John Caird is an Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he has directed numerous plays by Shakespeare including: Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice and As You Like It. His productions of Nicholas Nickleby and Les Misérables, both with Trevor Nunn, have won him numerous awards all around the world, including two Tony Awards as Best Director.

He has directed many plays for the National Theatre - amongst them The Seagull with Dame Judi Dench, and Pam Gem's play Stanley with Anthony Sher. His published work includes a new version of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera with the composer Ilona Sekacz and a new version of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, which has performed at the RSC and the RNT. He has written and directed a new version of Leonard Bernstein's Candide, and directed Bulwer-Lytton's 1840 comedy, Money - both staged in the repertoire of the Royal National Theatre.