John Haidar (2009) will join us for dinner on Thursday 8 October 2026 at 20:00 in Tokyo (note the timing)

John Haidar is in Tokyo to direct David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” at the IMM Theater in Tokyo between 6 – 30 November 2026. Details and booking for “Glengarry Glen Ross” here:

https://www.bunkamura.co.jp/english/cocoon/20261106.html

https://www.bunkamura.co.jp/cocoon/lineup/ggr2026

John Haidar is planning to join our Trinity dinner on Thursday 8 October 2026:

• 8:00pm – 10pm dinner
• 10:30pm – nijikai nearby

Registration and pre-payment before 1 October 2026.

I will send location and pre-payment details to those who register.

John Haidar (Trinity 2009)

John is an Irish-Lebanese director and writer for stage and screen, based in London. He trained at RADA and as an associate at the National Theatre, the Royal Court and in the West End with directors including Howard Davies, Michael Grandage and James Macdonald. He was previously Associate Director of Headlong.

His directing credits for theatre include Disco Pigs (Trafalgar Theatre/Irish Repertory Theatre), Richard III (Headlong), Othello (Cambridge Arts Theatre), Afterplay (Coronet Theatre) and Hamlet (Bristol Old Vic/Altitude Films). Disco Pigs was a Critics’ Pick in The New York Times. In 2022, Hamlet was #4 in The Observer’s 10 Best Shows and, in 2023, it was shown in cinemas across the UK and Ireland and on the BBC.

In 2026, as well as directing Glengarry Glen Ross (Bunkamura/IMM Theater), he is working on stage adaptations of Dickens, Hardy and a contemporary science fiction novel, alongside screenwriting projects currently in development.

He has an MA in English from Trinity College, Cambridge and an MSt in English (1900-Present) from Merton College, Oxford.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Haidar

Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross is a stage play by the American playwright David Mamet set in Chicago’s real estate business world:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glengarry_Glen_Ross

Performances (6-30 November 2026) and booking for the play “Glengarry Glen Ross” at the IMM Theater in Tokyo:

https://www.bunkamura.co.jp/cocoon/lineup/ggr2026

https://www.bunkamura.co.jp/english/cocoon/20261106.html

Preview on Youtube

To register:

All Trinity College Cambridge Fellows, students, alumni or members living in or visiting Japan are more than welcome to join us. To register, or for any enquiries contact us here