Edward Dick is a British theatre director.

Biography

He graduated from Oxford University in 2001 and trained as Declan Donnellan

Declan Donnellan

Declan Donnellan is a British theatre director and writer. He is co-founder of Cheek by Jowl theatre company. In 1992 he received an honoris causa degree from the University of Warwick and in 2004 he was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his work in France...

's assistant at Cheek By Jowl

Cheek by Jowl

Cheek By Jowl is a theatre company founded by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod in 1981. The company has performed across the world and, with their 1986 production of Twelfth Night, were the first to bring a Shakespearean play to The Swan....

. He has directed productions, most notably of plays by Shakespeare, in theatres around the world. In 2009 he directed a revival of Philip Ridley's The Fastest Clock in the Universe at Hampstead Theatre starring Jaime Winstone. In 2008 he directed Benjamin Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia at Aldeburgh, and in 2011 he will direct a new opera by Tarik O'Regan at the Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", after a previous use of the site of the opera house's original construction in 1732. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The...

 in London. His short film An Act of Love premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival

Edinburgh International Film Festival

The Edinburgh International Film Festival is an annual fortnight of cinema screenings and related events taking place each June. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival...

in 2010.