Theatre
Posner was an Associate Director of the Royal Court Theatre between 1987 and 1992. During this time, he directed a number of new plays. Additionally, from 1989 he was appointed Artistic Director of Royal Court Theatre Upstairs and Deputy Director (to Artistic Director Max Stafford-Clark) for the main house. During the late 2000s and early 2010s, he has had success with revivals of modern British comedies such as Relatively Speaking, Abigail's Party and Noises Off.
| Date | Play | Author | Theatre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02013-03-01March 2013 | The Winslow Boy | Terence Rattigan | The Old Vic | |
| 02013-01-01January 2013 | The Turn of the Screw | Adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz from Henry James' novella of the same name | Almeida Theatre | |
| 02012-10-01October 2012 | Uncle Vanya | Anton Chekov, in a version by Christopher Hampton | Vaudeville Theatre | |
| 02012-01-012012 | Relatively Speaking | Alan Ayckbourn | Bath Theatre Royal | |
| 02012-01-012012 | Abigail's Party | Mike Leigh | Menier Chocolate Factory, Bath Theatre Royal and Wyndham's Theatre | |
| 02012-01-012012 | Richard III | William Shakespeare | Old Globe Theatre, San Diego | |
| 02011-01-012011 | Noises Off | Michael Frayn | The Old Vic | |
| 02009-01-012009 | A View from the Bridge | Arthur Miller | Duke of York's Theatre | Featuring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Ken Stott |
| 02009-01-012009 | House Of Games | Adapted by Richard Bean from the screenplay (of the film of the same name) by David Mamet | Almeida Theatre | |
| 02009-01-012009 | An Ideal Husband | Oscar Wilde | Vaudeville Theatre | |
| 02009-01-012009 | Butley | Simon Gray | Duchess Theatre | |
| 02008-01-012008 | Three Sisters on Hope Street | Diane Samuels and Tracy-Ann Oberman, based on Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters | Liverpool Everyman and Hampstead Theatre | |
| 02008-01-012008 | Carousel | Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II | Savoy Theatre | Featuring Lesley Garrett |
| 02007-01-012007 | Fiddler on the Roof | Music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein | Sheffield Crucible and the Savoy Theatre | Featuring Henry Goodman |
| 02006-01-012006 | The Misanthrope | Molière, adapted by Martin Crimp | Young Vic | Featuring Elizabeth McGovern and Ken Stott |
| 02006-01-012006 | Fool for Love | Sam Shepard | Apollo Theatre | Featuring Juliette Lewis and Martin Henderson |
| 02006-01-012006 | Tom and Viv | Michael Hastings | Almeida Theatre | Featuring Will Keen and Frances O'Connor |
| 02005-01-012005 | The Hypochondriac | Molière | Almeida Theatre | Featuring Henry Goodman |
| 02005-01-012005 | Romance | David Mamet | Almeida Theatre | Featuring John Mahoney |
| 02005-01-012005 | The Birthday Party | Harold Pinter | Duchess Theatre | |
| 02005-01-012005 | A Life in the Theatre | David Mamet | Apollo Theatre | |
| 02004-01-012004 | Oleanna | David Mamet | Garrick Theatre | Featuring Aaron Eckhart and Julia Stiles |
| 02003-01-012003 | The Caretaker | Harold Pinter | Bristol Old Vic | |
| 02003-01-012003 | The Lady from the Sea | Henrik Ibsen | Lyric Hammersmith and West Yorkshire Playhouse | Featuring Natasha Richardson |
| 02003-01-012003 | Sexual Perversity in Chicago | David Mamet | Comedy Theatre | Featuring Matthew Perry, Hank Azaria and Minnie Driver |
| 02003-01-012003 | Power | Nick Dear | Royal National Theatre | |
| 02002-01-012002 | Tartuffe | Molière | Royal National Theatre | |
| 02001-01-012001 | Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | RSC at Stratford and the Barbican Theatre | Featuring Guy Henry |
| 02000-01-012000 | The Rivals | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | RSC at Stratford and the Barbican Theatre | Featuring Benjamin Whitrow and David Tennant |
| 01999-01-011999 | The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare | RSC at The Pit | |
| 01999-01-011999 | Volpone | Ben Jonson | RSC at The Swan | |
| 01998-01-011998 | After Darwin | Timberlake Wertenbaker | Hampstead Theatre | |
| 01997-01-011997 | American Buffalo | David Mamet | Young Vic | Featuring Douglas Henshall, Neil Stuke and Nicholas Woodeson |
| 01997-01-011997 | The Provok’d Wife | Sir John Vanbrugh | Old Vic | Featuring Michael Pennington and Victoria Hamilton |
| 01995-01-011995 | The Seagull | Anton Chekhov | Gate Theatre, Dublin | |
| 01995-01-011995 | The Robbers | Schiller | Gate Theatre, Notting Hill | |
| 01993-01-011993 | The Treatment | Martin Crimp | Royal Court | |
| 01992-01-011992 | Colquhoun and McBryde | John Byrne | Royal Court | |
| 01991-01-011991 | Death and the Maiden | Ariel Dorfman | Royal Court | Winner, Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play |
| 01990-01-011990 | No One Sees the Video | Martin Crimp | Royal Court Upstairs | |
| 01989-01-011989 | American Bagpipes | Iain Heggie | Royal Court | Featuring Lesley Manville and Ken Stott |
| 01988-01-011988 | Blood | Harwant Bains | Royal Court Upstairs | |
| 01987-01-011987 | Built on Sand | Daniel Mornin | Royal Court Upstairs | |
| 01987-01-011987 | Downfall | Gregory Motton | Royal Court Upstairs | |
| 01987-01-011987 | Ambulance | Gregory Motton | Royal Court Upstairs | |
| 01986-01-011986 | Ficky Stingers | Eve Lewis | Royal Court Upstairs | Staged as part of the 1986 Royal Court Young Writers' Festival |
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