Gareth Nicholls is Artistic Director of the Traverse Theatre.

For the Traverse, his shows include So Young by Douglas Maxwell, The Grand Old Opera House Hotel by Isobel McArthur, Wilf by James Ley, Still by Frances Poet, The Monstrous Heart by Oliver Emanuel, Crocodile Fever by Meghan Tyler, Ulster American by David Ireland, Arctic Oil by Clare Duffy, How To Disappear by Morna Pearson and Letters to Morrissey by Gary McNair.

Other productions include: Kidnapped by Isobel McArthur (National Theatre of Scotland), Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh, Blackbird by David Harrower, Into That Darkness by Gitta Sereny, Vanya by Sam Holcroft (Citizens Theatre); God Of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas (Tron Theatre), A Gamblers Guide To Dying by Gary McNair (Show & Tell), Educating Ronnie by Joe Douglas (Utter).

His work has toured extensively across the UK as well as transferring to Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and USA. Gareth has won numerous awards including six Scotsman Fringe Firsts.

Previously, he was Main-Stage Director in Residence at the Citizens Theatre, Artist In Residence at Imaginate International Children’s Festival and an Emerging Artist at the National Theatre of Scotland.