Tim Bano talks writing, acting and reinventing with the Inside No 9 creator and Hangmen actor at the Royal Court.
Q&A and Interviews
7 October 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Natalia Kaliada: “Any system, anywhere, is afraid of people who think.”
By Verity Healey
The artistic director of Belarus Free Theatre on Staging A Revolution.
23 September 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Bea Roberts: “The country side is so under represented on stage.”
By Rosemary Waugh
Rosemary Waugh talks contemporary rural life with the author of And Then Come The Nightjars.
22 September 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Michael Billington: “Why play safe?”
By Tim Bano
Tim Bano goes below the line with the Guardian critic, reflecting on 50 years in the profession and what makes a play great.
21 September 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
The Iliad: “A Song You Don’t Want To End”
By Eleanor Turney
Mike Pearson and Mike Brookes discuss their marathon staging of the Greek classic for National Theatre of Wales.
21 September 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Luke Norris: “Words are the weapons for actors to use”
By Andrew Youngson
The actor and playwright on working with Ivo Van Hove, and his new play So Here We Are.
14 September 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Sally Cookson: “Get the golden axe out and kill your darlings.”
By Eleanor Turney
Eleanor Turney talks to the director of Jane Eyre about the incendiary power of Bronte’s novel and bringing Jane to the stage.
11 September 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Tristan Sharps: “Terms like site-specific get thrown around so easily”
By Alice Saville
Alice Saville interviews Tristan Sharps, creator of pioneering site-specific company DreamThinkSpeak.
2 September 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
The Stick House: Subterranean Fairy Tales
By Rosemary Waugh
Sharon Clark on Raucous’ new promenade piece and building worlds beneath the streets of Bristol.
1 September 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Rory Mullarkey: “Rhythm is extremely important to me.”
By Tim Bano
The director discusses translation, languages, and his new version of the Oresteia at the Globe
19 August 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Andy Field: “Resisting the matrixification of time”
By Alice Saville
The co-director of the Forest Fringe on free art and why you should spend a day at the Forest.
17 August 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Nadia Fall: “I love small scenes, close-ups.”
By David Ralf
The director discusses her upcoming production of Our Country’s Good, redemption, art, and ‘the movie version’.
13 August 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Made in China: “It’s not about you. Be better at not taking it personally”
By Andrew Youngson
Jess Latowicki and Tim Cowbury on mining their relationship for the sake of their art.
11 August 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Jamie Wood: “This liveness of bodies and of sharing.”
By Alice Saville
The performer talks clowning, hippies, and the process of making his Edinburgh Fringe show O No!
29 July 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Alex Clifton: “There’s a cultural fantasy that actors are egotists, and that’s total crap.”
By David Ralf
The Chester Performs director stresses generosity, gender parity, and infinite theatre.