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Sunday, February 4, 2018

Barrie Rutter: ‘I’m not everybody’s cup of tea’ by Interview By Liz Hoggard

Northern Broadsides’ director on why he’s quit after 25 years, the failings of the Arts Council and his new show, The Captive QueenBarrie Rutter OBE, 71, was brought up by his father, a …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30AM

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Tom Glynn-Carney: ‘Dunkirk is about courage and community, not war’ by Interview By Liz Hoggard

The young actor on working with Mark Rylance and Harry Styles in Christopher Nolan’s film, and being directed by Sam Mendes in The FerrymanTom Glynn-Carney, 22, plays a teenager who sets s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AM

Sunday, June 4, 2017

Alice Birch: ‘I’m interested in whether trauma can be passed on through DNA’ by Interview By Liz Hoggard

The playwright on creating a drama about birth and suicide, moving into film and TV, and portraying women behaving badlyAlice Birch’s feminist play Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again, commissi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AM

Sunday, May 14, 2017

Clarke Peters: ‘Many people aren’t aware of Lena Horne’s struggle’ by Interview By Liz Hoggard

The star of The Wire and Treme on his new musical about the American singer, actor and activist – and his ‘surf noir’ project with Hugh LaurieClarke Peters, 65, is best known for playi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AM

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Robert Lepage: ‘It’s about love addiction. I was going through heartbreak’ by Interview By Liz Hoggard

The director, actor and writer on restaging his 1991 show Needles and OpiumThe French-Canadian theatre-maker Robert Lepage, 58, writes, directs and designs his shows – often performing in …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:28AM

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Christopher Hampton: ‘I always felt Laclos was winking at you’ by Interview By Liz Hoggard

As his adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses is revived, the playwright discusses the story’s true meaning – and its feminist creatorChristopher Hampton, 69, wrote his first play, When …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AM

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Alex Hassell: ‘Of course you hope people will say – yes, I saw his Henry V’ by Interview By Liz Hoggard

An acclaimed Henry V at the RSC, Alex Hassell describes how his own theatre company has influenced his performanceAlex Hassell’s performance as Henry V at the RSC in Stratford has received…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AM

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Monica Dolan: ‘A really useful quality to have as an actor is a lack of self-awareness’ by Interview By Liz Hoggard

The actor on her new role in Plaques and Tangles, in which she plays a woman who discovers she has early-onset Alzheimer’sShe’s played real-life stalker Maria Marchese in U Be Dead and R…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AM

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Claire Skinner: ‘50 does not look like a woman in a cardigan’ by Interview By Liz Hoggard

The Outnumbered star on roles for women, tackling Alzheimer’s in The Father – and playing someone with no chldrenBorn in Hemel Hempstead in 1965, the daughter of a shopkeeper and a secre…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AM

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Madeleine Worrall: ‘Jane Eyre and Rochester aren’t comfortable characters’ by Interview By Liz Hoggard

The actor on devising a new stage version of Charlotte Brontë’s much-loved novel, striving for integrity and hunting the truthBorn in Edinburgh, Madeleine Worrall, 38, studied history of …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:43AM

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