Lindsay Posner


Lindsay Steven Posner is a British theatre director, known for his work in London's West End and at the Royal Court Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, particularly plays by David Mamet.

Career

Lindsay Posner graduated from the acting course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1984. He was associate director of the Royal Court Theatre from 1987 to 1992 where his production of Death and the Maiden won two Laurence Olivier Awards.
He has directed five productions of David Mamet's plays, describing him as "America's greatest living playwright".

Theatre

Posner was an associate director of the Royal Court Theatre between 1987 and 1992. During this time, he directed a number of new plays. Additionally, from 1989 he was appointed artistic director of Royal Court Theatre Upstairs and deputy director for the main house.
During the late 2000s and early 2010s, he has had success with revivals of modern British comedies such as Relatively Speaking, Abigail's Party and Noises Off.
DatePlayAuthorTheatreNotes
2021WickedWinnie HolzmanStage Theater Neue Flora (Hamburg)
Clybourne ParkBruce NorrisEmbassy Theatre (London)
November 2018Flare PathTerence RattiganEmbassy Theatre (London)
God of CarnageYasmina RezaTheatre Royal, Bath
The End of LongingMatthew PerryPlayhouse Theatre
The Winslow BoyTerence RattiganThe Old Vic
The Turn of the ScrewAdapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz from Henry James' novella of the same nameAlmeida Theatre
Uncle VanyaAnton Chekov, in a version by Christopher HamptonVaudeville Theatre
Relatively SpeakingAlan AyckbournBath Theatre Royal
Abigail's PartyMike LeighMenier Chocolate Factory, Bath Theatre Royal and Wyndham's Theatre
Richard IIIWilliam ShakespeareOld Globe Theatre, San Diego
Noises OffMichael FraynThe Old Vic
A View from the BridgeArthur MillerDuke of York's TheatreFeaturing Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Ken Stott
House of GamesAdapted by Richard Bean from the screenplay by David MametAlmeida Theatre
An Ideal HusbandOscar WildeVaudeville Theatre
ButleySimon GrayDuchess Theatre
Three Sisters on Hope StreetDiane Samuels and Tracy-Ann Oberman, based on Anton Chekhov's Three SistersLiverpool Everyman and Hampstead Theatre
CarouselRichard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein IISavoy TheatreFeaturing Lesley Garrett
Fiddler on the RoofMusic by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph SteinSheffield Crucible and the Savoy TheatreFeaturing Henry Goodman
The MisanthropeMolière, adapted by Martin CrimpYoung VicFeaturing Elizabeth McGovern and Ken Stott
Fool for LoveSam ShepardApollo TheatreFeaturing Juliette Lewis and Martin Henderson
Tom and VivMichael HastingsAlmeida TheatreFeaturing Will Keen and Frances O'Connor
The HypochondriacMolièreAlmeida TheatreFeaturing Henry Goodman
RomanceDavid MametAlmeida TheatreFeaturing John Mahoney
The Birthday PartyHarold PinterDuchess Theatre
A Life in the TheatreDavid MametApollo Theatre
OleannaDavid MametGarrick TheatreFeaturing Aaron Eckhart and Julia Stiles
The CaretakerHarold PinterBristol Old Vic
The Lady from the SeaHenrik IbsenLyric Hammersmith and West Yorkshire PlayhouseFeaturing Natasha Richardson
Sexual Perversity in ChicagoDavid MametComedy TheatreFeaturing Matthew Perry, Hank Azaria and Minnie Driver
PowerNick DearRoyal National Theatre
TartuffeMolièreRoyal National Theatre
Twelfth NightWilliam ShakespeareRSC at Stratford and the Barbican TheatreFeaturing Guy Henry
The RivalsRichard Brinsley SheridanRSC at Stratford and the Barbican TheatreFeaturing Benjamin Whitrow and David Tennant
The Taming of the ShrewWilliam ShakespeareRSC at The Pit
VolponeBen JonsonRSC at The Swan
After DarwinTimberlake WertenbakerHampstead Theatre
American BuffaloDavid MametYoung VicFeaturing Douglas Henshall, Neil Stuke and Nicholas Woodeson
The Provok'd WifeSir John VanbrughOld VicFeaturing Michael Pennington and Victoria Hamilton
The SeagullAnton ChekhovGate Theatre, Dublin
The RobbersSchillerGate Theatre, Notting Hill
The TreatmentMartin CrimpRoyal Court
Colquhoun and McBrydeJohn ByrneRoyal Court
Death and the MaidenAriel DorfmanRoyal CourtWinner, Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
No One Sees the VideoMartin CrimpRoyal Court Upstairs
American BagpipesIain HeggieRoyal CourtFeaturing Lesley Manville and Ken Stott
BloodHarwant BainsRoyal Court Upstairs
Built on SandDaniel MorninRoyal Court Upstairs
DownfallGregory MottonRoyal Court Upstairs
AmbulanceGregory MottonRoyal Court Upstairs
Ficky StingersEve LewisRoyal Court UpstairsStaged as part of the 1986 Royal Court Young Writers' Festival

Opera

Jenůfa by Leoš Janáček for the Opera Theatre Company in DublinGiulio Cesare by Handel at the Royal Opera House at the Barbican CentreMan and Boy: Dada by Michael Nyman at the Almeida Theatre and in JerseyLove Counts by Michael Nyman at the Almeida Theatre

Television

Posner has directed two television plays:The Maitlands in 1993, with Eileen Atkins, Bill Nighy, Harriet Walter, Jennifer Ehle, Edward Fox and Samuel WestTwo Oranges and a Mango in 1994, with Paul Bhattacharjee and Saeed Jaffrey