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Shôn Dale-Jones introduces his alter-ego Hugh Hughes

5 December 2012

in Actors and Performers, Comedy, Digital theatre, Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, Physical and Visual theatre

INTERVIEW: SHÔN DALE-JONES The artistic director of Hoipolloi Theatre tells Matt Trueman about his alter-ego Hugh Hughes, an emerging artist from Wales, as his latest show Stories From an Invisible Town comes to the end of its UK tour. Just how does one give a fictional persona a fully-fledged off-stage life?

Shunt Associate Tom Lyall discusses his solo show DEFRAG_

5 December 2012

in Actors and Performers, Comedy, Digital theatre, London Fringe

INTERVIEW: TOM LYALL The Shunt Associate Artist tells Matt Trueman about his debut solo show DEFRAG_, part of Camden People’s Theatre’s Futureshock Festival, and the possibility that supercomputers could one day rule over and even replace us.

Shakespeare’s First Acts: Much Ado About Nothing

14 October 2012

in Comedy, Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Iqbal Khan tells Sophie Reynolds about his Indian-inspired production for the RSC, currently playing at the Noel Coward Theatre in London. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s new series for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

Shakespeare’s First Acts: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

29 May 2012

in Comedy, Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Sean Holmes, artistic director of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, discusses the first act of the play, which he has recently directed with Filter Theatre, with Sophie Reynolds. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s new series for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

Playwright April De Angelis on sex, sense and feminist comedy

2 November 2011

in Comedy, Feminism, New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: APRIL DE ANGELIS The playwright talks to Carole Woddis about her new play, Jumpy (Royal Court), which is a hilarious comedy about the relationship between mothers and daughters in the new digital age.

Playwright Steve Thompson gets a laugh out of Monty Python

20 September 2011

in Comedy, New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: STEVE THOMPSON The playwright chats to Aleks Sierz about his latest comedy, No Naughty Bits (Hampstead Theatre), which tells the story of the censorship of Monty Python’s Flying Circus in the United States in 1975, and puts a fictional Michael Palin on stage.

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.

Controversial playwright Richard Bean: full career overview

18 May 2011

in Comedy, New Writing, Playwrights

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INTERVIEW: RICHARD BEAN The playwright tells Philip Fisher about his latest, One Man, Two Guvnors (National Theatre), an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters, and then gives an overview of his career, from his Royal Court debut, Toast (1999), to his controversial England People Very Nice (2009), taking in his formative days in the world of stand-up comedy.

Matthew Kelly talks about his acting career

22 March 2011

in Actors and Performers, Comedy, Theatre People

INTERVIEW: MATTHEW KELLY Heather Neill pops backstage at the Duchess Theatre to talk to the erstwhile TV presenter, best-known for Stars in Their Eyes, who has returned to his theatrical roots, undertaking a remarkable range of roles – the latest being the engineer Frank in Tim Firth’s comic two-hander Sign of the Times.

Actors Shelley King and Jamila Massey on The Usual Auntijies

10 March 2011

in Actors and Performers, Asian Voices, Comedy

Asian voices: Shelley King and Jamila Massey. Two of the stars of Paven Virk’s The Usual Auntijies (Belgrade, Coventry) talk to Suman Bhuchar about this bitter-sweet comedy, directed by Barry Kyle, and discuss current issues in the growth of South Asian theatre. Recorded in Coventry.

Actor, writer and comedian Meera Syal interviewed

30 October 2010

in Actors and Performers, Asian Voices, Comedy

ASIAN VOICES: MEERA SYAL The actor, writer and comedian talks to Suman Bhuchar about her role in Willy Russell’s 1986 classic Shirley Valentine (Trafalgar Studios), her film and writing career, and her advice to aspiring actors. Recorded in her dressing room, Trafalgar Studios.

Actor Kulvinder Ghir on his career in comedy

23 October 2009

in Actors and Performers, Asian Voices, Comedy

ASIAN VOICES: KULVINDER GHIR The actor talks to Suman Bhuchar about his current role in Trevor Griffiths’s Comedians (Lyric, Hammersmith) and about his career in comedy, which culminated in BBC’s Goodness Gracious Me, as well as his other roles in Griffiths’s plays. Recorded at the Lyric, Hammersmith.

Peter Nichols discusses Privates on Parade

13 October 2008

in 1950s Drama, Comedy, Playwrights

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INTERVIEW: PETER NICHOLS The veteran playwright, now 81, chats to Dominic Cavendish about the autobiographical basis for Privates on Parade, revived by Ian Brown at West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Rep, and reminisces about comedians Kenneth Williams and Stanley Baxter, with whom he served in the Combined Services Entertainment concert party in Singapore in 1947.

Rising comic star Mark Watson talks about stand-up

8 August 2008

in Actors and Performers, Comedy, Edinburgh Festival and Fringe

EDINBURGH FRINGE 2008 Mark Watson, who is appearing on the Fringe with All the Thoughts I’ve Had Since I Was Born at the Pleasance, talks to Philip Fisher about his life in comedy.

David Haig talks seriously about comic acting

19 October 2007

in Actors and Performers, Comedy

INTERVIEW: DAVID HAIG The actor chats to Philip Fisher about his role as Pinchwife in William Wycherley’s Restoration comedy, The Country Wife, as well as upcoming productions in Jonathan Kent’s new company at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.

Legendary Hull playwright John Godber speaks

17 July 2007

in Comedy, Playwrights, Regional Theatre

INTERVIEW: JOHN GODBER Cited as the third most performed British playwright after Shakespeare and Ayckbourn, he talks to Dominic Cavendish about the 30th anniversary revival of his mega-hit Bouncers, the past and future of Hull Truck Theatre, and the recent floods.

Edinburgh Fringe 2007: the discussion begins!

4 July 2007

in Comedy, Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, Reviews and Roundtables

EDINBURGH FRINGE 2007 What’s in store for audiences this year, and what’s it like for the creatives who make it happen? Aleks Sierz assesses the state of the fringe with performer and Perrier winner Will Adamsdale; Anthony Alderson, director of the Pleasance; Culture Wars critic Andrew Haydon; and Kate McGrath, producer of Fuel.

Ace-satirist Alistair Beaton laughs at power

28 March 2007

in Comedy, New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: ALISTAIR BEATON The award-winning satirist and playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about King of Hearts (Out of Joint at the Hampstead Theatre) and about his previous hits, such as Feelgood, and political comedy.

New Year New York: Dan Wackerman

4 January 2007

in American Drama, Comedy

NEW YORK SPECIAL Philip Fisher talks to Dan Wackerman, the artistic director of New York’s Peccadillo theater company, responsible for the hit revival of 1930s screwball comedy Room Service at the Bank Street Theater, NYC.

Perrier Award-winner Will Adamsdale: exclusive excerpt of The Receipt

17 November 2005

in Actors and Performers, Comedy

THE RECEIPT Perrier Award-winner Will Adamsdale and sonic artist Chris Branch present an exclusive excerpt from their new show, running at London’s BAC.

Edinburgh 2004: The Fatboy Diaries (4/4)

30 August 2004

in Actors and Performers, Comedy, Edinburgh Festival and Fringe

EDINBURGH 2004: THE FATBOY DIARIES (4/4) The end of the Fringe and three members of the Fatboy team – John Clancy, Matt Oberg and Nancy Walsh – bid a fond farewell. Dominic Cavendish reports.

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