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Isobel McArthur

29th November 2023

INTERVIEW: ISOBEL MCARTHUR. Isobel McArthur is an Olivier award winning actor, director and playwright. In 2018 she created Pride and Prejudice *sort ...

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in Adaptation, Comedy, Feminism, Historical Drama, New Writing, Playwrights, Scottish Theatre

Chris Bush

16th November 2023

INTERVIEW: CHRIS BUSH. Chris Bush is an award-winning playwright and lyricist. Her work ranges from huge community-led pieces to musicals and politica...

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in Adaptation, Musicals, New Writing, Playwrights, Theatre People

Mark Ravenhill

25th March 2022

INTERVIEW: MARK RAVENHILL. Mark Ravenhill exploded on to the theatre scene in 1996 at the Royal Court with his uncompromising play about young people...

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in New Writing, Playwrights, Theatre Buildings

Lisa Spirling

2nd February 2022

INTERVIEW: LISA SPIRLING. Sam Marlowe met Lisa Spirling, artistic director of Theatre503, in Battersea, South London, at a time of exciting redevelop...

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in London Fringe, New Writing, Playwrights

Elizabeth Newman

2nd April 2020

INTERVIEW: ELIZABETH NEWMAN. Elizabeth arrived at Pitlochry Festival Theatre in 2018 after eight years at Bolton’s Octagon, five as associate di...

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in Adaptation, Devised Theatre, Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, New Writing, Playwrights, Political Theatre, Scottish Theatre

Pamela Carter and Stewart Laing

21st November 2019

INTERVIEW: PAMELA CARTER AND STEWART LAING. Playwright Pamela Carter and director-designer Stewart Laing have worked together on a string of ground-br...

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in Design, Directors, Experimental Theatre, New Writing, Playwrights, Scottish Theatre

Sarah Frankcom

14th November 2019

INTERVIEW: SARAH FRANKCOM. As she finishes her tenure at the Manchester Royal Exchange, Sarah Frankcom looks back over her decade in the artistic dire...

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in Directors, Education, New Writing, Playwrights, Regional Theatre, Theatre Buildings, Youth Theatre