Out of Joint theatre company

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Out of Joint is a British and international theatre company. It specialises in the commissioning and production of new writing, interspersed with occasional revivals and classic productions.

It was founded in 1993 by director Max Stafford-Clark and producer Sonia Friedman. Stafford-Clark remains as Artistic Director. Graham Cowley succeeded Friedman as producer in 1998.

The company has premiered plays by established writers such as Sebastian Barry, Caryl Churchill, April De Angelis, David Hare, Mark Ravenhill and Timberlake Wertenbaker, as well as work from first-time writers such as Stella Feehily. Classic productions include She Stoops to Conquer and Macbeth.

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2007 King of Hearts by Alistair Beaton
2006 The Overwhelming by J. T. Rogers
2006 O go my Man by Stella Feehily
2005 Talking to Terrorists by Robin Soans
2004 Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters by Russell Barr
2004 Macbeth by William Shakespeare
2003 Duck by Stella Feehily
2003 The Permanent Way by David Hare
2002 She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith and A Laughing Matter by April De Angelis
2002 Hinterland by Sebastian Barry
2001 Sliding with Suzanne by Judy Upton
2001 Feelgood by Alistair Beaton
2000 Rita, Sue and Bob Too by Andrea Dunbar and A State Affair by Robin Soans
1999 Some Explicit Polaroids by Mark Ravenhill
1999 Drummers by Simon Bennett
1998 Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker
1998 Our Lady of Sligo by Sebastian Barry
1997 Blue Heart by Caryl Churchill
1998 The Positive Hour by April De Angelis
1996 Shopping and Fucking by Mark Ravenhill
1995 The Steward of Christendom by Sebastian Barry
1995 Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov and The Break of Day by Timberlake Wertenbaker
1994 The Man of Mode by George Etherege and The Libertine by Stephen Jeffreys
1994 The Queen and I by Sue Townsend and Road by Jim Cartwright