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Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens rewrites Jarry’s King Ubu

editor@theatrevoice.com — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:41:30 +0000

INTERVIEW: SIMON STEPHENS The award-winning playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his new play, The Trial of Ubu, which is currently at the Hampstead Theatre in a production directed by Katie Mitchell and which features a puppet version of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi (1896).

Birdsong star Eddie Redmayne on his award-winning role as Richard II

editor@theatrevoice.com — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:19:30 +0000

SHAKESPEARE: RICHARD II Eddie Redmayne, whose performance in the title role of Richard II won the Critics' Circle Award for Best Shakespearean Performance talks to Heather Neill about the play, and about his career and other plans.

Shakespeare’s First Acts series: Love’s Labour’s Lost

editor@theatrevoice.com — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:30:57 +0000

Shakespeare's First Acts: Love's Labour's Lost. Barrie Rutter, artistic director of Northern Broadsides, talks about some of the challenges and the pleasures of the first act of Love's Labour's Lost, as part of theatrevoice's new series, for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare's plays.

Sound & Fury talk about their latest show, Going Dark

editor@theatrevoice.com — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:22:33 +0000

Interview: Mark Espiner and Dan Jones, two of the three co-directors of the pioneering company Sound & Fury talk about their follow-up to their hit show "Kursk" - a new piece about astronomy, eyesight and the way we perceive the world: "Going Dark", on tour from Wed 8 February, beginning in Plymouth and coming to the Young Vic from 6 March. Dominic Cavendish quizzes.

Playwright Howard Brenton on a revival of his Bloody Poetry

editor@theatrevoice.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:50:10 +0000

INTERVIEW: HOWARD BRENTON The playwright and screen writer talks to Aleks Sierz about Bloody Poetry, his 1984 play about Shelley, Byron and the loves of these Romantic poets, which is currently being revived by Tom Littler at the Jermyn Street Theatre in the West End.

London International Mime Festival: No Fit State Circus

editor@theatrevoice.com — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:22:41 +0000

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with No Fit State Circus hosted by Dick McCaw about their show, Mundo Paralelo, performed as part of the 2012 London International Mime Festival, at the Southbank Centre.

Playwright Ishy Din and director Iqbal Khan get Snookered

editor@theatrevoice.com — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:36:45 +0000

ASIAN VOICES: ISHY DIN and IQBAL KHAN The playwright and director of Snookered (Oldham Coliseum Theatre/Bush Theatre) talk to Suman Bhuchar about the genesis and staging of this new play, produced by Tamasha, which examines British Muslim life today.

London International Mime Festival: Theatre Ad Infinitum

editor@theatrevoice.com — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:29:25 +0000

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Theatre Ad Infinitum hosted by Mike Tweddle with performers George Mann, Deborah Pugh, Kim Heron and Nir Paldi about their show, Translunar Paradise, performed as part of the 2012 London International Mime Festival, at the Barbican Pit.

London International Mime Festival: Blind Summit

editor@theatrevoice.com — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:56:11 +0000

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Blind Summit hosted by Dorothy Max Prior with performers Mark Down, Nick Barnes, Sean Garratt, Sarah Calver and Ivan Thorley about their show, The Table, performed as part of the 2012 London International Mime Festival, at the Soho Theatre.

Playwright and screenwriter Abi Morgan explores love and death

editor@theatrevoice.com — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:57:05 +0000

INTERVIEW: ABI MORGAN The playwright and writer of the film The Iron Lady talks to Aleks Sierz about Lovesong, her latest collaboration with Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett of Frantic Assembly, currently at the Lyric Hammersmith as part of a nationwide tour.