Mark Rosenblatt is a writer and director for theatre and screen. He was Associate Director at Leeds Playhouse from 2013–16
and Associate Artist there until 2020. He was Associate at the UK’s National Theatre Studio from 2011 to 2013. He founded Dumbfounded Theatre in 2001 and won the JMK Award for Young Directors in 1999.
Giant is his first play. It premiered at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 2024 and transferred to the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End the following year, winning three Olivier Awards including Best New Play, Best Actor for John Lithgow and Best Supporting Actor for Elliot Levey as well as the 2025 Critics’ Circle Award for Best New Play. For Giant. Mark also won the Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright and the Stage Award for Best Creative West End Debut. Giant opens on Broadway for a 16-week run at the Music Box Theater from March this year.
Mark’s extensive freelance directing work includes productions at Shakespeare’s Globe, London, the UK’s National Theatre, across the UK at major regional houses including Sheffield Theatres, Leeds Playhouse, Northampton Theatres, as well as several productions off-Broadway and in Tokyo.
His screen work includes the award-winning, Oscar-qualified short film Ganef(as writer-director), co-writing Making Noise Quietly(Open Palm Films) and the screenplay of an upcoming thriller for Good Chaos, Film 4 and MUBI.
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