At St. Paul's he was vice Captain of school, Rowing 1st VIII (competing twice at Henley Royal Regatta) and Secretary of Boats, Rugby 1st XV, President of Literary Society, and Lupton Divinity Prize Winner.
[11] Rogers and Pugh first produced 'Art' by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton, starring Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay and Ken Stott at the Wyndhams Theatre in the West End of London.
Their production of the musical The Blues Brothers played in London's West End for four separate seasons, toured throughout the world for fifteen years and was nominated for The Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.
Rogers and Pugh also produced The Play What I Wrote by Hamish McColl and Sean Foley, directed by Kenneth Branagh at the Wyndham's Theatre, which won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy.
[12][13] This was followed by Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Gérald Sibleyras' play Heroes starring Richard Griffiths, John Hurt and Ken Stott at the Wyndham's Theatre in 2005, which also won the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.
[16] Their production of God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, again translated by Christopher Hampton, which played at the Gielgud Theatre and starred Ralph Fiennes, Tamsin Greig, Janet McTeer and Ken Stott, also won the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.
In 2008 they originated and produced Kneehigh Theatre's production of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, which played in an old cinema on the Haymarket in London[17] and at Studio 54 on Broadway following a season at St Ann's Warehouse in New York.
[19][20] God of Carnage opened on Broadway at the Jacobs Theatre in 2009 starring James Gandolfini, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeff Daniels and Hope Davis, winning Pugh and Rogers another Tony Award.
[26] The Band, the Take That musical, written by Tim Firth and co-produced by Rogers and Pugh and Take That, opened at Manchester Opera House in September 2017[27] and toured successfully throughout the United Kingdom until March 2019, including a season at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London's West End.