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

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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