Audio: New Writing
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Activist playwright Anders Lustgarten challenges the ideology of austerity
2nd March 2013
INTERVIEW: ANDERS LUSTGARTEN The playwright and political activist talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest play, If You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let...
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Rufus Norris and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith pick apart Feast
25th February 2013
INTERVIEW: RUFUS NORRIS & KOBNA HOLDBROOK-SMITH Director Rufus Norris and actor Kobna Holdbrook-Smith talk to Matt Trueman about Feast, a staged celeb...
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Justin Audibert surveys his Gruesome Playground Injuries
2nd February 2013
INTERVIEW: JUSTIN AUDIBERT The Leverhulme Bursary-winning director tells Matt Trueman about the intricate relationship at the heart of Rajiv Joseph’...
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Sebastian Born, Associate Director (Literary) at the National Theatre
17th January 2013
INTERVIEW: SEBASTIAN BORN The Associate Director (Literary) at the National Theatre tells Sophie Reynolds about the work of a literary department, fro...
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West End Review: new plays and revivals
15th January 2013
WEST END REVIEW: JANUARY 2013 Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and guests Kate Bassett (Independent on Sunday), David Benedict (Variety) and Matt Wolf (I...
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NYC interview: actress Susannah Flood on performing in Nina Raine’s Tribes
5th January 2013
New York Special: Susannah Flood talks to Philip Fisher about her performance in the US production of Nina Raine’s Tribes at Barrow Street. In parti...
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Playwright Nick Payne discusses Constellations: quantum multiverse theory, love and honey
28th December 2012
INTERVIEW: NICK PAYNE The playwright tells Sophie Reynolds about his award-winning play Constellations, which was first produced in January 2012 at th...
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Philip Ridley’s new one is an epic fairy tale that spans 500 years
19th December 2012
INTERVIEW: PHILIP RIDLEY The polymath playwright bewitches Aleks Sierz with his description of his amazing new play, Feathers in the Snow (the last sh...
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Playwright EV Crowe explores sexuality in her latest, Hero
17th December 2012
INTERVIEW: EV CROWE The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about Hero (Royal Court), her new play which examines the themes of sexual identity and courag...
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