Audio: New Writing
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Risk and struggle: Matthew Dunster discusses his Children’s Children
26th June 2012
INTERVIEW: MATTHEW DUNSTER The prolific writer, actor and director tells Sophie Reynolds about his new play, Children’s Children, which is currently...
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Director Michael Buffong outlines his vision for Talawa
19th June 2012
BLACK VOICES: MICHAEL BUFFONG The new artistic director of Talawa, Britain's leading black theatre company, talks to Aleks Sierz about his vision for ...
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Playwright David Hare on his latest West End hit
15th June 2012
INTERVIEW: DAVID HARE The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest play, South Downs, which is currently on at the Harold Pinter Theatre as pa...
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West End Review: new work
9th June 2012
WEST END REVIEW: MAY 2012 Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and guests Kate Bassett (Independent on Sunday), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wo...
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Three British-Nigerian playwrights discuss their latest work
22nd May 2012
BLACK VOICES: BOLA AGBAJE, JANICE OKOH and ADE SOLANKE Three British-Nigerian playwrights talk to Aleks Sierz about their latest plays — Belong (Roy...
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Director and writer Lisa Goldman breaks the rules
12th May 2012
INTERVIEW: LISA GOLDMAN The director and writer talks to Aleks Sierz about her new book, The No Rules Handbook for Writers (Oberon), which is an antid...
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Star actor Simon Russell Beale on playing Stalin
5th May 2012
INTERVIEW: SIMON RUSSELL BEALE To mark the transfer to the National's Olivier Theatre of John Hodge's Olivier Award-winning play, Collaborators, about...
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New Bush supremo Madani Younis — his debut season
12th April 2012
INTERVIEW: MADANI YOUNIS On the eve of the opening of his inaugural production of Lee Mattinson's Chalet Lines at the Bush Theatre, the venue's new Ar...
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Director Ned Bennett revives Philip Ridley’s masterpiece
11th April 2012
INTERVIEW: NED BENNETT The director talks to Aleks Sierz about his current revival of Philip Ridley's visionary 2005 play, Mercury Fur, in a powerful ...
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