Edinburgh 2014: Baby Wants Candy and James Grieve of Paines Plough
David Chadderton talks to Zach Reino, Jessica McKenna and Nick Semar of American comedy group Baby Wants Candy, one of the longest-running companies to offer a brand new, fully-improvised musical at e...
17 Aug 201445min
Edinburgh 2014: Horse + Bamboo's Red Riding Hood and Blofeld and Baxter Memories of Test Match Special
Lancashire-based Horse + Bamboo, a company that has specialised in mask and puppet theatre since it was founded in 1978, brings its version of classic fairy tale Red Riding Hood to the Scottish Storyt...
9 Aug 201436min
Director Conrad Nelson on She Stoops to Conquer for Northern Broadsides
Halifax-based Northern Broadsides will soon tour a new production of Oliver Goldsmith's 1773 comedy She Stoops to Conquer, directed by director, actor and composer Conrad Nelson, a regular member of t...
3 Aug 201425min
Actors Shobna Gulati and Joe McGann on touring in John Godber's April in Paris
Actors Shobna Gulati and Joe McGann speak to BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme about touring in John Godber's two-hander April in Paris, directed by the author. Shobna Gulati is best known for playing A...
5 Juli 201419min
Louise Lowe and the cast of Angel Meadow from ANU Productions and HOME Manchester
HOME Manchester, the new arts organisation formed from the merger between the Library Theatre Company and Cornerhouse Cinema, is filling the time before the opening of its new, purpose-built home in s...
8 Juni 201442min
Daniel Boys and Lauren Samuels on Love Story at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton
The Octagon Theatre in Bolton ends its year-long season with the first UK revival of the musical Love Story since it closed on the West End in 2010. Based on the novel by Erich Segal and the hit film,...
1 Juni 201428min
Mike Shepherd and Charles Hazlewood on Kneehigh's Dead Dog in a Suitcase
Kneehigh Theatre Company from Cornwall is currently working on a brand new adaptation of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera titled Dead Dog in a Suitcase, with a script by regular Kneehigh writer Carl Gros...
25 Maj 201459min
National Theatre on tour: War Horse, One Man Two Guvnors, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Britain's National Theatre is currently promoting tours of three of its most successful productions: War Horse, adapted from Michael Morpurgo's First World War novel by Nick Stafford, Richard Bean's O...
18 Maj 201446min
