Jonathan Croall explores the wonderful world of John Gielgud (1/2)
INTERVIEW: JONATHAN CROALL (1/2) The theatre historian and author talks to Heather Neill about his two recently published books, John Gielgud: Matinee Idol to Movie Star (Methuen) and Gielgoodies! The...
View ArticleThe importance of play: HalfCut discuss Shelf-Life
INTERVIEW: HALFCUT Dan Ball and Joe Iredale, two-thirds (with Astor Agustsson) of experimental theatre company HalfCut, tell Sophie Reynolds about Shelf-Life, their immersive, interactive, promenade...
View ArticleA Christmas Carol adapted by Dominic Gerrard and directed by Tim Carroll
INTERVIEW: TIM CARROLL and DOMINIC GERRARD The director and actor talk to Heather Neill about their bicentennial one-man production of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, which will be performed at the...
View ArticleShunt Associate Tom Lyall discusses his solo show DEFRAG_
INTERVIEW: TOM LYALL The Shunt Associate Artist tells Matt Trueman about his debut solo show DEFRAG_, part of Camden People’s Theatre's Futureshock Festival, and the possibility that supercomputers...
View ArticleShôn Dale-Jones introduces his alter-ego Hugh Hughes
INTERVIEW: SHÔN DALE-JONES The artistic director of Hoipolloi Theatre tells Matt Trueman about his alter-ego Hugh Hughes, an emerging artist from Wales, as his latest show Stories From an Invisible...
View ArticleFarah Karim-Cooper explores Renaissance indoor theatre at the Globe
INTERVIEW: FARAH KARIM-COOPER The head of research at Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London talks to Heather Neill about the venue's new indoor theatre space, the Sam Wanamaker Theatre, and about...
View ArticleHow to play Money: The Gameshow — and survive the experience
INTERVIEW: CLARE DUFFY, LUCY ELLINSON and BRIAN FERGUSON The writer/director and performers of Money: The Game Show, produced by Unlimited Theatre and currently at the Bush Theatre, speak to Ella...
View ArticleRufus Norris and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith pick apart Feast
INTERVIEW: RUFUS NORRIS & KOBNA HOLDBROOK-SMITH Director Rufus Norris and actor Kobna Holdbrook-Smith talk to Matt Trueman about Feast, a staged celebration of the Yoruba culture and belief system...
View ArticleActor Paul Rhys explores Complicite’s The Master and Margarita
INTERVIEW: PAUL RHYS After seven years away from the stage, Olivier award nominee Paul Rhys returned as the Master and Professor Woland in Complicite’s staging of Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and...
View ArticleNorthern Broadsides’ Barrie Rutter on tour with Rutherford and Son
INTERVIEW: BARRIE RUTTER The artistic director of Northern Broadsides theatre company talks to Judi Herman about his current role, starring in the touring production of Githa Sowerby's Rutherford and...
View ArticleActor Goldy Notay reports on Kali’s My Daughter’s Trial
ASIAN VOICES: GOLDY NOTAY The actor talks to Suman Bhuchar about her latest role for Kali theatre company, Parveen the ambitious Muslim lawyer in Jabine Chaudri’s My Daughter’s Trial (Brown’s...
View ArticleFourth Monkey’s Steve Green discusses Project Colony
INTERVIEW: STEVE GREEN Ella Parry-Davies meets the artistic director of theatre company and training institution Fourth Monkey, along with performers Lauren Young, Abbey Gorton and Euan Forsyth. The...
View ArticleLittle Bulb look back at Orpheus
INTERVIEW: LITTLE BULB Matt Trueman meets Alexander Scott, Dominic...
View ArticleEdward Petherbridge and Paul Hunter examine My Perfect Mind
INTERVIEW: EDWARD PETHERBRIDGE and PAUL HUNTER The two performers of My Perfect Mind, a Told by an Idiot show, written by Kathryn Hunter, Paul Hunter and Edward Petherbridge, and currently at the Young...
View ArticleActor Hattie Morahan discusses A Doll’s House for today at the Young Vic
INTERVIEW: HATTIE MORAHAN The award-winning actress tells Sophie Reynolds about the Young Vic’s recent production of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, directed by Carrie Cracknell, in which she starred as...
View ArticleAward-winning actor Richard McCabe talks about his role in The Audience
INTERVIEW: RICHARD McCABE The Olivier winning actor talks to Heather Neill about playing Harold Wilson in The Audience, Peter Morgan’s superb new play about the Queen’s audiences with her Prime...
View ArticlePulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar talks about his debut play Disgraced
ASIAN VOICES: AYAD AKHTAR The Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, script-writer and actor talks to Amardeep Sohi about his debut play, Disgraced, which is currently being staged at the Bush Theatre, and...
View ArticleActor Michael Pennington talks about playing Strindberg
INTERVIEW: MICHAEL PENNINGTON The star actor, celebrating his 70th birthday, talks to Heather Neill about his role as Edgar, opposite Linda Marlowe's Alice, in the five-star production of August...
View ArticlePippa Nixon on four of her Shakespearean roles for the RSC
INTERVIEW: PIPPA NIXON The actress, who is currently playing Rosalind in As You Like It, directed by Maria Aberg, and Ophelia in Hamlet, directed by David Farr, for the Royal Shakespeare Company, talks...
View ArticleFashion historian Helene Thian at the Bowie Weekender (2/2)
INTERVIEW: HELENE THIAN (2/2) Amber Butchart in conversation with the fashion historian and Japan consultant, as part of the Bowie Weekender at the V&A. A former speaker at the Costume Society and...
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