Max was the inaugural Baylis Director at the Old Vic and is now an Associate Director at the Donmar Warehouse.
Theatre/Opera credits as director include:
LIFE OF PI Current
US Transfer to Boston, ART
& Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Nominated for 5 2023 Tony Awards including Best Director of a Play
ANTIGONE
Regents Park Open Air Theatre
A new adaptation by Inua Ellams
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HENRY V
Donmar Warehouse
Starring Kit Harington
LIFE OF PI
West End
Winner of 5 Olivier Awards including Best New Play
THE LORAX: IN CAMERA
Old Vic – Streaming
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS: THE MUSICAL
Simon Friend Productions/NBC – Televised
LA BOHEME
Goteberg Opera, Sweden
LIFE OF PI
UK Premiere, Sheffield Crucible & Simon Friend Productions
THE MERRY WIDOW
ENO
THE SEA OF FERTILITY
PARCO – Japan
AS YOU LIKE IT
Regents Park Open Air Theatre
THE LORAX
US Premiere, Minneapolis Children’s Theatre & San Diego Old Globe
FANNY AND ALEXANDER
Old Vic Theatre, London – World Premiere
Based on Ingmar Bergman’s classic film
THE JUNGLE BOOK
Northampton & Fiery Angel, Adapted by Jessica Swale
UK Tour
COVER MY TRACKS
Old Vic Theatre, London
THE WINTER’S TALE
Edinburgh Lyceum
THE TWITS
Northampton Royal & Derngate
KING LEAR
Northampton Royal & Derngate / ATG UK Tour
THE LORAX
Old Vic Theatre, London
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
The Globe Theatre, Re-mount for world tour
MARY STUART
PARCO – Japan
OPERA HIGHLIGHTS TOUR
The Scottish Opera
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
West Yorkshire Playhouse
SHOSTAKOVICH’S HAMLET
City of London Sinfonia
TWELFTH NIGHT
Regents Park Open Air Theatre
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
The Globe Theatre, UK Tour
ORLANDO
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
MY GENERATION
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
THE SHAPE OF THE IMPOSSIBLE by Sonia Hughes
Shed, National Theatre
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
MY YOUNG AND FOOLISH HEART
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
THE CHALK CIRCLE
Aarohan Theatre, Kathmandu & International tour
LONGING FOR DARKNESS
Havana Theatre Festival, Cuba & International tour
CARNIVAL UNDER THE RAINBOW
Hilton Arts Festival, South Africa & National tour
FEAST KAKULU
Hilton Arts Festival, South Africa & National tour
FINISTERRE
Theatre503 & Young Vic Genesis
EL MONO
El Cooperacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Max read English at a Cambridge then trained at L’Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris.
Represented in collaboration with Katie Haines