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RSC appoints Co Artistic Directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey Photo by Seamus Ryan

RSC appoints Co Artistic Directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey Photo by Seamus Ryan

Royal Shakespeare Company Appoints Daniel Evans And Tamara Harvey as Co-Artistic Directors

by Staff Writer
September 21, 2022
Reading Time: 4 mins read

The RSC announce that Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey, will be the Co-Artistic Directors of the Royal Shakespeare Company taking up the post from June 2023.  Daniel is currently Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre and Tamara is Artistic Director of Theatr Clwyd. Daniel and Tamara are regular collaborators and applied together for the position. 

Shriti Vadera, Chair of the RSC Board, said:  ‘The Board is delighted to appoint Daniel and Tamara as Co-Artistic Directors from an exceptionally strong field of candidates. They bring a brilliant track record of artistic achievement with a strong commitment to education, communities and championing diverse talent and voices, alongside a proven strategic ability to lead major companies. Their partnership heralds an exciting vision for the future of the RSC to attract world-class artistic talent, captivate today’s audiences with Shakespeare, classics and new work, and increase radically the reach and impact of our pioneering learning, partnerships and digital work.’

Daniel Evans said:  ‘I was fortunate to see so many inspiring performances at Stratford during my teenage years; and later celebrated my 21st birthday there during my first professional job post-drama school. So, to be returning to the RSC as its Co-Artistic Director is immensely meaningful to me. To do so alongside Tamara is a joy and a privilege. We share deep-rooted values and an ambitious vision for the Company, and we’re both looking forward to working with Catherine and the team to begin this new, exciting chapter in the RSC’s story.’

       

Tamara Harvey said: ‘Being taken to Stratford to see Murder in the Cathedral at the Swan when I was fifteen was one of the most vivid moments of my childhood. A sense of awe, but even then, a desire to get in there and start making plays: two feelings I continue to hold today. Stepping into this job is both the most exciting and the most daunting thing I’ve ever done.The great joy of working in partnership with Daniel, an artist I admire beyond measure, is that we share both that excitement and that awe at becoming the next custodians of this amazing company. We bring a shared belief in all that the RSC can be – a home for radical, relevant theatre made by artists from across the UK and the wider world.  A global community inspired by Shakespeare, bringing together myriad voices to tell the stories of our time – and of all time.’

Shriti Vadera, Chair of the RSC Board, chaired the Artistic Director Recruitment Panel comprising: Noma Dumezweni, Nicholas Hytner, Genista McIntosh, Ayanna Thompson, Mark Thompson. Observers to the process were Neil Darlison (Arts Council England) and Donna Munday.  At the final stage candidates also met key stakeholders, including the other trustees on the Board, the RSC Youth Advisory Board and the Senior Leadership Team (see notes to editors).

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The Artistic Director role was publicly advertised in April 2022, following Gregory Doran’s decision to step down. Gregory has taken on the role of Artistic Director Emeritus until the end of 2023 and will direct his 50th production for the Company in Spring 2023.

At the request of the Board, Erica Whyman will continue as Acting Artistic Director until June 2023, and she will then leave the Company to pursue a freelance career. The 2023 Season announcement, which is programmed by Erica will be released on Tuesday 27 September.

Shriti Vadera said: ‘We are enormously grateful for Erica’s generous and inclusive leadership and significant contribution to the Company over the last decade, including her championing of new work, her commitment to the RSC as a truly national organisation with our ground-breaking national partnerships, and of course as director across all our stages.’

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