Michael Buffong (born 1964) is an English theatre director and the Artistic Director of Talawa Theatre Company. His work is characterised by reworking stage classics delivered to high degree of detail.[1][2][3][4] Buffong has been described as "one of the most influential directors of classic plays over the last two decades",[5] in addition to being named one of Creative Review's 50 Creative Leaders.[6] In Spring 2019, Buffong was one of the judges of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.[7][8]
^Allfree, Claire (18 May 2016). "Don Warrington's King Lear is a heartbreaking tour de force" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
^Hickling, Alfred (7 April 2016). "King Lear review – as close to definitive as can be". The Guardian.
^Morley-Priestman, Anne (18 February 2015). "All My Sons (Tour) - 'Michael Buffong ratchets up the tension'". WhatsOnStage.
^Hickling, Alfred (8 February 2012). "Waiting for Godot – review". The Guardian.
^"Denis Lawson, Paulette Randall, Hossein Amini, Michael Buffong. Tricky, Jazz Morley, Sara Cox, Clive Anderson, Loose Ends - BBC Radio 4". BBC.
^"Creative Leaders 50". Creative Review. 2017.
^Bowie-Sell, Daisy (5 March 2019). "Jackie Sibblies Drury wins Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for Fairview". WhatsOnStage.
^Bano, Tim (29 July 2020). "Michael Buffong interview". The Stage.
MichaelBuffong (born 1964) is an English theatre director and the Artistic Director of Talawa Theatre Company. His work is characterised by reworking...
ranked No. 9 in the ratings for the week ending March 2, 2008. In 2010, MichaelBuffong directed a widely acclaimed production at the Royal Exchange Theatre...
Beneatha in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin In The Sun, directed by MichaelBuffong for the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester which opened to rave reviews...
captured live and can be viewed online. 2013 Manchester, Royal Exchange MichaelBuffong, the artistic director of Talawa Theatre Company, directed the play...
Lorraine Hansberry. This critically acclaimed production was directed by MichaelBuffong at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. In July 2013 he played Macduff opposite...
tragedy All My Sons at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, directed by MichaelBuffong – a production that The Guardian reviewer called "flawless", giving...
CEO and Artistic Director MichaelBuffong, whose career spans theatre, television, radio and film. In February 2019, Buffong announced plans for a 200-seat...
series, Emma Harding 2019: Oliver, BBC drama series, Ayeesha Menon – MichaelBuffong 2020: French like Faiza, BBC 3, Nicolas Jackson Mantilla, Ryan Louis...
Horseman at the National Theatre. In 2010, she played Ruth Younger in MichaelBuffong's production of A Raisin in the Sun at the Manchester Royal Exchange...
are as Sophia in Errol John's Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, directed by MichaelBuffong, in a 2012 production at the Royal National Theatre, and Marcus Gardley's...
he has become Doctors' longest-serving cast member. Jaye Griffiths and Michael McKell also debuted in the series. The series finale featured the first...
Royal National Theatre (2012) in an acclaimed production directed by MichaelBuffong. Kate Kellaway wrote in The Observer: "It is marvellous to report that...
Harlem, 1939, with the music referencing jazz, and gospel. Director MichaelBuffong said, "Pre-war Harlem was all about the hustle. The creativity of that...
role of Dale Harding. However, after the casting process director MichaelBuffong decided Beckley was the right man for the part and offered it to him...
to Joe. 439 19 "Take Her Breath Away" MichaelBuffong Darren Guthrie 24 February 2009 (2009-02-24) 5.44 Michael operates on Frankie Moore but his father...
Reckord's life and work, called "Reckord Celebrations" (directed by MichaelBuffong for Talawa Theatre Company and The London Hub), was held at the Bush...
National Theatre about which The Observer′s Kate Kellaway wrote: "MichaelBuffong's entertaining production is tender and true." "Hoping For a Better...
Hari Dhillon played consultant general surgeon and Director of Surgery Michael Spence. Hugh Quarshie acted as Ric Griffin, also a consultant on the general...
to someone. Talawa Theatre Company found me and [artistic director] MichaelBuffong put that play in a Talawa Firsts show, and I got signed by my agent...
Manchester. (2008) Elyot Chase in Private Lives by Noël Coward. Directed by MichaelBuffong at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2011) Mantel, Hilary (9 January...
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