Tim Luscombe
Tim Luscombe
Tim Luscombe is a writer and theatre director. As a playwright, his plays include EuroVision (1994), The One You Love (1996), The Schuman Plan (2006), Hungry Ghosts (2010) and Pig (2013). His latest play, Hitler, based on a true story, is in development.
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He has written several stage adaptations from 19th Century novels including Northanger Abbey (2005), Persuasion (2011), Mansfield Park (2012), Silas Marner (2014), Emma (2017) and Turn of the Screw (2018).
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In 2018, his auto-fictional book Learning German (badly) was published.
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As a director, his work includes over 50 theatrical productions in the West End, on- and off-Broadway, in Japan, Europe and all over the UK. In 1992 he co-founded the London Gay Theatre Company and was its artistic director till 1996.
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Having finished the libretto for Stiletto (scheduled to premiere at the Charing Cross Theatre in London in March, 2025), he is currently writing a novel.
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He lives in Berlin.