Director and Hastings resident Jamie Lloyd is a proponent of affordable theatre for young and diverse audiences whose first main house production was Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker at the Sheffield Crucible. He has since been heralded as a major Pinter interpreter and, later in his career, he directed Pinter's The Hothouse and The Homecoming. As associate director of the Donmar Warehouse from 2008 to 2011 his successes ranged from classical plays to modern musicals. In 2012 he directed a critically acclaimed, 'turbo-charged' production of She Stoops to Conquer at the National Theatre. In 2013 he directed The Commitments in the Palace Theatre, followed by Urinetown at the St James Theatre. He also directed the musical Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2014 and was nominated for the Evening Standard award for Best Director.