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Playwright Ishy Din and director Iqbal Khan get Snookered

26 January 2012

in Asian Voices, Directors, Playwrights

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ASIAN VOICES: ISHY DIN and IQBAL KHAN The playwright and director of Snookered (Oldham Coliseum Theatre/Bush Theatre) talk to Suman Bhuchar about the genesis and staging of this new play, produced by Tamasha, which examines British Muslim life today.

Josie Rourke on the Bush theatre’s 66 Books

8 October 2011

in Video

Playwright Penelope Skinner on The Village Bike

20 July 2011

in Feminism, New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: PENELOPE SKINNER The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about her new Royal Court play, The Village Bike, which explores the sex lives of a couple who have just moved into the countryside, and about Eigengrau, which was at the Bush Theatre in 2010.

Angle teams up with Bush Theatre to find new plays

7 March 2011

in Black Voices, Playwrights, Youth Theatre

Interview: Charlotte Gwinner and Roy Williams. The director and founder of East London’s Angle theatre company and the playwright and supporter tell Heather Neill about teaming up with the Bush Theatre to launch a new call for plays. Angle specialises in seeking playwrights from the wider community. Recorded at the Bush’s new venue, which opens in the autumn. More info: www.angletheatre.co.uk.

Irish playwright Deirdre Kinahan on Moment

1 March 2011

in Irish Drama, New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: DEIRDRE KINAHAN The Irish playwright and artistic director of Tall Tales theatre company talks to Amardeep Sohi about her latest, Moment (Bush Theatre), a dark but thrilling play about a family coming to terms with a horrific murder, and about her work with Tall Tales. Recorded at the Bush.

Alternative theatre special: Mike Bradwell (2/2)

13 July 2010

in Books, Directors, London Fringe, New Writing

INTERVIEW: MIKE BRADWELL (2/2) The director talks to Aleks Sierz about his new book, The Reluctant Escapologist: Adventures in Alternative Theatre (Nick Hern), which tells of his experiences of making contemporary theatre with Hull Truck, which he founded in 1971, and at the Bush, which he headed 1996-2007, and with Ken Campbell. Expletives not deleted.

Producer Richard Jordan on Edinburgh 2009

17 August 2009

in Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, Producers

INTERVIEW: RICHARD JORDAN (1/2) The producer talks to Philip Fisher about Edinburgh 2009, including his two Fringe First Winners, one of which, Internal (Traverse), is the most talked about show in town, and his other favourites, including musicals.

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.

Bush Theatre’s Josie Rourke at the Latitude Festival

18 July 2008

in Directors, New Writing, Outdoors

INTERVIEW: JOSIE ROURKE The artistic director of the Bush theatre chats to Dominic Cavendish about the multi-authored Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover, which hits London after wowing festivalgoers in Suffolk. Recorded at the Latitude festival.

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