Rupert Goold

For the National:

Rupert Goold is the Artistic Director of the Almeida. Previously, he was an Artistic Director of Headlong, Northampton Theatres and the RSC. In 2026, he will become the Artistic Director of the Old Vic.

Theatre

For the National Theatre: Dear England (2025), The Effect, Earthquakes in London and Time and the Conways

In London’s West End: ENRON (also on Broadway), Six Characters in Search of an Author, Made in Dagenham, Macbeth (also at Chichester and on Broadway), Oliver!, The Glass Menagerie and No Man’s Land

Other theatre includes: as director, work for the Almeida includes Cold War, Tammy Faye, Patriots (also West End), Albion, Shipwreck, Richard III, Medea, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, American Psycho (also Broadway), Ink and King Charles III (also West End and Broadway); The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet and Speaking Like Magpies for the RSC; The 47th at the Old Vic; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Kensington Gardens; and King Lear at Liverpool Everyman and the Young Vic;

King Charles III and The Hollow Crown

Film

Judy, True Story, Richard II and Macbeth

Awards

ENRON – Olivier Award

Macbeth – Olivier Award, Peabody Award

In 2017, Rupert Goold received a CBE for services to drama.

(Updated March 2025)