On the night of the 2023 Olivier awards ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall, Adam Brace, nominated as a director in two categories, was ensconced in a restaurant with a couple of his oldest friends on the other side of town. He was planning his next show, oblivious to the critical or award-yielding hullabaloo it might eventually attract.
Brace, who was one of the most creative and influential operators on the fringe – in London and Edinburgh – over the past two decades, seemed immune to the trappings of stardom. If your priority in your work was winning awards, or even being nominated for them, he felt, you were going seriously wrong.
