Playwright Howard Brenton on his new political play about Partition: Drawing...
INTERVIEW: HOWARD BRENTON The political playwright talks to Judi Herman about his latest, Drawing the Line (Hampstead), which tells the turbulent story of the 1947 Partition of India by placing centre...
View ArticleOut of Joint’s Max Stafford-Clark tackles arts funding cuts
DIRECTOR’S TALK: MAX STAFFORD-CLARK Out of Joint’s Artistic Director talks to Chris Campbell, the Royal Court’s Literary Manager, about his new book Journal of the Plague Year; part personal memoir,...
View ArticleCaroline Bird reveals her Secret Theatre play, Chamber Piece
INTERVIEW: CAROLINE BIRD Continuing Theatre Voice’s examination of the Lyric Hammersmith’s Secret Theatre, poet and playwright Caroline Bird tells Matt Trueman about her play Chamber Piece, which was...
View ArticlePaines Plough new writing company celebrates 40 years of nationwide touring...
INTERVIEW: JAMES GRIEVE and GEORGE PERRIN (2/2) The two artistic directors of Paines Plough talk to Carole Woddis about the 40th anniversary of the touring company, what they look for in a new writer,...
View ArticlePaines Plough new writing company celebrates 40 years of nationwide touring...
INTERVIEW: JAMES GRIEVE and GEORGE PERRIN (1/2) The two artistic directors of Paines Plough talk to Carole Woddis about the 40th anniversary of the touring company, what they look for in a new writer,...
View ArticleRomany gypsy playwright Dan Allum explores Our Big Land
INTERVIEW: DAN ALLUM The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his new play, Our Big Land (Oval House/Romany Theatre Company), a powerful and intensely physical piece, directed by Amy Hodge, that...
View ArticleDirector David Mercatali explores the thrilling work of playwright Philip Ridley
INTERVIEW: DAVID MERCATALI The director talks to Aleks Sierz about his current production of Philip Ridley’s superb new play, Dark Vanilla Jungle, which is at the Soho Theatre and is a monologue...
View ArticleWriter Stella Feehily and director Max Stafford-Clark on This May Hurt a Bit
INTERVIEW: STELLA FEEHILY and MAX STAFFORD-CLARK The playwright and Out of Joint's artistic director talk about This May Hurt a Bit, which tracks the embattled NHS since its foundation in 1948, while...
View ArticlePlaywright Moira Buffini puts Thatcher and the Queen on stage in Handbagged...
INTERVIEW: MOIRA BUFFINI (2/2) The playwright talks to Heather Neill about her play Handbagged, which examines the relationship between Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Queen in the 1980s....
View ArticlePlaywright Moira Buffini puts Thatcher and the Queen on stage in Handbagged...
INTERVIEW: MOIRA BUFFINI (1/2) The playwright talks to Heather Neill about her play Handbagged, which examines the relationship between Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Queen in the 1980s....
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