Artistic Director of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
Before working with Kneehigh, Paul worked as Producer at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, where he set up over 40 productions as well as collaborations with Kneehigh (The Wooden Frock & The Bacchae), Improbable Theatre, Teatre Romea, National Theatre and with commercial & West End producers.
Wallis Center's Artistic Director On LA Theater There was a lot of excitement when Eli Broad’s new art museum opened downtown last month. It’s sold out until the middle of November. Now another Southern California arts institution is hoping to get some of that buzz. The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts opened two years ago. We talk to its new artistic director about his vision for theater in Los Angeles.
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