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Stephen Rebbeck

“This is unprecedented. We’re taking each day as it comes”

Big InterviewsMar 25, 2020Technical Director

When his hopes of becoming a professional athlete were dashed, Stephen Rebbeck signed up to his local college: Rose Bruford. Now RSC technical director, he tells The Stage about working with a young Daniel Day-Lewis, how the company is coping with the coronavirus and why he never tries to tell his team how to do their jobs

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