{"id":707995,"date":"2026-01-20T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/707995\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T06:00:26","slug":"an-audience-with-luke-thompson-announced-by-the-theatrical-guild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/707995\/","title":{"rendered":"An Audience With Luke Thompson Announced By The Theatrical Guild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bridgerton star Luke Thompson will launch The Theatrical Guild\u2019s 2026 \u201cAn Audience With\u201d series in support of backstage and front of house theatre workers.<\/p>\n<p>The Theatrical Guild has confirmed that An Audience With Luke Thompson will take place on Sunday 29 March at 2pm at the Leicester Square Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Best known for playing Benedict Bridgerton in Netflix\u2019s global hit Bridgerton, Luke Thompson will reflect on his training at RADA, his stage and screen career, and his experiences working on one of the world\u2019s most talked-about television series.<\/p>\n<p>\n&amp;nbsp<br \/>\n&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n<p>&amp;nbsp<br \/>\n&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n<p>The conversation will be hosted by actor and Guild Trustee Hugh Sachs, who appears alongside Thompson in Bridgerton.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Thompson commented: \u201c\u201cI\u2019m excited to be taking part in this event. The Theatrical Guild does such important work supporting the people who keep our industry going \u2014 many of whom audiences never see \u2014 and it\u2019s a privilege to be involved. I\u2019m really looking forward to chatting to my colleague and friend Hugh, and to everyone there\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hugh Sachs added: \u201cI am delighted that my fellow \u2018Bridgerton\u2019 cast member Luke Thompson has very kindly agreed to take part in The Theatrical Guild\u2019s \u2018An Audience With\u2019 series of special fundraising interviews. Having been a Trustee of the Guild for several years now, I am passionate about the work of the charity, as they provide vital support for all the unsung heroes of the profession \u2014 the Backstage &amp; Front of House staff who make all the logistics happen on theatre productions across the UK. So, I\u2019m really looking forward to having an entertaining chat with Luke about his career and allowing people to meet this remarkable and fascinating Actor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds from the event will support The Theatrical Guild\u2019s ongoing work providing financial assistance, counselling, wellbeing support and mid-career training for backstage and front of house professionals across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>An Audience With Luke Thompson takes place on Sunday 29 March at 2pm at the Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BX.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available from the Leicester Square Theatre Box Office on 020 7734 2222 or via www.leicestersquaretheatre.com.<\/p>\n<p>\n&amp;nbsp<br \/>\n&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n<p>&amp;nbsp<br \/>\n&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n<p>Listings and ticket information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestersquaretheatre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bridgerton star Luke Thompson will launch The Theatrical Guild\u2019s 2026 \u201cAn Audience With\u201d series in support of backstage&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[212456,143007,748,101136,393,4884,212457,77458,123155,257,59267,16,15],"class_list":["post-707995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-an-audience-with-luke-thompson","tag-brian-cox","tag-britain","tag-charlie-stemp","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-hugh-sachs","tag-james-norton","tag-leicester-square-theatre","tag-london","tag-luke-thompson","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115925905689054590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}