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 with Owen Calvert-Lyons, Head of Theatre and Artist Development at Ovalhouse
Laura Sampson talks to Owen Calvert-Lyons, Head of Theatre and Artist Development at Ovalhouse, about his new role and what's next for this innovative fringe theatre.
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Interview with Jennie Buckman
Writer/Artistic Director and former RADA Head of Acting Jennie Buckman discusses her current play Piece of Silk and the importance of live performance.
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Interview with ‘Fury’ Director Hannah Hauer-King
Ahead of the debut of Fury at Soho Theatre, director Hannah Hauer-King discusses dramatising social issues, the creative process, and gender inequality.
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Kicking the ‘Habit’: Depicting Nuns on Stage & Screen
Ahead of the debut of his play We Wait in Joyful Hope at Theatre 503, playwright Brian Mullin argues for a more truthful depiction of nuns on stage & screen in this guest blog.
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Dominic Cooke, From Theatre to Telly
Olivier award-winning director Dominic Cooke discusses his first foray into television with the BBC's 'Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses.'
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Staging terror
The journey to hell and back: Stuart Slade explains what he learned when he wrote a comedy about terrorism.
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Masters, here are your parts
Lizzie Conrad Hughes, of The Salon Collective, explains why performing Shakespeare with neither script nor rehearsal is a much better idea than it sounds.
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From Michigan to Islington: a literary treasure hunt
Director Sean Turner shares his delight at unearthing and then producing, Arthur Miller's lost first play.
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Looking for Lansbury
As Dame Angela Lansbury celebrates a landmark birthday, Fiona-Jane Weston, who has made a show about Lansbury's life, considers what makes her such a remarkable star.
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Interview with Made In China
As their new show opens at Soho Theatre, Made In China's Tim Cowbury and Jess Latowicki talk to Laura Kressly.