Gordon Miller

Gordon Miller joins Edinburgh Playhouse from Unity Theatre in Liverpool

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Changing Faces

New director for Edinburgh Playhouse

Arts Professional
2 min read

Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) has named GORDON MILLER as Theatre Director at Edinburgh Playhouse. The appointment marks a return to ATG for Miller, who began his career in the company’s programming team in 2002.

For the past five years, Miller has been Chief Executive and Artistic Director of Unity Theatre in Liverpool. Before this, he undertook roles in programming and producing at the Barbican and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse.

Originally built as a cinema in 1929, Edinburgh Playhouse is the UK’s largest all-seated theatre with a capacity for an audience of 3,000. Owned by ATG since 2009, the venue primarily receives large touring productions.

Miller said: "This is an exciting time to be joining Edinburgh’s celebrated and iconic Playhouse, a venue that is impressed upon the hearts of audiences in the capital and beyond. 

“It’s not hard to explain why, given the impressive size of the auditorium and the world-leading production it regularly stages. Being from a Scottish family it will be an honour to work in Edinburgh alongside an exceptional team and to bring you ever more moments of wonder at the Edinburgh Playhouse.”

Miller will take up his new position in January 2024, succeeding Acting Director MARIE NIXON. Previous Theatre Director COLIN MARR left the company in May to head the Inverness Chamber of Commerce.