Artistic director Stephen Barlow on the 2013 Buxton Festival
Stephen Barlow, artistic director of the Buxton Festival which combines rarely-seen opera with live music and literature, talks about this year's event and about the history of the festival, which has been running in the small Derbyshire town in the Peak District since 1979. For more information, see www.buxtonfestival.co.uk or ring the box office on 0845 127 2190 or 01298 72190.
24 Apr 201316min
Playwright Tim Fountain and director Mike Bradwell on Queen of the Nile for Hull Truck
Playwright Tim Fountain and director Mike Bradwell talk about Queen of the Nile, a production they have worked on together for Hull Truck Theatre. Fountain is best known for his controversial plays such as Sex Addict (Royal Court), Resident Alien (Bush Theatre), Dandy in the Underworld and Julie Burchill Is Away (Soho Theatre). Bradwell founded Hull Truck in 1972, but hasn't directed for it for more than 30 years. He has also been artistic director of The Bush, one of London's leading new writing theatres. Queen of the Nile will run from 18 April to 11 May 2013 at Hull Truck Theatre. For more information, see www.hulltruck.co.uk or call the box office on 01482 323638.
1 Apr 201331min
Tommy Luther on the UK tour of War Horse
Associate Puppetry Director Tommy Luther talks about the first ever UK tour of the National Theatre hit production of War Horse, based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, and about his involvement in the production since the early workshops in 2007. Recorded at The Lowry in Salford, where the production will spend Christmas and New Year 2013-4 on its longest run of the tour. For more information about the production, see the War Horse On Stage web site.
23 Mar 201312min
Manchester International Festival 2013 programme is announced
Announcements of the theatre events in the 2013 programme for the Manchester International Festival from Festival director Alex Poots and some of the artists involved. Featured on the podcast are actor Maxine Peake, director Josie Rourke, Belgian director Inne Goris, actor Kenneth Branagh and director Rob Ashford.
2 Mar 201321min
Playwright Amanda Whittington on three new play openings
Playwright Amanda Whittington talks about her career and her writing process and about three new plays she has opening in the next twelve months: The Thrill of Love opens at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme from 22 February to 9 March before moving to the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough from 13 to 23 March and the St James Theatre in London from 27 March to 4 May. The Dugout from Splice Productions will be at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol in May. My Judy Garland Life will open at Nottingham Playhouse at the beginning of 2014.
28 Feb 201317min
Indhu Rubasingham after her first season at the Tricycle
Indhu Rubasingham talks about her first season and upcoming plans as artistic director of London's Tricycle Theatre, which she took over in May 2012 from Nicolas Kent, who had run the Kilburn venue for 28 years.
21 Feb 201317min
Manchester's Library Theatre Company revives Brecht's Mother Courage at The Lowry
Manchester's Library Theatre Company, currently without a permanent performance home since moving out of Central Library and not due to move into its joint new home with Cornerhouse cinema until 2014, is taking advantage of its temporary residency at The Lowry's Quays Theatre with a major new revival of Brecht's Mother Courage and her Children, translated by Tony Kushner. Lead actress Eve Polycarpou, composer and musical director Greg Palmer and director Chris Honer talk about the production.
8 Feb 201324min
Tara Fitzgerald talks about her RSC debut
Midlands editor Steve Orme talks to actress Tara Fitzgerald, known to TV viewers as Dr Eve Lockhart in Waking the Dead and The Body Farm and for the US TV series Game of Thrones, about her Royal Shakespeare Company debut playing Hermione in The Winter's Tale.
6 Feb 201317min
