Director
The Tempest
2012
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Producer Royal Shakespeare Company
Director David Farr
Writer William Shakespeare
Starring
Ankur Bahl, Sarah Belcher, Amie Burns Walker, Kirsty Bushell & Nicholas Day
Part of What Country Friends Is This?, the trilogy of Shakespeare's shipwreck plays
Twelfth Night
2012
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Producer Royal Shakespeare Company
Director David Farr
Writer William Shakespeare
Starring
Ankur Bahl, Sarah Belcher, Amie Burns Walker, Kirsty Bushell & Nicholas Day
Part of What Country Friends Is This?, the trilogy of Shakespeare's shipwreck plays
The Homecoming
2011
Swan Theatre
David Farr directs Harold Pinter's play at the Swan Theatre
King Lear
2010
Courtyard Theatre
Producer RSC
Director David Farr
Writer William Shakespeare
Starring
Greg Hicks, Kathryn Hunter & Katy Stephens
Opened at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford and transferred to The Roundhouse and New York
The Winter's Tale
2009
Courtyard Theatre
Producer RSC
Director David Farr
Starring
Greg Hicks & Kelly Hunter
Directed by David as his inaugural production as Associate Director of the RSC
The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui
2008
Lyric Hammersmith
Producer Kate McGrath
Director David Farr
Writer Bertolt Brecht
Starring
Jude Akuwudike, Ariyon Bakare , Adrian Black, Lucian Msamati & Mohammed Arthur Turay
Satirical allegroy of Hitler's rise to power
Metamorphosis
2006
Lyric Hammersmith
Producer Kate McGrath
Director David Farr
Starring
Tom Mannion , Jonathan McGuiness, Elva Osk Olafsdottir , Unnur Osp Stefansdottir & Bjorn Thors
Adaptation of Franz Kafka's novella about a boy who wakes up to discover he is an insect
Coriolanus
2003
The Swan
Producer RSC
Director David Farr
Starring
Greg Hicks
David Farr's vaunted samurai production of Coriolanus which opened at the Swan, toured nationally and was transferred by Duncan Weldon into London's Old Vic Theatre
Julius Caesar
2003
The Swan
Director David Farr
The production played at the Swan, toured nationally, and came into the Lyric Hammersmith in David's opening season there
Danton's Death
1997
Gate Theatre, Notting Hill
Creator, Writer and Director
Silence
2011
Hampstead Theatre
Creator David Farr
Producer Filter
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
Starring
Oliver Dimsdale, Christine Entwisle, Mariah Gale, Paul Hamilton & Richard Katz
Silence is the latest collaboration between celebrated theatre company Filter and David Farr. Opens at Hampstead Theatre on May 12th 2011
Water
2011
The Tricycle Theatre
Creator David Farr
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
Company-created piece of drama which interweaves the issue of global warming with various relationships
Writer
The Heart of Robin Hood
2011
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Producer RSC
Director Gisli Örn Gardarsson
Writer David Farr
Starring
Martin Hutson, Flora Montgomery & Iris Roberts
RSC's Christmas show
Love, The Musical
2008
Lyric Hammersmith
Producer Kate McGrath
Director Gísli Örn Gardarsson
Writer David Farr
Starring
Vera Baldwin, Maralin Belchere , Anna Calder Marshall , Maria Charles & Mike Clifton
Musical following the blossoming romance between two people in an old people's home
The Magic Carpet
2005
Lyric Hammersmith
Writer David Farr
Drama following two Arabian thieves who aim high when they try to rob the sultan
Paradise Lost
2004
Bristol Old Vic
Creator John Milton
Writer David Farr
Great Expectations
2003
Old Vic, Bristol
Director Gordon Anderson
Writer David Farr
Starring
Rachel Ferjani & Aiden Mcardle
Adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel
The Danny Crow Show
2001
The Bush Theatre
Director Dominic Hill
Writer David Farr
Starring
Lisa Ellis & Mark Rice-Oxley
Original play for the Bush Theatre
Elton John's Glasses
1997
Watford Palace Theatre
Director Terry Johnson
Writer David Farr
Starring
Will Keen & Tom Mannion
Original comedy about a fanatical Watford City football supporter who blames the team's defeat on the glare from Elton John's glasses
Writer and Director
Metamorphosis
2010
BAM, New York
Producer Dyri Jonsson
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
Starring
Gisli Orn Gardarsson, Bjorn Helgason, Brenda Murphy & Nick Manning
American premiere of David's adaptation of Franz Kafka's novella about a man who wakes up to find that he has been turned into a bug
The Queen Must Die
2007
National Theatre
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
One act play that was part of National Theatre Connections
The Ramayana
2007
Lyric Hammersmith
Producer Kate McGrath
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
Starring
Vanessa Ackerman, Kolade Agboke, Nicholas Kahn, Marc Layton-Bennett & Eva Magyar
Adaptation of the epic poem for the Lyric Hammersmith
Tamburlaine The Great
2005
Barbican main stage
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
Starring
Greg Hicks & Rachael Stirling
David Farr's adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's play
The Odyssey
2005
Lyric Hammersmith
Producer Bristol Old Vic
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
Starring
David Fishley, Colin Mace, Scott McLoughlin & Celia Meiras
David Farr's adaptation of Homer's myth
The UN Inspector
2005
National Theatre
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
Starring
Kenneth Cranham & Michael Sheen
A free adaptation of Gogol's The Government Inspector
Ruckus in the Garden
2003
National Theatre
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
Part of NT Connections
Crime and Punishment in Dalston
2002
Arcola Theatre
Creator Fyodor Dostoevsky
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
Starring
Dave Fishley & Michelle Hallak
Original play based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic novel for the Arcola Theatre
Night of the Soul
2001
Barbican Pit
Producer RSC
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
Starring
Tom Mannion & Zoe Waites
Original play written by David Farr for the RSC
The Nativity
1999
Young Vic
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
Adaptation of the Nativity
Max Klapper: A Life In Pictures
1996
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
Starring
Emily Lloyd
Original play with film components
Neville Southall's Washbag
1992
Finborough Theatre
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
Starring
Rachel Weisz
New play for the Finborough Theatre starring Rachel Weisz
Glue Wedding
1991
Battersea Arts Centre
Director David Farr
Writer David Farr
