| Miles Gregory | |
| Nationality: | New Zealand / United Kingdom |
| Period: | 2008– |
| Awards: | Sir Peter Blake Leader Award (2018) Best Director BroadwayWorld Sydney Awards (2018) |
Miles Gregory is a New Zealand / UK theatre director and theatrical producer.
Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Gregory attended King's College, Auckland and was the head of Peart house, before reading for a BA in Modern History at Durham University, UK. He holds a PhD in Shakespeare in Performance from Bristol University and a Master of Fine Arts in Staging Shakespeare from Exeter University.[1]
He was formerly founding artistic director of the Bristol Shakespeare Festival and the British Touring Shakespeare Company, before being appointed as Artistic Director and CEO of The Maltings Theatre & Cinema, Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK, in 2008. He returned to NZ with his family in 2012.[2]
In 2015, Gregory founded Pop-up Globe, a New Zealand theatre company that performed Shakespeare's plays in temporary, 'pop-up' replicas of the second Globe Theatre, and served as artistic director of the company.[3] In addition to five seasons in Auckland in 2016–2020, Pop-up Globe toured internationally to Australia, with seasons in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, winning some fifteen awards and performing to over 750,000 people.[4]
For his work with Pop-up Globe he received numerous awards including a Sir Peter Blake Leader Award,[5] Best Director for A Midsummer Night's Dream from BroadwayWorld Sydney Awards[6] and a Denizen Magazine Heroes Award.[7]