Michael Longhurst
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Michael Longhurst (born 1981){{Cite news |last=Dowd |first=Vincent |date=30 June 2019 |title=Donmar chief Michael Longhurst begins tenure with play about Europe |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48784835 |access-date=23 July 2020}} was artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse theatre in Covent Garden, London (2019-2024). He was appointed as its fourth artistic director, succeeding Josie Rourke in the role.
Longhurst grew up in Bromley, London.{{Cite news |last=Mountford |first=Fiona |date=2 April 2019 |title=Michael Longhurst interview: 'The Donmar Warehouse can take some disruption right now' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/theatre/donmar-warehouse-michael-longhurst-interview-a4106861.html |access-date=23 July 2020}} After studying philosophy at the University of Nottingham, Longhurst trained in theatre directing at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts,{{Cite news |author=Wiegand, Chris |author2=Billington, Michael |author2-link=Michael Billington (critic) |date=7 June 2018 |title=Donmar Warehouse names Michael Longhurst as new artistic director |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jun/07/donmar-warehouse-michael-longhurst-new-artistic-director |access-date=24 July 2020}} graduating with a postgraduate diploma in 2004.{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Mountview graduate appointed artistic director of Donmar Warehouse |url=https://www.mountview.org.uk/news/mountview-graduate-appointed-artistic-director-donmar-warehouse/ |access-date=23 July 2020 |website=Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts}}
Longhurst's first season at the Donmar started on 20 June 2019 with David Greig’s Europe, followed by the UK premiere of Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.{{Cite web |author=Johnson, Robin |date=2 April 2019 |title=Michael Longhurst announces first Donmar Warehouse season |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/michael-longhurst-announces-first-donmar-warehouse-season/ |access-date=24 July 2020 |website=OfficialLondonTheatre.com}}{{Cite web |date=30 August 2019 |title=Michael Longhurst takes centre stage at the Donmar |url=https://home.barclays/news/2019/8/michael-longhurst-takes-centre-stage-at-the-donmar/ |access-date=23 July 2020 |publisher=Barclays}}
His previous credits as director include Constellations at the Royal Court Theatre in 2012{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Tim |date=2 February 2012 |title=Constellations, at Royal Court, Seven magazine review |work=The Sunday Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9057272/Constellations-at-Royal-Court-Seven-magazine-review.html |access-date=25 July 2020}} and at Trafalgar Studios in 2015,{{Cite web |last=Mayo |first=Douglas |date=15 July 2015 |title=REVIEW: Constellations, Trafalgar Studios |url=https://britishtheatre.com/review-constellations-trafalgar-studios-5stars/ |access-date=25 July 2020 |website=BritishTheatre.com }} Carmen Disruption at the Almeida Theatre in 2015,{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Stephen |date=22 April 2015 |title=REVIEW: Carmen Disruption, Almeida Theatre |work=BritishTheatre.com |url=https://britishtheatre.com/review-carmen-disruption-almeida-theatre-4stars/ |access-date=25 July 2020}} Gloria at the Hampstead Theatre in 2017{{Cite web |last=Ludman |first=Mark |date=26 July 2017 |title=REVIEW: Gloria, Hampstead Theatre |url=https://britishtheatre.com/review-gloria-hampstead-theatre-5stars/ |access-date=25 July 2020 |website=BritishTheatre.com}} and, from October 2016 to March 2017 and from February to 24 April 2018, Amadeus at the National Theatre, a production which Michael Billington, in a four-starred review for The Guardian, described as "stunning".{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Billington (critic) |date=27 October 2016 |title=Amadeus review – stunning production pits Salieri against God, Mozart and his own orchestra |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/oct/27/amadeus-review-national-michael-longhurst-lucian-msamati-salieri |access-date=23 January 2018 |work=The Guardian}}{{Cite web |title=Amadeus |date=2018 |url=https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/amadeus |access-date=24 July 2020 |publisher=Royal National Theatre}} In August 2019, his critically acclaimed production of Florian Zeller's The Son{{Cite news |author=Billington, Michael |author-link=Michael Billington (critic) |date=27 February 2019 |title=The Son review – Florian Zeller's frightening tale of teen depression |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/feb/27/the-son-review-florian-zeller-family-kiln |access-date=25 July 2020}} transferred from a successful run at the Kiln Theatre to a West End run at The Duke of York's Theatre.{{Cite web |last=Mayo |first=Douglas |date=8 May 2019 |title=Florian Zeller's The Son transfers to Duke Of York's Theatre London |website=BritishTheatre.com |url=https://britishtheatre.com/florian-zeller-the-son-duke-of-yorks-theatre-london/ |access-date=25 July 2020}}