Three decades of a male friendship on tour in Under Three Moons
The latest production from Manchester-based new writing theatre company Box of Tricks is Under Three Moons by Daniel Kanaber, a play about a close male friendship across three decades, described to us...
6 Sep 201927min
One Man, Two Theatres: Richard Bean's comedy in Derby and Hornchurch
Derby Theatre and Queen's Theatre Hornchurch are collaborating for the second time on their major autumn show and in 2019 they've chosen to stage Richard Bean's One Man, Two Guvnors. For this episode,...
29 Aug 201921min
Edinburgh 2019: Shakespeare for Breakfast and Paines Plough's Roundabout
In this episode from the final week of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for 2019, we hear from the current director of a production that has become, after 28 years, an Edinburgh Fringe and C venues insti...
21 Aug 201934min
Edinburgh 2019: Owen O'Neill is Shaving the Dead
Owen O'Neill is an Irish writer, actor and stand-up comedian who has become known particularly on the Edinburgh Fringe for his one-man plays. This year, he has written a two-hander called Shaving the ...
12 Aug 201921min
Edinburgh 2019: The Wardrobe Ensemble and Daniel Bye
As the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe was about to start, we spoke to two people whose work will be featured in this year's festival. Jesse Jones is co-director of the latest devised theatre piece fro...
3 Aug 201955min
Classic Thrillers return to Nottingham Theatre Royal
The Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season has been a regular feature at Nottingham's Theatre Royal since 1989. An ensemble performs four plays over the space of four weeks, a short rehearsal period p...
28 Juli 201918min
New Octagon Artistic Director launches her first season
Lotte Wakeham, who took over as Artistic Director of Bolton's Octagon Theatre in February 2019, spoke to us after three months in the job about launching her first season in the post, her background a...
19 Maj 201937min
Jackie Kay's Red Dust Road runs from Edinburgh to Manchester
Jackie Kay is the current Makar, the Scottish national poet, whose 2010 memoir, Red Dust Road, is to be adapted for the stage by Tanika Gupta for a co-production between the National Theatre of Scotla...
10 Maj 201932min
