Ed Byrne: ‘Spoiler Alert’
Ed Byrne has been an acclaimed stand-up (with audiences and critics alike) for 20 years now. His...
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Category: Interviews
Composing Modern Musicals: In Conversation with Dougal Irvine
Teddy the Musical is transforming London’s Vaults beneath Waterloo into Elephant and Castle...
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Rethinking ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’: In Conversation with Patrick Knowles
A Streetcar Named Desire is one of the Twentieth Century’s most enduring plays and Tennesse...
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Multiple Spotlights: In Conversation with Carrie Hope Fletcher
Carrie Hope Fletcher. Musical theatre star, best-selling author, internet star, and now releasing...
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Visualising Music: ‘Colours’ by Dimitri Scarlato
In his new project Colours, composer and conductor Dimitri Scarlato journeys through an aural...
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Fake Wellness: In Conversation with Daniella Isaacs
For much of her 20’s, Daniella Isaacs was something of an ambassador for the Wellness movement,...
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Out of the Wings and into the Spotlight: In Conversation with Natasha Barnes
Natasha Barnes hit the media in a major way when she stepped into the role of Fanny Bryce after...
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A Labour of Love: In Conversation with Jennifer Kirby
Actress Jennifer Kirby has had an illustrious stage career, working with the Royal Shakespeare...
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A Career in Two Parts: In Conversation with Annabel Scholey
Annabel Scholey is an actress most recently acclaimed for her performance in the Netflix hit...
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Hashtag Art: In Conversation with Tabloid Art History
Tabloid Art History is a Twitter account with a simple premise – tabloid photographs paired with...
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‘Too Young For What?’: Talking Basquiat with Poet in the City, Paula Varjack, and Jacob Sam-La Rose
In conjunction with Boom for Real, their exhibition of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work on display...
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From the West End to the Fringe: In Conversation with Stephen Whitson
Billed as “a story about what we do to protect those around us and how we fuck them up in...
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Reasons to be Cheerful: In Conversation with Graeae’s John Kelly
John Kelly is the lead vocalist for the band in Graeae’s latest production, Reasons to be...
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From Stage to Page: Rosie Wilby’s ‘Is Monogamy Dead’
For a number of years now, Rosie Wilby has made her name on the comedy circuit for bringing warmth...
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Examining Anxiety Through Performance: In Conversation with Idiot Child
Susie Riddell and Anna Harpin are the Co-Directors for Idiot Child, a Bristol-based theatre...
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The Science of Comedy: In Conversation with Samantha Baines
Samantha Baines is one of comedy’s rising stars, boasting sell out runs across the Edinburgh...
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A Night Out On Stage: In Conversation with Eggs Collective
Eggs Collective consists of Sara Cocker, Lowri Evans, and Léonie Higgins. Based in Manchester they...
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Mental Health and Theatre: In Conversation with Isabelle Kabban
A new award has been introduced for the Edinburgh Fringe this year, celebrating work that...
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Stand-up Politics: In Conversation with Ahir Shah
Ahir Shah is an example of what it would be like if your politics professor was also a...
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Talking Cheek by Jowl: In Conversation with Declan Donnellan
In 1981 Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod founded Cheek by Jowl, a company that has since grown...
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Screening ‘Julius Caesar’: In Conversation with Phyllida Lloyd
Phyllida Lloyd has recently conducted a revolutionary experiment with Shakespeare. Billed as the...
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Caesar on Parole: in Conversation with Jackie Clune
Jackie Clune plays the title role in Phyllida Lloyd’s latest production of Julius Caesar,...
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Dancing While Black: In Conversation with Pauline Mayers
For most of her life, dancer, choreographer, and theatre-maker Pauline Mayers has had to battle...
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Among Les Enfants Terribles: In Conversation with Oliver Lansley
Oliver Lansley is the Artistic Director of Les Enfants Terribles, a company he founded in 2001 and...
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Spoken Word vs Fake News: In Conversation with Francesca Beard
Francesca Beard has returned to the stage with her first full-length show after a ten-year...
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Clowning and Comedy: In Conversation with Luke Rollason
Despite the recent craze of so called “killer clowns” and the terror of Stephen King’s It (1986),...
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In Conversation with Frozen Light: Accessible Theatre for Audiences with Learning Disabilities
Frozen Light Theatre was founded in 2013 with the aim of producing multi-sensory theatre...
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Rejecting the High Street: Lydia Higginson’s ‘Made My Wardrobe’
As Yves Saint Laurent once said, “fashion fades, but style is eternal.”[1] In this age of...
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Pushing Boundaries: in Conversation with Jazz Plus Productions
Founded in 2015, Jazz Plus Productions have an explicit “desire to uproot the UK jazz scene”.[1]...
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Nuclear Tensions and Writing Plays: In Conversation with Vanessa Oakes
We here at culturised caught up with playwright Vanessa Oakes to discuss her latest project All is...
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‘Undermined’ in Conversation: Miners and Flyers
Undermined is a play inspired by the accounts of miners who lived through the era defining UK...
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