Almeida folk celebrate the Attenborough years

 
P17 Meera Syal; Esther Freud; Sanjeev Bhaskar Pic:Dave Benett
Dave Benett
15 April 2013

Meera Syal, Esther Freud and Sanjeev Bhaskar helped celebrate Michael Attenborough’s 11 years as artistic director of the Almeida theatre at the weekend.

Other guests included Benedict Cumberbatch, Sir Richard Eyre and Sinead Cusack.

Attenborough is stepping down to focus on his own projects. His Almeida productions included King Lear starring Jonathan Pryce, Measure for Measure with Rory Kinnear and Neil LaBute’s The Mercy Seat. Attenborough also helped create the popular Young Friends of the Almeida scheme.

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