Murder on Air - Theatre Royal Windsor 2008
Three plays for the radio by Agatha Christie. Guest starring Rosalind Ayres, Martin Jarvis, Glynis Barber, Belinda Lang, Hugh Fraser, Roy Marsden, Susan George, Jenny Seagrove, Nicky Henson, Martin Shaw, Geraldine James and Simon Shepherd
Sleuth - Theatre Royal Windsor and UK National Tour 2008
By Anthony Shaffer. Starring Simon MacCorkindale and Michael Praed.
And Then There Were None - UK National Tour, 2008
For the Agatha Christie Theatre Company. Featuring Gary Richards, Mark Wynter, Chloe Newsome, Denis Lill, Peter Burn, Alex Ferns, Gerald Harper, Jennifer Wilson
Magic Tree House: The Musical - Warner Theatre, Connecticut USA 2007
World premiere production based on the award-winning series of books by Mary Pope Osborne.
"Eye popping and stunning entertainment... The magic of theatre is alive and well." The Register Citizen
Hay Fever - Theatre Royal Windsor and National Tour, 2007
Starring Stephanie Beacham and Christopher Timothy
"**** A touch of comic genius. Go and see it." - The Independent
The Unexpected Guest - Agatha Christie Theatre Company, UK Tour 2007
By Agatha Christie. Featuring Simon MacCorkindale, Tracey Childs, Martin Fisher, Virginia Stride, Dean Gaffney. Design by Simon Scullion.
"This is how Agatha Christie should be dramatised, should be played, should be seen... the cast here, under the superb direction of Joe Harmston, given an eagle-eyed audience of Christie lovers a slick, fast-moving, electricity-charged tour de force of twists and turns designed to keep you guessing." - The Express
Private Lives- Theatre Royal Windsor, 2006
Featuring Adrian Lukis, Caroline Langrish, Luke Shaw, Louisa Clein
The Hollow - Agatha Christie Theatre Company, UK Tour 2006
By Agatha Christie. Featuring Kate O'Mara, Tracey Childs, Tony Britton, Gary Mavers, Chloe Newsome, Fiona Dolman and Ben Nealon. Design by Simon Scullion.
"Joe Harmston directs a strong, stylish ensemble, creating an engrossing atmosphere of tension. A real winner" – The Stage
"A different kind of theatrical event; I had never seen a play like it. I loved it!" – Daily Telegraph
Joe and I - Kings Head Theatre, London 2005
By Laurie Slade. Featuring Peter Bowles, Simon Hepworth and Bryan Murray. Design by Simon Scullion.
"A ruthless witty play of the unmissable kind" – Sunday Times
"Cheeky and irreverent" – The Times
"Highly entertaining" – Time Out
Wait Until Dark - Garrick Theatre, London 2003 & National Tour 2005
By Frederick Knott. Featuring (West End Cast) Peter Bowles, Saskia Wickham, Gary Mavers, Robert Fitch
"Stark and gripping… Joe Harmston’s production ratchets up the tension and terror" – Sunday Express
"Relish the slow seductive spiral of excitement. I cannot think of any other comparable play that is invested with real poignancy as well as shock horror" – Evening Standard
Henry V - Arundel Festival 2000 and UK Tour 2004
Design by Simon Higlett (Arundel Festival) and Simon Scullion (tour), Music by Andrew Whelan
"A truly memorable evening at the theatre… it was an inspired decision to stage the play, and the company responded with an inspired performance under Joe Harmston’s inspired direction" – West Sussex Gazette
"Tremendous" - The Independent
The Things We Do For Love - Theatre Royal Windsor and Tour 2004
By Alan Ayckbourn, designed by Janet Bird.
Featuring Susan Penhaligan, Peter Duncan, Andrew Paul and Sarah Berger.
Much Ado About Nothing - Arundel Festival and UK Tour 2003
Design by Simon Higlett, Music by Andrew Whelan
"Outstanding... a fine creation; director Joe Harmston has a sure touch.
"Theatre at its most scintilating. An excellent production of a difficult play. Another feather in the decidedly feather-full cap of director Joe Harmston" - West Sussex Gazette
The Blue Room - UK National Tour 2003
By David Hare. Featuring Tracy Shaw and Jason Connery.
"Joe Harmston's handsome restaging ... has great appeal" - The Stage
The Last Obit - New End Theatre, London 2002
By Peter Tinniswood. Featuring Eve Pearce.
"Animated and vigorous" - Time Out
"Funny, bittersweet and ever so slightly barmy... wit, energy and a talent to amuse" - Maureen Lipman
Relative Values - Theatre Royal, Bath and UK National Tour 2002
By Noel Coward. Featuring Susan Hampshire.
"A most effective revival" - The Times
Macbeth - Arundel, Ross-on-Wye Festival & Connecticut USA 2001
"Uniquely thrilling - the production had a palpable sense of excitement and event" - The Daily Telegraph
Boorskale - Palace Theatre, Westcliff, 2001
By Paul Tomkinson
The Guests and Goodbye Kiss - The Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond 2000
By Ronald Harwood
"Harmston creates and absorbing evening" - Sunday Telegraph
"Joe Harmston penetrates the surface tensions with great dignity and deeply enough to keep you thinking and entertained" - Time Out
The Birthday Party - Piccadilly Theatre and UK National Tour 1999
By Harold Pinter. Starring Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Steven Pacey and Nigel Terry.
"This strong revival leaves no doubt of the enduring strength of Pinter’s artistry. Joe Harmston finds the ingredient that too many Pinter productions miss - the sly, at times downright outrageous humour. This is a production which combines nervous hilarity with authentic menace." - The Telegraph
"Joe Harmston’s production rarely lets us forget The Birthday Party deals with non-specific menace, and the high-pitch of fear and personal disintegration that follows on." - Evening Standard
The Collection and The Lover - Donmar Warehouse London 1998
By Harold Pinter. Starring Harold Pinter, Lia Williams, Douglas Hodge, Colin McFarlane
"Joe Harmston directs this ice-cold gem of a play (The Collection) with immaculate precision. The Lover is equally compelling. They are without doubt, the most disturbingly erotic dramas on the London stage." - Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph
"Twenty-four carat theatre. Not to see these plays would be worse than a crime." - John Peter, The Sunday Times
Blue Window - The Old Red Lion, Islington, London 1998
By Craig Lucas. Time Out Critics' Choice
"Unperformed, unknown and unbelievably good. Director Joe Harmston skilfully orchestrates a proficient cast in this technically showy piece" - The Independent
"West End quality at N1 prices. And there's no mistaking the sky blue brilliance of Joe Harmston's zippy direction... Surely a fringe classic" - What's On
Play- The Riverside Studios, London 1998
"Joe Harmston directs Beckett's Play with dazzling showman-like precision, keeping his audience on the edge of their seats." - The Evening Standard
Vortigern - The Great Shakespearean Forgery
The Bridewell Theatre, London 1997
By William Henry Ireland. Featuring James Simmons, Pippa Heywood, Ruth Arnold, Anthony Houghton, Chris Hollis
"The play is a fascinating fraud. Harmston directs the battles in elegant slow motion and finds a number of ways to animate the plot's frenzied developments. I would not have missed it" - The Times
"Swashbuckling action in spades in a clean, strongly delineated production" - Time Out
Beethoven's Tenth - Chichester Festival Theatre, 1996
With Sir Peter Ustinov, John Neville, Liz Robertson
Production photography by Andy Bradshaw (www.andybradshaw.com), Mike Eddowes (www.theatre-photography.co.uk) and Ivan Kyncyl.