Caid is a freelance director and writer working in theatre, opera and musical theatre, an Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Principal Guest Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm (Dramaten) and author of Theatre Craft, published by Faber and Faber.
Recent work in England includes: Macbeth (Almeida) and Hamlet (NT), both with Simon Russell Beale. In Stockholm his production of Strindberg’s Dance of Death is currently running at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and in Japan he has just directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the New National Theatre and his own adaptation of Teru Miyamoto’s novel Kinshu at the Galaxy Theatre. Other productions at the NT include Bulwer-Lytton’s Money, new versions of Bernstein’s Candide and Barrie’s Peter Pan, Trelawny of the ‘Wells’, The Seagull with Judi Dench, Pam Gems’s Stanley with Anthony Sher and Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones with Diana Rigg and Simon Russell Beale.
He is an honorary associate director of the RSC, where he has directed over 20 plays including classic works by Shakespeare, Shaw, Farquhar, Gorky, Strindberg, Brecht and Ben Jonson, and new plays by Peter Flannery, Pam Gems, Jonathan Gems, John Berger and Nella Bielski, Richard Nelson, David Edgar, Mary O’Malley and Charles Wood. His productions of Les Misérables and Nicholas Nickleby, both with Trevor Nunn, have won numerous awards around the world. Other work includes Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song & Dance (Palace), Mozart’s Zaide (Battignano Opera Festival, Tuscany) and the Siegfried and Roy Spectacular (Las Vegas).
Television includes: Nicholas Nickleby, As You Like It and his own adaptation of Shakepeare’s Henry IV plays for the BBC.
Other recent productions include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night (both Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm), The Beggar’s Opera (Nissay Theatre, Tokyo), The Screams of Kitty Genovese (Public Theatre, New York) and Verdi’s Don Carlos (Welsh National Opera and Canadian Opera Company, Toronto).
Published work as a librettist and lyricist includes: a new version of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera with the composer Ilona Sekacz, first performed at the RSC, a new adaptation of J M Barrie’s Peter Pan (RSC and NT), Children of Eden with composer Stephen Schwartz, Jane Eyre and Daddy Long Legs, both with composer Paul Gordon, and Bernstein’s Candide with new lyrics by Richard Wilbur and Stephen Sondheim.
John Caird, Daddy Long Legs
John Caird, Daddy Long Legs
John Caird, Daddy Long Legs
John Caird , Jane Eyre
John Caird, Jane Eyre
John Caird, Stanley
John Caird, Stanley
John CairdThe Beggar's Opera
John CairdLes Miserables
John Caird, Les Miserables
John Caird, Les Misérables
John Caird , The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
John CairdThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
John CairdNicholas Nickleby
John Caird has written 3 shows including Children of Eden (Bookwriter), Jane Eyre (Bookwriter), Daddy Long Legs (Book).
John Caird has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. These include Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Daddy Long Legs," Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Daddy Long Legs," Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Jane Eyre," Best Original Score at the Tony Awards for "Jane Eyre," Best Director - Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Stanley," Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Stanley," Best Director of a Musical at the Olivier Awards for "The Beggar's Opera," Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production at the Helen Hayes Awards for "Les Miserables," Best Director at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Les Miserables," Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Les Misérables," Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," Best Director at the Evening Standard Awards for "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," and Director of the Year at the Olivier Awards for "Nicholas Nickleby."
John Caird has won several awards for his work in the theater industry, including Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Daddy Long Legs, Best Director - Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Stanley, Best Director at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Les Miserables, Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for Les Misérables, Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Best Director at the Evening Standard Awards for The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, and Director of the Year at the Olivier Awards for Nicholas Nickleby.
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