The Archive
Recordings under the letter A
Total Number of Recordings under this letter: 12
- AFTER MISS JULIE David Benedict, Rachel Halliburton and Mark Shenton enthuse about Patrick Marber's very classy adaptation of Strindberg at the Donmar Warehouse. Dominic Cavendish hosts.
- 2 comments
“You watch actors who've been impressive in other things absolutely seizing their moment here.”
- Play: After Miss Julie
- Theatre: Donmar Warehouse
- Recording Date: 28-Nov-2003
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- ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Shakespeare's bitterest comedy, revived by the RSC and reflected on collectively by David Benedict, Rhoda Koenig and Heather Neill. Patrick Marmion hosts.
- 1 comment
“It started quite well, although by the end I wasn't feeling that well - I was really rather disappointed.”
- Play: All's Well That Ends Well
- Theatre: Gielgud Theatre
- Recording Date: 27-Feb-2004
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- AMERICA ABSURDUM The zany, hip US satire has hit London. Philip Fisher asks director John Clancy and actors Nancy Walsh and Paul Urcioli to tell all about it. With two extracts from the show.
- 6 comments
“Back in 1994, it was seen as a little extreme - now everyone's getting it.”
- Play: Americana Absurdum
- Theatre: Menier Chocolate Factory
- Recording Date: 26-May-2004
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- AMERICAN THEATRE SPECIAL The Riot Group's Adriano Shaplin and Paul Schnabel, over in the UK with their hit play Pugilist Specialist, talk to Rachel Halliburton.
- 4 comments
“We need a more complicated and nuanced portrait of the way wars are planned and fought.”
- Play: Pugilist Specialist
- Theatre: Riverside Studios
- Recording Date: 21-Jan-2004
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- AN EVENING WITH MICHAEL FRAYN At an event at the Hampstead Theatre, the playwright and writer introduces his new book, The Human Touch: Our Part in the Creation of the Universe (Faber), and tackles the paradoxes of philosophy.
- 3 comments
“I think that philosophy is one of those sad subjects - it is a subject that has shrunk over the years.”
- Recording Date: 08-Feb-2007
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- ANYTHING GOES Trevor Nunn's revival of the Cole Porter classic is greeted with qualified joy by Dominic Cavendish, David Benedict and Mark Shenton.
“It's a lot of fun. The whole thing feels much more comfortable now that it's in the West End.”
- Play: Anything Goes
- Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre Royal
- Recording Date: 10-Oct-2003
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- ARTS COUNCIL DEBATE Barbara Matthews, director of theatre strategy at Arts Council England, defends the controversial funding cuts, emphasises the good news in the recent review, and talks about new writing, peer review and excellence in British theatre. Aleks Sierz quizzes.
“An awful lot of people were saying to us, 'Hurray, thanks for doing this at last, but please don't quote me.'”
- Recording Date: 05-Feb-2008
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- ARTS COUNCIL DEBATE Josie Rourke, artistic director of the Bush theatre, and Sam Walters, artistic director of the Orange Tree theatre, join the critics Robert Hewison - also representing the National Student Drama Festival - and Fiona Mountford (Evening Standard) to discuss the funding threats facing the sector. Dominic Cavendish hosts. Recorded at Dewynters, London.
- 1 comment
“No one would reasonably dispute the Arts Council's right to make choices and cuts - but it needs to be done properly.”
- Recording Date: 25-Jan-2008
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- ASIAN VOICES Jatinder Verma of Tara, Kristine Landon-Smith of Tamasha, Shobu Kapoor from Kali, and academic researcher Suman Bhuchar join Dominic Cavendish to talk about Asian theatre in the UK: past, present and future.
- 1 comment
“Right now everyone is in search of 'the Muslim play' - we're trying to understand what's going on.”
- Recording Date: 08-Jan-2008
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- ASIAN VOICES: AMIT SHARMA The Actor, currently starring in Tamasha's touring production of The Trouble with Asian Men, talks to Dominic Cavendish about the trouble with stereotypes.
- 5 comments
“To say, as one review does, that Asian men want to blow themselves up is disappointing and offensive.”
- Recording Date: 20-Sep-2006
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- ASIAN VOICES: JATINDER VERMA (1/2) The artistic director of Tara Arts, marking its 30th anniversary with a revival of Beaumarchais's The Marriage of Figaro, talks to Dominic Cavendish about the production's cross-cultural rationale.
- 6 comments
“We often come across the cliche in the theatre: Do the text as written! But what does that actually mean?”
- Recording Date: 16-Oct-2006
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- ASIAN VOICES: JATINDER VERMA (2/2) The artistic director of Tara Arts considers the failures of multiculturalism, Enoch Powell, the difficulties of faith schools, and contemplates the future. Dominic Cavendish quizzes.
- 4 comments
“How do we talk across cultures? The one thing we have to let go of is notions of authenticity and to do that boldly.”
- Recording Date: 16-Oct-2006
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