From the category archives:

Design

21 post(s)

Improbable Theatre’s Julian Crouch discusses Punch and puppetry

10 February 2012

in Design, Directors, Physical and Visual theatre

INTERVIEW: JULIAN CROUCH The director, designer and writer talks to Diana Damian about his Improbable show The Devil and Mr Punch, currently at the Barbican Pit, and about sending Punch to hell, plays within plays, preciousness in puppetry and Brooklyn.

Sound & Fury talk about their latest show, Going Dark

4 February 2012

in Design, Physical and Visual theatre

Interview: Mark Espiner and Dan Jones, two of the three co-directors of the pioneering company Sound & Fury talk about their follow-up to their hit show “Kursk” – a new piece about astronomy, eyesight and the way we perceive the world: “Going Dark”, on tour from Wed 8 February, beginning in Plymouth and coming to the Young Vic from 6 March. Dominic Cavendish quizzes.

Designer Alison Chitty on Motley and Mike Leigh’s Grief (1/2)

18 October 2011

in Design, Directors, Theatre People

INTERVIEW: ALISON CHITTY (1/2) The head of the Motley Theatre Design Course talks to Carole Woddis about her career and her current work on Mike Leigh’s Grief (National Theatre).

Designer Alison Chitty on Motley and Mike Leigh’s Grief (2/2)

18 October 2011

in Design, Directors, Theatre People

INTERVIEW: ALISON CHITTY (2/2) The head of the Motley Theatre Design Course talks to Carole Woddis about her career and her current work on Mike Leigh’s Grief (National Theatre).

Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes

4 August 2010

in 20th-century Drama, Design

INTERVIEW: JANE PRITCHARD The Curator of Dance at the V&A talks to Carole Woddis about Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes, the upcoming V&A exhibition which marks the centenary of the Ballets Russes, including items relating to The Firebird (1910) and The Rite of Spring (1913). She also describes the V&A’s Theatre and Performance Collection, located at Blythe House.

New Diorama Theatre: an exciting London venue

6 April 2010

in Design, Directors, Theatre buildings

NEW DIORAMA SPECIAL On the eve of its inaugural show, David Byrne, Programming Manager of the New Diorama Theatre (a newly built 80-seat venue in central London), and Robert Gillespie, author of Love, Question Mark, the venture’s first show, tell Aleks Sierz about the thrill of opening a new theatre.

Designer Vicki Mortimer: Linbury Prize

2 October 2009

in Awards, Design

FOCUS ON DESIGN (2/2) Award-winning designer Vicki Mortimer, who has designed the National Theatre Linbury exhibition, joins the discussion between Bob Crowley and Heather Neill about this year’s prestigious Linbury Biennial Prize for theatre design. Recorded at the National Theatre.

Designer Bob Crowley: Linbury Prize

2 October 2009

in Awards, Design

FOCUS ON DESIGN (1/2) Award-winning designer Bob Crowley, one of this year’s judges, talks to Heather Neill about the prestigious Linbury Biennial Prize for theatre design. Recorded at the National Theatre.

Director Katie Mitchell defends her work

12 August 2008

in Design, Directors, Physical and Visual theatre

RIGHT TO REPLY Director Katie Mitchell answers criticisms of her current multimedia work, …some trace of her (National) and Waves (National/Broadway), as well as of her 2006 production of Chekhov’s The Seagull (National), and explains her working methods to Aleks Sierz. Recorded at the National Theatre.

Award-winning director/designer Melly Still

13 June 2008

in Design, Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

INTERVIEW: MELLY STILL The award-winning director and designer talks to Heather Neill in detail about Thomas Middleton’s The Revenger’s Tragedy, currently being revived at the National Theatre with Rory Kinnear as Vindice.

Design: Anya Sainsbury on the Linbury Prize

11 December 2007

in Awards, Design, Transcripts

FOCUS ON DESIGN Anya Sainsbury, who set up the prestigious Linbury Biennial Prize for theatre design, talks to the Theatre Museum’s Geoffrey Marsh about 20 years of helping young designers, and comments on this year’s winners.

Behind-the-scenes at the Colchester Mercury: all-female Julius Caesar (2/2)

6 November 2007

in Design, Regional Theatre, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

IN REHEARSAL: JULIUS CAESAR In the run-up to Dee Evans’ all-female version of Shakespeare’s play at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, members of the creative team talk about the production. Here, Ansuman Biswas speaks to Luke O’Loughin about composing the score.

Rupert Goold discusses his five-star Macbeth

25 October 2007

in Design, Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE: MACBETH Rupert Goold, artistic director of Headlong theatre company, talks to Heather Neill about his highly praised Macbeth, which stars Patrick Stewart and has transferred from Chichester to the Gielgud Theatre.

The War Horse puppet-master speaks

25 October 2007

in Design, Physical and Visual theatre

INTERVIEW: ADRIAN KOHLER The co-founder, with Basil Jones, of Handspring, the South African puppetry company, talks to Heather Neill about creating the horses in the National Theatre’s spectacular adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse, and discusses adult puppetry.

Take Flight creative team in conversation

18 July 2007

in Design, Directors, London Fringe, Musicals

TAKE FLIGHT SPECIAL (1/2) A brief roundtable chat involving the composer David Shire, Menier Chocolate Factory producer David Babani, director Sam Buntrock and designer David Farley about the forthcoming world premiere of Take Flight.

The David Benedict Experience reviews the Royal Court

6 April 2007

in Design, Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables

THE DAVID BENEDICT EXPERIENCE David Benedict asks Kate Bassett, Dominic Cavendish and Michael Coveney to reflect on The Rose Tattoo (National Theatre), The Wonderful World of Dissocia (Royal Court), and the changing of artistic regime at the Court. Plus: lighting designer Paule Constable drops in for a chat.

Shared Experience’s Nancy Meckler masterclass

22 April 2005

in Design, Directors, Physical and Visual theatre

MASTERCLASS: NANCY MECKLER The artistic director of Shared Experience offers advice as part of the Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass series. Recorded live. Excerpt.

Designer Ralph Koltai: special career overview (2/2)

3 September 2004

in Design, Theatre buildings

INTERVIEW: RALPH KOLTAI (2/2) The renowned designer continues his conversation with David Benedict, with a special focus on his work in opera.

Designer Ralph Koltai: special career overview (1/2)

3 September 2004

in Design, Theatre buildings

INTERVIEW: RALPH KOLTAI (1/2) With a retrospective exhibition running at the National Theatre, the 80-year-old designer looks back on his career with David Benedict.

Alison Chitty head of school at the Motley Theatre Design

2 July 2004

in Design, Theatre buildings

INTERVIEW: ALISON CHITTY The head of school at the Motley Theatre Design Course talks to Dominic Cavendish about this unique training establishment and its 2004 exhibition.

Berlin bad-boy Thomas Ostermeier visits London

11 February 2004

in 19th-century Drama, Design, Directors, International

FIRST NIGHT: NORA Thomas Ostermeier, the award-winning bad-boy German director, talks to Verena Winter about his radical updating of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, at the Barbican Centre.