Clint Dyer

Born in 1968, Clint Dyer is an actor, director, and playwright. His work at the National Theatre includes: Othello (making him the first Black director to direct Othello in major UK venue), reopening the theatre in 2020 with Death of England: Delroy (winner, best play at Visionary awards), the sequel to the celebrated Death of England (nomination for Best Director, Black British Theatre Awards), both of which he co-wrote with Roy Williams. This made him the first Black artist to act, write and direct at the National Theatre. Other work includes: Kingston 14 and The Big Life (also in the West End; Olivier, Evening Standard and WhatsOnStage-nominations; first Black British musical transfer to the West End) at Theatre Royal Stratford East; Sylvia Plath (as writer and director) and The Westbridge at the Royal Court; and The Happy Tragedy of Being Woke (written by Dyer and co-directed with Simon Mcburney) for Complicité. As a director, Clint has directed: Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical, which received four 2022 Olivier Award nominations including Best New Musical and won Best Original Score/New Orchestrations, was nominated for ten WhatsOnStage awards, had two nominations for the Best Musical and Best Actor at the Evening Standard Awards and won for Best Actor in a Musical and Best Musical Director at the Black British Theatre Awards. As an actor, his work includes: the Olivier-winning production of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Best Actor, I.A.R. Awards) at the National Theatre; The Kid Stays in the Picture for Complicité at the Royal Court; SUS at the Young Vic; Big White Fog at the Almeida; and The Royale at the Bush.