Asian Voices: Shiv Grewal talks about A British Subject by Theatrevoice

Asian Voices: Suman Bhuchar talks to actor Shiv Grewal, appearing in A British Subject, currently running at the Arts Theatre, London. The play, written by Nicola McAuliffe, based on researc…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 7:03am on November 5, 2011[SHARE]

Playwright April De Angelis on sex, sense and feminist comedy by Theatrevoice

INTERVIEW: APRIL DE ANGELIS The playwright talks to Carole Woddis about her new play, Jumpy (Royal Court), which is a hilarious comedy about the relationship between mothers and daughters in…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 6:33am on November 2, 2011[SHARE]

Lois Keidan and Gavin Butt explore Performance Matters by Theatrevoice

INTERVIEW: LOIS KEIDAN and GAVIN BUTT The Director of the Live Art Development Agency and the Reader in Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, talk to Diana Damian about Trashi…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 10:16am on October 28, 2011[SHARE]

Executive director John Blackmore on 12 years at the Bolton Octagon by Theatrevoice

INTERVIEW: JOHN BLACKMORE The executive director of the Octagon Theatre in Bolton looks back on his forty-plus year career, during which he saved the Octagon and the Liverpool Everyman and P…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 9:43am on October 27, 2011[SHARE]

Interview: Edward Bond on Saved by Theatrevoice

Interview: Edward Bond joins Sean Holmes, artistic director of the Lyric Hammersmith to discuss the latter's revival of his landmark 1965 play, Saved, which features the stoning to death of …

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 12:37pm on October 22, 2011[SHARE]

Playwright Julia Pascal dramatises a Mossad honeytrap by Theatrevoice

INTERVIEW: JULIA PASCAL The director and playwright explains to Aleks Sierz the politics and psychology behind her new play, Honeytrap (New Diorama), which tells the story of a Swedish-born …

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 12:38pm on October 21, 2011[SHARE]

Designer Alison Chitty on Motley and Mike Leigh's Grief (1/2) by Theatrevoice

INTERVIEW: ALISON CHITTY (1/2) The head of the Motley Theatre Design Course talks to Carole Woddis about her career and her current work on Mike Leigh's Grief (National Theatre).

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 8:53am on October 18, 2011[SHARE]

Designer Alison Chitty on Motley and Mike Leigh's Grief (2/2) by Theatrevoice

INTERVIEW: ALISON CHITTY (2/2) The head of the Motley Theatre Design Course talks to Carole Woddis about her career and her current work on Mike Leigh's Grief (National Theatre).

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 8:45am on October 18, 2011[SHARE]

Jonathan Church looks forward to Chichester's 50th anniversary by Theatrevoice

INTRODUCTION: JONATHAN CHURCH The artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre talks to Carole Woddis about the venue's 50th anniversary season next year, and about his current produ…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 9:14am on October 10, 2011[SHARE]

Daniel Evans toasts 40 years of Sheffield Theatres by Theatrevoice

INTERVIEW: DANIEL EVANS The artistic director of Sheffield Theatres tells Heather Neill about his programme to celebrate the Crucible theatre's 40th anniversary, and discusses his current pr…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 9:47am on October 9, 2011[SHARE]

West End Review: Grief, Decade and Rock of Ages by Theatrevoice

West End Review (Part 1): Grief (National Theatre), Decade (Headlong @ St Katharine Dock) and Rock of Ages (Shaftesbury Theatre). Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and theatrevoice regular panel…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 10:53am on October 5, 2011[SHARE]

West End Review: The Tempest, Anna Christie & more by Theatrevoice

West End Review (Part 2): The Tempest (with Ralph Fiennes at Theatre Royal Haymarket), Anna Christie (Donmar Warehouse), Top Girls (Trafalgar Studios), The Kitchen (National's Olivier Theatr…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 10:52am on October 5, 2011[SHARE]

Talawa celebrates 25 years of black theatre at the V&A by Theatrevoice

BLACK VOICES: PAT CUMPER The artistic director of Talawa tells Carole Woddis about the company's 25-year history and its current production of The Colored Museum (1986), George C Wolfe's gro…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 10:49am on October 4, 2011[SHARE]

Playwright Alexi Kaye Campbell on The Faith Machine by Theatrevoice

INTERVIEW: ALEXI KAYE CAMPBELL The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest play, The Faith Machine, an ambitious drama of ideas which starred Ian McDiarmid and has just finished its…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 7:45am on October 3, 2011[SHARE]

Ian Brown discusses King Lear, starring Tim Pigott-Smith by Theatrevoice

SHAKESPEARE: KING LEAR Ian Brown, the outgoing artistic director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse, talks to Heather Neill about his well-received production of King Lear, starring Tim Pigott-…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 5:44am on October 3, 2011[SHARE]

The Belle's Stratagem: reviving the 18th century by Theatrevoice

INTERVIEW: JESSICA SWALE and MAGGIE STEED The director and lead actor of the Red Handed Theatre Company's revival of Hannah Cowley's 1780 play, The Belle's Stratagem (Southwark Playhouse), t…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 12:36pm on September 22, 2011[SHARE]

Playwright Steve Thompson gets a laugh out of Monty Python by Theatrevoice

INTERVIEW: STEVE THOMPSON The playwright chats to Aleks Sierz about his latest comedy, No Naughty Bits (Hampstead Theatre), which tells the story of the censorship of Monty Python's Flying C…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 4:45am on September 20, 2011[SHARE]

External, a theatrical response to Internal by Theatrevoice

INTERVIEW: HESTER CHILLINGWORTH, LUCY McCORMICK and JENNIFER PICK Theatre group Get in the Back of the Van talk to Diana Damian about their piece, External (Soho Theatre and touring), which …

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 6:42am on September 19, 2011[SHARE]

Sam Walters celebrates 40 years at the Orange Tree Theatre by Theatrevoice

INTERVIEW: SAM WALTERS The artistic director of the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond talks to Carole Woddis about what it feels like to be the longest-serving head of a theatre in the country…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 7:44am on September 16, 2011[SHARE]

Hadyn Gwynne on the Sam Mendes Richard III by Theatrevoice

SHAKESPEARE: RICHARD III Actor Hadyn Gwynne, who plays Queen Elizabeth in Sam Mendes's Richard III (Old Vic), which also stars Kevin Spacey and is the last of this venue's The Bridge Project…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 3:30am on September 5, 2011[SHARE]

Interview (extract): Tim Supple in conversation by Theatrevoice

Edinburgh Festival 2011: Tim Supple, director. An extract from a conversation ahead of the UK premiere of Supple's two-part pan-Arabic version of One Thousand And One Nights, running at the …

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 5:10am on August 24, 2011[SHARE]

Asian Voices: Nightwatchman at the National Theatre by Theatrevoice

Asian Voices: The actress Stephanie Street and playwright Prasanna Puwanarajah talk to Suman Bhuchar about a monologue in part 2 of the National Theatre's Double Feature season, staged in t…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 6:15pm on August 22, 2011[SHARE]

Edinburgh Fringe 2011: critical roundup by Theatrevoice

Edinburgh Fringe 2011: Philip Fisher joins Mark Fisher (Scotland on Sunday) and Lyn Gardner (Guardian) to talk about offerings at the Traverse, International Festival and the remainder of t…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 5:39pm on August 22, 2011[SHARE]

Interactivity in the Age of the Audience (pt1) by Theatrevoice

Interactivity in the Age of the Audience (part 1) Panel discussion held by non zero one at Forest Fringe, Edinburgh, 18-08-2011. Chair: Cat Harrison (non zero one). Panellists: Alex Fleetw…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 4:14am on August 19, 2011[SHARE]

Interactivity in the Age of the Audience (pt2) by Theatrevoice

Interactivity in the Age of the Audience (part 2) Panel discussion held by non zero one at Forest Fringe, Edinburgh, 18-08-2011. Chair: Cat Harrison (non zero one). Panellists: Alex Fleetw…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 4:14am on August 19, 2011[SHARE]