Ongoing Mischief at the Vaudeville—and spreading
In this episode, BTG London Editor Philip Fisher speaks with Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre, the company behind The Play that Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, o...
3 Okt 201924min
A gender-switched Enemy of the People in Nottingham
Nottingham Playhouse's latest production is a new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. It features Alex Kingston in the lead role of Dr Teresa Stockman. For this episode, BTG Midlands ...
28 Sep 201919min
New management team at the Rep
Birmingham REP has made three major appointments and they've all taken up their new positions at a theatre recognised as one of the most important in the country. They're Artistic Director Sean Foley,...
12 Sep 201921min
Three decades of a male friendship on tour in Under Three Moons
The latest production from Manchester-based new writing theatre company Box of Tricks is Under Three Moons by Daniel Kanaber, a play about a close male friendship across three decades, described to us...
6 Sep 201927min
One Man, Two Theatres: Richard Bean's comedy in Derby and Hornchurch
Derby Theatre and Queen's Theatre Hornchurch are collaborating for the second time on their major autumn show and in 2019 they've chosen to stage Richard Bean's One Man, Two Guvnors. For this episode,...
29 Aug 201921min
Edinburgh 2019: Shakespeare for Breakfast and Paines Plough's Roundabout
In this episode from the final week of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for 2019, we hear from the current director of a production that has become, after 28 years, an Edinburgh Fringe and C venues insti...
21 Aug 201934min
Edinburgh 2019: Owen O'Neill is Shaving the Dead
Owen O'Neill is an Irish writer, actor and stand-up comedian who has become known particularly on the Edinburgh Fringe for his one-man plays. This year, he has written a two-hander called Shaving the ...
12 Aug 201921min
Edinburgh 2019: The Wardrobe Ensemble and Daniel Bye
As the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe was about to start, we spoke to two people whose work will be featured in this year's festival. Jesse Jones is co-director of the latest devised theatre piece fro...
3 Aug 201955min
