Audio: Political Theatre
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Gary Owen picks apart Violence and Son
23rd July 2015
INTERVIEW: GARY OWEN Welsh playwright Gary Owen discusses his play Violence and Son with Matt Trueman. The play follows Rick, known locally as Violenc...
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Director Yael Farber talks about Nirbhaya, a searing work about rape and redemption
19th May 2015
INTERVIEW: YAEL FARBER The South African playwright and director talks to Suman Bhuchar about Nirbhaya, a hit at last year's Edinburgh Festival, which...
Listen nowin Asian Voices, Directors, Political Theatre, Verbatim Drama
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Michael Wynne on his NHS verbatim play Who Cares
7th May 2015
INTERVIEW: MICHAEL WYNNE With the National Health Service among the most hotly-contested topics of the 2015 General Election, playwright Michael Wynne...
Listen nowin New Writing, Playwrights, Political Theatre, Verbatim Drama
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Richard Twyman on Palestinian playwright Dalia Taha’s Fireworks
12th March 2015
INTERVIEW: RICHARD TWYMAN The Royal Court’s International Associate Richard Twyman tells Matt Trueman about his production of Fireworks by the Pales...
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Thusitha Jayasundera, actress in Behind the Beautiful Forevers, speaks
3rd February 2015
ASIAN VOICES: THUSITHA JAYASUNDRA The Sri Lankan actress, based in the UK, talks to Suman Bhuchar about appearing as the crippled Fatima, a pivotal ro...
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Raine special: Moses and Nina Raine dissect his new play, Donkey Heart
18th January 2015
INTERVIEW: MOSES and NINA RAINE Donkey Heart by Moses Raine, directed by his sister Nina Raine, has transferred to the Trafalgar Studios from the Old ...
Listen nowin Directors, New Writing, Playwrights, Political Theatre, Russian Drama
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Alecky Blythe and Joe Hill-Gibbins talk Little Revolution
26th November 2014
INTERVIEW: ALECKY BLYTHE AND JOE HILL-GIBBINS Verbatim playwright Alecky Blythe and her director Joe Hill-Gibbins tell Matt Trueman about their produc...
Listen nowin Community Theatre, Directors, New Writing, Political Theatre, Verbatim Drama
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Paines Plough’s James Grieve on James Graham’s The Angry Brigade
21st October 2014
INTERVIEW: JAMES GRIEVE The Artistic Diretor of Paines Plough talks to Judi Herman about the company’s touring production of James Graham’s latest...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2014: Interview with Hannah Price of Theatre Uncut
16th August 2014
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 2014 Hannah Price, a founder and co-artistic director of Theatre Uncut, tells Philip Fisher about the company's genesis, its missio...
Listen nowin Directors, Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, New Writing, Political Theatre
