Sophie Hunter

Going on to train with Lecoq in Paris meant I discovered European theatre at a formative moment growing up.

To be perfectly honest, I can't imagine getting married. I've got a lot to do before I have children - they are way off.

You spend a lot of time studying, and you want to do something with that. Something that's tangible, like creating a show, writing a screenplay, making a difference.

Seeing the work of directors like Romeo Castellucci, Ivo van Hove, Thomas Ostermeier, and Simon McBurney and Theatre de Complicite, was, and continues to be, hugely important to me. To my mind, these are artists who are forging new languages of performance and storytelling, and their constant reinvention is very inspiring.