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Dateline: 30th June, 2009
Clark to Leave Hampstead Anthony Clark, artistic director of the Hampstead Theatre since July 2003, is to leave his post at the end of the fiftieth anniversary year, in January 2010. He joined Hampstead as artistic director designate in January 2003, working for some months alongside the previous incumbent, Jenny Topper. He had previously been associate artistic director of Birmingham Rep and then artistic director of Contact in Manchester. "This has been a tough decision after a tough, but extremely rewarding seven years," he said. "As we come to the end of a year in which we are celebrating past achievements and looking to the future, I feel it is a good time to hand over to a new artistic director, leaving me free to pursue my own freelance interests as a director and writer. "I am proud of the number of new plays we have produced in my time here, and of the diversity of their form and content." Commenting on his departure, chair of the theatre's board Jenny Abramsky said, "His dedication to co-producing and extending the life of new work has united Hampstead with the UK’s leading repertory companies and commercial producers. Under his leadership, Hampstead has won numerous new writing awards including the Wolff Whiting Award in two consecutive years, the Meyer Whitworth Award and the Evening Standard Charles Wintour Award ... It has been a pleasure working with him, and I know the Trustees and all the staff will join me in wishing Anthony every success for his future projects." The search for his replacement will begin shortly. As Clark announced his departure, the theatre also revealed its autumn season.
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