ATC Theatre
Actors Touring Company is a touring theatre company based in London, founded in 1978 by Artistic Director John Retallack. Previous 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 receiving Olivier Award nominations for the productions of The Brothers Size with the Young Vic and Ivan and the Dogs with Soho Theatre. ATC won an Olivier Award for the production of Gone Too Far! with the Royal Court Theatre. The company pursues a policy of internationalism — focusing on bringing international work to the UK and making theatre collaboratively with artists from abroad. Recent visits include
Ramin Gray's tenure (2011 - 2018)
- 2016 - by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Ramin Gray
- 2016 - by Aeschylus, in a new version by David Greig, directed by Ramin Gray
- 2015 - with Mark Lockyer, directed by Ramin Gray
- 2015 - by Marius von Mayenburg, directed by Ramin Gray
- 2014 - by Nassim Soleimanpour, directed by Ramin Gray
- 2014 - , the Norwegian-language version of The Events by David Greig, translated by Oda Radoor, directed by Ramin Gray
- 2014 - directed by Simon Usher
- 2013 - , the German-language version of The Events by David Greig, translated by Brigitte Auer, directed by Ramin Gray
- 2013 - by David Greig, directed by Ramin Gray
- 2012 - , comprising three short plays by Mikhail Durnenkov, Pavel Pryazhko, and Natal’ya Vorozhbit, directed by Ramin Gray and Sacha Wares
- 2012 - , created by Jack Tarlton and Simon Usher, directed by Simon Usher
- 2012 - by Ivan Viripaev, translated by Cazimir Liske, directed by Ramin Gray
- 2012 - Crave by Sarah Kane, directed by Ramin Gray
- 2012 - , adapted by Alex Woods from the memoir by Jung Chang, directed by Sacha Wares
- 2011 - by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Ramin Gray
Bijan Sheibani's tenure (2007 - 2011)
- 2011 - by Tom Holloway, directed by Caroline Steinbeis
- 2010 - by Hattie Naylor, directed by Ellen Mcdougall
- 2010 - by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Bijan Sheibani
- 2010 - by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Bihan Sheibani
- 2009 - Ghosts or Those Who Return by Henrik Ibsen, in a new version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Bijan Sheibani
- 2008 - The Brothers Size by Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by Bijan Sheibani
- 2008 - Gone Too Far! by Bola Agbaje, directed by Bijan Sheibani
- 2007 - The Brothers Size by Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by Bijan Sheibani
Spin-off
- 2009- Young Blood, play readings in co-production with The Writers Company
- 2009- Lorca: A Dark River, as part of the Spanish Film Festival
- 2008- Directing Workshops
- 2008- Play Size, collaborative pieces with The Young Vic
- 2008- Going Far!
- 2008- Have We Gone Too Far?
- 2008- A Slam Too Far
- 2007- Panel Size
- 2007- Play Size, collaborative pieces with The Young Vic
- 2007- Poets Size, co-produced with Apples and Snakes
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)
- 2000 - after the Brothers Grimm, directed by Nick Philippou
- 2000 - by Deborah Levy, directed by Nick Philippou
- 1999 - by William Shakespeare, directed by Nick Philippou
- 1998 - by Mark Ravenhill, directed by Nick Philippou
- 1997 - by Kenneth McLeish, directed by Nick Philippou
- 1997 - with Pete Bailie and Alain Pelletier, text by Mark Ravenhill, directed by Nick Philippou
- 1996 - by Ödön von Horváth, translated by Kenneth McLeish, directed by Nick Philippou
- 1996 - by August Strindberg, directed by Nick Philippou
- 1995 - by Paul Godfrey, directed by Nick Philippou
- 1995 - by William Shakespeare, directed by Nick Philippou
- 1994 - by Euripides, translated by Kenneth McLeish, directed by Nick Philippou
- 1993 - , attributed to Fernando de Rojas, adapted by Max Hafler and Nick Philippou, directed by Nick Philippou
- 1993 - by Jean Genet and by Jean-Paul Satre, directed by Nick Philippou
- 1992 - by Eugène Marin Labiche, directed by Jane Collins
Ceri Sherlock's tenure (1989 - 1992)
- 1992 - , directed by Ceri Sherlock
- 1991 - by Lope de Vega, directed by Ceri Sherlock
- 1991 - by Arthur Schnitzler, directed by Ceri Sherlock
- 1991 - by Alexander Pushkin, directed by Ceri Sherlock
- 1990 - by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Robert David MacDonald, directed by Ceri Sherlock
- 1990 - by Marina Tsvetayeva directed by Ceri Sherlock
- 1989 - by Pierre de Marivaux, directed by Ceri Sherlock
- 1989 - by William Shakespeare, directed by Malcolm Edwards
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)
- 1986 - , based on Ubu enchaîné by Alfred Jarry, directed by John Retallack
- 1984 - by Henrik Ibsen, in a version by Michael Meyer, directed by John Retallack
- 1984 - by William Shakespeare, directed by John Retallack
- 1984 - by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Mark Brickman and John Retallack
- 1983 - , adapted by Nigel Gearing and John Retallack, directed by John Retallack
- 1982 - , freely adapted from Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry, directed by John Retallack
- 1982 - by John Vanbrugh, directed by John Retallack
- 1981 - by John Vanbrugh, directed by John Retallack
- 1980 - , based on The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil, music by Paul Sand, directed by John Retallack
- 1980 - , based on Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, directed by John Retallack
- 1978 -