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Award-winning actor Richard McCabe talks about his role in The Audience

6 May 2013

in Actors and Performers, Playwrights, Political theatre

INTERVIEW: RICHARD McCABE The Olivier winning actor talks to Heather Neill about playing Harold Wilson in The Audience, Peter Morgan’s superb new play about the Queen’s audiences with her Prime Ministers (Gielgud Theatre), and which stars Helen Mirren as Her Majesty.

Royal Shakespeare Company special: Maria Ahberg on As You Like It

2 May 2013

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

DIRECTOR’S TALK: MARIA AHBERG The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of As You Like It in conversation with RSC Events Coordinator Nicky Cox, discusses her approach to the production, including working with singer-songwriter Laura Marling, and how her cast deployed condoms and cous cous in rehearsals.

Edward Petherbridge and Paul Hunter examine My Perfect Mind

29 April 2013

in Actors and Performers, Playwrights, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

INTERVIEW: EDWARD PETHERBRIDGE and PAUL HUNTER The two performers of My Perfect Mind, a Told by an Idiot show, written by Kathryn Hunter, Paul Hunter and Edward Petherbridge, and currently at the Young Vic, talk to Heather Neill about the story behind the play, Petherbridge’s stroke and how he remembered the entire role of King Lear despite his illness.

One to watch: director Bruce Guthrie stages Othello in Singapore

17 April 2013

in Directors, International, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

INTERVIEW: BRUCE GUTHRIE The young director, who was Sam Mendes’s associate on Richard III in 2011, talks to Mary Mazzilli about his current production of Shakespeare’s Othello, part of Singapore’s Shakespeare in the Park season, and about what it is like to work in Singapore.

Royal Shakespeare Company special: David Farr on Hamlet

8 April 2013

in Design, Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

DIRECTOR’S TALK: DAVID FARR The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of Hamlet in conversation with journalist Paul Allen. They discuss why Hamlet is still a student at the age of 30, why Gertrude remarries in the play and answer audience questions about the set for this production and how Farr chose what parts of Shakespeare’s text to cut.

Shakespeare’s First Acts: Othello

10 March 2013

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Site Specific, Theatre buildings, Theatre People

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: OTHELLO Director Suba Das tells Sophie Reynolds about the first act of Othello, which he directed as a “site specific horror experience” at the Rose Theatre, Bankside, in 2011. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s series for 2012-2014, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

West End Review: Trelawny of the Wells, Old Times, A Chorus Line and more

3 March 2013

in Reviews and Roundtables

West End Review: Trelawny of the Wells (Donmar Warehouse), Macbeth (Trafalgar Studios), Quartermaine’s Terms (Wyndham’s Theatre), Old Times (Harold Pinter Theatre) and A Chorus Line (London Palladium) are all given a detailed look-over by David Benedict (Variety), Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune). Dominic Cavendish hosts. Recorded at Dewynters 01-03-2013.

Royal Shakespeare Company special: Lucy Bailey on The Winter’s Tale

27 February 2013

in Design, Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

DIRECTOR’S TALK: LUCY BAILEY The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2013 production of The Winter’s Tale. Talking to RSC events co-ordinator Nicky Cox and taking questions from the audience, Bailey explains why she was reluctant to direct The Winter’s Tale and what made her change her mind. She also talks about the differences between Sicilia and Bohemia in the play, and about how she chose her fool. Following its run in Stratford, The Winter’s Tale is going on a UK tour to Milton Keynes, York, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Hull and Stoke.

Martin Parr’s cutdown Hamlet at the site of the Elizabethan Rose theatre

12 February 2013

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Theatre buildings

SHAKESPEARE: HAMLET Director Martin Parr talks to Heather Neill about his radically abbreviated Hamlet, which is being performed at the archaeological site of the Elizabethan Rose theatre on London’s Southbank. With a running time of 90 minutes and a handful of actors, this is billed as a most intense and dramatic version of the play.

Farah Karim-Cooper explores Renaissance indoor theatre at the Globe

23 January 2013

in Actors and Performers, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Theatre buildings

INTERVIEW: FARAH KARIM-COOPER The head of research at Shakespeare’s Globe theatre in London talks to Heather Neill about the venue’s new indoor theatre space, the Sam Wanamaker Theatre, and about indoor performance during the Renaissance.

Professor Tony Howard investigates Multicultural Shakespeare

21 January 2013

in Asian Voices, Black Voices, Playwrights, Political theatre

INTERVIEW: TONY HOWARD The University of Warwick professor talks to Suman Bhuchar about Multicultural Shakespeare, a major AHRC-funded project to record the contribution of Black and Asian artists to the development of Shakespearean performance in the UK.

West End Review: The Effect (NT), Merrily We Roll Along (Menier) and more

15 January 2013

in Musicals, New Writing, Reviews and Roundtables

West End Review, Dec 2012-Jan 2013: Mark Shenton and regular guests Kate Bassett, David Benedict and Matt Wolf cast a critical eye over some of the major London openings, beginning with Lucy Prebble’s The Effect (National), winner of this year’s Critics Circle Award for Best Play, as well as Best Musical winner Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along (Menier Chocolate Factory), plus Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse), Pinero’s The Magistrate, starring John Lithgow (National) and Simon Russell Beale in Peter Nichols’ Privates on Parade (Noel Coward Theatre), The Bodyguard (Adelphi) and Viva Forever! (Piccadilly).

Director Phyllida Lloyd introduces her all-female Julius Caesar

20 December 2012

in Directors, Feminism, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE: JULIUS CAESAR The renowned director Phyllida Lloyd talks to Heather Neill about her acclaimed all-female version of Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse), whose cast includes Frances Barber, Jenny Jules, Cush Jumbo and Harriet Walter.

Shakespeare’s First Acts: The Winter’s Tale

18 December 2012

in Directors, Playwrights, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Theatre People

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: THE WINTER’S TALE Director Lucy Bailey tells Sophie Reynolds about the first act of The Winter’s Tale, which she is currently rehearsing for the RSC Winter Season, opening in Stratford-upon-Avon in January 2013. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s new series for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

Shakespeare’s First Acts: Pericles

10 December 2012

in Children's Theatre, Directors, Outdoors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: PERICLES

Natalie Abrahami, Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, tells Sophie Reynolds about the first act of Pericles, which she directed for the Regents Park Open Air Theatre in 2011. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s new series for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

Critic Benedict Nightingale’s Great Moments in the Theatre

16 November 2012

in Books, Criticism, Playwrights, Theatre People

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INTERVIEW: BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE The former critic of The Times talks to Aleks Sierz about his new book, Great Moments in the Theatre (Oberon), which comprises accounts of more than 100 significant first nights from theatre history, from Aeschylus’s The Oresteia to Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem.

Jonathan Croall explores the wonderful world of John Gielgud (1/2)

19 October 2012

in Actors and Performers, Books, Theatre People

INTERVIEW: JONATHAN CROALL (1/2) The theatre historian and author talks to Heather Neill about his two recently published books, John Gielgud: Matinee Idol to Movie Star (Methuen) and Gielgoodies! The Wit, Wisdom and Gaffes of John Gielgud (Oberon Books), which together give a fully rounded account of one of the most important men of the theatre in the 20th century.

Jonathan Croall explores the wonderful world of John Gielgud (2/2)

19 October 2012

in Actors and Performers, Books, Theatre People

INTERVIEW: JONATHAN CROALL (2/2) The theatre historian and author talks to Heather Neill about his two recently published books, John Gielgud: Matinee Idol to Movie Star (Methuen) and Gielgoodies! The Wit, Wisdom and Gaffes of John Gielgud (Oberon Books), which together give a fully rounded account of one of the most important men of the theatre in the 20th century.

Actor Michael Pennington talks about playing Antony and about his latest book

30 September 2012

in Actors and Performers, Books, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Theatre People

INTERVIEW: MICHAEL PENNINGTON The actor talks to Heather Neill about playing Antony in Janet Suzman’s current revival of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and about his latest book, Sweet William: Twenty Thousand Hours with Shakespeare (Nick Hern).

Shakespeare’s First Acts: Antony and Cleopatra

30 September 2012

in Actors and Performers, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Actor Michael Pennington discusses the first act of the play, in which he is playing Antony in Janet Suzman’s current revival at Chichester Festival Theatre, with Heather Neill. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s new series for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

Shakespeare’s First Acts: Twelfth Night

6 September 2012

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: TWELFTH NIGHT Director Tim Carroll discusses the first act of the play, which he is currently directing for Shakespeare’s Globe with Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry, with Sophie Reynolds. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s new series for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

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