Figureheads

Episode 3 : The Donmar Warehouse

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Well, look who it is. It’s me, Warwick Davis, and in this episode of Figureheads, I'm joined by award-winning Stage Director and Artistic Director, Michael Longhurst and Executive Director, Henny Finch, from The Donmar Warehouse theatre. How do you strike that balance between purpose and profit? Is it possible to do the right thing by your business and society at the same time? And how do you make a cast of short actors not look like a cast of short actors? I can explain that last question. Come and have a listen...   Mentioned in this episode: Teenage Dick, Play by Michael Lew Richard III, King of England  Anna Cooper, Casting Director  Daniel Monks, Actor Hemiplegia, a condition caused by brain damage or spinal cord injury that leads to paralysis on one side of the body. Cerebral palsy, a group of disorders that affect a person's ability to move and maintain balance and posture. Chloe Lamford, stage designer  Don't Play Me Pay Me, campaign  Reduced Height Theatre Company An Inspector Calls, play by J. B. Priestley See How They Run, play by Philip King Eric Potts, actor, writer and director Blindness, novel by José Saramago Juliet Stevenson CBE, Actor  Professor Hannah Thompson, academic and professor of French and critical disability studies Lord Chris Smith, former Culture Secretary  

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