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Site Specific

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A new radical spin on The Odyssey in Oxford

7 April 2012

in Actors and Performers, Greek Drama, Participatory & Interactive, Regional Theatre, Site Specific

INTERVIEW: MADELEINE HYLAND and JAMES ERSKINE A performer with The Factory and the executive director of Creation Theatre talk to Ella Parry-Davies about a new collaboration between the two companies, a staging of Homer’s The Odyssey, directed by Tim Carroll, performed in the Norrington Room in Blackwell’s Bookshop, Broad Street, Oxford, until 28 April.

Non Zero One: farewell to the Bush and plans for the National

22 February 2012

in Site Specific, Theatre buildings

INTERVIEW: NON ZERO ONE Ella Parry-Davies talks to three members of the fast-rising participatory and site-specific company – Alex Turner, Fran Miller and Cat Harrison – about their lauded and awarded farewell piece for the old Bush Theatre (This Is Where We Got To When You Came In) and plans for the National Theatre in 2012, and why they love guiding individuals through their work by means of headphones.

Curators of ArtsAdmin’s Wake and Archipelago projects

18 July 2011

in Directors, Site Specific

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INTERVIEW: ANNE BEAN and GARY STEVENS The curators of ArtsAdmin’s Wake and Archipelago, a six-week programme of performances and installations taking place concurrently at two galleries in Southwark Park, talk to Diana Damian about the work and other projects.

What is Greyscale’s Theatre Brothel? All is explained…

12 July 2011

in Directors, Physical and Visual theatre, Site Specific

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INTERVIEW: LORNE CAMPBELL Greyscale’s artistic director talks to Diana Damian about Theatre Brothel, the company’s micro-festival currently on at the Almeida Theatre, featuring guest artists Inua Ellams and Pin the Tale, and about how to engage the audience in a different theatrical encounter.

John McGrath unveils the second season for NTW

26 May 2011

in Directors, Regional Theatre, Site Specific

INTERVIEW: JOHN McGRATH The artistic director of National Theatre Wales gives theatreVOICE an exclusive survey of his programme for the company’s second season, running from this year’s Edinburgh Festival into next year’s Olympic period and concluding in the forests of North Wales in autumn 2012. Dominic Cavendish quizzes.

Roundtable discussing the experimental Sprint festival

3 March 2011

in Actors and Performers, Live Art, Reviews and Roundtables, Site Specific

SPRINT FESTIVAL SPECIAL Diana Damian talks to Matt Ball, artistic director of Camden People’s Theatre, and Sprint artists Hester Chillingworth (Getinthebackofthevan with External) and Oliver Lamford (Thisnowthis with Anemone) about creating experimental work and the place of audience engagement in contemporary theatre. Recorded in the occasionally noisy foyer of Camden People’s Theatre. More info: www.cptheatre.co.uk/sprint.php.

Theatre Delicatessen and the site-specific Souk

13 September 2010

in Directors, Site Specific, Theatre buildings

INTERVIEW: JESSICA BREWSTER The Joint Artistic Director of Theatre Delicatessen talks to Matt Boothman about the company’s occupation of derelict spaces in affluent areas of London, and about Theatre Souk, a ‘theatre marketplace’ in which acts and audiences haggle over what each performance is worth. Recorded at 3-4 Picton Place, London.

Watch This Space: outdoor theatre at the National

3 August 2010

in Outdoors, Producers, Site Specific, Youth Theatre

INTERVIEW: ANGUS MacKECHNIE The producer of the National Theatre’s Watch This Space events tells Carole Woddis about this 14-week free festival, the longest open-air theatre programme in the land, now in its 12th and most ambitious year. Recorded at the National.

Mike Bartlett on Earthquakes in London

19 July 2010

in New Writing, Playwrights, Site Specific

INTERVIEW: MIKE BARTLETT A series of extracts from a conversation with Dominic Cavendish about Earthquakes in London (Headlong), the playwright’s debut hit at the National Theatre, in which he talks about climate change, the Baby Boomer generation and why Coldplay shouldn’t be given the cold shoulder in the theatre.

One-on-One Festival of intimate theatre

10 July 2010

in Live Art, Site Specific

INTERACTIVE SPECIAL BAC’s joint artistic director David Jubb talks to Matt Boothman about the venue’s One-on-One Festival, the first ever of intimate theatre which plays to audiences of one person at a time, and then with practitioners Emma Benson (You Me Now) and Sheila Ghelani (Nurse Knows Best). Recorded at BAC (Battersea Arts Centre), including in the noisy foyer.

:DELIRIUM: site-specific experimental theatre

18 June 2010

in Directors, Live Art, Site Specific

INTERVIEW: OLLIE KADERBHAL AND POPPY CORBETT The Artistic Director and Associate Director of :D ELIRIUM: talk to Matt Boothman about staging their debut promenade production, Your Nation Loves You, in the Old Vic Tunnels underneath Waterloo station.

non zero one: experimental site-specific performance

15 April 2010

in Live Art, Site Specific

FOCUS ON NON ZERO ONE Founder members Iván Gonzales, Cat Harrison, Fran Miller and Alex Turner talk to Matt Boothman about their site-specific debut show, Would Like To Meet, in which the audience explore a series of environments in the Barbican Centre while led by a voice heard through a pair of headphones. With excerpts from this audio-guided work. Recorded at the Barbican.

Director Rupert Goold on Headlong

9 October 2009

in Directors, New Writing, Producers, Site Specific

INTERVIEW: RUPERT GOOLD (2/2) The director and chief of Headlong theatre company talks to Aleks Sierz about his programme of shows for next year, which include new plays from Anthony Neilson and Mike Bartlett, plus new versions of Brecht and Swift. Recorded at Headlong, London.

Punchdrunk at Manchester International Festival

4 June 2009

in Directors, Physical and Visual theatre, Site Specific

FOCUS ON SITE-SPECIFIC THEATRE Adam Curtis, documentary-maker, and Felix Barrett, artistic director of Punchdrunk, talk about It Felt Like a Kiss, the story of the American Dream staged in Quay House, a semi-disused building, and already a sell-out at this year’s Manchester International Festival.

Playwright Adam Brace on Stovepipe

13 March 2009

in New Writing, Playwrights, Site Specific

INTERVIEW: ADAM BRACE The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his debut, Stovepipe (West 12), which is currently being performed as a promenade production under a shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush, after being part of the HighTide festival last year.

Roxana Silbert on the Ravenhill epic

14 May 2008

in Directors, New Writing, Site Specific

INTERVIEW: ROXANA SILBERT The artistic director of Paines Plough new writing combo talks to Philip Fisher about Mark Ravenhill’s epic 16-play cycle, Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat, and about the challenges and opportunities of running a touring company.

David Jubb: help us save BAC!

23 January 2007

in Directors, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre, Site Specific

INTERVIEW: DAVID JUBB The artistic director of BAC – the Battersea Arts Centre – talks to Dominic Cavendish about the dire threat of closure hanging over this south London creative powerhouse in the wake of a proposed funding cut by Wandsworth Council.

Debate: Whatever Happened to Performance Art? (2/2)

26 November 2004

in Live Art, Reviews and Roundtables, Site Specific

DEBATE: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO PERFORMANCE ART? (2/2) Anne Bean, Manick Govinda and Laura Godfrey-Isaacs continue to reflect on the state of UK live art. Judith Palmer hosts. Recorded live.

Debate: Whatever Happened to Performance Art? (1/2)

26 November 2004

in Live Art, Reviews and Roundtables, Site Specific

DEBATE: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO PERFORMANCE ART? (1/2) Anne Bean, Manick Govinda and Laura Godfrey-Isaacs discuss the question. Critic Judith Palmer hosts. Recorded Live.

Acclaimed theatre collective Shunt (3/3)

10 May 2004

in Actors and Performers, London Fringe, Site Specific

INTERVIEW: SHUNT (3/3) Five members of the innovative Shunt collective talk to Dominic Cavendish about their working process, and whether or not their work has any meaning.

Acclaimed theatre collective Shunt (2/3)

10 May 2004

in Actors and Performers, London Fringe, Site Specific

INTERVIEW: SHUNT (2/3) Who are Shunt? Where do they belong? What are they about? Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask, as revealed by Shunt member David Rosenberg.

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