Tom Attenborough
| Tom Attenborough | |
|---|---|
| Born |
13 October 1986 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | St Paul's School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Theatre director, voice actor |
| Years active | 2000-present |
Tom Attenborough (born 13 October 1986) is an English theatre director. He is the son of theatre director Michael Attenborough and the grandson of the late film actor and director Richard Attenborough.
Attenborough grew up in London and attended St Paul's School. He then went to Trinity College, Cambridge to study English Literature. He graduated in 2009 and became Artistic Director of Rhapsody of Words Productions in 2010. In 2011 he won a runner-up prize for the JMK Award, and in 2012 was made an Associate Artist of HighTide Festival Theatre. In 2016 he became Associate Director of the Watermill Theatre, Newbury.
His career began as a voiceover artist. He voiced Christopher Robin in The Tigger Movie and Harry Potter in the Harry Potter video games.
Attenborough works as a freelance theatre director in and around London. His first job was as an assistant director to Rachel Chavkin on 'The American Capitalism Project'. Since then his career has included work at the National Theatre, the Minerva Theatre Chichester, the Almeida Theatre, MCS Oxford, The Old Vic, the Menier Chocolate Factory, the Hampstead Theatre, Theatre Royal Bath and the West End. Early productions included 'The Shape of Things' by Neil LaBute at The Gallery Soho in London, and the regional premiere of 'The Mountaintop' by Katori Hall for Derby LIVE.
Rhapsody of Words presented a revival of Conor McPherson's play Port Authority at the Southwark Playhouse, starring Ardal O'Hanlon, John Rogan and Andrew Nolan in 2012. They then produced Rashid Razaq's new play, The President and the Pakistani, at the Waterloo East Theatre. Both productions were directed by Attenborough. Their most recent production was 'Cinderella and the Beanstalk', the world's first 3-man family pantomime, at Theatre503, which premiered in December 2014 and returned in 2015 to sell-out audiences and great critical acclaim.
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