Fo at Broadsides: translating '70s Italian political farce to Brexit Britain
Mark Smith talks to Conrad Nelson and Deborah McAndrew about their brand new version of Dario Fo's classic They Don't Pay? We Won't Pay! (also known as Can't Pay? Won't Pay!). The show is a co-product...
2 Okt 201834min
RashDash on what we may find in their (and our) Future Bodies
The latest production from acclaimed theatre company RashDash, Future Bodies, has been produced in collaboration with Unlimited Theatre and HOME Manchester as a trailblazer event for the 2018 Manchest...
26 Sep 201823min
Rankin's Inspector Rebus embarks on first UK tour
Ian Rankin's Edinburgh detective Inspector Rebus, the star of many of his novels and short stories, is about to make his first ever stage appearance in a brand new story from Rankin with playwright Ro...
22 Sep 201827min
SBC Theatre considers Where We Began with migrant stories
Where We Began is a new piece of theatre devised by a multicultural cast and instigated by Stand and Be Counted Theatre. This company works extensively with asylum seekers, migrants and others seeking...
15 Sep 201825min
Jude Christian directs othellomacbeth at HOME Manchester
For its first production of the autumn 2018 season, HOME in Manchester has again teamed up with Lyric Hammersmith for a pairing of two of Shakespeare's plays, Othello and Macbeth, assembled into one p...
7 Sep 201827min
Stella Duffy: bringing Joan Littlewood's idea of fun to a palace near to you
The Fun Palace was an idea conceived originally by influential theatre maker Joan Littlewood with architect Cedric Price in the early 1960s. Their building-based idea was never built, but writer and a...
12 Aug 201857min
Edinburgh 2018: Rick Conte on The Time Machine and Guy Masterson's 25th Fringe
In our first podcast episode on the 2018 Edinburgh Festivals, we speak to two people who are now veteran Fringe producers and performers. Rick Conte will return to the Fringe this year as Dog in the m...
2 Aug 20181h 6min
Bringing the thrills back to the Royal in Nottingham
The Theatre Royal in Nottingham is preparing for its annual Classic Thrillers Season featuring four different plays over four weeks: Peter Gordon's Sleighed to Death, A Touch of Danger by Francis Durb...
26 Jul 201814min
