Audio: Playwrights
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Playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak examines the Arab Spring in Cairo
17th August 2012
INTERVIEW: HASSAN ABDULRAZZAK The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest, The Prophet (Gate Theatre), a thrilling play about the Arab Spring...
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Hip hop and poetry: Inua Ellams discusses Knight Watch
24th July 2012
BLACK VOICES: INUA ELLAMS The acclaimed writer and spoken-word performer tells Sophie Reynolds about Knight Watch, a outdoor performance piece that ta...
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Just a Must introduce Austrian Nobel-Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek’s Sportsplay
14th July 2012
INTERVIEW: VANDA BUTKOVIC and BERISLAV JURAIC The director and producer of Just a Must touring theatre company talk to Mary Mazzilli about their curre...
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Risk and struggle: Matthew Dunster discusses his Children’s Children
26th June 2012
INTERVIEW: MATTHEW DUNSTER The prolific writer, actor and director tells Sophie Reynolds about his new play, Children’s Children, which is currently...
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Director Jonathan Holmes explores Beckett, metaphysics and poetry
22nd June 2012
INTERVIEW: JONATHAN HOLMES The Artistic Director of Jericho House tells Sophie Reynolds about Old Earth, the stage premiere of a series of monologues ...
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Tim Crouch describes his RSC Shakespeare solo, I, Cinna (The Poet)
21st June 2012
INTERVIEW: TIM CROUCH The leading experimental theatre-maker talks to Dominic Cavendish about the latest in his series of solo shows turning the spot-...
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Playwright David Hare on his latest West End hit
15th June 2012
INTERVIEW: DAVID HARE The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest play, South Downs, which is currently on at the Harold Pinter Theatre as pa...
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West End Review: revivals
9th June 2012
WEST END REVIEW: MAY 2012 Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and guests Kate Bassett (Independent on Sunday), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wo...
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Three British-Nigerian playwrights discuss their latest work
22nd May 2012
BLACK VOICES: BOLA AGBAJE, JANICE OKOH and ADE SOLANKE Three British-Nigerian playwrights talk to Aleks Sierz about their latest plays — Belong (Roy...
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