Tom Morris is making his HGO debut as the original director of Breaking the Waves. He was Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic from 2009 to 2022, where he re-established the theater's program after closure, conceived and directed two landmark festivals (Bristol Proms, a festival of world-class music and integrated digital technology in collaboration with Watershed Bristol and Universal Music, and Bristol Jam, Britain’s first festival of improvised performance). He also oversaw a major restoration and refurbishment of Britain’s oldest continuously working theater, creating direct visibility from the street for the very first time. He was Artistic Director of BAC from 1995 to 2004, where he established the scratch developmental program; restructured the organization; and set up and curated A Sharp Intake of Music, Playing in the Dark, the British Festival of Visual Theatre, the Sam Shepard Festival, and BAC Opera, where he produced Jerry Springer the Opera. Morris has been Associate Director at the National Theatre since 2004, was founding Chair of the JMK Trust, is the current Chair of Complicité, has honorary doctorates from the University of West England and Bristol University, and was recognized with an OBE for services to Theatre. His major productions include Dr Semmelweis, Juliet and her Romeo, Cyrano, King Lear, The Grinning Man, Swallows & Amazons, and A Midsummer Night's Dream (all at the Bristol Old Vic and/or West End/International Tour); Monteverdi's Orfeo (Vienna Opera); and War Horse (National Theatre, Lincoln Center, World Tour), for which he and co-director Marianne Elliott won numerous awards, including a Tony Award for Best Director.