1980 – Berlin, Berlin, based on The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil, music by Paul Sand, directed by John Retallack
1980 – The Life and Death of Don Quixote, based on Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, directed by John Retallack
1978 – Don Juan Archived 10 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine

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