Playwright Ngozi Anyanwu's Homecoming in New York
Philip Fisher interviews Ngozi Anyanwu about her new play for Atlantic Theater Company, The Homecoming Queen. Set in Nigeria, it follows the fortunes of a woman returning home for a visit after 15 yea...
23 Jan 201820min
HOME Manchester gives PUSH to Manchester theatre creators
PUSH from Manchester's HOME arts centre is an annual festival each January that brings together Manchester-based performance artists and companies for just over two weeks of performances, readings, wo...
16 Jan 201827min
Village Voice critic Feingold on New York theatre 2017/18
Philip Fisher and Village Voice columnist/critic Michael Feingold discuss trends in New York Theatre, the latter concluding that "we have a lot of signs of hope in the theatre".
12 Jan 201822min
Andrew Pollard: around the UK in 6 pantos
In 2016, Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield produced its first ever professional pantomime, Cinderella, written by one of the UK's leading pantomime writers, Andrew Pollard, who has been brought ...
7 Des 201730min
Atack Heartworms his way to £16,000 Bruntwood top prize
At the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester on 13 November 2017, the winners were announced of the sixth biennial Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. The winners of three Judges' Prizes of £8,000 each we...
1 Des 201727min
Sally Cookson on adapting C S Lewis to in-the-round at the Quarry
BTG's Mark Smith speaks to acclaimed director Sally Cookson about her forthcoming production of family classic The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. The show is set to transform the West Yorkshire Pla...
10 Nov 201714min
Asylum and refuge: Theatre of Sanctuary from SBC
Mark Smith talks to producer John Tomlinson about SBC Theatre, the company he co-created and which has recently become the UK's first "Theatre Company of Sanctuary". This status recognises the company...
3 Nov 201719min
Vanya comes HOME to Manchester for Revolution centenary
As part of its A Revolution Betrayed? spring and summer season across its film, art and theatre programmes, commemorating the centenary of the Russian Revolution, HOME Manchester will present a new pr...
25 Okt 20170s
