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Friday, January 27, 2012

theartsdesk Q&A: Director Barrie Rutter by Hilary Whitney

In 1992 the Halifax-based theatre company, Northern Broadsides, founded by Barrie Rutter, staged its first production, Richard III. Rutter (b 1946), an established actor who had worked with …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:33AM
Sunday, October 23, 2011

theartsdesk Q&A: Playwright David Edgar by Hilary Whitney

David Edgar (b 1948) has been writing plays about Britain’s changing political landscape since 1972. Fresh out of the heady days of Sixties student radicalism, he cut his teeth writing agi…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:55AM
Sunday, October 2, 2011

theartsdesk Q&A: Dramatist Lee Hall by Hilary Whitney

Like his most famous creation, Billy Elliot, Lee Hall left his native North East to pursue what turned out to be a glittering career in the arts. Although I can’t speak for the fictitious …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:59AM
Sunday, September 4, 2011

The Lion King's West End Reign by Hilary Whitney

The stage musical The Lion King has been seen by nearly 10 million people in the UK - almost 60 million worldwide – and Lord only knows how many must have seen Walt Disney’s animation. I…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:00PM
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