Christopher Luscombe
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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 Night, Love’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, Candida, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, Single Spies, Admission: One Shilling, Dandy Dick, Blue/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
Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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
Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
THE IRON LADY | Voice Coach | Iron Lady (DJ) Films |
Television
Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
THE CROWN S2 | Elocution Tutor | Various | Netflix |