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Director Stephen Unwin revisits the South Pole

2 May 2012

in Directors, International, Playwrights

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INTERVIEW: STEPHEN UNWIN The artistic director of the Rose Theatre in Kingston talks to Aleks Sierz about his revival of German playwright Manfred Karge’s The Conquest of the South Pole (Arcola), which he first directed at the Traverse in the 1980s, and about the influence of Bertolt Brecht on the play.

Globe to Globe season: Hindi Twelfth Night discussed

30 April 2012

in Asian Voices, Directors, International, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

ASIAN VOICES: TWELFTH NIGHT Suman Bhuchar grabs key members of the Hindi production of Twelfth Night, by Company Theatre, presented at Shakespeare’s Globe as part of its Globe to Globe season. Atul Kumar, the director, and Amitosh Nagpal, the translator as well as a member of the acting ensemble – who plays Sebastian – are also joined by Steven Barfield, from the University of Westminster.

Actor Cesar Sarachu plunges into Complicite’s latest

26 April 2012

in Actors and Performers, International, Physical and Visual theatre

INTERVIEW: CESAR SARACHU The Spanish actor and performer chats to Ziortza Fernandez about his role in Complicite’s The Master and Margarita (Barbican), a stage version of the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov directed by Simon McBurney, and about his career.

The Young Vic’s David Lan on staging Wild Swans

20 April 2012

in Directors, International, Playwrights, Political theatre

INTERVIEW: DAVID LAN The artistic director of the Young Vic talks to Mary Mazzilli about the making of Wild Swans, the first stage adaptation of the 1991 best-selling autobiography by Chinese-born writer Jung Chang. The stage version — part of World Stage season — is written by Alexandra Wood and directed by Sacha Wares.

Director Alexander Zeldin on Koltès’s Black Battles with Dogs

17 April 2012

in Directors, International, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: ALEXANDER ZELDIN The director talks to Aleks Sierz about his excellent new production of Bernard-Marie Koltès’s 1979 play, Black Battles with Dogs (currently at the Southwark Playhouse), the first production of this modern French classic — set in an African construction site — in London for 20 years.

West End Review (pt2): The Master & Margarita, Can We Talk About This? and more

7 April 2012

in International, New Writing, Physical and Visual theatre, Reviews and Roundtables

West End Review (pt2): Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and guests Kate Bassett (Independent on Sunday), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) convene to talk about The Master and Margarita, (Barbican); Farewell to the Theatre (Hampstead); Can We Talk About This? (National’s Lyttelton Theatre); All New People (Duke of York’s) and In Basildon (Royal Court). Recorded at Dewynters, London.

Elgiva Field explores the dark world of Sofi Oksanen’s Purge

12 March 2012

in Directors, Feminism, International, Political theatre

INTERVIEW: ELGIVA FIELD The Artistic Director of Oblique House theatre company leads Aleks Sierz through the dark deeds and political complexities of Sofi Oksanen’s Purge, the play version of her bestselling novel, and a powerful production which is currently enjoying a successful run at the Arcola Theatre.

Laurence Boswell talks about Calderon, Goethe, Marivaux

14 December 2011

in International, Regional Theatre

Interview: Laurence Boswell, director, talks to Dominic Cavendish about his season of premiered translations of neglected European classics at the Ustinov Theatre, Bath: The Phoenix of Madrid by Calderon de la Barca, Iphigenia by Goethe and The Surprise of Love by Marivaux. Recorded at the Theatre Royal, Bath.

Interview (extract): Tim Supple in conversation

24 August 2011

in Asian Voices, Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, International

Edinburgh Festival 2011: Tim Supple, director. An extract from a conversation ahead of the UK premiere of Supple’s two-part pan-Arabic version of One Thousand And One Nights, running at the Royal Lyceum as part of the Edinburgh International Festival. This section of the discussion, with Dominic Cavendish, deals with his early preparations for the project and reflections on differing theatre cultures in the Arab world.

Belarus Free Theatre co-founders interviewed

23 July 2011

in Directors, International

INTERVIEW: NATALIA KOLIADA and NIKOLAI KHALEZIN The co-founders of the Belarus Free Theatre find time in a busy schedule to talk about how they came to set up their underground theatre company, which operates in conditions of the strictest repression in their homeland, and now has a base in London. Their most recent show Eurepica.Challenge runs at the Almeida Theatre to 26 July. The company stages a new work at the Pleasance, Edinburgh in mid-August.

Palestinian director and writer Amir Nizar Zuabi adapts Kafka

22 July 2011

in Directors, International, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: AMIR NIZAR ZUABI The director and writer, whose Haifa-based Palestinian ShiberHur theatre company is currently performing an adaptation of Franz Kafka’s In the Penal Colony at the Young Vic, talks to Amardeep Sohi about the play, the question of freedom and why he does not accept subsidy from the Israeli state.

Alecky Blythe talks about Do We Look Like Refugees?!

14 May 2011

in International, Verbatim Drama

INTERVIEW: ALECKY BLYTHE (2/2) The verbatim theatre-maker talks about Do We Look Like Refugees?!, a verbatim play created from interviews recorded in a Georgian refugee settlement with people who lost their homes after the 2008 August War. It was produced in collaboration with the National Theatre Studio, the Rustaveli Theatre in Tbilisi and the British Council Georgia.

Interview with Elyse Dodgson of the Royal Court

25 March 2011

in Directors, International

INTERVIEW: ELYSE DODGSON Carole Woddis talks to the head of the International Department of the Royal Court about their current work, beginning with the relationships fostered in the Middle East. Recorded at the Royal Court.

A short introduction to Hungarian theatre today

12 February 2011

in Directors, International

FOCUS ON HUNGARIAN THEATRE Anna Lengyel, who conceived and convened the Cross-Section showcase in Budapest, 10-13 February, an opportunity to sample work from the three main state-subsidised theatres – Katona, Orkeny and the National – explains the rationale behind this venture and considers Hungarian theatre today. Dominic Cavendish quizzes.

London International Mime Festival: Nani & Ingimarsson

29 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Paolo Nani and Kristjan Ingimarsson of Denmark’s Nani & Ingimarsson about their show, The Art of Dying, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room. Hosted by Dick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

London International Mime Festival: Mathurin Bolze

28 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Mathurin Bolze, Tsirihaka Harrivel, Tom Neal, Maroussia Diaz Verbeke and Erwan Ha Kyoon Larcher of France’s MPTA / Mathurin Bolze about their show, Du Goudron et des Plumes, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the Barbican Theatre. Hosted by Dick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

London International Mime Festival: Faulty Optic

28 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Gavin Glover, Charles Webber and Isabelle Wery of UK’s Faulty Optic about their show, Flogging a Dead Horse, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the Roundhouse Studio. Hosted by Dick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

London International Mime Festival: Upswing

25 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Vicki Amedume of UK’s Upswing about their show, Fallen, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room. Hosted by Dick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

London International Mime Festival: Les Antliaclastes

23 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Patrick Simms, Josephine Biereye, Celine Chevy, Rosanna Goodall and David Hayter of France’s Les Antliaclastes about their show, Hilum, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the ICA. Hosted by Donald Hutera, theatre and dance critic for The Times. Recorded by DianaDamian.

London International Mime Festival: Aurelien Bory

22 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Aurelien Bory of France’s Compagnie 111 / Aurelien Bory about their show, Sans Objet, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. Hosted byDick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

London International Mime Festival: Sobelle and Ford

20 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Charlotte Ford and Geoff Sobelle of America’s Sobelle and Ford about their show, Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the Barbican Pit Theatre. Hosted by Dick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

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