Audio: Playwrights
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The Confessions of Gordon Brown, post-show debate (excerpt)
5th July 2014
THE CONFESSIONS OF GORDON BROWN Post-show talk in which Kevin Toolis, the author and director of this acclaimed one-man show about former Labour PM Go...
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Playwright Moira Buffini puts Thatcher and the Queen on stage in Handbagged (1/2)
6th June 2014
INTERVIEW: MOIRA BUFFINI (1/2) The playwright talks to Heather Neill about her play Handbagged, which examines the relationship between Prime Minister...
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Playwright Moira Buffini puts Thatcher and the Queen on stage in Handbagged (2/2)
6th June 2014
INTERVIEW: MOIRA BUFFINI (2/2) The playwright talks to Heather Neill about her play Handbagged, which examines the relationship between Prime Minister...
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Private Eye’s Ian Hislop and Nick Newman on A Bunch of Amateurs
3rd June 2014
INTERVIEW: IAN HISLOP and NICK NEWMAN Long-term writing partners Ian Hislop and Nick Newman talk to Judi Herman about transferring A Bunch of Amateurs...
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Interview: Stella Feehily and Max Stafford-Clark on This May Hurt a Bit, the NHS play
4th May 2014
NTERVIEW: STELLA FEEHILY and MAX STAFFORD-CLARK The playwright and Out of Joint's artistic director talk about This May Hurt a Bit, which tracks the e...
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Director Adele Thomas on The Knight of the Burning Pestle, a Renaissance mash up
3rd April 2014
INTERVIEW: ADELE THOMAS The director chats to Heather Neill about her production of Francis Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Sam Wanamaker...
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Director David Mercatali explores the thrilling work of playwright Philip Ridley
2nd April 2014
INTERVIEW: DAVID MERCATALI The director talks to Aleks Sierz about his current production of Philip Ridley’s superb new play, Dark Vanilla Jungle, w...
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Romany gypsy playwright Dan Allum travels across Our Big Land
7th March 2014
INTERVIEW: DAN ALLUM The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his new play, Our Big Land (Oval House/Romany Theatre Company), a powerful and intensel...
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Paines Plough new writing company celebrates 40 years of nationwide touring (1/2)
3rd March 2014
INTERVIEW: JAMES GRIEVE and GEORGE PERRIN (1/2) The two artistic directors of Paines Plough talk to Carole Woddis about the 40th anniversary of the to...
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