Audio: New Writing
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New York Special: Comedian and musician Jonny Donahoe presents Every Brilliant Thing
9th January 2015
INTERVIEW: JONNY DONAHOE The comedian and musician chats to Philip Fisher about switching between comedy and theatre and the Edinburgh and New York su...
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Zabarjad Salam, dialect coach on Behind the Beautiful Forevers, speaks
4th January 2015
ASIAN VOICES: ZABARJAD SALAM The dialect coach on Behind the Beautiful Forevers at the National Theatre talks to Suman Bhuchar about how she helped Da...
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Playwright Tena Stivicic discusses her epic family drama 3 Winters
18th December 2014
INTERVIEW: TENA STIVICIC The award-winning playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about her excellent family saga, 3 Winters (National Theatre), an epic stor...
Listen nowin Feminism, Historical Drama, International, New Writing, Playwrights
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Playwright Alistair McDowall explores the mysterious world of Pomona
27th November 2014
INTERVIEW: ALISTAIR McDOWALL The award-winning playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his well-received imaginative new play, Pomona (Orange Tree Theat...
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Evan Placey and Esther Baker discuss Girls Like That
26th November 2014
INTERVIEW: EVAN PLACEY AND ESTHER BAKER Following Synergy’s production of Evan Placey’s play Girls Like That, the playwright and director Esther B...
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Alecky Blythe and Joe Hill-Gibbins talk Little Revolution
26th November 2014
INTERVIEW: ALECKY BLYTHE AND JOE HILL-GIBBINS Verbatim playwright Alecky Blythe and her director Joe Hill-Gibbins tell Matt Trueman about their produc...
Listen nowin Community Theatre, Directors, New Writing, Political Theatre, Verbatim Drama
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Paines Plough’s James Grieve on James Graham’s The Angry Brigade
21st October 2014
INTERVIEW: JAMES GRIEVE The Artistic Diretor of Paines Plough talks to Judi Herman about the company’s touring production of James Graham’s latest...
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Edinburgh Festival 2014 – the critical round-up, highs and lows
18th August 2014
Edinburgh Festival 2014: our panel of tireless critics, Neil Cooper, Mark Fisher and Philip Fisher, convene to discuss The James Plays by Rona Munro ...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2014: Interview with Hannah Price of Theatre Uncut
16th August 2014
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 2014 Hannah Price, a founder and co-artistic director of Theatre Uncut, tells Philip Fisher about the company's genesis, its missio...
Listen nowin Directors, Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, New Writing, Political Theatre