Andrew Youngson speaks to Perrier Award winner Will Adamsdale about bringing his manic motivational speaker, Chris John Jackson, to the BAC for a special Christmas seminar.
Q&A and Interviews
25 November 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Clive Judd: “All my work is about men in crisis.”
By Tim Bano
Tim Bano talks to the director about role-swapping, Simon Stephens, career paths and the full experience of being human.
25 November 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
James Garnon: “You can’t sit back, you have to sit forward. What’s the point otherwise?”
By Tim Bano
On Pericles and the particular magic of performing at the Globe and in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
10 November 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Matt Berry: “There’s always another idea round the corner.”
By Tim Bano
Tim Bano talks to actor, writer and musician, Matt Berry, about the ethics of voiceover work, the London Dungeons and Stephen Toast.
6 November 2015
Features • Performance • Q&A and Interviews
Accidental Collective: “It’s a million miles away from what we thought we were making.”
By David Ralf
Accidental Collective’s Daisy Orton and Pablo Pakula discuss their new show about hope.
3 November 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Deborah Pearson: “We are all on this merry go round made of time together”
By Catherine Love
Catherine Love talks to the co-founder of Forest Fringe about time, mortality and being ‘here.’
2 November 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Jon Brittain & Vinay Patel: “More Stories, Told Well”
By Jon Brittain
A discussion of identity politics, appropriation, trans narratives & the ownership of stories.
26 October 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Alistair McDowall: “I Spend a Lot of Time on the Internet.”
By Andrew Haydon
Andrew Haydon talks to the playwright about the inspiration behind Pomona, the influence of the internet on his work, and the changing face of Manchester.
19 October 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Stewart Lee: “The most controversial thing you can do is be sincere in a world of irony.”
By Andrew Haydon
Talking journalism, live art, the comedy circuit, The Fall, and access to education, among other things.
17 October 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Tim Casson: “Letters give you insights into someone’s psyche”
By Andrew Youngson
London dancer-choreographer Tim Casson is up in Aberdeen to turn correspondence into dance.
15 October 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Jen Malarkey: “I enjoy a lack of moderation.”
By Billy Barrett
Billy Barrett talks to the director about the “gritty wrongness” of I Heart Catherine Pistachio.
12 October 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
In League with Reece Shearsmith
By Tim Bano
Tim Bano talks writing, acting and reinventing with the Inside No 9 creator and Hangmen actor at the Royal Court.
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.