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Rupert Goold
Director
Born February 18, 1972 in Highgate, United Kingdom (54 years old)
Theatre
Rupert Goold is an English director who works primarily in theatre. He is the artistic director of the Almeida Theatre, and was the artistic director of Headlong Theatre Company (2005–2013). Since 2010, Goold has been an associate director at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 for services to drama.
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3 Principal Houses
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Career Trajectory
Rupert Goold established himself as a director of exceptional formal intelligence in the early 2000s, first gaining prominence through productions at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Almeida Theatre. His breakthrough came with *Enron* (2009), a visceral examination of corporate malfeasance that transferred to the West End and won the Olivier Award for Best New Play, establishing him as a major theatrical voice. Since assuming the artistic directorship of the Almeida Theatre, Goold has become known for productions of startling visual and conceptual ambition—from his stark, psychologically penetrating *Macbeth* to his audacious contemporary adaptation *King Charles III*—all of which have demonstrated his gift for making theatre that is simultaneously intellectually rigorous and theatrically thrilling.
Career Highlight
Olivier Award for Best New Play for *Enron* (2009)
At a Glance
- Voice
- Director
- Nationality
- British
- Born
- 1972 · Highgate, United Kingdom
- Active since
- 2009
Training & Education
Trinity College
Principal Houses
Engagements
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