When Conor Baum walks towards you for the first time you know he’s someone with enthusiasm, clarity of thought and energy. He speaks about Shakespeare with animation and a refreshing newness which he and his co-director Joanna Rosenfeld are currently bringing to theatre-starved Brighton and Hove.The Head of Curriculum for Brighton drama school IC Theatre’s Further Education Programme, he has packed a lot into his short career on the boards.Born in the East Midlands, he moved to London to attend Rose Bruford College and stayed in the capital in the belief that that’s where all the acting and directing work would be.
But as is immediately obvious when we chat, he’s not a man to hang about and wait patiently. After doing development projects.