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
Stuart Rogers and Roxana Silbert on reopening of refurbished Birmingham REP
After two and a half years, the newly-refurbished Birmingham REP has reopened with an additional third auditorium. REP executive director Stuart Rogers takes us on a tour of the new building and artis...
10 Sep 201322min
Edinburgh 2013: Philip Zeigler on Laurence Olivier, director Michael Bogdanov, Fringe veteran Pip Utton
At the Edinburgh International Book Festival, author Philip Zeigler talks about his new biography of Laurence Olivier, based largely on 50 hours of taped interviews with the great actor, and theatre d...
26 Aug 20131h 1min
Edfringe 2013: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Orla O'Loughlin and Howard Read
Phoebe Waller-Bridge talks to Philip Fisher about her solo show Fleabag at Underbelly as well writing, performing in the West End and elsewhere and the Edinburgh experience. The Traverse's Artistic Di...
17 Aug 201351min
