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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.

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.

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.

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: 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.

London International Mime Festival: Akhe Engineering Theatre

19 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Maksim Isaev, Pavel Semchenko and Andrei Siznitev of Russia’s Akhe Engineering Theatre about their show, Gobo. Digital Glossary, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the ICA Theatre. Hosted by Dick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

India hosts the largest theatre festival in Asia

13 January 2011

in Asian Voices, International

ASIAN VOICES: ANURADHA KAPUR The director of, and professor at, the National School of Drama in India tells Suman Bhuchar about the 13th Bharat Rang Mahotsav, an annual festival, held this year on 7-22 January, and the biggest event of its kind in Asia. Recorded in Delhi.

The Print Room: the newest theatre in Londonfringe

29 October 2010

in Directors, London Fringe

INTERVIEW: LUCY BAILEY and ANDA WINTERS The co-artistic directors of The Print Room in Notting Hill, London’s newest theatre venue, talk to Matt Boothman about the venture, which launches with Fabrication by Italian writer Pier Paolo Pasolini. Recorded at The Print Room.

Dublin Theatre Festival: Eina McHugh and the Ark

10 October 2010

in Children's Theatre, International, Irish Drama

INTERVIEW: EINA McHUGH The director and chief executive of the Ark, the first custom-built cultural centre for children in Europe, talks to Carole Woddis about The Girl Who Forgot To Sing Badly by Tasmanian Irish writer, Finegan Kruckemeyer, directed by Lynne Parker, in association with Theatre Lovett. A one-man show, performed by Louis Lovett, it has garnered plaudits. Recorded at the Ark.

London International Mime Festival 7

19 January 2010

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre, Russian Drama

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with director Dimitry Aryupin of Russia’s BlackSkyWhite about their show, USSR Was Here, performed as part of the 32nd London International Mime Festival, at the ICA. Hosted by Dr Dick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

Norwegian director Christopher Sivertsen on Awake

13 September 2009

in Directors, International, Physical and Visual theatre

INTERNATIONAL THEATRE German academic Alex Mangold talks to Norwegian director Christopher Sivertsen about his Awake project, a devised piece by artists from Australia, Japan, Europe and the UK. A former member of the Teatr Piesn Kozla (Song of the Goat), Sivertsen has recently directed a physical theatre version of Antigone at RADA in London, and his Awake youth project has been developed in Glasgow and Sweden. Recorded at CuLTUREN theatre in Vasteras, Sweden.

Jon-Koldo Vazquez of Markeline in Carbon Club

16 August 2009

in Children's Theatre, International, Physical and Visual theatre

INTERNATIONAL THEATRE Actor Jon-Koldo Vazquez of the Spanish physical-theatre company Markeline talks to Ziortza Fernandez about its UK-debut show, Carbon Club (National Theatre Square 2), a tale of Basque miners told using mime, music, dance and pyrotechnics. Recorded at the National Theatre.

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.

Black Voices: Playwright Michael Bhim (1/2)

23 July 2008

in Black Voices, New Writing, Playwrights

BLACK VOICES: MICHAEL BHIM (1/2) Steven Luckie talks to the rising playwright about his development and work, focusing especially on the influence of Continental European literature on his outlook. Expletives not deleted.

Director James Macdonald on Handke

23 May 2008

in Directors, International

INTERVIEW: JAMES MACDONALD (1/2) The director talks to Aleks Sierz about Peter Handke’s 1992 classic The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other (National), a 100-minute play in which not a word is spoken.

Right to reply: defending the Polish play

20 March 2008

in International, Playwrights

RIGHT TO REPLY The Soho Theatre’s Paul Sirett, co-translator of Dorota Maslowska’s A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians, defends the play against critical brick-bats, and asks why British reviewers have a problem with foreign writers. Aleks Sierz quizzes.

Royal Court: new international season

3 September 2007

in International, New Writing, Playwrights, Producers

INTERNATIONAL THEATRE: ELYSE DODGSON The head of the Royal Court’s international department talks to Aleks Sierz about that theatre’s upcoming season, which features foreign classics on the main stage as well as overseas new writers in the studio.

Edinburgh 2007: review of the festival

17 August 2007

in Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables

EDINBURGH 2007 REVIEW The Bacchae (King’s), Subway (Drill Hall), The Walworth Farce (Traverse), Mile End (Pleasance) and many more. Philip Fisher chats with Lyn Gardner (Guardian) and Mark Fisher (Fringe Firsts) about their favourite shows.

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