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Born | James Charles Dacre May 1984 (age 40) |
Education | Eton |
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Occupation | Theatre director |
Title | Artistic director, Royal & Derngate |
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Relatives | Peter Dacre (grandfather) |
Website | www |
James Charles Dacre (born May 1984) is a British theatre director. He has been artistic director of Royal & Derngate Theatres in Northampton since 2013.[1]
James Dacre was born in 1984,[2] the son of Paul Dacre, former editor of the Daily Mail.[3] He won a King's ScholarshiptoEton[4] where he won the Newcastle Scholarship. He then studied Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion[5]atJesus College, Cambridge[6] where he edited Varsity, the student newspaper[7] and directed at the ADC, taking several productions to the Edinburgh Festival.[3] On graduating, he won a Fulbright Scholarship and Shubert Fellowship to study Theatre Directing at Columbia University School of the Arts in New York.[8] Dacre then worked as an assistant director to twelve directors including Anne Bogart, Robert Woodruff and Silviu Purcărete, and trained on the ITV/Channel 4 regional theatre director scheme[9] at the New Vic Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent.
On returning from America, Dacre directed and produced The Mountaintop,[10] which transferred to the West End and went on to become the surprise winner of the 2010 Olivier Award for Best New Play.[11] Subsequently, he became Associate Director at the New Vic Theatre and Theatre503[12] and directed in the West End and at Shakespeare's Globe, Royal Exchange Theatre, Royal National Theatre and many regional theatres before taking up his current role at Royal & Derngate.
In 2015, Royal & Derngate won the UK Theatre Award for Best Presentation of Touring Theatre,[13] for an ambitious season of productions staged nationwide, including the world premiere of Arthur Miller's The Hook[14][15] produced to mark the centenary of his birth[16][17] and Shakespeare's King John[18] staged at Shakespeare's Globe, Salisbury Cathedral,[19] Temple Church and The Holy Sepulchre to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta.[20]
In 2016, Royal & Derngate was shortlisted for The Stage's Regional Theatre of the Year Award,[21] having reached more than half a million audiences across the UK and toured to over 65 theatres that year. Also in 2016, Dacre's production of The Herbal Bed[22] won Best Touring Production at the UK Theatre Awards.[23]
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