"Once again, the Dundee Rep Ensemble have truly pushed back the boundaries of Scottish theatre”
The Scotsman
"One of the UK’s most consistently adventurous theatres" The Guardian
Dundee Rep Ensemble is recognised as one of the UK’s leading theatre companies, with a reputation for creating high quality and ground breaking productions of an international standard for the people of Dundee and Scotland.
Dundee Rep Ensemble was formed by Hamish Glen in 1999. Initially the company of 14 actors was intended as a three year experiment in finding new ways of working. The experiment proved such a success that it led to major increases in funding for the company and to invitations to perform all over the world.
Since its conception, Dundee Rep Ensemble has created over 100 shows. With a broad repertoire encompassing Shakespeare, musicals, American classics, new plays and work for children and young people, the Ensemble have constantly pushed boundaries and created countless award-winning productions.
Dundee Rep carved the way for international touring in 2005 as the first UK company to tour to Iran in 30 years with Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. In 2005, it visited the prestigious Cerventino Festival in Mexico with a new version of Jarry’s Ubu the King and in 2006 it took David Greig’s Dr Korzcak’s Example to Tokyo and Hiroshima.
The company has developed co-productions with some of the UK’s leading producers including the Barbican, the Young Vic, National Theatre of Scotland, Paines Plough, The Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, Magnetic North, Oran Mor and the Tron Theatre, performing in all of Scotland’s major venues.
In 2007 Dundee Rep Ensemble produced the original stage show of the multi award-winning Sunshine on Leith, now a major new film. The production has toured across Scotland and the UK playing to packed houses night after night.
In the last 4 years the Ensemble has taken shows on tour to local community centres across Dundee.
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Artistic Directors
Hamish Glen 1999-2002
Dominic Hill & James Brining (joint Artistic Director) 2003 -2006
James Brining 2006-2012
Philip Howard /Jemima Levick (joint Artistic Director) 2013 - 2015
Jemima Levick 2015 - 2016
Joe Douglas - Associate Artistic Director May 2016 until April 2017
Andrew Panton - From April 2017
Awards
Bold indicates winner of category
TMA (Theatrcial Management association – Now UK Theatre Awards Awards)
2001
Best Actress in a Supporting RoleAnn Louise Ross – The Winter’s Tale WINNER
2007
Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a MusicalAnn Louise Ross – Sunshine on Leith WINNER
Best Musical productionSunshine on Leith WINNER
2010
Best Musical ProductionSweeney Todd WINNER
2012 Nominations
Neil Warmington Best Design for Further Than The Furthest Thing a Dundee Rep Ensemble production at Dundee Rep
2013 Nominations
Sally Reid Best supporting actor for TIME AND THE CONWAYS a Dundee Rep Ensemble and Royal Lyceum Edinburgh Co production
CATS awards (Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland)
2016-17 Shortlist
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:Billy Mack as Willy Loman, Death of A Salesman Robert Jack as Benedick, Much Ado About Nothing
BEST DIRECTOR:Joe Douglas, Death of A Salesman
BEST ENSEMBLE:Dundee Rep Ensemble for Death of a Salesman
BEST DESIGN:Neil Warmington (designer) and Sergey Jakovsky (lighting designer), Death of a Salesman
BEST MUSIC AND SOUND:Nikola Kodhabashia (composer), Death of a Salesman
2012-2013 Shortlist
BEST ENSEMBLE:Time and the Conways co production between Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh and Dundee Rep Ensemble
BEST DESIGN:Ti Green (Set) Mark Doubleday (Lighting) Time and The Conways
2011-12 Shortlist
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCEAnn Louise Ross as Mill Laverello, Further than the Furthest Thing, Dundee Rep Theatre WINNER
BEST DIRECTOR:James Brining, Further than the Furthest Thing,
BEST DESIGN:Neil Warmington (set), Philip Gladwell (lighting), Elizabeth Ogilvie (water), Further than the Furthest Thing WINNER
BEST TECHNICAL PRESENTATION:Further than the Furthest Thing
Best ProductionFurther Than The Furthest Thing
2010-11 Shortlist
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:
David Birrell as Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street WINNER
BEST DIRECTOR:James Brining, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
BEST DESIGN:Colin Richmond (set) and Chris Davey (lighting), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
BEST USE OF MUSIC AND SOUND:Hilary Brooks, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street WINNER
FOR BEST PRODUCTION:Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
2009-10 Shortlist
BEST MALE PERFORMANCEKevin Lennon as John Merrick, The Elephant Man WINNER
BEST ENSEMBLE:A Christmas Carol,
BEST DIRECTOR:Jemima Levick, Elephant Man WINNER
BEST DESIGN:Alex Lowde (set) and Colin Grenfell (lighting), The Elephant Man WINNER
BEST TECHNICAL PRESENTATION,A Christmas Carol
FOR BEST PRODUCTION:A Christmas Carol,
2008-09 Shortlist
FOR BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:Irene Macdougall, Martha, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? WINNER
FOR BEST DIRECTOR:James Brining, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Jemima Levick, Beauty and the Beast
FOR BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE:Beauty and the Beast
FOR BEST DESIGN:Stewart Laing, Les Parents TerriblesAlex Lowde (set) and Chris Davey (lighting), Beauty and the Beast WINNER
FOR BEST PRODUCTION:Beauty and the BeastWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2007-08 Shortlists
FOR BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:Keith Fleming and Gerry Mulgrew as Peer Gynt in Peer Gynt WINNER
FOR BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:Alison Peebles as Winnie in Happy Days
FOR BEST DIRECTOR:James Brining for Sunshine On Leith,Dominic Hill for Peer Gynt WINNER
FOR BEST ENSEMBLE:Peer GyntSunshine On Leith
FOR BEST DESIGN:Naomi Wilkinson for Peer Gynt WINNER
FOR BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE:Jack And The Beanstalk
FOR BEST DESIGN:Naomi Wilkinson for Peer Gynt,
FOR BEST USE OF MUSIC AND SOUND:Hilary Brooks for Sunshine On Leith,Paddy Cunneen for Peer Gynt,
FOR BEST TECHNICAL PRESENTATION:Sunshine On Leith
FOR BEST PRODUCTION:Peer Gynt WINNERSunshine On Leith
2006-2007 Shortlists
FOR BEST DESIGN:
Naomi Wilkinson and Bruno Poet A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dundee Rep WINNER
FOR BEST TECHNICAL PRESENTATION:Monkey
2005-2006 Shortlists
FOR BEST ENSEMBLE:The cast of Ubu the King FOR BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE:CinderellaDr Korczak's Example FOR BEST DESIGN:Philip Witcomb for Cinderella
2003-04 Shortlists
FOR BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:John Bett as Urgentiono in Scenes From An Execution by Howard Barker - Ensemble production. WINNER
FOR BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:Irene MacDougall as Rivera in Scenes From An Execution by Howard Barker
FOR BEST DIRECTOR:Dominic Hill for Scenes From An Execution WINNER FOR BEST ENSEMBLE:Dundee Rep Ensemble cast for Scenes From An Execution. FOR BEST DESIGN:Tom Piper for Twelfth Night WINNER
Neil Warmington (Set) and Simon Bennison (Lights) for Scenes from an Execution
BEST USE OF MUSIC:Jon Beales for Flora the Red Menace
Paddy Cuneen for Twelfth Night WINNER
FOR BEST PRODUCTION:Scenes from an Execution WINNER