INTERVIEW: MICHAEL PENNINGTON The actor talks to Heather Neill about playing Antony in Janet Suzman's current revival of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra at the Chichester Festival Theatre…
Shakespeare's First Acts: Antony & Cleopatra. The actor Michael Pennington, playing Antony in Janet Suzman's current revival at Chichester Festival Theatre, talks to Heather Neill about…
INTERVIEW: EVA RECACHA Choreographer and Place Prize finalist Eva Recacha speaks to Diana Damian about her piece The Wishing Well, inhabiting memories real and imagined, and how chemistry ca…
INTERVIEW: WILL ENO The New York playwright tentatively introduces his work to Aleks Sierz, especially his well-received Oh, the Humanity (and other good intentions) at the Soho and Thom Pai…
INTERVIEW: DARREN ELLIS The choreographer speaks to Diana Damian about his piece Revolver, inspired by Ingmar Bergman's seminal film Persona and featuring live music. The piece is competing …
Interview: Tom Morris, the artistic director of the Bristol Old Vic talks to Heather Neill about the £12m refurbishment and renovation of the oldest working theatre in the country, on the…
INTERVIEW: BEN MONKS and WILL YOUNG The Creative Producers of the Tristan Bates Theatre at the Actors' Centre in central London introduce Aleks Sierz to their first season, which features th…
INTERVIEW: SOPHIE AUSTIN The artistic director of Teatro Vivo tells Sophie Reynolds about the company's latest production " an interactive, promenade performance of The Odyssey, which asks i…
INTERVIEW: ALEXANDER DEVRIENT As the final part of Ontroerend Goed's teenage trilogy picks up yet another Fringe First and Total Theatre Award combo in Edinburgh, the innovative Belgian comp…
Shakespeare's First Acts: Twelfth Night. Tim Carroll tells Sophie Reynolds about the first act of the play, which he is currently directing for the Globe Theatre. Twelfth Night will play at …
Shakespeare's First Acts: As You Like It. The director James Dacre and Sophie Reynolds discuss the first act of the play, with particular reference to Dacre's recent production for Shakespea…
SHAKESPEARE: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Actor Madhav Sharma talks to Suman Bhuchar about his performance as Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, which is set in Delhi and directed by Iqbal Khan fo…
SHAKESPEARE: TIMON OF ATHENS Simon Russell Beale, who plays the lead role in Nicholas Hytner's current production at the National Theatre, part of the World Shakespeare Festival, talks to He…
Shakespeare's First Acts: Timon of Athens, assessed by Simon Russell Beale, currently playing the lead in Nicholas Hytner's acclaimed modern spin on the play at the National Theatre. "He doe…
INTERVIEW: STEVEN ATKINSON The artistic director of the HighTide Festival in Halesworth, Suffolk, talks to Aleks Sierz about this annual new writing event, his mission of finding and develop…
SHAKESPEARE: HENRY V Actor Jamie Parker talks to Heather Neill about the challenges of playing the title role in Henry V, directed by Dominic Dromgoole at Shakespeare's Globe, and on the dif…
SHAKESPEARE: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Toby Frow, director of the play at Shakespeare's Globe this summer, talks to Heather Neill about his production of this controversial drama, which starre…
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2012 Producer Richard Jordan talks to Philip Fisher about the age of audiences, ticket pricing and Fringe economics, as well as about shows featuring Miriam Margolyes, Bob K…
Shakespeare's First Acts: The Taming of the Shrew. Continuing the 2012 series, Heather Neill asks Toby Frow, who has directed the play at Shakespeare's Globe over the summer, in a production…
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2012: CRITICAL VERDICT Philip Fisher joins Mark Fisher (Scotland on Sunday) and Lyn Gardner (Guardian) to talk about offerings at the Traverse, International Festival and th…
INTERVIEW: HASSAN ABDULRAZZAK The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest, The Prophet (Gate Theatre), a thrilling play about the Arab Spring in Cairo which enjoyed a successful run…
INTERVIEW: YAEL FARBER and BO PETERSEN The adapter and director of Mies Julie, based on Strindberg's play, and the actor in Athol Fugard's Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act…
SHAKESPEARE: JULIUS CAESAR Greg Doran, the RSC's artistic director designate, talks in depth to Heather Neill about his critically acclaimed production of Julius Caesar, which is set in Afri…
West End Review, pt1: Summer at the National special. David Benedict (Variety) joins guests Dominic Cavendish (Daily Telegraph), Maxie Szalwinska (Sunday Times) and Matt Wolf (International …
West End Review, Pt2, around town: A Doll's House (Young Vic), Richard III (Shakespeare's Globe), Birthday (Royal Court). David Benedict (Variety) and guests, Dominic Cavendish (Telegraph),…