Walter Meierjohann and Dave Moutrey on creation of new Home Manchester arts centre
Home Manchester is a new purpose-built arts centre that will bring together Manchester's Cornerhouse cinema and Library Theatre Company into one organisation with shared facilities, due to open in spr...
23 Dec 201330min
Panto: Nottingham Playhouse's Jack and the Beanstalk and Birmingham Hippodrome's Snow White
The Nottingham Playhouse and Birmingham Hippodrome are two of the UK's leading pantomime powerhouses. Simon Sladen speaks to Rebecca Little of the Nottingham Playhouse's Jack and the Beanstalk and Dan...
17 Dec 201333min
Kat B and Matt Dempsey on Hackney Empire Puss in Boots and Phil Gallagher on Marlowe Canterbury Jack and the Beanstalk
Kat B and Matt Dempsey have appeared in many Hackney Empire pantomimes. The two performers speak to Simon Sladen about the pantomime rehearsal process, their love for the Hackney Empire and their role...
11 Dec 201343min
Anna Jordan announced as winner of Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2013
The winners of the £16,000 first prize and three judges prizes of £8,000 in the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting were announced at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester on 22 November 2013. We prese...
4 Dec 201326min
Nick Hern on 25 years as a specialist theatre book publisher
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of his publishing house, Nick Hern talks to Philip Fisher about a career in theatre and his work with some of the greatest names in the business. For more information...
2 Dec 201320min
Martin Barrass on playing the fool in the York Theatre Royal panto for 28 years
Actor Martin Barrass on playing the fool in his 28th panto at York Theatre Royal, the art and the craft of slapstick, having the part of Alfie written for him by Richard Bean in One Man, Two Guvnors ...
27 Nov 201331min
Paul Holman and Lee Waddingham of pantomime producers Paul Holman Associates
Paul Holman Associates has produced over 200 pantomimes since 1995. Simon Sladen speaks to Paul Holman (founder, company chairman and Managing Director) and Lee Waddingham (Artistic Director / Associa...
24 Nov 201321min
Tom Morton-Smith and Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder on In Doggerland from Box of Tricks
Playwright Tom Morton-Smith and director Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder on In Doggerland, the first national tour from new writing company Box of Tricks Theatre Company. The play will tour to: 7-9 November: T...
1 Nov 201337min
