Atri joined the Gate in 2022 to support the development of a new business plan as Creative Associate and now as Artistic Lead he is responsible for the curation of our artistic programming, supporting artists to deliver their best work and keep art at the heart of our strategy.

Atri’s directing credits include Look Back in Anger (Almeida), Julius Caesar (RSC), The Glass Menagerie (Royal Exchange and UK tour), SHED: EXPLODED VIEW, Hobson’s Choice (both Royal Exchange), Britannicus (Lyric Hammersmith), Kes (Bolton Octagon/Theatre by the Lake), HARM (Bush Theatre). He also directed HARM as a film for the BBC Lights Up season on BBC Four.

Atri received the 2022-24 Peter Hall Bursary at the the National Theatre. In 2022, he was named in The Stage as one of “25 theatre-makers to watch out for over the next quarter-century and beyond”. In 2019, for Hobson’s Choice, he won The Stage Debut Award for Best Director. His translation of Pier Lorenzo Pisano’s Carbon was selected for a 2023 honour by Eurodram, the European network for drama in translation.

He is a trustee for the Regional Theatre Young Directors’ Scheme (RTYDS) and was previously Trainee Director at the Royal Exchange and a Resident Director at the Almeida.