Theatre

Tom's first production as director was a "stunning account" (The Independent) of Albert Camus's Caligula. Subsequently, he directed productions of plays by Strindberg, Ibsen, Brecht, Buechner, Beckett and Shakespeare.

As a staff director, he worked in London at the Almeida and National theatres and in the West End, on productions of plays by Racine, Pirandello, Hare, Shakespeare, Chekhov, Beckett, Brecht and others, with actors including Juliette Binoche, Cate Blanchett, Alan Rickman, Sir Michael Gambon and Dames Helen Mirren and Diana Rigg.

Tom was invited to speak about the Almeida's work at academic conferences. Click here for a published version of one of his talks –

Book on French classical theatre with Tom's article on the Almeida's Racine productions

Costume design from Tom's production of
Buechner's Woyzeck, designed by Alison Phillips

Opera

Tom has worked as a staff director for Scottish Opera and Welsh National Opera, for which he supervised a UK tour of Carmen.

Carmen, Welsh National Opera