Name: Tinuke Craig
Apprentice: Apprentice director on The Tempest
What did you eat for breakfast today? Fried egg on an English muffin!
Tell us about being an apprentice: You get the wonderful opportunity to observe the people that could do the job you want to do with their eyes shut working on a project. You also get to watch a large-scale production come together before your very eyes. Best of all, you get to apply everything you’ve learnt in your own showcase.
Proudest moment? Realising I really understood the Tempest script and the curtain call after Waiting for Lefty.
Strangest quirk? Being called upon to learn the ‘reaper’s dance’ for a run of The Tempest.
If you had one super power, what would it be? Controlling time. You could get exam results in advance, fast forward when you’re running late, prevent natural disasters,….
Favourite play? The Hairy Ape by Eugene O’Neill
Would you rather have teeth made from wood or a tongue made from carpet? Wood Teeth. Because you still taste that way.
What do you want to be doing when your 40? I want to be an associate of a great subsidised theatre. Failing that, I want to be directing plays wherever anyone will let me.
Favourite chocolate bar? Dime bar every time
What past production would you have loved to work on? I’d love to have worked on London Road by Alecky Blythe. I’d love to witness her process first hand. And Adam Cork would be such a great composer to work with. And I love Rufus Norris’s work. And that acting ensemble is perhaps the best I’ve ever seen. Just a dream team.
Which animal would you like to be able to communicate with? Cats. I’d find out why they’re always so off with me even though I’m so nice to them.
What is the best thing since sliced bread? The iphone.
What have you got lined up next? I am a director on The Old Vic New Voices 24 Hour Plays on 23 October at The Old Vic.
Interview by Anoushka Warden
