Audio: Playwrights
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Playwright Alistair McDowall explores the mysterious world of Pomona
27th November 2014
INTERVIEW: ALISTAIR McDOWALL The award-winning playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his well-received imaginative new play, Pomona (Orange Tree Theat...
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Evan Placey and Esther Baker discuss Girls Like That
26th November 2014
INTERVIEW: EVAN PLACEY AND ESTHER BAKER Following Synergy’s production of Evan Placey’s play Girls Like That, the playwright and director Esther B...
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BBC Radio Four’s Kathy Clugston sings the praises of But First This
11th November 2014
INTERVIEW: KATHY CLUGSTON The BBC Radio Four Announcer and Newsreader talks to Judi Herman about writing a musical with composer Desmond O’Connor. C...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2014: Test Match Special commentators Henry Blofeld and Peter Baxter
6th August 2014
EDINBURGH 2014: HENRY BLOFELD and PETER BAXTER The Test Match Special commentators chat to Philip Fisher about their Edinburgh Fringe show, Blofeld an...
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West End Review: Miss Saigon, Fathers and Sons, Skylight, The Crucible
20th July 2014
West End Review: revivals special. Mark Shenton hosts a final session in the current format, in which regular panellists Kate Bassett, David Benedict ...
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Hayley Squires lets slip about her Secret Theatre play Glitterland
14th July 2014
INTERVIEW: HAYLEY SQUIRES Hayley Squires talks to Matt Trueman about Glitterland, her play for the Lyric Hammersmith’s Secret Theatre company inspir...
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge discusses her award-winning Fleabag
14th July 2014
INTERVIEW: PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE Actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge tells Matt Trueman about her debut play, Fleabag, a monologue about a sex-obsessed twenty...
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The Confessions of Gordon Brown, post-show debate (excerpt)
5th July 2014
THE CONFESSIONS OF GORDON BROWN Post-show talk in which Kevin Toolis, the author and director of this acclaimed one-man show about former Labour PM Go...
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Playwright Moira Buffini puts Thatcher and the Queen on stage in Handbagged (1/2)
6th June 2014
INTERVIEW: MOIRA BUFFINI (1/2) The playwright talks to Heather Neill about her play Handbagged, which examines the relationship between Prime Minister...
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