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John has been Artistic Director of four of the United Kingdom's major repertory theatres: York Theatre Royal, Liverpool Everyman Theatre, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham, and Worcester Swan Theatre.

Artistic Director, York Theatre Royal 1994-96
 

Into the Woods, York - See also Musical Theatre
MacBeth, York - see also Shakespeare
York Mystery Cycle - see also Community Projects
    Was responsible for a groundbreaking 250th Anniversary Season, as well as an internationally infamous production of the York Mystery Plays. Highlights include Shakespeare's Wars of the Roses, the Repertory premiere of Madness of George III and the award-winning Moll Flanders.
     
    • Macbeth
    • A View From the Bridge
    • Pal Joey
    • York Cycle of Mystery Plays
    • Twelfth Night
    • The Rivals
    • Travels with my Aunt
    • A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    • Henry VI
    • Richard III
    • The Madness of George III
    • The Way of the World
    • Tom Jones
    • Charley’s Aunt
    • Moll Flanders (Best Musical, British Theatre Awards)

Artistic Director, Liverpool Everyman Theatre 1990-94

Established a strong classical repertoire in this famous "young" venue. Was also Chief Executive of the Hope Street Project, using theatre to encourage expression and development in young people, and was responsible for co-productions with Talawa Theatre Company and with Thelma Holt Productions, including Alan Rickman's Hamlet. Toured nationally with Bernstein's Candide.
  • As You Like It
  • Tis Pity She’s a Whore
  • School For Scandal
  • Dr Faustus
  • The White Devil
  • Waiting For Godot
  • Caucasian Chalk Circle
  • Othello
  • Love at a Loss
  • Sarcophagus
  • The Trojan Women
  • Nativity
  • Much Ado About Nothing
  • The Man in the Moon
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Candide. 
Much Ado about Nothing, Liverpool
Much Ado about Nothing, Liverpool
Alan Rickman's Hamlet, co-production
 The Nativity, Liverpool

 

Everyman Theatre CheltenhamArtistic Director, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham 1986-1989

John re-opened the theatre after a £5 million refurbishment programme, running a repertoire of 18 plays per season both in the main house and also in the new Ralph Richardson Studio. Highlights include the European Premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle, the London transfer of Bells Are Ringing and highly acclaimed productions of such plays as Ibsen's Peer Gynt and Miller's Death of a Salesman.
  • My Fair Lady
  • Tom and Viv
  • Anyone Can Whistle
  • Miss Julie
  • The Country Wife
  • Ghosts
  • Sweeney Todd
  • West Side Story
  • Hedda Gabler
  • The Crucible
  • Private Lives
  • Death of a Salesman
  • An Italian Straw Hat
  • Peer Gynt
  • Night Mother
  • Crimes of the Heart
  • Tomfoolery
  • The King and I
  • Private Lives
  • The Prospero Suite.

Vesta, the life of Vesta Tilley - see also AdaptationsArtistic Director, Worcester Swan Theatre1980-1985 

John established a much-acclaimed company of actors and also opened a new studio theatre. He toured regionally, co-produced with Nottingham Playhouse, commissioned new work and transferred Dario Fo's Female Parts to London's West End. 
Summit Conference - see also Modern Work & Premieres
  • Forty Years On
  • Whose Life Is It Anyway
  • Romeo & Juliet
  • Piaf
  • Summit Conference
  • Judy
  • When the Wind Blows
  • Trafford Tanzi
  • Tale of Two Cities
  • Sweet Charity
  • Uncle Vanya
  • Way Upstream
  • Sailor Beware
  • Gypsy
  • Cabaret
  • Annie
  • The Dresser.

Also:
Director of Productions, Eden Court Theatre, Inverness 1974-80

Artistic Director Tie-Up Theatre Company