Tom Morris
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Tom Morris, OBE (born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, 1964), is an English theatre director, writer, and producer.
He served as the Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic since 1995 (Battersea Arts Centre), and as Associate Director at the National Theatre from 2004 to 2009.
Early life and education
Morris was born in 1964. He is Chris Morris' younger brother. He was educated at Stonyhurst College, a Jesuit boys' boarding independent school in Lancashire in north west England, and later studied English Literature at Pembroke College, Oxford University, 1983 to 1986.
Career
Morris studied English Literature and journalism, spent time as a writer and reporter for The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, and The Observer, and The Observer, and has appeared on BBC television and radio shows Kaleidoscope, Night Waves and The Late Show from 1988 to 1994.
During this time, Nick Vivian and Nick Sweeting founded Stage of Fools, writing, acting, and directing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and on tour.
Morris became Artistic Director of Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) in 1995, and he served until 2004 when he joined the National Theatre. Morris, a student at the University of On the inside, Morris established the Scratch Programme, The Sam Shepherd Festival, The Critics Up for Review, Playing in the Dark (which coincided with the debut of Vanishing Point and Sound and Fury and included the first scratch version of Complicite's Mnemonic) and BAC Opera (which also produced Jerry Springer: The Opera). While at BAC, he also wrote Ben Hur, Jason and the Argonauts, and World Cup Final 1966 with Carl Heap.
Morris took over as Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic theatre in September 2009, supervising the theatre's revival with Executive Director Emma Stenning. Morris and Stenning extended the Old Vic's Outreach Service to every part of the city, introduced the Bristol Ferment, the city's most popular artist growth program, and re-launched the theatre's national and international recognition with West End transfers and national and international touring for Swallows and Bristol Proms, as well as Bristol Jam and Bristol Proms. He supervised the debut performance of Helen Edmundson's Swallows and Amazons at Bristol Old Vic in 2010.
Morris & Stenning oversaw the first phase of a multimillion-pound renovation, which included the long-awaited restoration of the theatre's 250-year old auditorium and the construction of new office and rehearsal spaces. Bristol Old Vic's second phase of redevelopment began in November 2016, according to Steve Tompkins. The scheme included a complete renovation of the front of house spaces and Studio Theatre, which was completed in fall 2018.
Morris has written and produced several operas, including The Death of Klinghoffer (ENO and the Met) and a revival of Hanel's Messiah (Bristol Proms, 2013).
He received the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for the Broadway production of War Horse in 2011, as well as co-director Marianne Elliott. In the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to theatre, Morris was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
Morris is one of the most influential and innovative theatre in the United Kingdom today," one interviewer said of him. "His tastes are catholic and often risky, but they can also produce some of the most inspired, inventive theatre in Britain today."
Tom Morris, founder of Complicity, has founded the JMK Trust in honor of James Menzies-Kitchin's inability as a young theatre director.