Tim Webb of Oily Cart Theatre Company on There Was An Old Woman
Oily Cart Theatre Company was founded in 1981 to specialise in creating theatre for the under-5s, considered a challenging audience by most theatre groups. A few years later, it started to create thea...
9 Nov 201439min
Michael Rudman on his life as a leading UK and US theatre director
Theatre director Michael Rudman talks to BTG London Editor Philip Fisher about a long career in theatre, running the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, Hampstead Theatre in London and the Lyttelton at the...
31 Okt 201426min
Mike Tweddle on the Best of BE Festival tour 2014
Birmingham's BE Festival of European arts will be touring the best of 2014's event for the fourth year, taking three performances from Hungary, Austria and Belgium to venues throughout the UK and Madr...
15 Okt 201424min
Pete Brooks of Imitating the Dog on Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms
Imitating the Dog, a company known for its integration of video and other technology into its theatre work, has managed to secure the rights for the first ever UK stage adaptation of Ernest Hemingway'...
6 Okt 201431min
Marcus Romer of Pilot Theatre on Antigone
York-based Pilot Theatre's latest project is an adaptation by British playwright Roy Williams of the Greek classic play Antigone by Sophocles. In this episode, Pilot artistic director Marcus Romer, wh...
18 Sep 201426min
Manchester Shakespeare: Maxine Peake's Hamlet at Royal Exchange and Home's Romeo and Juliet at Victoria Baths
The hottest tickets for 2014's autumn theatre season in Manchester are productions of Shakespeare from two of the region's leading theatre companies. The Royal Exchange Theatre production of Hamlet is...
10 Sep 20141h 5min
Writer and performer Neil Gore on United We Stand from Townsend Productions
Townsend Productions is touring a new play about a group of protesters in the 1972 builders' strike who have become known as the Shrewsbury 24, one of whom is now well-known to TV viewers as actor Ri...
4 Sep 201424min
Edinburgh 2014: producer Richard Jordan, Hannah Price of Theatre Uncut and Guy Masterson
Producer Richard Jordan and BTG's Philip Fisher discuss trends in Edinburgh and recommend shows that should not be missed, including The James Plays in the International Festival. Founder and Co-Artis...
25 Aug 20141h 10min
