Christopher Luscombe

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Film, TV & Theatre

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Film, TV & Theatre

Christopher Luscombe read English at Cambridge. He began his career as an actor, spending seven years with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He went on to appear at the National Theatre, the Old Vic and in the West End. While at Stratford-upon-Avon, he devised and directed The Shakespeare Revue with Malcolm McKee, and this transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre in London. His subsequent productions at Stratford include Twelfth NightLove’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing, the last two transferring to Chichester Festival Theatre and then to the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. He is an Associate Artist of the RSC.
His other directing credits in London include Star Quality and The Madness of George III (Apollo); Home and Beauty (Lyric); Fascinating Aïda (Harold Pinter - Olivier Award nomination for Best Entertainment); The Comedy of Errors and The Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare’s Globe); Nell Gwynn (Shakespeare’s Globe and Apollo – Olivier Award for Best New Comedy); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Regent’s Park); Enjoy (Gielgud); Alphabetical Order (Hampstead); When We Are Married (Garrick - Olivier Award nomination for Best Revival); Travels With My Aunt (Menier Chocolate Factory) and Spamalot (Playhouse). 
Regional and international credits include Masterpieces (Birmingham); Little Shop of Horrors and The History Boys (Leeds); Things We Do for Love (Harrogate); The Likes of Us (Sydmonton); Arms and the Man (Salisbury); A Small Family Business (Watford); Hobson’s Choice (Sheffield); Hay Fever (Minneapolis); Henry V (Chicago); While The Sun Shines and The Argument (Bath); The Winter’s Tale (Cincinnati); Gigi (West Green); Gypsy (Tokyo) and tours of The Importance of Being Earnest, Tell Me on a Sunday, The Lady in the Van, CandidaLord Arthur Savile’s CrimeSingle SpiesAdmission: One Shilling, Dandy DickBlue/Orange and The Nightingales. 
His production of The Rocky Horror Show has toured for the last seventeen years. It has completed several seasons in the West End, played in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, South Korea, Italy, Israel and Ireland, and has also been broadcast in cinemas worldwide. It is currently on tour in the UK, Australia and Europe.
His operatic work includes Candide, Falstaff (Broadway World nomination for Best New Opera Production) and The Yeomen of the Guard at the Grange Festival, Sweeney Todd for Bergen National Opera and Pagliacci for Opera Ensemble. He is currently directing Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Garsington. Next month his production of Private Lives, starring Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodge, opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London.

Theatre

ProductionCompanyNotes

PRIVATE LIVES

2021 - 2023

Royal Bath tour 2021 transferring to West End Ambassadors Theatre in August 2023

Written by Noel Coward
Directed by Christopher Luscombe

GYPSY

2022

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre

Written by Arthur Laurents
Directed by Christopher Luscombe

THE ARGUMENT

2019

Theatre Royal Bath

by William Boyd

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

2019

UK and international tour 2022/2023/2024

Written by Richard O'Brien
Directed By Christopher Luscombe

FALSTAFF

2019

Grange Festival 2019

By Giuseppe Verdi
Directed by Christopher Luscombe

THE WINTER'S TALE

2019

Cincinatti Shakespeare Company

Written by William Shakespeare
Director: Christopher Luscombe

THE NIGHTINGALES

2018

Theatre Royal Bath / UK Tour

by William Gaminara
Director: Christopher Luscombe

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

2018

Australian Tour 2018

Written by Richard O'Brien Directed By Christopher Luscombe

NELL GWYNN

2018

Chicago Shakespeare Theatre- North American Premiere

Written by Jessica Swale
Directed by Christopher Luscombe

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

2018

Trafalgar Entertainment/GFO Organisation

Australian tour 2018

CANDIDE

2018

The Grange Festival Hampshire

July 2018

TWELFTH NIGHT

2017

RSC/Stratford

WHILE THE SUN SHINES

2016

Bath Theatre Royal

summer 2016

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

2016

ATG

West End run autumn 2015 & UK tour 2016

NELL GWYNN

2015

Shakespeare's Globe

transferred to the Apollo Theatre West End spring 2016

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

2015

ATG Asia Pacific & GFO Entertainment

Australian Tour

SPAMALOT

2015

Ambassador Theatre Group

UK Tour

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST & MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

2014

RSC

Recently completed their London season at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

HENRY V

2014

Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

2014

ATG Asia Pacific & GFO Entertainment

Australian tour

SPAMALOT

2012

ATG

West End/Harold Pinter Theatre and transferred to the Playhouse Theatre in 2013

THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III

Bath Theatre Royal summer 2011 & autumn tour

West End spring 2012

HOBSON'S CHOICE

Sheffield Crucible Theatre spring 2011

WHEN WE ARE MARRIED

Nimax West End 2010 and 2011

Olivier Award nomination for Best Revival

SPAMALOT

ATG - UK tour 2010/2011

THE HISTORY BOYS

West Yorkshire Playhouse/Theatre Royal Bath/UK Tour 2010, revived 2011

ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Hampstead Theatre - UK Tour

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

ATG - UK Tour & West End 2006/2007, revived 2009/2010 international tour 2010

ENJOY

Theatre Royal Bath/Gielgud Theatre/UK Tour & West End 2008/9 Revival tour 2010

SINGLE SPIES

Theatre Royal Bath/UK tour

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

Shakespeare's Globe 2008

Revived 2010, UK and US tours

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS

Watford Palace Theatre

ELAINE PAIGE IN CONCERT

UK and international tour

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

Shakespeare's Globe

ARMS AND THE MAN

Salisbury Playhouse

LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME

Bill Kenwright Ltd/UK Tour 2005 (revived 2010)

CANDIDA

Oxford Stage Company

THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE

Harrogate Theatre

TELL ME ON A SUNDAY

UK Tour

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Theatre Royal Bath/UK Tour

FASCINATING AIDA: ONE LAST FLUTTER

Fiery Angel Ltd, UK tour & West End

Olivier Award Nomination for Best Entertainment

HOME AND BEAUTY

Bill Kenwright/ Lyric Theatre

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

West Yorkshire Playhouse

MASTERPIECES

Birmingham Rep/UK tour/Duncan Weldon

THE LADY IN THE VAN

Theatre Royal Bath/UK tour

STAR QUALITY

Bill Kenwright/ Apollo Theatre/ UK tour

THE SHAKESPEARE REVUE

Royal Shakespeare Company/Vaudeville Theatre

Acting

Film

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THE IRON LADY

Voice Coach

Iron Lady (DJ) Films

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THE CROWN S2

Elocution Tutor

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