Audio: New Writing
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Playwright Tracy Letts on August: Osage County
28th November 2008
INTERVIEW: TRACY LETTS The American writer and actor talks to Philip Fisher about the inspiration behind his multi-award-winning Broadway hit, August:...
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Adriano Shaplin of the Riot Group talks science
23rd November 2008
INTERVIEW: ADRIANO SHAPLIN The American playwright and director talks about his first commission for the Royal Shakespeare Company: The Tragedy of Tho...
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Playwright Alexis Zegerman on her debut
6th November 2008
INTERVEW: ALEXIS ZEGERMAN The actor and playwright chats to Aleks Sierz about her full-length debut, Lucky Seven (Hampstead), which was inspired by th...
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Enda Walsh from Disco Pigs to Hunger
3rd November 2008
INTERVIEW: ENDA WALSH (2/2) The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his career, from the classic Disco Pigs (Corcadorca, 1996) through to his curren...
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Enda Walsh and The Walworth Farce
3rd November 2008
INTERVIEW: ENDA WALSH (1/2) The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his scintillating 2006 play for Druid, The Walworth Farce (now at the National),...
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Michael Attenborough on Neil LaBute
21st October 2008
INTERVIEW: MICHAEL ATTENBOROUGH (1/2) The artistic director of the Almeida Theatre in north London talks to Aleks Sierz about directing Neil LaBute's ...
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Playwright Simon Stephens on Harper Regan
20th October 2008
INTERVIEW: SIMON STEPHENS (2/2) The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about the genesis, theme and form of his other 2008 play, Harper Regan (National),...
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Playwright Simon Stephens on Pornography
20th October 2008
INTERVIEW: SIMON STEPHENS (1/2) The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest play, Pornography (Birmingham Rep/Traverse), which was a major hi...
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Playwright Fin Kennedy on How To Disappear…
16th October 2008
INTERVIEW: FIN KENNEDY (1/2) The playwright discusses his 2007 award-winning play, How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (currently at the So...
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