Audio: Playwrights
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Writer Catherine Johnson and her megahit Mamma Mia!
5th June 2008
INTERVIEW: CATHERINE JOHNSON The mega-successful playwright/ creative force behind the international smash-hit Abba musical Mamma Mia! talks to Philip...
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Playwright Steve Waters on new writing
3rd June 2008
INTERVIEW: STEVE WATERS (2/2) The playwright tells Aleks Sierz about his running of the MPhil in Playwriting at Birmingham University, and discusses t...
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Playwright Steve Waters on Fast Labour
3rd June 2008
INTERVIEW: STEVE WATERS (1/2) The playwright tells Aleks Sierz about his new play, Fast Labour (Hampstead/West Yorks Playhouse), which is about Victor...
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Playwright Neil LaBute talks about Fat Pig
28th May 2008
INTERVIEW: NEIL LABUTE The top American playwright and director talks to Philip Fisher about his controversial new play, Fat Pig (Trafalgar Studios), ...
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West End Review: May 2008
27th May 2008
WEST END REVIEW Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) invites his guests Kate Bassett (Independent on Sunday), David Benedict (Variety) and Charles Spencer (T...
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Howard Barker Symposium: online audio exclusive
24th May 2008
HOWARD BARKER SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM An illuminating symposium on the playwright's work, chaired by critic Mark Brown, with contributions from Howard Barke...
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Director James Macdonald on Sarah Kane
23rd May 2008
INTERVIEW: JAMES MACDONALD (2/2) The director talks to Aleks Sierz about Sarah Kane's posthumous 4.48 Psychosis (Royal Court) and about his recent pro...
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Director David Farr on Pinter’s The Birthday Party
21st May 2008
INTERVIEW: DAVID FARR The artistic director of the Lyric, Hammersmith, talks to Dominic Cavendish about his staging of the fiftieth anniversary produc...
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West End Review: April 2008
25th April 2008
WEST END REVIEW Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) asks David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tri...
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