As the latest in our series of live question-and-answer sessions with leading arts figures, we're delighted to welcome the boss of the Donmar Warehouse, director Josie Rourke, who joined us live to answer your questions.
To see Josie's answers, scroll down the page to the comment thread
It's been a busy last few years for Rourke, who took over the running of this tiny but hugely influential London theatre 16 months ago at the age of just 35. She's launched a new cheap-tickets scheme, been outspoken on the subject of arts funding ("we make theatre like the Brazilians play football," she argued, "and why you wouldn't want to preserve something that precious, I just don't know"), announced a tasty new season starring Tom Hiddleston – even taken on that toughest of questions for any artistic director, whether there are enough ladies' loos in her theatre (answer: no, but that's going to change).
She's also been no slouch as a director herself, offering fine reevaluations of Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer, Racine's Berenice and Conor McPherson's The Weir, and producing an acclaimed all-female version of Julius Caesar that is shortly to transfer to New York. In a few weeks' time she brings to the Manchester international festival one of her most high-profile productions yet, The Machine, a new play by Matt Charman on the fascinating battle between chess master Garry Kasparov and IBM computer Deep Blue – a homecoming of sorts, given that she grew up in Salford.
