Audio: Political Theatre
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Playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak examines the Arab Spring in Cairo
17th August 2012
INTERVIEW: HASSAN ABDULRAZZAK The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest, The Prophet (Gate Theatre), a thrilling play about the Arab Spring...
Listen nowin International, New Writing, Playwrights, Political Theatre
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Belarus Free Theatre’s Natalia Koliada: Minsk 2011
7th July 2012
INTERVIEW: NATALIA KOLIADA The Co-Artistic Director of the exiled radical Belarus Free Theatre talks to Diana Damian about the making of Minsk 2011, p...
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Lebanese director Lucien Bourjeily on an arresting 66 Minutes in Damascus
7th July 2012
INTERVIEW: LUCIEN BOURJEILY The innovative director talks to Matt Trueman about his interactive and immersive LIFT production 66 Minutes in Damascus, ...
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Director Polly Findlay explores the tragedy of Antigone
1st June 2012
INTERVIEW: POLLY FINDLAY The director talks to Matt Trueman about her new modern-dress production of Sophocles's Antigone, which stars Christopher Ecc...
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Uninvited Guests on their interactive Make Better Please
28th May 2012
INTERVIEW: RICHARD DUFTY and PAUL CLARKE The co-artistic directors of Uninvited Guests talk to Matt Trueman about their latest show, Make Better Pleas...
Listen nowin Directors, Live Art, Participatory and Interactive, Political Theatre
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The Young Vic’s David Lan on staging Wild Swans
20th April 2012
INTERVIEW: DAVID LAN The artistic director of the Young Vic talks to Mary Mazzilli about the making of Wild Swans, the first stage adaptation of the 1...
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David Edgar’s masterpiece, Pentecost, revived
28th March 2012
INTERVIEW: DAVID EDGAR The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his 1994 RSC play, Pentecost, a panoramic sweep through European history, culture and...
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Elgiva Field explores the dark world of Sofi Oksanen’s Purge
12th March 2012
INTERVIEW: ELGIVA FIELD The Artistic Director of Oblique House theatre company leads Aleks Sierz through the dark deeds and political complexities of ...
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Playwright David Eldridge revisits his Essex roots
1st March 2012
INTERVIEW: DAVID ELDRIDGE The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest hit, In Basildon (Royal Court), a family play which includes a battle o...
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