Miles Gregory | |
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 Gregory in 2018 | |
| Occupation |
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| Nationality | New Zealand / United Kingdom |
| Period | 2008– |
| Notable awards | Sir Peter Blake Leader Award (2018) Best Director BroadwayWorld Sydney Awards (2018) |
Miles Gregory is a New Zealand / UK theatre director and theatrical producer.
Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Gregory attended King's College, Auckland and was the head of Peart house, before reading for a BA in Modern History at Durham University, UK. He holds a PhD in Shakespeare in Performance from Bristol University and a Master of Fine Arts in Staging Shakespeare from Exeter University. [1]
He was formerly founding artistic director of the Bristol Shakespeare Festival and the British Touring Shakespeare Company, before being appointed as Artistic Director and CEO of The Maltings Theatre & Cinema, Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK, in 2008. He returned to NZ with his family in 2012. [2]
In 2015, Gregory founded Pop-up Globe, a New Zealand theatre company that performed Shakespeare's plays in temporary, 'pop-up' replicas of the second Globe Theatre, and served as artistic director of the company. [3] In addition to five seasons in Auckland in 2016–2020, Pop-up Globe toured internationally to Australia, with seasons in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, winning some fifteen awards and performing to over 750,000 people. [4]
For his work with Pop-up Globe he received numerous awards including a Sir Peter Blake Leader Award, [5] Best Director for A Midsummer Night's Dream from BroadwayWorld Sydney Awards [6] and a Denizen Magazine Heroes Award. [7]
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