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American playwright Will Eno discusses Oh, the Humanity and Thom Pain

21 September 2012

in American Drama, International, New Writing, Playwrights

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INTERVIEW: WILL ENO The New York playwright tentatively introduces his work to Aleks Sierz, especially his well-received Oh, the Humanity (and other good intentions) at the Soho and Thom Pain (based on nothing) at the Print Room, as well as briefly speculating about the emotional state of the American nation.

Playwright David Eldridge revisits his Essex roots

1 March 2012

in New Writing, Playwrights, Political theatre

INTERVIEW: DAVID ELDRIDGE The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest hit, In Basildon (Royal Court), a family play which includes a battle over an inheritance, class antagonism and an epic account of working-class migration from the East End of London to south Essex. He also reveals the origins of his 2005 play, Incomplete and Random Acts of Kindness, and encourages playwrights to stand up for themselves.

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).

Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens rewrites Jarry’s King Ubu

7 February 2012

in 19th-century Drama, New Writing, Playwrights, Political theatre

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INTERVIEW: SIMON STEPHENS The award-winning playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his new play, The Trial of Ubu, which is currently at the Hampstead Theatre in a production directed by Katie Mitchell and which features a puppet version of Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi (1896).

Playwright Howard Brenton on a revival of his Bloody Poetry

31 January 2012

in Playwrights, Political theatre, Theatre People

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INTERVIEW: HOWARD BRENTON The playwright and screen writer talks to Aleks Sierz about Bloody Poetry, his 1984 play about Shelley, Byron and the loves of these Romantic poets, which is currently being revived by Tom Littler at the Jermyn Street Theatre in the West End.

Playwright and screenwriter Abi Morgan explores love and death

18 January 2012

in New Writing, Physical and Visual theatre, Playwrights

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INTERVIEW: ABI MORGAN The playwright and writer of the film The Iron Lady talks to Aleks Sierz about Lovesong, her latest collaboration with Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett of Frantic Assembly, currently at the Lyric Hammersmith as part of a nationwide tour.

Award-winning playwright Joe Penhall discusses Haunted Child

13 January 2012

in New Writing, Playwrights

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INTERVIEW: JOE PENHALL The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest Royal Court play, Haunted Child, which is about a man who suddenly walks out on his wife and child and then returns as a cult member, and about his upcoming play, Birthday, which will be at the same venue in June.

Co-authors of the powerful new play Fog speak out

11 January 2012

in London Fringe, New Writing, Playwrights

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INTERVIEW: TASH FAIRBANKS and TOBY WHARTON The co-authors of Fog, which is currently playing at the Finborough Theatre, tell Aleks Sierz about their unique cross-generational collaboration, which produced a powerful and disturbing drama, in which Wharton also plays the lead.

Interview: Sean Holmes talks about Saved

11 November 2011

in 1960s Drama, Directors, Playwrights

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INTERVIEW: SEAN HOLMES The artistic director of the Lyric Hammersmith discusses in detail, with Aleks Sierz, his revival of Edward Bond’s landmark 1965 play, Saved, which features the stoning to death of a baby in a pram by a group of London youths.

Playwright Julia Pascal dramatises a Mossad honeytrap

21 October 2011

in Feminism, London Fringe, Playwrights

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INTERVIEW: JULIA PASCAL The director and playwright explains to Aleks Sierz the politics and psychology behind her new play, Honeytrap (New Diorama), which tells the story of a Swedish-born mother who decides to work for Mossad, helping to avenge the killing of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

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.

Neil McPherson celebrates the Finborough fringe theatre

11 January 2011

in Directors, London Fringe, New Writing

INTERVIEW: NEIL McPHERSON The artistic director of the award-winning Finborough Theatre, which has just celebrated its 30th anniversary, gives Aleks Sierz a lesson in the history, economics and aesthetics of this London fringe venue. Recorded at the Finborough’s occasionally noisy offices.

Playwright Steve Waters on plays and playwriting

4 November 2010

in Books, New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: STEVE WATERS The playwright and teacher instructs Aleks Sierz in the mysterious arts of playwriting, and talks him through his new book, The Secret Life of Plays (Nick Hern), which explores the emotional as well as the technical aspects of the writer’s craft. Recorded at the Bush Theatre.

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.

New Diorama Theatre: an exciting London venue

6 April 2010

in Design, Directors, Theatre buildings

NEW DIORAMA SPECIAL On the eve of its inaugural show, David Byrne, Programming Manager of the New Diorama Theatre (a newly built 80-seat venue in central London), and Robert Gillespie, author of Love, Question Mark, the venture’s first show, tell Aleks Sierz about the thrill of opening a new theatre.

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 Steve Waters on new writing

3 June 2008

in New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: STEVE WATERS (2/2) The playwright tells Aleks Sierz about his running of the MPhil in Playwriting at Birmingham University, and discusses the state of new writing in Britain today.

Controversial playwright Fiona Evans speaks

14 February 2008

in New Writing, Playwrights, Regional Theatre

INTERVIEW: FIONA EVANS The author of the controversial play, Scarborough (Royal Court), tells Philip Fisher about her background in community theatre in Newcastle, and about how her play, which was an Edinburgh hit, was developed.

Tim Fountain: playwriting and sex, sex, sex

12 February 2008

in Actors and Performers, Books, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: TIM FOUNTAIN The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest book, So You Want To Be a Playwright? (Nick Hern), creative writing, literary management and his plays, from Resident Alien to Sex Addict. Recorded at the Soho Theatre.

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