Laurie Sansom | |
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Born | 1972 Kent, UK |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Theatre director |
Laurie Sansom is a British theatre director.
Sansom grew up in East Peckham, near Tonbridge, Kent. He attended the local East Peckham Country Primary School and later Mascalls Comprehensive School in Paddock Wood. Sansom's early theatre 'training', whilst at primary school included an amateur dramatics society in nearby Hadlow where he appeared in a number of productions including pantomime. He later trained with the National Youth Theatre and is an alumnus of the National Student Drama Festival. He graduated from Cambridge University.
Sansom was the Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the National Theatre of Scotland between 2013-2016.
Sansom was previously Artistic Director of the Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton(2006 - 2013), Associate Director to Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough (2002-06) and an Arts Council England Trainee Director at the Palace Theatre, Watford (1996-7).
Sansom's appointment as Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Scotland was announced in October 2012 and he took up the post in March 2013.
His productions as a director at the National Theatre of Scotland include The James Plays, a co-production with Edinburgh International Festival and National Theatre of Great Britain. The historical trilogy by Rona Munro won a Herald Angel Award and the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play 2014.
Sansom also directed and wrote the first stage adaptation of Muriel Spark's novella, The Driver's Seat.