Ricky Dukes is an award winning (Fringe Report Best Artistic Director) OFFIE nominated, working class, Theatre Director, Movement Director, Acting Coach & Artistic Director from the West Midlands.
He stages large scale, epic, ensemble led work, politically daring, theatrically startling with actor detail at it's heart.
He's worked extensively across London's Off West End & Fringe Venues as Artistic Director of Lazarus Theatre Company as well as Drama Schools / Training across the UK.
Currently working on new play inspired by Shakespeare's Macbeth as well as a programming Lazarus' new home from September 2027
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· The Changeling, Southwark Playhouse, Middleton / Rowley, 2023
· Hamlet, Southwark Playhouse, Shakespeare, 2023
· Doctor Faustus, Southwark Playhouse, Marlowe, 2022
· Salomé, Southwark Playhouse, Wilde, 2021
· Macbeth, Greenwich Theatre, Shakespeare, 2020
· Salomé, Greenwich Theatre, Wilde, 2019
· Lord of the Flies, Greenwich Theatre, 2019
· The Tempest, Greenwich Theatre, Shakespeare, 2019
· A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Greenwich Theatre, Shakespeare, 2018
· Lord of the Flies, Greenwich Theatre, William Golding / Nigel Williams, 2018
· Edward II, Greenwich Theatre, Marlowe, 2018
· The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Greenwich Theatre, Brecht translated by Frank McGuinness, 2017
· The Beggar’s Opera, The Jack Studio, John Gay, 2016
· Tis Pity She’s a Whore, The Tristan Bates, John Ford, 2016
· The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Jack Studio, Brecht translated by Frank McGuinness, 2016
· Tamburlaine the Great, The Tristan Bates, Marlowe, 2015
· Henry V, The Union Theatre, Shakespeare, 2015
· Coriolanus, Tristan Bates, Shakespeare, 2014
· Troilus and Cressida, Tristan Bates, Shakespeare, 2014
· The Merchant of Venice, Jack Studio, Shakespeare, 2013
· The Spanish Tragedy, Blue Elephant, Kyd, 2013
· Dido Queen of Carthage / King Lear, Greenwich Theatre, Marlowe / Shakespeare, 2013
· Oedipus, Blue Elephant, Sophocles, 2013
· Women of Troy, Blue Elephant, Euripides, 2012
· The Duchess of Malfi, Blue Elephant, John Webster, 2009
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