CAA Signs Donmar Warehouse Artistic Director Tim Sheader

EXCLUSIVE: Tim Sheader, who last year became the Artistic Director of prestigious London theater the Donmar Warehouse, has signed with CAA.

Prior to taking over as Artistic Director at the Donmar last March, Sheader held the same post at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, where he directed more than 20 productions and won four Olivier Awards and two Evening Standard Awards.

His productions included Jesus Christ Superstar, which subsequently toured across the U.S. for three years, toured the UK, played a season at The Barbican, and currently is touring Australia.

Other Sheader credits for Regent’s Park include To Kill a Mockingbird (also UK tour and the Barbican); and Into the Woods (also New York). Sheader has also directed productions at the National Theatre, The Young Vic, and The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), among many others.

His work in opera includes the premiere of The Monstrous Child (Royal Opera), Turn of the Screw, Hansel and Gretel (Regent’s Park/ENO), and Don Pasquale (Operas National de Lorraine and Lausanne).

Sheader is represented in the UK by Grant Parsons at Curtis Brown.