74 stories from podcast.theatrevoice.com
Interview: Steve Marmion. The new artistic director of the Soho Theatre tells Aleks Sierz about his innovative first season, including the first London production of Anthony Neilson's Realis…
Interview: Ella Hickson and James Quaife. The playwright and the producer of Precious Little Talent, which was a hit in Edinburgh in 2009 and is currently at the Trafalgar Studios, talk to C…
Spill Festival 2011: Diana Damian talks to Rajni Shah about her live art musical extravaganza Glorious, performed at the Barbican in collaboration with Guildhall School of Music and Drama st…
Interview: David Eldridge. The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his very well received new play, The Knot of the Heart (Almeida), which he wrote specially for actor Lisa Dillon, and whi…
Interview: David Edgar, whose play about the making, 400 years ago, of the King James Bible, Written on the Heart, will premiere at the RSC's Swan Theatre at Stratford in the autumn talks to…
What Next....? Excerpt from the Young Vic's two-hour seminar, attended by 500 members of the arts industry, exploring the future of arts funding in the face of the new era of cut-backs. Keyn…
Interview: Elyse Dodgson. Carole Woddis talks to the head of the International Department of the Royal Court about their current work, beginning with the relationships fostered in the Middle…
Interview: David Thacker. The artistic director of the Octagon Theatre Bolton talks to David Chadderton on the telephone about his current revival of Arthur Miller's The Price (1968), and ab…
Interview: Matthew Kelly. Heather Neill pops backstage at the Duchess Theatre to talk to the erstwhile TV presenter, best-known for Stars in Their Eyes, who has returned to his theatrical ro…
Focus on Mogadishu: Post-show discussion between artistic associate Simon Stephens and debut playwright Vivienne Franzmann about her Mogadishu (Lyric Hammersmith), a contemporary play that e…
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. Heather Neill talks to Headlong artistic director Rupert Goold about his thrilling production of Romeo and Juliet (Royal Shakespeare Company), starring Sam Tro…
New writing special: Philip Fisher talks to critic and theatreVOICE co-editor Aleks Sierz about his new book, Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today (Methuen Drama), the legacy of 1990s…
Asian voices: Tanika Gupta. The playwright tells Suman Bhuchar about her new adaptation of Great Expectations (Watford Palace and English Touring Theatre), which transposes Dickens's story t…
Spill Festival 2011: Kings of England. Diana Damian talks to company members Simon Bowes, Alex Eisenberg and John Pinder about their show, In Eldersfield: An Elegy for Paul Dirac, and their …
Interview: Nick Dear. The playwright talks to Carole Woddis about the work involved in adapting Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for director Danny Boyle's acclaimed staging at the National. http…
Asian voices: Shelley King and Jamila Massey. Two of the stars of Paven Virk's The Usual Auntijies (Belgrade, Coventry) talk to Suman Bhuchar about this bitter-sweet comedy, directed by Barr…
Interview: Charlotte Gwinner and Roy Williams. The director and founder of East London's Angle theatre company and the playwright and supporter tell Heather Neill about teaming up with the B…
Sprint festival special: Diana Damian talks to Matt Ball, artistic director of Camden People's Theatre, and Sprint artists Hester Chillingworth (Getinthebackofthevan with External) and Olive…
West End Review: The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Donmar); Frankenstein (National Theatre); The Children's Hour (Comedy Theatre); The Heretic …
Interview: George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. The award-winning composer and lyricist talk about their latest musical, Betty Blue Eyes, a large-scale adaptation of A Private Function, the Alan…
Urban Scrawl: Boston Manor, by Samuel Adamson. Cast: Nina Sosanya (Alison), Sian Phillips (Mother), Tom Mothersdale (London Man), Gillian Mackie (Tannoy). Directed by Tim Roseman. Studio ma…
Urban Scrawl: Baron's Court, a sound play by Maura Korhonen and Malin Mork. Recorded at Rose Bruford College. For full details and disclaimer visit the 'find out more' section.
Urban Scrawl: Cockfosters, by Alexis Zegerman. Cast: Nicholas Goode (Alex); Johna Ash (Whitey); Hayley Michaels (Tube Announcer); Ruth Jennings (Pregnant Woman); Philip Fox (Mad Hatter); Jos…
Urban Scrawl: Heathrow Terminal Four, a musical by Julian Woolford (play, book and lyrics) and Richard John (music). Cast: Gemma Sutton (Jackie); Dougal Irvine (Ahmed). Directed by Lisa Spir…
Urban Scrawl: Oakwood, a musical by Nathan Taylor. Cast: Stephen Weller (Him); Eloise Secker (Her); Emma Gates (Girl in Bar); Veronica Lewis (Maddie); Anton Thompson (Bouncer 1); Oliver Mott…
