11 Facts About Matthew Warchus

Matthew Warchus was born on 24 October 1966 and is an English theatre director, playwright, and filmmaker.

Matthew Warchus has been the Artistic Director of London's The Old Vic since September 2015.

Matthew Warchus majored in music at Bristol University and studied in the school's department of drama.

Matthew Warchus won the Globe's Most Promising Newcomer Award for Much Ado About Nothing in the West End, the Evening Standard Best Director award, and Olivier Award nominations for Henry V and Volpone.

Matthew Warchus directed Yasmina Reza's plays The Unexpected Man and Life x 3 in London and New York.

The other was the 2009 Tony Award winner for Best Play, Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, for which Matthew Warchus won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play.

In 2010, Matthew Warchus directed the acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company musical Matilda, with a book by Dennis Kelly and music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, which transferred to the West End in October 2011 at the Cambridge Theatre, before opening at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway in March 2013.

In May 2014 Matthew Warchus was appointed Artistic Director of The Old Vic in London, succeeding Kevin Spacey.

In 2020, Matthew Warchus was planned to direct Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles starring Eileen Atkins and Timothee Chalamet in April to May 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the production has been postponed with the rescheduled dates to be announced.

Matthew Warchus is married to American actress Lauren Ward, who played the role of Miss Honey in the Stratford-upon-Avon, London, and Broadway productions of Matilda the Musical.

Ward and Matthew Warchus met when he directed her in the 2001 revival of Follies on Broadway.