Background
John Edward McGrath was born 5 September 1962 in Mold, North Wales and grew up in Liverpool.
John Edward McGrath was born 5 September 1962 in Mold, North Wales and grew up in Liverpool.
McGrath gained his Doctor of Philosophy from the Graduate School of Arts and Science in 1999.
McGrath was the formerly a theatre director in New York, including working as an associate director for Mabou Mines. He then became the artistic director of the Contact Theatre in Manchester (1999-2008) and the founding artistic director at National Theatre Wales (NTW) (2009 - end of 2015). During his time at the NTW the actor Michael Sheen starred in and was creative director of The Passion, a 72-hour secular passion play staged in Sheen"s hometown of Portuguese Talbot, Wales with over 1,000 local residents taking part.