{{Infobox building , name = Gate Theatre , native_name = , native_name_lang = , logo = , logo_size = , logo_alt = , logo_caption = , image = , image_size = , image_alt = , image_caption = , map_type = , map_alt = , map_caption = , map_size = , map_dot_label = , map_dot_mark = , relief = , former_names = , alternate_names = , etymology = , status = , cancelled = , topped_out = , building_type = , architectural_style = , classification = , location = Camden , previously Notting Hill Gate , address = 26 Crowndale, 26 Crowndale Road, Camden, London, NW1 1TT , location_city =

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History

The Gate was opened in 1979 in Notting Hill, before moving to Camden in 2022. The Gate has won numerous awards, including Olivier, Critic's Circle, Peter Brook, Fringe First, LWT, and Time Out awards. Its work has been nominated for Off West End, Stage, Evening Standard, Carol Tambor, Amnesty International, and South Bank awards.{{cite web, title=History, url=http://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/about-us/about-the-gate/history, website=Gate Theatre Some of the actors and practitioners to have worked at the Gate include Sir

Robert Stephens Sir Robert Graham Stephens (14 July 193112 November 1995) was a leading English actor in the early years of Britain's Royal National Theatre. He was one of the most respected actors of his generation and was at one time regarded as the nat ...

, Stephen Daldry,

Jude Law David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He received a British Academy Film Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2007, he received an Honorary Cés ...

Kelly Hunter Kelly Hunter (born 21 July 1963) is a British film, television, radio, stage and musical actress, a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. She is a Laurence Olivier Award nominee and Radio Academy Award and TMA Awa ...

, Rachel Weisz, Alex Kingston, Kathy Burke, Sam Shepherd, Sir Peter Hall,

Sarah Kane Sarah Kane (3 February 1971 – 20 February 1999) was an English playwright, screenwriter and theatre director. She is known for her plays that deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, torture—both physical and psychological ...

Katie Mitchell Katrina Jane Mitchell (born 23 September 1964) is an English theatre director. Life and career Mitchell was born in Reading, Berkshire, raised in Hermitage, Berkshire, and educated at Oakham School. Upon leaving Oakham, she went up to Ma ...

Nancy Meckler Nancy Meckler is an American theatre and film director, known for her work in the United Kingdom with Shared Experience, where she was a joint artistic director alongside Polly Teale. Life and career Nancy Meckler was born and educated in the ...

, Mick Gordon, Tobias Menzies, and

Ian Rickson Ian David Rickson (born 1963) is a British theatre director. He was the artistic director at the Royal Court Theatre in London from 1998 to 2006.

Artistic Directors

* 1979–1985 Lou Stein * 1985–1990 Giles Croft * 1990–1992 Stephen Daldry * 1992–1996 Lawrence Boswell * 1996–1998 David Farr * 1998–2001 Mick Gordon * 2001–2004 Erica Whyman * 2004–2007 Thea Sharrock * 2007–2012

Natalie Abrahami Natalie Abrahami is a British theatre, film and opera director. She was Associate Director and Genesis Fellow at the Young Vic in London 2013-16 and Associate Artist at Hull Truck Theatre. From 2007–12 she was joint Artistic Director of the Ga ...

and

Carrie Cracknell Carrie Cracknell (born 1980) is a British theatre director. She was Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, London from 2007–2012. She was Associate Director at both the Young Vic (2012–2013) and the Royal Court (2013–2014). Background ...

* 2012–2017

Christopher Haydon Christopher Haydon is a British theatre director and the current Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre in London. After graduating from Cambridge University, and training at Central School of Speech and Drama, Haydon became an associate direc ...

* 2017– 2021 Ellen McDougall * 2022 - Stef O'Driscoll (Interim)

Executive Directors

* Kate Denby * –2015 Jonathan Hull * 2015-2016 Clare Slater * 2016-2018 Joanne Royce * 2018– 2021 Lise Bell * 2021 - Shawab Iqbal

References

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