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Rubasingham was named artistic director in December 2023, taking over from Rufus Norris after his decade in charge.

He was handed Eurostar train tickets, stays at the Troy and Re Hotels in London, a laptop, an iPad, meals, and concert tickets to see Paul Simon, Rufus Wainwright and Patti Smith for his part in helping Oricom secure the contracts.

He was working in a cold storage warehouse when his cover of Rufus track Tell Me Something Good cracked the Top 20 in the UK charts.

His father, Rufus, was a miner at Betws colliery in the Amman valley.

I knew Clare from the Rufus and Chaka Khan records and the Prince records, and I’d always wanted to use him.