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South African theatre

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Edinburgh Fringe 2012: Producer Richard Jordan

21 August 2012

in Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, Producers, South African theatre

EDINBURGH FRINGE 2012 Producer Richard Jordan talks to Philip Fisher about the age of audiences, ticket pricing and Fringe economics, as well as about shows featuring Miriam Margolyes, Bob Kingdom, and the latest offerings at the Traverse, and from South African, plus Old Vic/New Voices, and more.

Edinburgh Fringe 2012: critical roundup

20 August 2012

in Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, International, Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables, South African theatre

EDINBURGH FRINGE 2012: CRITICAL VERDICT Philip Fisher joins Mark Fisher (Scotland on Sunday) and Lyn Gardner (Guardian) to talk about offerings at the Traverse, International Festival and the remainder of the Fringe.

Edinburgh highlight: The South African Season at the Assembly

17 August 2012

in Actors and Performers, Directors, Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, International, South African theatre

INTERVIEW: YAEL FARBER and BO PETERSEN The adapter and director of Mies Julie, based on Strindberg’s play, and the actor in Athol Fugard’s Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act talk to Philip Fisher about the critically acclaimed South African Season at the Assembly.

RSC director Greg Doran on his African Julius Caesar

3 August 2012

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, South African theatre

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SHAKESPEARE: JULIUS CAESAR Greg Doran, the RSC’s artistic director designate, talks in depth to Heather Neill about his critically acclaimed production of Julius Caesar, which is set in Africa and was inspired by Nelson Mandela’s experiences of reading the play while in prison on Robben Island. The production is touring to London and internationally.

Legendary South African playwright Athol Fugard interviewed

26 October 2010

in International, Playwrights, South African theatre

INTERVIEW: ATHOL FUGARD Ahead of the UK premiere of his latest play, The Train Driver, at Hampstead Theatre, South Africa’s leading playwright, now 78, a key figure in the artistic struggle against Apartheid, talks to Dominic Cavendish about the play, his career and his feelings of disillusion about the state of his country today. Recorded at the Hampstead Theatre.

Actress Linda Bassett on Athol Fugard

22 June 2010

in Actors and Performers, International, South African theatre

INTERVIEW: LINDA BASSETT As the Arcola Theatre stages a mini-season of the South African playwright Athol Fugard’s work – The Road to Mecca (1984) and Coming Home (2009) – the actress (who stars in The Road to Mecca) talks to Heather Neill about working with the playwright. Recorded at the Arcola.

Jeremy Adams gives the inside story on producing for the RSC

23 February 2009

in Producers, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, South African theatre

SHAKESPEARE SPECIAL: SOUTH AFRICA Jeremy Adams, RSC producer, explains to Dominic Cavendish about how the company’s latest international collaboration – The Tempest, co-produced with the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town; now on tour – came about. And the challenges of his job.

South African acting legend John Kani on The Tempest

23 February 2009

in Actors and Performers, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, South African theatre

SHAKESPEARE SPECIAL: SOUTH AFRICA Legendary actor John Kani talks to Dominic Cavendish about playing Caliban in the African version of The Tempest (RSC-Baxter Theatre, Cape Town), which has been greeted with rave reviews by the British press. Excerpt.

Legendary South African actor John Kani

23 May 2007

in Actors and Performers, South African theatre

BLACK VOICES: JOHN KANI The legendary South African actor and writer takes a break from his current nationwide tour of Nothing but the Truth to tell Steven Luckie about his amazing career, which includes such classics as Siswe Banzi Is Dead, The Island and the film Serafina.

South African poet and playwright Kobus Moolman discusses Full Circle

9 November 2006

in International, Playwrights, South African theatre

INTERNATIONAL THEATRE South African poet and playwright Kobus Moolman discusses his play Full Circle, staged by the Blue Hug theatre company, at a postshow event held at the Oval House.

South African drama visits London’s Gate Theatre

24 September 2004

in Directors, International, South African theatre

INTERNATIONAL THEATRE Thea Sharrock, new artistic director of the Gate, Notting Hill, and Lara Foot Newton, author of Tshepang, talk about theatre in the new South Africa. Dominic Cavendish quizzes.

Director David Kramer speaks about Kat and the Kings

12 December 2003

in Directors, International, Musicals, South African theatre

INTERVIEW: DAVID KRAMER The co-creator and director of the hit musical about 1950s Apartheid, Kat and the Kings, talks about the show to Rachel Halliburton.

Review of I. D.

12 September 2003

in Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables, South African theatre

I.D. Jane Edwardes, Aleks Sierz and John Nathan express reservations about Antony Sher’s first play at the Almeida. David Benedict hosts.