Opera and dance includes: Strapless, The Winter’s Tale, Pavane, Anastasia, La Traviata (Royal Opera House), Alice in Wonderland (Royal Opera House & Canadian Ballet), Don Carlos (The Met Opera, NY), The Cunning Little Vixen (Châtelet). Other theatre credits include: Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre, UK Tour & Broadway – Tony Award), Disney’s Aida (Broadway – Tony Award), Disney’s Tarzan which he also directed (Broadway, Germany & The Netherlands), and The Year of Magical Thinking (Broadway & NT), The Coast of Utopia (New York – Tony Award), Carousel (New York – Tony Award), The Seagull (Public Theatre New York), Paul Simon’s The Capeman, The Sweet Smell Of Success.
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He has designed numerous productions for the National Theatre, including Pinocchio, Travelling Light, Collaborators, King James Bible, Juno & the Paycock (Abbey Theatre, Dublin), The Habit of Art, The Power of Yes, Phèdre, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Gethsemane, and Fram (which he also co-directed with Tony Harrison), The History Boys (Broadway – Tony Award), His Girl Friday and Mourning Becomes Electra, plus more than twenty-five productions for the RSC, including Les Liaisons Dangereuses and The Plantagenets (Olivier Award). For the Donmar Warehouse: Into the Woods and Orpheus Descending. Recent productions: Alys Always, My Name is Lucy Barton and Allelujah! (The Bridge Theatre), The Moderate Soprano (West End), The Inheritance (Young Vic and West End), An American in Paris (Broadway, London and Paris – Tony Award, Olivier Award), Skylight (London and Broadway), Aladdin (Disney – Toronto & Broadway), The Glass Menagerie (American Rep Theatre, USA & Broadway), The Audience (London and Broadway), Once (London, Broadway & US Tour – Tony Award), People (National Theatre), The Dark Earth & Light Sky (Almeida). He is Director of the Pier 55 Performance Park in New York and was Creative Executive Producer of the opening and closing ceremonies for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Stephen has previously directed for BBC Radio and Television and is currently director and executive producer on the Netflix series, “The Crown ,” written by Peter Morgan, the third season of which is due to be released later in 2019. Stephen won the 2019 Best Director Olivier Award for The Inheritance.
In March 2018, Stephen directed The Inheritance, Matthew Lopez’ epic two-part play, which, following its sold out run at the Young Vic, transferred to the West End. The Jungle transferred to the West End in June 2018 and has just completed a well-received run at The Curran Theatre in San Francisco.
In 2017, Stephen directed The Jungle at the Young Vic, an intimate and immersive theatrical experience about the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe. Stephen’s recent productions of The Audience and Skylight were both highly acclaimed and went on to win major theatre awards, completing sell-out runs in London and on Broadway. His most recent film, Trash, set in the favellas of Rio de Janeiro, was nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 2015 BAFTAs. His first four films, Billy Elliot, The Hours, The Reader and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, together received 19 Academy Award nominations and two wins. In 2009, the production won ten Tony Awards including Best Musical, more than any other British show in Broadway history. Billy Elliot the Musical has previously played in the West End, on Broadway, in Australia (Sydney and Melbourne), North America, Toronto, The Netherlands, UK & Ireland Tours, Hamburg, Tokyo, and Seoul.
His award-winning 1992 National Theatre production of An Inspector Calls is currently touring the UK. He has also directed at the National Theatre, the Public Theater in New York, and has transferred many productions both to Broadway and the West End. In London, he was Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre where he headed the £26million redevelopment. Stephen started his career at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre and directed extensively in Britain’s regional theatres.