Robert Icke, theatre director: 'Oresteia? It's quite like The Sopranos'
The director of the Almeida's acclaimed Oresteia on being inspired by Kenneth Branagh, Michael Grandage and Tony Soprano Robert Icke, 29, is one of the theatre's most explosive talents. He was associate director of Headlong from 2010 to 2013, and is now the associate director of the Almeida. His productions include Mr Burns and 1984, which he co-adapted with Duncan Macmillan. His tremendous Oresteia has just transfer…