765 stories by "Tim Bano"
Like Simon McBurney at the beginning of each performance of The Encounter, I took a photo of the audience to prove that I
The legacy of Jean Genet endures in many forms " from novels and poetry to political activism and petty crime " but
Jon Haynes is only semi-serious when he describes his work as "just an excuse for us to fart about". With David Woods,
Despite the onslaught of ancient Greek drama across the country, fringe theatre was anything but a tragedy this year. Both the Yard
In association with Nick Hern Books. In this episode, we take an in-depth look at the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Presenter Tim Bano…
In association with Nick Hern Books. Visit nickhernbooks.co.uk/exeunt for exclusive discounts on books by many of the playwrights featured in this podcast. This month we talk to nine playwri…
This month with a comprehensive look at European theatre! Annegret talks to Andrew Haydon, Lee Anderson and Megan Vaughan at Theatertreffen in Berlin. Tim talks to Selma Dimitrijevic, the ar…
This month it’s political. We have reviews and discussions of the latest in political theatre including…. Reviews of Lampedusa at Soho Theatre, Fight Night at Unicorn Theatre and…
This month’s endearingly ramshackle offerings: reviews of Little Light at Orange Tree Theatre, A Stab In The Dark at Lyric Hammersmith, The Eradication of Schizophrenia In Western Lapl…
Alice In Wonderland is a creepy piece of literature, but that creepiness is magnified exponentially in Fourth Monkey's immersive promenade production. We are thrust into a liminal world, tee…
In this whistlestop musical of The Importance of Being Earnest the pianist did not play any wrong notes. Wilde's script has been savagely gutted so that, although the most famous lines remai…
Testosterone is splashed across the stage from the very beginning of Mikey Burnett and Joseph McCann's play. Teddy, who has trained his brother Stuart to box for ten years, is arguing with J…
Crystals, signs of the Zodiac, the alignment of planets or whatever other methods superstitious people use to determine the order in which they open boxes in Deal Or No Deal are obviously co…
Dig beneath the surface and Nick Cassenbaum's weird play has a great deal to say about modern life, but it is said obliquely and cryptically. Pairs of characters take it in turns to play out…
Tom Cruise's best role is as the motivational speaker in Magnolia. Edward Davis as inspirational seminar leader Tom Rodgers in Winky channels some of the same colossal arrogance and brashnes…
Sex sells. Rachel Lincoln knows this, which is why she has created this show about it. It begins in darkness, Lincoln shining a headtorch onto an inflated condom and zooming it around the ro…
Connection breeds disconnection. Pinky creates an online persona, a superhero called Penelope, through whom she meets a guy and falls in love. But Penelope is not her; she is an avatar, an a…
If once there existed an ancient glen, verdant and calm, with a cool stream running through that nourished grazing sheep, if once there existed this Arcadian ideal, then Return To The Voice …
Rob Hayes's comedy will strike a chord with anyone who's had a one night stand with a dog. Or a cat. Or a goat, a monkey or a bear. Standing in his vest and undercrackers, Jack Holden fearle…
Tumbledown stacks of books in wooden boxes comprise the set for Clara Brennan's fierce, fast-paced monologue. In it, Brennan follows Amy, a hot headed teenager from Willesden who meets an ol…
Once upon a time there was a girl called Sophie and her brother Andy. They were called into the dream land Somnia to get the dreamstone and save the world. It is now 20 years later; Sophi…
On the night of his death Grigori Rasputin, the mad monk, was poisoned with petits fours and shot in the heart and the back. He did not die. After going outside into the snow he was shot in …
To be greeted by a cup of coffee and a croissant as you take your seat in the theatre is not a bad start to the day. The friendly actors come and chat to audience members, sticking to Shakes…
Who would choose to relive their mother's death every night on stage? Not just talk about it, but fully confront it, watch video footage of her in the late stages of cancer, re-examine over …
F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald were celebrities. They peppered the gossip pages with stories of extravagance and glamour, just as addicted to the high life as characters from Scott's novels. T…
