Tim Luscombe
Writer/Director
Trained: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School 1985 –1986 (Director´s Course), Raindance 1999 (Writing, Cinematography, Directing, Producing)
WRITER:
2008: |
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| A Map of the Region | (Being developed at the National Theatre Studio. Arts Council Grant/Peggy Ramsay Foundation gift) |
| Pig | (In development, director Tamara Harvey) |
| Lovely Up Here | BBC Radio |
2007: |
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| The Education of Hitler | (Drill Hall Commission, Rehearsed Reading RADA) |
| Hungry Ghosts | (Hampstead Theatre Commission 2007, Arts Council Grant and Peggy Ramsey Foundation gift, slated for production Hampstead Theatre 2010) |
| Ted and Georges | (In development, Peggy Ramsay Foundation gift) |
2006: |
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| The Schuman Plan | (RNT Studio commission February ´05, Arts Council Grant, Summer ´04, Peggy Ramsay Foundation gift ´03, Hampstead Theatre commission ´05, produced at the Hampstead Theatre February 2006, directed by Anthony Clark) |
2005: |
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| The Death of Gogol and the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest | (Produced Drill Hall, May ´05) |
| Amateur Rites | (In development, director Guy Retallack) |
Pre 2005: |
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| The Wings of Love | (In development, Val Weyland Productions) |
| The One You Love | (Produced Royal Court ´98, then Deutschen Theater, Berlin) |
| EuroVision | (Produced RUG, Vaudeville Theatre ´94, Drill hall ´92) |
| Last Night At Club Kali | (Commissioned by Kevin Wallace Productions, ´03) |
| The Loving Thing | (Drill Hall, Autumn ´03) |
Musicals Books:
| Life Class | |
| Sail Away | (Adaptation from Noel Coward,´98) |
| Larger Than Life | (For a Don Black/Jon Anderson musical, ´97) |
Adaptations:
| Northanger Abbey | (from Jane Austen, Produced York Theatre Royal ´04, Salisbury Playhouse and national tour 2007) |
| Pomp and Circumstance | (From Noel Coward´s novel, ´88) |
| Further Tales from the City | (From Armistead Maupin´s novel, with Nicholas Wright, ´96) |
Translations:
| Monsieur Amilcar | (From the French, Produced Chichester Festival Theatre, ´92) |
Published:
| Tim´s adaptation of Jane Austen´s Northanger Abbey (2005) and his play The Schuman Plan (2006) are published by Nick Hern Books. |
DIRECTOR:
West End:
- Relative Values by Noel Coward - Savoy
- Private Lives by Noel Coward - Aldwych
- Easy Virtue by Noel Coward - Kings Head, then Garrick
- Semi Monde by Noel Coward - Royalty (now Peacock)
- The One You Love by Tim Luscombe - The Royal Court
- EuroVision by Tim Luscombe - Drill Hall, then Vaudeville
- Artist Descending a Staircase by Tom Stoppard - Kings Head, then Duke of York´s
- The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare - Lyric Hammersmith, then world tour
- Volpone by Ben Johnson - Lyric Hammersmith, then world tour
- The Browning Version and Harlequinade by Terrence Rattigan - Royalty (now Peacock)
- La Belle Helene by Offenbach - Sadler´s Wells
Off West End:
- The Rat Trap by Noel Coward - Finborough Theatre (2006)
- Jeffrey by Paul Rudnick - Greenwich Theatre
- Salvation by Joe Pintauro - Gate, Notting Hill
- Snow Orchid by Joe Pintauro - Gate, Notting Hill
- A Poster of the Cosmos by L Wilson/C Durang/J Pintauro - Camden Studio
- Cracks by Martin Sherman - King´s Head
- When She Danced by Martin Sherman - King´s Head
- Pier Paolo Pasolini by Caroline Behr - Camden Studio
Broadway:
- Artist Descending A Staircase by Tom Stoppard - Helen Hayes
Off and Off Off Broadway:
- When She Danced by Martin Sherman - Playwrights´ Horizons
- Intimate Exchanges by Ayckbourn – 59E59, 2007
Outer London and Regional (UK):
2009:
- Honeymoon Suite, Richard Bean, New Vic Stoke
2008:
- Poppy, Nichols, RADA
- My Brilliant Divorce, Geraldine Aron, Milton Keynes and Tour
2007:
- Blue/Orange, Penhall, New Vic Stoke
- Chorus of Disapproval, Ayckbourn, Mill at Sonning
- Northanger Abbey, Luscombe/Austen, Salisbury Playhouse and national tour
2006:
- Events on a Hotel Terrace, Ayckbourn, Stephen Joseph Theatre
- A One Man Protest, Ayckbourn, Stephen Joseph Theatre
- A Garden Fete, Ayckbourn, Stephen Joseph Theatre
- A Game of Cricket, Ayckbourn, Stephen Joseph Theatre
- Love in the Mist, Ayckbourn, Stephen Joseph Theatre
- Affairs in a Tent, Ayckbourn, Stephen Joseph Theatre
Pre 2006:
- The Rivals, Sheridan - Salisbury Playhouse
- Communicating Doors, Ayckbourn - Salisbury Playhouse
- Pat and Margaret, Victoria Wood - Salisbury Playhouse
- House and Garden, Ayckbourn - Salisbury Playhouse
- A Perfect Ganesh, Terrence McNally - Watford Palace
- French Without Tears, Terrence Rattigan - Watford Palace
- Charley´s Aunt, Brandon Thomas - Watford Palace
- Relative Values, Noel Coward - Chichester Festival Theatre
- Blithe Spirit, Noel Coward - Chichester Festival Theatre
- Point Verlaine, Noel Coward - Chichester Festival Theatre
- Warrior, Shirley Gee - Chichester Festival Theatre
- Monsieur Amilcar, Yves Jamiaque - Chichester Festival Theatre
- The Power and the Glory, Graham Green/Dennis Cannon - Chichester Festival Theatre
- Maureen Lipman´s One Woman Show, Maureen Lipman/Tim Luscombe - Chichester Festival Theatre
- The Parasol, Vaclav Prestyn - Manchester Royal Exchange
- Amadeus, Shaffer - Theatre Royal, York
- Northanger Abbey, Austen/Luscombe - Theatre Royal, York
- London Assurance, Dion Boucicault - Leeds Playhouse
- The Spoils of War, Mike Weller - Leeds Playhouse
- Design For Living, Noel Coward - English Touring Theatre
- Oliver!, Lionel Bart - Crucible, Sheffield
- Safe Sex, Harvey Fierstein - Contact, Manchester
- What the Butler Saw, Joe Orton - Northampton Theatres
- The Belle of the Belfast City, Christina Reid - Lyric, Belfast
International:
2008:
- Taming of the Shrew, Tampa, Florida
Pre 2008:
- The Homecoming, Pinter - Niewe delar Mar, Amsterdam
- Private Lives, Coward - Dalateatern, Sweden
- The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde - Stadtsteatern, Stockholm
- Communicating Doors, Ayckbourn - Riksteatern, Sweden
- Seasons Greetings, Ayckbourn - Dalateatern, Sweden
- California Suite, Neil Simon - Dalateatern and Dramaten, Stockholm
- Misalliance, GBS - Vienna, Austria
- Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Hampton - Frankfurt, Germany
Other:
- Twentieth Century Blues, The Pet Shop Boys/Luscombe - Park Lane Hotel
- Eltham Palace Cabaret, Luscombe - Eltham Palace (for English Heritage)
- Sail Away, Coward/Luscombe - Soho Laundry (workshop)
- In Bed with Magritte, Pete Lawson - Royal National Theatre (workshop)
- 5 NT 2000 productions, Various authors - Royal National Theatre
- The Man of Mode, Etheredge - Central School of Speech and Drama
- Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Hampton - Central School of Speech and Drama
- Copacabana, Manilow etc – Rose Bruford
- Lockerbie, Robin Hooper – playreading at Marymount
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR:
2003: New Directions
- A month-long season of play-readings at the Watford Palace Theatre, involving 4 directors, 24 actors, 13 writers and 16 new plays
1992 – 1996 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR (and CO-FOUNDER) of THE LONDON
GAY THEATRE COMPANY
- For The London Gay Theatre Company Tim produced and directed four sell-out
shows at the Gate Theatre (Notting Hill), The Camden Studio and The Drill Hall
TEACHER
Subjects taught:
- DIRECTING at Rose Bruford (2nd and 3rd years), ´04
- DIRECTING SHAKESPEARE FOR THE STAGE at the Amsterdam
- School for the Performing Arts ´95 – ‘99
- DIRECTING and ACTING, City Lit London, 2002 - 2003
- ACTING in London, Actors Centre ´95 - ‘07
- HIGH STYLE to NATURALISM in COMEDY at Rose Bruford ´05-‘06
- ACTING at Central School of Speech and Drama (2nd and 3rd years), ‘01 – ‘03
- COWARD/HIGH STYLE at BADA ‘90
- ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE in Rome and London, ‘‘99 – ‘00
- THEATRE APPRECIATION, City Lit London, ´02 – ‘05
- Various courses at BADA and MARYMOUNT ´89 to present
AWARDS:
Lawrence Olivier Award nominee for EASY VIRTUE and THE BROWNING
VERSION and HARLEQUINADE
Received Arts Council grants to write new full-length plays in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Recipient of gifted grants from the Peggy Ramsay Foundation, 2004 and 2006.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
Tim has taught in Italian (one year resident), worked in Dutch and Swedish and
has some knowledge of French and Spanish
He is T.E.F.L. qualified (RSA (CELTA), International House, London)