493 stories from Theatre Voice
INTERVIEW: JONATHAN CROALL The theatre writer, journalist and editor talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest book, In Search of Gielgud (Herbert Adler), which tells the story of how he came to…
Asian Voices. Suman Bhuchar talks to Leesa Gazi, actor, translator and a founder of Komola Collective, a new theatre company whose debut production, Birangona: Women of War tells the stories…
ASIAN VOICES: SHAKESPEARE. Suman Bhuchar conducts an interview about All's Well That Ends Well, as performed in Gujarati at Shakespeare's Globe, with its director Sunil Shanbag (director), a…
INTERVIEW: 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 embattled NHS since its foundation in 1…
SHAKESPEARE: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Director Michael Fentiman, actors Katy Stephens (Petruchio) and Forbes Masson (Katherina) talk to Judi Herman about the RSC's First Encounters version of…
Interview: Shane Shambhu. The artistic director of Altered Skin, whose physical theatre show, Power Games, is on a UK tour, talks to Suman Bhuchar about the nature of the company's work. Rec…
INTERVIEW: ADELE THOMAS The director chats to Heather Neill about her production of Francis Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe), a Re…
INTERVIEW: DAVID MERCATALI The director talks to Aleks Sierz about his current production of Philip Ridley's superb new play, Dark Vanilla Jungle, which is at the Soho Theatre and is a monol…
SHAKESPEARE: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE The director talks to Heather Neill about Shakespeare's play, which is the Deutsche Bank Playing Shakespeare production at Shakespeare's Globe in London, …
Interview: The Two Worlds of Charlie F. Three members of Bravo 22 Company, Cassidy Little, Dan Shaw and Darren Swift join director Stephen Rayne to talk to Dominic Cavendish about the stage…
INTERVIEW: YAEL FARBER The South African playwright and director talks to Suman Bhuchar about Nirbhaya, a hit at last year's Edinburgh Festival, which tells the true story of the 2012 incide…
INTERVIEW: DAN ALLUM The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his new play, Our Big Land (Oval House/Romany Theatre Company), a powerful and intensely physical piece, directed by Amy Hodge,…
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 touring company, what they look for in a n…
INTERVIEW: JAMES GRIEVE and GEORGE PERRIN (2/2) The two artistic directors of Paines Plough talk to Carole Woddis about the 40th anniversary of the touring company, what they look for in a n…
DIRECTOR'S TALK: MICHAEL FENTIMAN (1/2) The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company's new production of First Encounter: The Taming of the Shrew in conversation with RSC Events Coordinator…
DIRECTOR'S TALK: MICHAEL FENTIMAN (2/2) The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company's new production of First Encounter: The Taming of the Shrew in conversation with RSC Events Coordinator…
INTERVIEW: PAUL HUNTER AND HAYLEY CARMICHAEL The artistic directors and co-founders of Told By An Idiot tell Matt Trueman about the company's beginnings back in 1993 and how they've shaped t…
INTERVIEW: CAROLINE BIRD Continuing Theatre Voice's examination of the Lyric Hammersmith's Secret Theatre, poet and playwright Caroline Bird tells Matt Trueman about her play Chamber Piece, …
ASIAN VOICES: JOY FERNANDES The Indian actor talks to Suman Bhuchar about appearing in the international smash-hit extravaganza The Merchants of Bollywood (Peacock Theatre, London and tourin…
INTERVIEW: MARK LEIPACHER AND DAVID BYRNE With the Faction's third rep season at the New Diorama underway, Matt Trueman talks to artistic director Mark Leipacher and the New Diorama's AD Dav…
DIRECTOR'S TALK: JEREMY HERRIN The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of Hilary Mantel's award-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, talks to RSC Events Coo…
PAUL BHATTACHARJEE SPECIAL (1/2) Memorial, attended by more than 100 people from the theatre industry, for actor Paul Bhattacharjee, who died on 12 July 2013. Introduction by Jatinder Verma …
PAUL BHATTACHARJEE SPECIAL (2/2) Memorial, attended by more than 100 people from the theatre industry, for actor Paul Bhattacharjee, who died on 12 July 2013. Actor Shelley King reads a poem…
INTERVIEW: PHIL WILLMOTT The writer and director of a new musical, Lost Boy (Finborough), a dark sequel to Peter Pan, talks to Judi Herman about revisiting the characters of Barrie's Edwardi…
INTERVIEW: ERIC TUCKER and ANDRUS NICHOLS The artistic directors of Bedlam, a company currently presenting full-length productions of Hamlet and Saint Joan with a shared cast of only four, t…