Michael Longhurst
Michael Longhurst (* 1981 in Bromley , London) is an English theater director and theater director.
life and career
Michael Longhurst studied philosophy at Nottingham University , graduating in 2002, and then took a year-long postgraduate course in theater directing at the Mountview Academy of Theater Arts in London. Although he took on various theater jobs during his studies, he earned his living for a long time with a part-time office job in the City of London.
His successful with the public staging of Adam Braces piece Stovepipe (2009) on HighTi, which was produced in collaboration with the National Theater, was highly praised in the press, was on the shortlist for the George Devine Award and the Sunday Times to the list of the 20 best plays of the decade. Even so, Longhurst could only continue to work as a freelance director. In 2011 he staged the one-person play "Midnight Your Time" with Diana Quick , also by Adam Brace. In 2016 he brought out an opulent new production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus as a musical theater at the Olivier Theater in London . In addition to the actors, six singers and the Southbank Sinfonia with 20 musicians were integrated into the cast and the play on stage. Lucian Msamati played the Salieri , the soprano Fleur de Bray sang and played the role of Caterina Cavalieri . In 2017, the NT produced a DVD of this production in its National Theater Live series.
Michael Lomghurst has succeeded Josie Rourke as Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse in London since March 2019 .
Productions (selection)
- 2009: Stovepipe, a collaboration between the National Theater and the Bush Theater
- 2011: Midnight Your Time, Assembly George Square, Edinburgh Fringe
- 2012: Constellations, Royal Court ’s Jerwood Theater Upstairs, then West End
- 2015: A Winter's Tale , Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in Shakespeare's Globe
- 2015: Amadeus , National Theater
- 2016: They Drink it in the Congo, by Adam Brace (world premiere), Almeida Theater
- 2017: Caroline, Or Change, Chichester Festival Theater , then Hampstead Theater
- 2017: Belleville, by Amy Herzog, Donmar Warehouse
- 2019: Europe, by David Greig , Donmar Warehouse
Web links
- Productions
- Michael Longhurst
- Interview with Michael Longhurst The Stage, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Note-perfect: Michael Longhurst reimagines Amadeus University of Nottingham, accessed January 31, 2019
- ↑ Mountview, notable alumni accessed on January 31, 2019
- ^ Adam B race, Writing, accessed January 31, 2019
- ↑ Reviews: Midnight Your Time WhatsOnStage, accessed January 31, 2019
- ↑ Michael Billington: Amadeus review - stunning production pits Salieri against God, Mozart and his own orchestra The Guardian, October 16, 2016, accessed on February 3, 2019
- ↑ Chris Wiegand, Michael Billington: Donmar Warehouse names Michael Longhurst as new artistic director The Guardian, June 7, 2018, accessed February 2, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Longhurst, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English theater director and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bromley , London |