robert icke


writer/director (but why label?)


works list (PDF) → Buy Works One →


Biography


Robert is an award-winning writer and director, working in theatre and on screen.

Until 2023, he was the first Ibsen Artist in Residence at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, at the invitation of Ivo van Hove and supported by the Philip Loubser Foundation.

His awards include two Evening Standard ‘Best Director’ Awards, two Critics’ Circle ‘Best Director’ Awards, the Kurt Hübner Award, and two Olivier Awards, one for ‘Best Director’, of which he was the youngest ever winner. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was awarded the Classical Association Prize in 2025.


Recent credits

 
OEDIPUS after Sophocles
International Theatre Amsterdam (2018) →

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MANHUNT by Robert Icke
Royal Court (2025) →
 
DON GIOVANNI
Festival d'Aix (2025) →
 
PLAYER KINGS Shakespeare
West End / National Tour (2024) →

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ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell in a new adaptation by Robert Icke
National Tour (2022) →
 
JUDAS by Robert Icke
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (2022) →
 
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE after Ibsen
Park Avenue Armory (2021) →
 
AFTER NORA after Ibsen
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (2020) →
 
IVANOV after Chekhov
Schauspiel Stuttgart (2019) →
 
THE DOCTOR after Schnitzler
Almeida (2019), Adelaide Festival (2020), ITA (2021), Burgtheater (2021), West End (2022), Park Avenue Armory (2023) →
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THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller
Theater Basel (2018) →
 
THE WILD DUCK by Ibsen
Almeida (2018) →
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HAMLET by William Shakespeare
Almeida, West End (2017), Park Avenue Armory (2023) →
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MARY STUART Schiller in a new version by Robert Icke
Almeida (2016) →
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THE RED BARN Simenon - a new play by David Hare
National (2016) →
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UNCLE VANYA Chekhov in a new version by Robert Icke
Almeida (2016) →
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ORESTEIA Aeschylus in a new version by Robert Icke
Almeida, West End (2015), Park Avenue Armory (2022)
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THE FEVER by Wallace Shawn
Almeida (2015)
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MR BURNS by Anne Washburn
Almeida (2014)
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1984 by George Orwell in a new adaptation created by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan
UK tours (2013, 2014), Almeida (2014), West End (2014, 2015, 2016), Broadway (2017)
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BOYS by Ella Hickson (2012)
Headlong @ Soho Theatre
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ROMEO AND JULIET (2012)
Headlong, UK tour
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Representation


Rachel Taylor (theatre) and Anthony Mestriner (TV/film) at Casarotto
John MacGregor, George Lane, Brian Siberell, Chris Smith and Jon Cassir at CAA.

or, he can also be e-mailed directly:
rob (at) roberticke.com

(but please, no casting enquiries)




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