Rupert Goold revives his acclaimed 2013 production for his swan song as Artistic Director of the Almeida and the London stage is blessed with more abs, but we don’t mind because we love hard bodies…
Luke Bromage-Henry
Luke has always adored the theatre. “Over several years a literal bus load of children could be found at the panto in Bath for my birthday each December. I saw The Crucible by Arthur Miller with my parents when I was about 11 which lit the fuse, I then saw a school production of Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness when I was 13 and from there the interest took root.” You’ll usually find him at a show most Wednesday nights, often at his favorite London theatre, the Donmar, which he cites for its “high-quality” programming and Under 35s ticketing scheme.
A devoted lover of Duncan MacMillan’s People, Places, and Things, mentioning “the 1st and 4th times” he saw it as the most memorable…! And currently, his favorite playwright is Tom Stoppard: “His writing is playful, sometimes absurd, and self-effacing. I also find it to be rib-achingly funny. I just picked up my copy of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead to test this thesis, and by page 6 I’m gently chuckling to myself, just as I remembered.”
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