Theatre of the United Kingdom rise of satire in 1960s Britain. The Chichester Festival Theatre was Britain's first modern thrust stage theatre. It was inspired by the Festival Theatre of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival launched by Tyrone Guthrie in the Canadian city of Stratford, Ontario. The inaugural Artistic Director of the Chichester Festival was Sir Laurence Olivier, and it was at Chichester that the first National Theatre company was formed. Chichester's productions would transfer to the National Theatre's base at the Old Vic in London. The Theatres Act 1968 abolished the system of censorship of the stage that had existed in Great Britain since 1737.
Paul Miller (theatre director) Mountain" by Jonathan Harvey (ETT/Hampstead); "Rosmersholm" by Henrik Ibsen (Southwark Playhouse) and "The Robbers" by Friedrich Schiller (Latchmere). Between 2009 and 2014 he was an Associate Director at Sheffield Theatres, where his productions included "Wonderful Tennessee" by Brian Friel, "The Winter’s Tale" by William Shakespeare, "The Daughter-in-Law" by DH Lawrence, "Democracy" by Michael Frayn (which transferred to The Old Vic Theatre), "Hamlet" with John Simm, and "True West" by Sam Shepard. For the National Theatre he has directed "The History Boys" (revival for the West End and UK tour), "Baby Girl" by Roy Williams, "DNA" by Dennis Kelly, "The Miracle"