Playwright Emma Reeves on Snow Child for tutti frutti and York Theatre Royal
Leeds-based children's theatre company tutti frutti has teamed up with York Theatre Royal and playwright Emma Reeves, Olivier-nominated for her adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's Hetty Feather, on a ne...
1 Okt 201523min
Pilot Theatre's Outsiders, re-imagining Camus
York-based Pilot Theatre is currently in rehearsals for Outsiders, a new re-imagining of Albert Camus' novel L'Etranger. The play is written by Emteaz Hussain and staged by the Australian director Fra...
25 Sep 201520min
Robert Powell on playing King Charles III and his 50-year career
BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme talks to actor Robert Powell, who has taken over the title role in Mike Bartlett's King Charles III from Tim Pigott-Smith for a UK tour which began in September 2015. Po...
20 Sep 201533min
Michael Billington on his career and new book The 101 Greatest Plays
Michael Billington has been theatre critic of The Guardian since 1971 and of Country Life since 1986, but began reviewing for The Times in 1965. He is the author of biographies of Harold Pinter and Pe...
8 Sep 201540min
Conrad Nelson on The Winter's Tale for Northern Broadsides
Northern Broadsides resident director Conrad Nelson is directing the company's first production in its 23-year history of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale as well as appearing as jealous Sicilian King ...
2 Sep 201530min
Critics Mark Fisher and Neil Cooper on Edinburgh 2015
BTG's Philip Fisher talks with theatre critics Mark Fisher and Neil Cooper about their picks of this year's Fringe and International Festivals. The productions discussed include 887 by Robert Lepage a...
28 Aug 201528min
Richard Jordan on EIF and Edfringe
In a wide-ranging discussion, BTG's Philip Fisher talks with theatre producer Richard Jordan about this year's Edinburgh Fringe and International Festival highlights, star ratings, reviews web sites, ...
24 Aug 201528min
Fergus Linehan, director of Edinburgh International Festival
In the thick of the 2015 Edinburgh festivals, Fergus Linehan talks to BTG's Philip Fisher about his first year as director of the Edinburgh International Festival. For more information on the Festival...
20 Aug 201520min
