Cameron Mackintosh

The commercial and subsidised theatre are intrinsically linked. I wouldn't have had the career I have had without the opportunities I had through the subsidised sector. However, I do think, in any walk of life, subsidy for the sake of subsidy is not always healthy. ”

By the time I was ten, everyone knew I wanted to be a producer. I was a very precocious little boy. ”

Two of my theatres are 1930s and the other five are by Sprague, the greatest Edwardian architect of the lot. They've needed a lot of work doing to them but they were built very well. ”

I am in that glorious position where I can redesign and re-package my own work. ”