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Javaad Alipoor: “Theatres are chasing the same audiences they’ve had forever”
24 January 2018
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Javaad Alipoor: “Theatres are chasing the same audiences they’ve had forever”

By Zain Dada

As ‘The Believers Are But Brothers’ opens at Bush Theatre, its creator talks radicalisation, Prevent and making work outside London.


Racheal Ofori: “People listen to poetry”
8 January 2018
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Racheal Ofori: “People listen to poetry”

By Nicole Acquah

Ahead of her show ‘So Many Reasons’ at feminist festival Calm Down Dear, the writer and performer talks mother-daughter relationships, bypassing gatekeepers, and how to ‘jolt’ an audience.


Callisto: A Queer Epic
6 December 2017
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Callisto: A Queer Epic

By Hannah Greenstreet

Hannah Greenstreet sits in on rehearsals for Forward Arena’s queer, time-hopping epic.


Tamara Harvey: “We are a theatre that makes theatre.”
9 October 2017
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Tamara Harvey: “We are a theatre that makes theatre.”

By Rosemary Waugh

Tamara Harvey is artistic director at Theatr Clwyd, which combines a formidable artistic reputation with a location in rural Wales. She talks Chekhovian humour, working with dead authors, and why theatre and ice rinks mix.


Ellen McDougall: “It’s absolutely important that we don’t limit people”
3 October 2017
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Ellen McDougall: “It’s absolutely important that we don’t limit people”

By Alice Saville

The new artistic director of The Gate talks about running a theatre, looking to Europe, and why a narrow discourse around diversity can be dangerous.


Rachel Bagshaw: “I see pain as colours and hear it as sound”
31 July 2017
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Rachel Bagshaw: “I see pain as colours and hear it as sound”

By Rosemary Waugh

Rachel Bagshaw talks to Rosemary Waugh about creating The Shape of Pain, an Edinburgh Fringe show based on her experiences, and made in collaboration with Chris Thorpe.


Rachel O’Riordan: “I would hate to be directing another one woman show by Gary right now!”
23 March 2017
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Rachel O’Riordan: “I would hate to be directing another one woman show by Gary right now!”

By Rosemary Waugh

After the runaway success of Iphigenia in Splott, Rachel O’Riordan is directing Gary Owen’s new play Killology. She talks about her work as artistic director of the Sherman, and how theatre “opens doors to Wales”.


Sonja Linden: “I want to challenge our audience to rethink attitudes to older people”
22 February 2017
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Sonja Linden: “I want to challenge our audience to rethink attitudes to older people”

By Rosemary Waugh

As Roundelay opens at the Southwark Playhouse, playwright Sonja Linden talks to Rosemary Waugh about why sex and relationships involving older people are rarely discussed.


Carly Wijs: “It’s very important that we have children that can think for themselves”
23 January 2017
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Carly Wijs: “It’s very important that we have children that can think for themselves”

By Rosemary Waugh

As US/Them opens at the National Theatre, writer and director Carly Wijs talks to Rosemary Waugh about sex, censorship and making theatre for children.


Xavier de Sousa: “Migrants… were not part of the conversation.”
2 December 2016
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Xavier de Sousa: “Migrants… were not part of the conversation.”

By Maddy Costa

Maddy Costa talks to Xavier de Sousa about migration, being a host and his new show POST at the Ovalhouse.


Documental: “theatre inspired by lived experience.”
12 September 2016
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Documental: “theatre inspired by lived experience.”

By Rosemary Waugh

Lucy Bell talks to Rosemary Waugh about teenage dads, making documentaries and her latest play, Pulling Out, at the Camden People’s Theatre.


“I hope that a Clean Break play changes your heart a little bit.”
5 September 2016
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“I hope that a Clean Break play changes your heart a little bit.”

By Rosemary Waugh

Róisín McBrinn, head of the artistic programme at Clean Break, talks to Rosemary Waugh about government cuts, vulnerable women and their latest production at The Yard in Hackney.


Wishbone Theatre: “I like to think of it as a single, rather than an album.”
16 May 2016
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Wishbone Theatre: “I like to think of it as a single, rather than an album.”

By Andrew Youngson

Karen Glossop and Paul Murray have created a 15-minute micro play that explores bipolar – on a bicycle. Here, they explore how you can make work about mental health that’s simple, without being simplistic.


Tassos Stevens: “Networked capitalism is still capitalism”
19 April 2016
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Tassos Stevens: “Networked capitalism is still capitalism”

By David Ralf

The director of Coney’s new show Remote at Camden People’s Theatre on choice, consensus and control.


Christopher Brett Bailey: “I don’t really live in the real world.”
12 April 2016
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Christopher Brett Bailey: “I don’t really live in the real world.”

By Andrew Youngson

Christopher Brett Bailey, the punk-haired mastermind behind ‘THIS IS HOW WE DIE’, reflects on his desire to overwhelm both audience and performer.


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