[1] The previous artistic director, Marcus Romer, who wrote, directed, and shaped the identity of the company since 1995, has since moved on to establish Arts Beacon.
[2] In 1998, Pilot Theatre embarked on their first mid-scale UK tour with their production of Lord of the Flies,[3] which went on to win the company numerous awards and great critical acclaim.
[citation needed] They produced the International Indian Film Academy Awards opening sequence for stage and TV in 2007 at Sheffield Arena.
Working with online video experts Kinura, Pilot Theatre delivered the multichannel livestream of the world-famous York Mystery Plays in August 2012 as part of their involvement in the BBC and Arts Council England funded project The Space.
Continuing Pilot's history of International work, they are currently a partnering organisation on PlayOn!, a cooperation project announced by the European Commission under their Culture Funding Stream Creative Europe, which will run from 2019 – 2023.
Other work includes Sing yer heart out for the lads, by Roy Williams, Road by Jim Cartwright, Bloodtide by Melvin Burgess, The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh, Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig, Mirad a Boy from Bosnia by Ad de Bont, Rumble Fish by S.E.
Hinton, Look Back In Anger by John Osborne, The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance, Fungus the Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs, The Twits by Roald Dahl and Looking for JJ and Antigone.