Actors Touring Company (ATC) 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, Ramin Gray and the current Artistic Director Matthew Xia (2018 – present). 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. In 2021, ATC’s commission ‘Family Tree’ by Mojisola Adebayo won the 25th Alfred Fagon Award, in a ceremony held at the National Theatre. The company pursues a policy of internationalism — making theatre collaboratively with artists from abroad, as well as with the voices of the global nations with the UK.

Matthew Xia's tenure (2018 – present)

* 2021-2 Rice by Michele Lee, co-produced with Orange Tree Theatre, directed by Matthew Xia * 2021 Family Tree by Mojisola Adebayo, co-produced with Greenwich & Docklands International Festival and Young Vic, directed by Matthew Xia * 2021 Dear Tomorrow: Hope from Home, co-produced with Northern Stage, by Ameera Conrad, Satinder Chohan, Hannah Khalid, Nemo Martin, Chiméne Suleyman, Eve Leigh, directed by Matthew Xia and Natalie Ibu * 2020 Dear Tomorrow by Maya Arad Yasur, Kimber Lee & Stephanie Street (letters of hope delivered during COVID lockdowns) directed by Matthew Xia * 2019 Amsterdam by Maya Arad Yasur, co-produced with Orange Tree Theatre & Theatre Royal Plymouth. Richmond, 2019; tour, 2020 (cancelled due to COVID, production released via online streaming) directed by Matthew Xia

Ramin Gray's tenure (2011–2018)

* 2016 – ''Winter Solstice'' by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Ramin Gray * 2016 -2018 �
''The Suppliant Women''
by

Aeschylus Aeschylus (, ; ; /524 – /455 BC) was an ancient Greece, ancient Greek Greek tragedy, tragedian often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek tragedy is large ...

, in a new version by David Greig, directed by Ramin Gray * 2015 – ''Living with the Lights On'' with Mark Lockyer, directed by Ramin Gray * 2015 – ''Martyr'' by Marius von Mayenburg, directed by Ramin Gray * 2014 – ''Blind Hamlet'' by Nassim Soleimanpour, directed by Ramin Gray * 2014 – ''Hendelsen'', the Norwegian-language version of ''The Events'' by David Greig, translated by Oda Radoor, directed by Ramin Gray * 2014 – ''Chorale – A Sam Shepard Roadshow'' directed by Simon Usher * 2013 – ''Die Ereignisse'', the German-language version of ''The Events'' by David Greig, translated by Brigitte Auer, directed by Ramin Gray * 2013 – ''The Events'' by David Greig, directed by Ramin Gray * 2012 – ''The Broadwalk Trilogy'', comprising three short plays by Mikhail Durnenkov, Pavel Pryazhko, and Natal’ya Vorozhbit, directed by Ramin Gray and Sacha Wares * 2012 – ''Making the Sound of Loneliness'', created by Jack Tarlton and Simon Usher, directed by Simon Usher * 2012 – ''Illusions'' by Ivan Viripaev, translated by Cazimir Liske, directed by Ramin Gray * 2012 – '' Crave'' by

Sarah Kane Sarah Kane (3 February 1971 – 20 February 1999) was an English playwright, screenwriter and theatre director. She is known for her plays that deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, torture—both physical and psychological ...

, directed by Ramin Gray * 2012 – ''Wild Swans'', adapted by Alex Woods from the memoir by Jung Chang, directed by Sacha Wares * 2011 – ''The Golden Dragon'' by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Ramin Gray

Bijan Sheibani's tenure (2007–2011)

* 2011 �
''Fatherland''
by Tom Holloway, directed by Caroline Steinbeis * 2010 �
''Ivan and the Dogs''
by Hattie Naylor, directed by Ellen Mcdougall * 2010 �
''The Typist''
by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Bijan Sheibani * 2010 �
''Eurydice''
by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Bihan Sheibani * 2009 – '' Ghosts or Those Who Return'' by

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered ...

, 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 �
''Bad Jazz''
by Robert Farquhar, directed by Gordon Anderson * 2006 �
''Gizmo Love''
by John Kolvenbach, directed by Matt Wilde * 2005 �
''A Brief History of Helen of Troy''
by Mark Schultz, directed by Gordon Anderson * 2004 �
''Jeff Koons''
by Rainald Goetz, directed by Gordon Anderson * 2004 �
''Country Music''
by Simon Stephens, directed by Gordon Anderson * 2003 �
''Excuses!''
by Joel Joan and Jordi Sanchez, directed by David Grindley * 2003 �
''One Minute''
by Simon Stephens, directed by Gordon Anderson * 2003 �
''Out of Our Heads''
directed by Gordon Anderson * 2002 �
''Arabian Night''
by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Gordon Anderson * 2001 �
''In the Solitude of Cotton Fields''
by Bernard-Marie Koltès, directed by Gordon Anderson

Nick Philippou's tenure (1992–2000)

* 2000 �
''The Boy Who Left Home''
after the

Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm ( or ), Jacob Grimm, Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm (1786–1859), were Germans, German academics who together collected and published folklore. The brothers are among the best-known storytellers of Oral tradit ...

, directed by Nick Philippou * 2000 �
''Macbeth False Memory''
by Deborah Levy, directed by Nick Philippou * 1999 �
''The Tempest''
by

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

, directed by Nick Philippou * 1998 �
''Handbag or The Importance of Being Someone''
by Mark Ravenhill, directed by Nick Philippou * 1997 �
''Orpheus''
by Kenneth McLeish, directed by Nick Philippou * 1997 �
''Faust''
with Pete Bailie and Alain Pelletier, text by Mark Ravenhill, directed by Nick Philippou * 1996 �
''The Belle Vue''
by Ödön von Horváth, translated by Kenneth McLeish, directed by Nick Philippou * 1996 �
''Miss Julie''
by August Strindberg, directed by Nick Philippou * 1995 �
''The Modern Husband''
by Paul Godfrey, directed by Nick Philippou * 1995 �
''Venus and Adonis''
by William Shakespeare, directed by Nick Philippou * 1994 �
''Ion, the Lost Boy Found''
by

Euripides Euripides () was a Greek tragedy, tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to ...

, translated by Kenneth McLeish, directed by Nick Philippou * 1993 �
''Celestina''
attributed to Fernando de Rojas, adapted by Max Hafler and Nick Philippou, directed by Nick Philippou * 1993 �
''The Maids''
by Jean Genet an
''No Way Out''
by

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary criticism, literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th ...

, directed by Nick Philippou * 1992 �
''The Coaldust Affair''
by Eugène Marin Labiche, directed by Jane Collins

Ceri Sherlock's tenure (1989–1992)

* 1992 �
''Woman of Flowers, Blodeuwedd''
directed by Ceri Sherlock * 1991 �
''Punishment Without Revenge''
by

Lope de Vega Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (; 25 November 156227 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Spanish Baroque literature, Baroque literature. In the literature of ...

, directed by Ceri Sherlock * 1991 �
''La Ronde''
by Arthur Schnitzler, directed by Ceri Sherlock * 1991 �
''Mozart and Salieri''
by

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin () was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Basker, Michael. Pushkin and Romanticism. In Ferber, Michael, ed., ''A Companion to European Romanticism''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. He is consid ...

, directed by Ceri Sherlock * 1990 �
''Torquato Tasso''
by

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang (von) Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on Western literature, literary, Polit ...

, translated by Robert David MacDonald, directed by Ceri Sherlock * 1990 �
''Phaedra''
by Marina Tsvetayeva directed by Ceri Sherlock * 1989 �
''The Triumph of Love''
by Pierre de Marivaux, directed by Ceri Sherlock * 1989 �
''Cleopatra and Antony''
by William Shakespeare, directed by Malcolm Edwards

Mark Brickman's tenure (1986–1988)

* 1988 �
''The Illusion''
by Pierre Corneille, directed by Mark Brickman * 1988 �
''Princess Ivona''
by

Witold Gombrowicz Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalism, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937, ...

, directed by Mark Brickman * 1987 �
''Faustus''
directed by Mark Brickman * 1987 �
''Heaven Bent, Hell Bound''
directed by Mark Brickman * 1986 �
''The Bourgeois Gentleman''
by

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...

, directed by Mark Brickman * 1986 �
''Hamlet''
by William Shakespeare, directed by Mark Brickman

John Retallack's tenure (1980–1985)

* 1986 �
''Ubu and the Clowns / Ubu in Chains''
based on '' Ubu enchaîné'' by Alfred Jarry, directed by John Retallack * 1984 �
''A Doll's House''
by Henrik Ibsen, in a version by Michael Meyer, directed by John Retallack * 1984 �
''Twelfth Night''
by William Shakespeare, directed by John Retallack * 1984 �
''Peer Gynt''
by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Mark Brickman and John Retallack * 1983 �
''Don Juan''
adapted by Nigel Gearing and John Retallack, directed by John Retallack * 1982 �
''Ubu the Vandalist''
freely adapted from '' Ubu Roi'' by Alfred Jarry, directed by John Retallack * 1982 �
''The Provoked Wife''
by John Vanbrugh, directed by John Retallack * 1981 �
''The Tempest''
by John Vanbrugh, directed by John Retallack * 1980 �
''Berlin, Berlin''
based on '' The Man Without Qualities'' by Robert Musil, music by Paul Sand, directed by John Retallack * 1980 �
''The Life and Death of Don Quixote''
based on ''

Don Quixote , the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...

'' by

Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( ; ; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelist ...

, directed by John Retallack * 1978 –
''Don Juan''

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