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George Perrin and James Grieve of Paines Plough plan the future

12 October 2010

in Directors, New Writing, Regional Theatre

INTERVIEW: GEORGE PERRIN and JAMES GRIEVE The new joint artistic directors of Paines Plough, talk to Dominic Cavendish about their plans for the touring new writing company on the eve of the UK premiere of Love Love Love by Mike Bartlett at the Drum, Theatre Royal, Plymouth.

Theatre 503 directors speak of new writing

9 July 2010

in Directors, London Fringe, New Writing

NEW WRITING SPECIAL Paul Robinson and Tim Roseman, artistic directors of Theatre 503 in London, tell Aleks Sierz about their theatre’s work with new playwrights, including their contribution to the current Latitude Festival. They also discuss Nimer Rahsed’s Wild Horses, Porn the Musical, and Urban Scrawl, as well as their upcoming projects. Recorded at RADA.

Career overview: playwright Dennis Kelly

6 June 2010

in New Writing, Playwrights

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NEW WRITING: DENNIS KELLY The playwright gives a career overview to Aleks Sierz, talking about his plays, Debris (2003), Osama the Hero (2005), After the End (2005), Love and Money (2007), Taking Care of Baby (2007), and Orphans (2008). Recorded at Narrative in Drama, the 19th Annual Conference of the German Society for Contemporary Drama in English, held in Paderborn. Substantial extract. Expletives not deleted. (Edited transcript available as ‘Narrative in Contemporary Drama (Dennis Kelly in Conversation with Aleks Sierz)’, in Merle Tönnies and Christina Flotmann (eds), Narrative in Drama (CDE 18), Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2011.)

Nick Grosso talks about Ingredient X

29 May 2010

in New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: NICK GROSSO The playwright talks to Philip Fisher about Ingredient X (Royal Court), his new play about the nature of addiction, and also about his close relationship with this new writing venue. Recorded at the Royal Court.

The novelist Jim Crace reflects on Far Away

28 May 2010

in New Writing, Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables

FOCUS ON FAR AWAY Debates are part of the nightly format for Simon Godwin’s revival of Caryl Churchill’s Far Away (2000) at the Bristol Old Vic. Here the director invites the novelist Jim Crace and Chris Campbell, literary manager of the Royal Court, to respond to the work – and asks the audience for their contributions too. Sound level: variable. Recorded at the Bristol Old Vic.

West End Review: May 2010 (2/2)

7 May 2010

in New Writing, Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables

WEST END REVIEW: NEW PLAYS SPECIAL Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests Kate Bassett (Independent on Sunday), David Benedict (Variety) and Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) discuss Laura Wade’s Posh (Royal Court), Lynn Nottage’s Ruined (Almeida), Mark Haddon’s Polar Bears (Donmar) and Tommy Murphy’s Holding the Man (Trafalgar Studios). Recorded at Dewynters, London.

Ian Rickson on Jerusalem in the West End

22 February 2010

in Directors, New Writing

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INTERVIEW: IAN RICKSON The director of Jez Butterworth’s smash-hit, mythic extravaganza Jerusalem (currently at the Apollo Theatre) talks to Aleks Sierz about his long relationship with the work of this playwright, including The Night Heron, The Winterling and Parlour Song. Recorded at the Young Vic.

Review of the Year 2009

24 December 2009

in Review of the Year, Reviews and Roundtables

REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2009 Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph), and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) look back over the year in British theatre and select the highs and the lows, the sought-after golden geese and the wringable turkeys. Recorded at the V&A. Expletives not deleted.

West End Review: November 2009 (1/2)

27 November 2009

in New Writing, Reviews and Roundtables

WEST END REVIEW (1/2) Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph), and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) chew over Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art (National), Mark Ravenhill’s Nation (National), Mike Bartlett’s Cock (Royal Court) and Michael Wynne’s The Priory (Royal Court). Recorded at Dewynters, London.

Actor Kulvinder Ghir on his career in comedy

23 October 2009

in Actors and Performers, Asian Voices, Comedy

ASIAN VOICES: KULVINDER GHIR The actor talks to Suman Bhuchar about his current role in Trevor Griffiths’s Comedians (Lyric, Hammersmith) and about his career in comedy, which culminated in BBC’s Goodness Gracious Me, as well as his other roles in Griffiths’s plays. Recorded at the Lyric, Hammersmith.

An introduction to the Revolutions season at the RSC

20 September 2009

in New Writing, Playwrights, Producers

INTERVIEW: JEANIE O’HARE The Royal Shakespeare Company Dramaturg gives a quick curtain-raiser overview of the new Revolutions season at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon. Dominic Cavendish quizzes, with a competing chorus of swans, ducks and geese in attendance by the waterside too.

Academic Graham Saunders assesses Sarah Kane

27 August 2009

in Books, New Writing, Playwrights, Transcripts

FOCUS ON KANE Graham Saunders of Reading University talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest book, About Kane: The Playwright and the Work (Faber), which examines the output of Sarah Kane in the context of 1990s British theatre, and of her growing reputation.

In-depth interview with three NT Connections writers

7 July 2009

in Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables, Youth Theatre

FOCUS ON YOUTH THEATRE Heather Neill talks to three contributors to this year’s NT Connections series, the National Theatre’s annual festival of new writing devoted to young people: Nick Drake (Success), Georgia Fitch (Dirty Dirty Princess) and Lisa McGee (The Heights) compare notes.

David Edgar on plays and playwriting

6 July 2009

in Books, New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: DAVID EDGAR The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his new book, How Plays Work (Nick Hern), which discusses the role of the audience and the importance of genre, as well as examining the elements that make up a piece of written theatre. Plus: the insider view of the All Together Now? British Theatre after Multiculturalism conference at Warwick University.

Playwright Tanika Gupta career overview

7 June 2009

in Asian Voices, New Writing, Playwrights

ASIAN VOICES: TANIKA GUPTA The playwright gives a career overview to Aleks Sierz, talking about her plays, Voices on the Wind (National, 1998), The Waiting Room (National, 2000), Sanctuary (National, 2002), Gladiator Games (Sheffield, 2005) and Sugar Mummies (Royal Court, 2006). Recorded at Staging Interculturality, the 18th Annual Conference of the German Society for Contemporary Drama in English, held in Vienna. Substantial extract. (Edited transcript available as ‘Writing Beyond the Stereotypes (Tanika Gupta in Conversation with Aleks Sierz)’, in Werner Huber, Margarete Rubik and Julia Novak (eds), Staging Interculturality (CDE 17), Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2010.)

Playwright Matt Charman at the National

4 June 2009

in New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: MATT CHARMAN The award-winning playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his current show, The Observer (National Theatre), which is directed by Richard Eyre and looks at the transition to democracy in a fictional West African state. Recorded at the National.

West End Review: May 2009 (2/2)

22 May 2009

in New Writing, Reviews and Roundtables

WEST END REVIEW (2/2) Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) invites critics David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) to assess The Observer (National Theatre), When the Rain Stops Falling (Almeida) and Grasses of a Thousand Colours (Royal Court). Recorded at Dewynters, London.

Playwright Fraser Grace goes dystopic

6 February 2009

in New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: FRASER GRACE The playwright speaks to Aleks Sierz about his latest, The Lifesavers (Theatre 503), as well as about his previous hit, Breakfast with Mugabe (RSC, 2005) and his work with Menagerie, the Cambridge-based new writing company. Recorded at Dewynters, London.

Michael Attenborough on Neil LaBute

21 October 2008

in American Drama, Directors, New Writing

INTERVIEW: MICHAEL ATTENBOROUGH (1/2) The artistic director of the Almeida Theatre in north London talks to Aleks Sierz about directing Neil LaBute’s latest, In a Dark Dark House, which opens in November, as well as about the importance of American drama.

Playwright Simon Stephens on Harper Regan

20 October 2008

in New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: SIMON STEPHENS (2/2) The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about the genesis, theme and form of his other 2008 play, Harper Regan (National), which was directed by Marianne Elliott and starred Lesley Sharp.

Playwright Fin Kennedy on How To Disappear…

16 October 2008

in New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: FIN KENNEDY (1/2) The playwright discusses his 2007 award-winning play, How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (currently at the Southwark), and the research behind his ideas. Aleks Sierz asks the questions. Recorded at Dewynters, London.

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