Director Paul Stebbings

Paul Stebbings is Artistic Director of TNT theatre Britain and THE AMERICAN DRAMA GROUP EUROPE,

which combine to make “the world’s most popular touring theatre company” (China National TV) –

giving more performances in more countries in a single year than any other theatre company. Paul

received a first class degree from Bristol University drama department. He trained in the Grotowski

physical theatre method in Britain and Poland and founded TNT in 1980. In 1993 he joined forces with

producer Grantly Marshall and THE AMERICAN DRAMA GROUP EUROPE. Paul is a playwright and actor

as well as a director and has also worked extensively in music theatre. He is a regular director at China’s

best theatre: The Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre and at the noted Latin American company Teatro

Espressivo de Costa Rica. He has directed professionally in Russian, German, Italian and Greek and is in

continuous production of plays in Mandarin and Spanish. He has won numerous awards in places as

diverse as the Edinburgh Festival, the Munich Biennale, Singapore and Iran. Paul received an MBE at

Buckingham Palace last February for his contribution to British culture.