Thomas Ostermeier interview: An Enemy of the People (The Financial Times)

His version of ‘An Enemy of the People’, starring Matt Smith, is opening in the West End

“I wanted to have a moment in the show which is not controlled,” says the German theatre director Thomas Ostermeier of his scorching version of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, about to open in London’s West End. “Which is very difficult for a director because directors want to control everything!”