Chris Harper is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer who has produced some of the most acclaimed theatrical successes of the last 15 years.
He was the founding Managing Director and Producer of National Theatre Productions in 2009. While at the National Theatre, Chris produced Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse for 8 record-breaking years at the New London Theatre West End. In 2011, War Horse transferred to the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center on Broadway where it was nominated for 5 Tony Awards and won 5, including Best Play. It was the longest-running play in Canada, where it played 368 performances at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto. War Horse toured extensively in the UK and America alongside separate productions in Holland, Australia, and Germany. Richard Bean’s One Man Two Guvnors transferred to the Adelphi Theatre for a 16-week sellout season starring James Corden before moving to the Music Box Theatre on Broadway. The play also transferred to the Theatre Royal Haymarket where it ran for 2 years. Simon Stephen’s adaption of Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time transferred to the Apollo Theatre followed by the Gielgud Theatre in the West End where it ran for 4 years. It transferred to The Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway where it ran for 2 years, earning 6 Tony nominations and winning 5, including Best Play. It toured extensively in the UK and North America. Duncan Macmillan’s People, Places and Things transferred to Wyndham’s Theatre in 2016.