Staff | Visiting Professors | Terry Hands CBE

Terry Hands is an award-winning British stage director and producer, who founded the Liverpool Everyman Theatre in 1964. He became joint Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1978 with Trevor Nunn in 1978, and Chief Executive in 1986. In 1997 he became been director of Clwyd Theatr Cymru.

He has won numerous awards and accolades including the 1983 Laurence Olivier and the London Critics Circle Theatre Awards for Best Director for Cyrano de Bergerac. He was nominated for three Tony Awards in 1985: Best Direction of a Play and Best Lighting Design for Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, and Best Lighting Design for Cyrano de Bergerac. In 1993, he was awarded both the London Evening Standard and the London Critics Circle Theatre Awards for Best Director for Tamburlaine the Great.

“As theatre becomes more important, ATRiuM can play a significant role in developing future talent and future vision in Wales.” Terry Hands.