Atri Banerjee is Artistic Lead (formerly Creative Associate) at the Gate. His directing credits include Look Back in Anger (Almeida); Julius Caesar (RSC); The Glass Menagerie (Royal Exchange/ UK tour); SHED: EXPLODED VIEW, Hobson’s Choice (both Royal Exchange); Britannicus (Lyric Hammersmith); Kes (Octagon Theatre Bolton/ Theatre by the Lake); HARM (Bush).

Atri received a 2022-24 Peter Hall Bursary from the National Theatre. In 2019, for Hobson’s Choice, he won The Stage Debut Award for Best Director. In 2021, he filmed HARM for BBC Four. His translations of Pier Lorenzo Pisano’s Carbon (Eurodram commendation) and Ubah Cristina Ali Farah’s Antigone Power are included in the upcoming Methuen Drama Anthology of Contemporary Italian Plays.

Atri was previously Trainee Director at the Royal Exchange and a Resident Director at the Almeida. He sits on the Boards of the Marlowe Theatre and the Regional Theatre Young Directors’ Scheme (RTYDS).