13 stories by "Tom Powell"
The Write to Play programme is Graeae's writer development programme, now in its second year and this time around focussed on the North West of England. I interview Amit Sharma in person at …
I arrive at Graeae's Bradbury studios to talk to Amit Sharma about their Write to Play scheme. Graeae are pretty much unique " a theatre company run by Deaf and disabled artists that creates…
Jon Brittain is a busy man. We meet in a cafe opposite an old church he's rehearsing Potted Sherlock in " he's directing " between days of filming short sketches for a four-minute Channel 4 …
Image by Manuel Harlan Alistair McDowall is fidgety and nervous when we meet at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, where his play Pomona is about to open. He recently caused a stir with a…
Confirmation is a show about confirmation bias. A one man show by writer/performer Chris Thorpe and directed by Rachel Chavkin. A show about how our brains favour or interpret information in…
You probably won't know the name of the director Adam Penford. But it's pretty likely you or someone you know will see something of his work this year. Because Penford's productions have tha…
When Captain Amazing strides onto the Soho stage later this month, cape aflutter, it will be the latest step in a heroically long journey. The one-man, multi-character show is the story of M…
Pests is about two sisters, Rolly and Pink, who live in a tiny, rotting room and have nothing in the world but each other. They even communicate in their own way. That's the very first thing…
It's easy to lose of track of what's happening in a city as frenetically busy as London, where any space is a potential theatre. It's easy to miss out on the next big thing, or not have time…
Being led up the stairs to through Theatre Delicatessen's current building, Marylebone Gardens, is like being backstage of the biggest show you've never seen. Each corner of the build…
"The Gate that I run is there to say a charming and mischievous ‘fuck you’ to the world". I'm in the dressing room of the Gate theatre, surrounded by unused lanterns, upended spe…
Transport Theatre's As You Like It opens in a squat in Calais as a migrant reads the play to try to teach himself English. Then the play takes over. It's a framing device drawn almost direct…
As the Lyric gears up for Show 3 of its Secret Theatre season, AYT talks to ensemble cast member Billy Seymour about engaging new audiences and taking inspiration from German theatrema…
