Stephen Unwin (born 1960) is an English theatre director. He completed his studies at the University of Cambridge in 1981, and has since directed over 50 professional productions and 12 operas. He was initially Assistant Director at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh (where all his productions, of which 6 had London transfers, were new writing) until 1988. He launched the English Touring Theatre in June 1993, and directed for it until 2008, when he became the second Artistic Director (after Sir Peter Hall) of the Rose Theatre, Kingston. He has also directed in Europe and in British repertory theatre.
He was joint winner of the 2003 Sam Wanamaker Award with Barrie Rutter, and in autumn 2003 was Judith E Wilson Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University.
Stephen Unwin is currently Artistic Director of The Rose Theatre in Kingston, Greater London.
In September 2010 Stephen directed Noel Coward's Hay Fever, a Rose Theatre production starring Celia Imrie, which received great critical acclaim.
Stephen will be directing Shakespeare's As You Like It in February and March 2011 at the Rose.