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Actor Paul Rhys explores Complicite’s The Master and Margarita

21 March 2013

in Actors and Performers, Books, International, Russian Drama

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 Margarita (Barbican, and tour). He tells Matt Trueman about sticking with a show for 18 months and why director Simon McBurney brings out the best in him.

Critic Kate Bassett discusses the career of Jonathan Miller (1/2)

10 January 2013

in Books, Criticism, Directors, Theatre People

INTERVIEW: KATE BASSETT (1/2) The Independent on Sunday theatre critic and author of a new, authorised and definitive biography of the director and polymath Jonathan Miller, In Two Minds (Oberon Books), talks to Heather Neill about his achievements.

Critic Kate Bassett discusses the career of Jonathan Miller (2/2)

10 January 2013

in Books, Criticism, Directors, Theatre People

INTERVIEW: KATE BASSETT (2/2)

The Independent on Sunday theatre critic and author of a new, authorised and definitive biography of the director and polymath Jonathan Miller, In Two Minds (Oberon Books), talks to Heather Neill about his achievements.

New writing special: David Eldridge and Duncan Macmillan discuss the Antelope group

2 December 2012

in Books, New Writing, Playwrights

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NEW WRITING SPECIAL: THE ANTELOPES Playwrights David Eldridge and Duncan Macmillan tell Aleks Sierz about the origins and aims of the Antelopes, an informal network of playwrights who started meeting in 2009, and about two new publications from the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, together called The Working Playwright.

Panel discussion about Anthony Burgess and A Clockwork Orange (1/2)

26 November 2012

in 20th-century Drama, Books, Directors, Physical and Visual theatre, Reviews and Roundtables

THE GENIUS OF ANTHONY BURGESS (1/2) Panel discussion about A Clockwork Orange (Soho Theatre), chaired by Soho’s artistic director Steve Marmion, with Alexandra Spencer-Jones, the director of the production, plus Andrew Biswell (author of The Real life of Anthony Burgess) and John Sutherland (Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of English Literature at University College London). With an extract from Burgess’s reissued Napoleon Symphony (Serpent’s Tail) read by Martin McCreadie, the actor who plays Alex.

Panel discussion about Anthony Burgess and A Clockwork Orange (2/2)

26 November 2012

in 20th-century Drama, Books, Directors, Physical and Visual theatre, Reviews and Roundtables

THE GENIUS OF ANTHONY BURGESS (2/2) Panel discussion about A Clockwork Orange (Soho Theatre), chaired by Soho’s artistic director Steve Marmion, with Alexandra Spencer-Jones, the director of the production, plus Andrew Biswell (author of The Real life of Anthony Burgess) and John Sutherland (Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of English Literature at University College London). With an extract from Burgess’s reissued Napoleon Symphony (Serpent’s Tail) read by Martin McCreadie, the actor who plays Alex.

Critic Benedict Nightingale’s Great Moments in the Theatre

16 November 2012

in Books, Criticism, Playwrights, Theatre People

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INTERVIEW: BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE The former critic of The Times talks to Aleks Sierz about his new book, Great Moments in the Theatre (Oberon), which comprises accounts of more than 100 significant first nights from theatre history, from Aeschylus’s The Oresteia to Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem.

Jonathan Croall explores the wonderful world of John Gielgud (1/2)

19 October 2012

in Actors and Performers, Books, Theatre People

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 Wit, Wisdom and Gaffes of John Gielgud (Oberon Books), which together give a fully rounded account of one of the most important men of the theatre in the 20th century.

Jonathan Croall explores the wonderful world of John Gielgud (2/2)

19 October 2012

in Actors and Performers, Books, Theatre People

INTERVIEW: JONATHAN CROALL (2/2) 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 Wit, Wisdom and Gaffes of John Gielgud (Oberon Books), which together give a fully rounded account of one of the most important men of the theatre in the 20th century.

Actor Michael Pennington talks about playing Antony and about his latest book

30 September 2012

in Actors and Performers, Books, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Theatre People

INTERVIEW: MICHAEL PENNINGTON The actor talks to Heather Neill about playing Antony in Janet Suzman’s current revival of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and about his latest book, Sweet William: Twenty Thousand Hours with Shakespeare (Nick Hern).

Director and writer Lisa Goldman breaks the rules

12 May 2012

in Books, Directors, New Writing, Playwrights

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INTERVIEW: LISA GOLDMAN The director and writer talks to Aleks Sierz about her new book, The No Rules Handbook for Writers (Oberon), which is an antidote to prescriptive writing guides, and also recalls her site-specific walkabout play, Hoxton Story (2005).

Playwright Ronald Harwood appreciates Donald Wolfit (1/2)

8 May 2012

in 20th-century Drama, Actors and Performers, Books, Playwrights, Theatre People

DONALD WOLFIT SPECIAL (1/2) Playwright Sir Ronald Harwood, biographer of legendary actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit and a former member of his company, discusses the man and his work with Howard Loxton at an event that was part of the Society for Theatre Research’s lecture series.

Playwright Ronald Harwood appreciates Donald Wolfit (2/2)

8 May 2012

in 20th-century Drama, Actors and Performers, Books, Playwrights, Theatre People

DONALD WOLFIT SPECIAL (2/2) Playwright Sir Ronald Harwood, biographer of legendary actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit and a former member of his company, discusses the man and his work with Howard Loxton at an event that was part of the Society for Theatre Research’s lecture series.

The Society for Theatre Research’s Theatre Book Prize 2011

30 April 2012

in Awards, Books, Theatre People

THEATRE BOOK PRIZE 2011 Howard Loxton, administrator and chair of the Society for Theatre Research book prize, introduces this year’s judges, Kerry Michael (Artistic Director, Theatre Royal Stratford East), Jann Parry (former Observer ballet critic) and Professor Michael Dobson (Birkbeck, University of London), plus presenters Timothy West (STR President) and actor Claire Bloom, who talk about the books.

Professor Colin Chambers explores the history of black and Asian theatre (2/2)

12 August 2011

in Asian Voices, Black Voices, Books

INTERVIEW: COLIN CHAMBERS (2/2) The professor of drama at Kingston University, and former journalist and literary manager of the RSC, talks to Suman Bhuchar about the long and previously obscure history of African, Asian and Caribbean diasporic practitioners as recounted in his new book, Black and Asian Theatre in Britain (Routledge).

Professor Colin Chambers explores the history of black and Asian theatre (1/2)

12 August 2011

in Asian Voices, Black Voices, Books

INTERVIEW: COLIN CHAMBERS (1/2) The professor of drama at Kingston University, and former journalist and literary manager of the RSC, talks to Suman Bhuchar about the long and previously obscure history of African, Asian and Caribbean diasporic practitioners as recounted in his new book, Black and Asian Theatre in Britain (Routledge).

Co-creator of Yes, Prime Minister Jonathan Lynn explores comedy

7 August 2011

in Books, Comedy, Playwrights, Theatre People

INTERVIEW: JONATHAN LYNN The actor, director and co-writer, with Antony Jay, of the hit West End comedy show, Yes, Prime Minister (Apollo) – an updated theatre version of the classic 1980s BBC series – talks to Philip Fisher about his new book, Comedy Rules (Faber), political satire, and about his extensive and globetrotting career.

David Ward on the Theatre by the Lake

28 June 2011

in Books, Regional Theatre, Theatre buildings

INTERVIEW: DAVID WARD The journalist and literary consultant of the extraordinary 400-seat Theatre by the Lake in Keswick talks to David Chadderton about the history of this venue, which he also explores in his book, Encore! Ten Years of Theatre by the Lake (Bookcase, 2009).

Actor Edward Petherbridge complete career overview

30 May 2011

in Actors and Performers, Books, Regional Theatre

INTERVIEW: EDWARD PETHERBRIDGE The actor tells Philip Fisher about his new book, Slim Chances and Unscheduled Appearances (Indepenpress Publishing), which is a series of essays exploring his career — from Guildenstern in Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead to Lord Peter Whimsey, and beyond — and preoccupations, including the Old Vic under Laurence Olivier, the Actors Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Aleks Sierz discusses his new book: Rewriting the Nation

17 March 2011

in Books, Playwrights, Theatre People

NEW WRITING SPECIAL Philip Fisher talks to critic and theatreVOICE co-editor Aleks Sierz about his new book, Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today (Methuen Drama), the legacy of 1990s in-yer-face theatre and the ups and downs of new writing in the UK during the past decade.

Nick Dear on adapting Frankenstein for the National

11 March 2011

in Books, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: NICK DEAR The playwright talks to Carole Woddis about the work involved in adapting Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein for director Danny Boyle’s acclaimed staging at the National.

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