Interviews
Want to go a little deeper into a show? Then this is the place to be. We chat with those making the theatre we review, whether that be the writers, directors, performers, even those running the theatres themselves.
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Interview: Beyond the Charm: Navigating the Moral Tension of Daughter
Director Alexandra Rizkallah and actor Cristiano Benfenati discuss the urgent need to revisit Adam Lazarus’s "unsettling" interrogation of toxic masculinity.
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Interview: Breaking Barriers through Queer South Asian Identity
A whirlwind of humour, drama, and acceptance with Sami Sumaria's Foxes
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Interview: Music, Madness, and a Dance with the Devil
Find out more about this musically warped exploration of toxic obsession, ambition, and the human need to connect.
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Interview: Chasing Connection from 1981 to 2026
We chat to the writers of Embrace, a bold, time-jumping piece of queer theatre exploring connection across decades
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Interview: Music and memories Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Deb Filler discusses her show Cohen, Bernstein, Joni & Me
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Interview: A Noir Mystery with a Political Punch
Explore the mystery of Asylum King. A noir-style whodunit by Paz Koloman Kaiba that exposes the dark reality of the UK’s asylum system
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Interview: Sex, Spliffs, and Sapphic Self-Discovery
Writer Molly MacAskill and performers Izzy Kate Ward, and Joe Reynolds talk about coming to conclusions
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Interview: Love, Grief, and a Plastic Cockroach
A poignant "pre-apocalypse" story exploring trans identity, grief, and survival at the end of the world
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Interview: Six rooms and A Wedding
Dante or Die's Daphna Attias talks forming space, family, feuds and friendship
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Interview: Deepfakes, Disaster, and De Facto Justice: The Wild West of Imposed
Discover Imposed at The Hope Theatre, a dark comedy-turned-thriller exploring deepfakes, AI accountability, and the consequences of digital tools running rampant