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Polymath playwright Philip Ridley discusses his work

17 February 2012

in 20th-century Drama, New Writing, Playwrights

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INTERVIEW: PHILIP RIDLEY The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about the first London revival of his 1991 classic, The Pitchfork Disney (currently at the Arcola) and about his new play, Shivered (about to open at the Southwark Playhouse).

Laura Wade, Simon Stephens join roundtable on Blasted

8 November 2010

in New Writing, Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables

SARAH KANE SPECIAL Post-show discussion involving playwrights Simon Stephens, Laura Wade and David Watson about the influence of Kane’s 1995 debut play, Blasted, which is currently being revived at the Lyric Hammersmith in a production directed by its artistic director Sean Holmes. Short excerpt.

Director Joe Hill-Gibbins revives Martin McDonagh

29 July 2010

in American Drama, Directors, Irish Drama

INTERVIEW: JOE HILL-GIBBINS The director talks to Philip Fisher about his cracking revival of Martin McDonagh’s 1996 debut, The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Young Vic). He also looks back at his controversial debut, Wallace Shawn’s A Thought in Three Parts, and forwards to his upcoming production of Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie. Recorded at the Young Vic.

New writing in British theatre today

16 February 2010

in New Writing, Playwrights, Transcripts

NEW WRITING SPECIAL Lecture entitled Blasted and After: New Writing in British Theatre Today, about in-yer-face theatre in 1990s and its aftermath, given by Aleks Sierz (Visiting Research Fellow, Rose Bruford College) at a meeting of the Society for Theatre Research, at the Art Workers Guild, London. Expletives not deleted.

Robin Soans discusses celebrity casualties and verbatim drama

19 September 2007

in Playwrights, Verbatim Drama

INTERVIEW: ROBIN SOANS The actor and writer talks to Philip Fisher about his verbatim theatre piece, Life after Scandal, at the Hampstead Theatre. Celebrities discussed include Neil and Christine Hamilton, Charles and Diana Ingram, Jonathan Aitken and Edwina Currie. Plus: Soans’ acting career and the birth of ‘in-yer-face’ theatre…

Controversial playwright Anthony Neilson’s best work

13 April 2007

in New Writing, Physical and Visual theatre, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: ANTHONY NEILSON The controversial playwright tells Aleks Sierz about the National Theatre of Scotland’s revival of his 2004 play, The Wonderful World of Dissocia (Royal Court), plus his ideas on how the mind works and why theatre should be more popular.

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.

Playwright Jack Thorne on sex and form

16 February 2007

in New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: JACK THORNE The playwright, whose Fanny and Faggot (Finborough) and Stacy (Arcola) deal with the controversial issues of child murderers and paedophiles, talks to Culture Wars critic Andrew Haydon about sexual violence and his experiments with form.

Controversial playwright Philip Ridley defends his work

4 March 2005

in New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: PHILIP RIDLEY The controversial writer’s latest, Mercury Fur (Menier), has been described as the most shocking British play since Sarah Kane’s Blasted, and has been lambasted accordingly. He talks to Rachel Halliburton.

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