Category Interview

Feature, In Conversations with, Interview, Theatre

In Conversation with: Clare Norburn

Reading Time: 5 minutesA new show What the Dickens? by award-winning playwright/singer Clare Norburn, her company The Telling and BAFTA-nominated director Nicholas Renton (Mrs Gaskells’ Wives & Daughters, Lewis, Musketeers) exposes the private life of Charles Dickens: with an estranged wife and teenage mistress, he doesn’t quite live up to the image of the family man he would like to present to the world. The show comes to OSO Arts Centre, Barnes for a week run from Tuesday 26th November to Saturday 30th November 2024 before a UK tour.

Tabitha James
October 30, 2024
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Feature, In Conversations with, Interview, Music, Orchestra

In Conversation with: ASMF: Front Row Scheme

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Academy of St Martin in the Fields’ newly-revamped Front Row ticket scheme offers full-time students and under 30-year-olds top price seats to selected concerts for the specially discounted price of just £5. Read below to hear more!

ayoungishperspective1
October 29, 2024

Dance, Feature, In Conversations with, Interview

In Conversation with: Theiyā Arts

Reading Time: 5 minutesTheiyā Arts Dance Collective in collaboration with The Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at The University of Edinburgh present a new interdisciplinary mixed media performance - Maiden | Mother | Whore - exploring the complex relationships between women, social structures, health and social policies, and institutions. We sit down with them to hear more.

ayoungishperspective1
October 29, 2024

Drama, Feature, In Conversations with, Interview, Theatre

In Conversation With Daniel Bye

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down with theatre-maker Daniel Bye who uses a timeless tale for a new generation in his new take on the legend of Robin Hood, which sees Robin and his teenage Very Merry Band rail against the unfair and unequal system put in place by Prince John at the Theatre Royal Bath this festive season.

Tabitha James
October 29, 2024

Feature, In Conversations with, Interview, New, Theatre

In Conversation with: Rory McGregor

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe landmark National Theatre and Neal Street production of The Lehman Trilogy, directed by Academy Award, Tony Award, and Golden Globe winner Sam Mendes, is now playing a limited encore season at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London’s West End. Hailed by The New York Times as 'a genuinely epic production', The Lehman Trilogy is a sweeping story of a family spanning generations and a company that changed the world.

Tabitha James
October 25, 2024

Feature, In Conversations with, Interview, New writing, Theatre, Thriller

In Conversation With Ivo de Jager

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with writer, Ivo de Jager, whose new show Sweetmeat comes to the Old Red Lion from 5-23 November.

Tabitha James
October 23, 2024

Feature, In Conversations with, Interview, Theatre

In Conversation With Elisabeth Gunawan & co

Reading Time: 5 minutesWe sat down with Elisabeth Gunawan, and her creative team, who returns with a thrilling and explorative piece that immerses audiences in an apocalyptic future this Autumn.

Tabitha James
October 22, 2024

Drama, Feature, History, In Conversations with, Interview, New writing, Theatre

In Conversation with the team behind Santi & Naz

Reading Time: 6 minutesFollowing its national tour to eleven venues from 8 October to 8 November, Santi & Naz by The Thelmas will arrive at Soho Theatre from 21 January to 8 February. We sat down with the creative team, Guleraana Mir and afshan d’souza-lodhi (writers) and director Madelaine Moore.

Tabitha James
October 21, 2024

Dance, Feature, Festivals, In Conversations with, Interview

In Conversation with Pocketart

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with contemporary dance and physical theatre collective POCKETART whose latest work Fairy Tales (UK Premiere) features eight female dancers and two musicians in an exploration of the intersection of femininity, identity and self-discovery (22 & 23 Oct, The Place).

Tabitha James
October 20, 2024

Drama, Feature, Festivals, In Conversations with, Interview, New writing, Theatre

In conversation with Nikoletta Soumelidis and Helen Cunningham

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Nikoletta Soumelidis, writer, and Helen Cunningham, director, of Spent which comes to London's Voila Festival on the 9, 10, 16, 17th November.

Tabitha James
October 18, 2024