ATC Theatre


Actors Touring Company is a British touring theatre company based in London, founded in 1978 by artistic director John Retallack. Matthew Xia has been led the company since 2018.

History

Actors Touring Company was founded in 1978 by John Retallack, who was also the company's inaugural artistic director. Other former artistic directors have included Mark Brickman, Ceri Sherlock, Nick Philippou, Gordon Anderson, Bijan Sheibani, and Ramin Gray.
Since 2007 the company has toured internationally and throughout the UK.
In November 2018, after dissatisfaction with Gray's leadership had led to his departure, Matthew Xia was appointed artistic director. Xia focused on changing the direction and governance of ATC; to this end, he established a new board and relocating the headquarters from the Institute of Contemporary Arts to Brixton House, which had recently opened as a theatre. These moves were intended to better align with the vision and values of the company. Xia's first production with the company was Amsterdam, by Israeli writer Maya Arad Yasur, at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, London, in autumn 2019.

Description

Actors Touring Company
The company pursues a policy of internationalism — making theatre collaboratively with artists from abroad, as well as with the voices of the global nations with the UK.

Awards and nominations

ATC received Olivier Award nominations for the productions of The Brothers Size with the Young Vic and Ivan and the Dogs with Soho Theatre.
The company won an Olivier Award for the production of Gone Too Far! with the Royal Court Theatre.
In 2021, ATC's commission Family Tree by Mojisola Adebayo won the 25th Alfred Fagon Award, in a ceremony held at the National Theatre.
In 2023, Tambo & Bones and received three nominations in the 2023 Black British Theatre Awards, including Best Director for Matthew Xia, and Best Production

Selected productions

Matthew Xia's tenure (2018 – present)

Ramin Gray's tenure (2011–2018)

  • 2016 – Winter Solstice by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Ramin Gray
  • 2016 -2018 – by Aeschylus, in a new version by David Greig, directed by Ramin Gray
  • 2015 – Living with the Lights On with Mark Lockyer, directed by Ramin Gray
  • 2015 – Martyr by Marius von Mayenburg, directed by Ramin Gray
  • 2014 – Blind Hamlet by Nassim Soleimanpour, directed by Ramin Gray
  • 2014 – Hendelsen, the Norwegian-language version of The Events by David Greig, translated by Oda Radoor, directed by Ramin Gray
  • 2014 – Chorale – A Sam Shepard Roadshow directed by Simon Usher
  • 2013 – Die Ereignisse, the German-language version of The Events by David Greig, translated by Brigitte Auer, directed by Ramin Gray
  • 2013 – The Events by David Greig, directed by Ramin Gray
  • 2012 – The Broadwalk Trilogy, comprising three short plays by Mikhail Durnenkov, Pavel Pryazhko, and Natal’ya Vorozhbit, directed by Ramin Gray and Sacha Wares
  • 2012 – Making the Sound of Loneliness, created by Jack Tarlton and Simon Usher, directed by Simon Usher
  • 2012 – Illusions by Ivan Viripaev, translated by Cazimir Liske, directed by Ramin Gray
  • 2012 – Crave by Sarah Kane, directed by Ramin Gray
  • 2012 – Wild Swans, adapted by Alex Woods from the memoir by Jung Chang, directed by Sacha Wares
  • 2011 – The Golden Dragon by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Ramin Gray

Bijan Sheibani's tenure (2007–2011)

Gordon Anderson's tenure (2001–2007)

  • 2006 – by Robert Farquhar, directed by Gordon Anderson
  • 2006 – by John Kolvenbach, directed by Matt Wilde
  • 2005 – by Mark Schultz, directed by Gordon Anderson
  • 2004 – by Rainald Goetz, directed by Gordon Anderson
  • 2004 – by Simon Stephens, directed by Gordon Anderson
  • 2003 – by Joel Joan and Jordi Sanchez, directed by David Grindley
  • 2003 – by Simon Stephens, directed by Gordon Anderson
  • 2003 – directed by Gordon Anderson
  • 2002 – by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Gordon Anderson
  • 2001 – by Bernard-Marie Koltès, directed by Gordon Anderson

Nick Philippou's tenure (1992–2000)

Ceri Sherlock's tenure (1989–1992)

Mark Brickman's tenure (1986–1988)

  • 1988 – by Pierre Corneille, directed by Mark Brickman
  • 1988 – by Witold Gombrowicz, directed by Mark Brickman
  • 1987 – , directed by Mark Brickman
  • 1987 – , directed by Mark Brickman
  • 1986 – by Molière, directed by Mark Brickman
  • 1986 – by William Shakespeare, directed by Mark Brickman

John Retallack's tenure (1980–1985)