-
In the spotlight: Jack McNamara on Stay Safe, a Whatsapp play for Halloween
Is everything OK? Not really. I think I need to share this with the whole group… A WhatsApp group is a modern-day campfire. A place to gather, gossip, myth-make and share stories. For many parents it’s a safe space to feel connected to their children’s school. But is anything really safe anymore? Told entirely live…
-
Spotlight on She Is A Place Called Home's Esohe Uwadiae
She is a Place Called Home is the debut play from Esohe Uwadiae. As two sisters rehearse a traditional Nigerian dance for their father’s wedding to his second wife (an addition rather than a replacement for his first) they explore their culture, their religion and their family in crisis. Directed by Layla Madanat I spoke…
-
Jane McDonald on 20 years in show business
Jane McDonald is going on tour , Churchill Theatre in Bromley spoke to her in advance of her sold-out show She’s glam, she’s fun and 55 years young. Jane McDonald is the singer and presenter that everyone wants to be friends with and we got to catch up with her ahead of her sold-out show taking…
-
Spotlight on Powerhouse Town
I had a chat with Pete Gibson, who I recently interviewed for We Apologise for the Inconvenience, about his role in Stephen Dodwell’s Powerhouse Town in which six lives collide in a betting shop, by the end of the day one of them is dead. Tell us about your character in Powerhouse Town? The characters…
-
Spotlight on Sleepless Theatre Company’s Baby Box
Sleepless Theatre Company‘s new production Baby Box comes to King’s Head Theatre in May. I spoke to Helena Jackson, the company’s AD and the production’s director about the play, vaginas and Equity. How did Sleepless Theatre come about? At around 16 our artistic director got bored of waiting for other people to put on plays…
-
Double Infemnity, Vault Festival
Private Dicks are out and Private Vaginas in, in Double Infemnity.
-
Interview with Matthew Campling on The Secondary Victim
What is ‘The Secondary Victim’ about? The drama of therapy and the therapy of drama! Ali is a respected wife and counsellor. But her harmonious life is torn apart when a young male ex-client make allegations of sexual misconduct against her. These allegations go to an Ethical Hearing. The stakes are high – if any…
-
Spotlight on FCUK’D writer and director Niall Ransome
Niall is best known to audiences for his work with Mischief Theatre. He is part of the ensemble for plays such as ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ and ‘The Comedy About a Bank Robbery’. His new play, produced by Eastlake Productions, written entirely in verse is a candid one-man show switches…
-
Kathy Burke Interview
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1391011396/n13122451567_741066_2807_400x400.jpg
View from the Cheap Seat 