| BOYD | Sir Michael _; British theatre director (4) |
| NUNN | Trevor _; British theatre director (4) |
| LITTLEWOOD | Joan ___, British theatre director who founded the Theatre Workshop in 1945 (10) |
| PETERHALL | British theatre director who founded the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960 (5,4) |
| SHER | Anthony **** , British theatre actor who wrote the 1989 novel 'Middlepost' (4) |
| BROOK | Peter ?, British theatre director whose books include 1968's The Empty Space |
| IVOR | Composer Novello of British theatre |
| RADA | British theatre school (inits) |
| HALL | Titled theatre director who succeeded Olivier as director of the National Theatre in 1973 (5,4) |
| MOSS | -- Hart, American playwright and theatre director (1904-61) (4) |
| CATE | Actress and theatre director born in Ivanhoe, Victoria, - Blanchett (4) |
| JARA | Victor -, Chilean theatre director and singersongwriter murdered in 1973 (4) |
| AGATE | James ___, British theatre critic who authored nine-volume diary Ego (5) |
| IRONS | Jeremy _, British theatre actor who appeared in The Flash (5) |
| EYRE | Former National Theatre director whose productions include Richard III, King Lear and a revival of Guys and Dolls (4) |
| JUAN | Theatre director whose name is used as rhyming slang for a university degree graded 2:1 (4) |
| APTED | Michael ___ , British film director noted for the Up TV documentary series (5) |
| MOORCOCK | Michael _; British sci-fi author (8) |
| CAINE | Michael ___, British actor (5) |
| FRAYN | Michael ___, British playwright best known for Noises Off |
