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Interviews Index

4 Poofs and a Piano - Ten Questions

Russ Abbot - man of many parts

Stephen Adly Guirgis - An Important New American Playwright

Amber Agar - Stage, TV and Film Actress, Producer, Director and Poet

Aladdin (Camberley Theatre) cast - It's like a little family

Michael Alden - Broadway, West End and film producer

Gerald Armin - "There are never enough theatres"

Atomick Productions - Tom Mackenzie and Michaela Ford

David Babani - "the stuff of fairytales coming true"

Simon Russell Beale - write a play for me, please

Richard Bean - A hot new playwright

Philip Bernays - programming for quality

Elizabeth Berrington - Star of Abigail's Party

Calixto Bieito - I'm not a monster!

Lionel Blair - still dancing at 70

Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen - Theatre That Can Save Lives

Matthew Bourne - the Hitchcock of dance

Stephen Boxer - A Theatre Beast

Eddie Braben, writer of many Morcambe and Wise shows

Mike Bradwell, artistic director of the Bush Theatre

Ray Brown - Writing Living Pretty

Clare Buckfield - flying without skates

Ronnie Burkett - still not understanding the world

Nica Burns - queen of all she surveys

Simon Burt - The New Chekhov?

David Calvitto - A Man of Fierce Intelligence

Anthony Chisholm - Working with Wilson

Ivan Cutting - Acute Angles

Janie Dee - From fluffy musicals to Chekhov's Three Sisters

Janie Dee - "the most exciting thing is not being me"

Hannah Dickinson - directing The Flooded Grave for the Bush at Latitude 2011

Claire Dowie - Stand-up Theatre

William Dudley - Possibly Britain's Top Theatre Designer

Joe Duttine - a quietly spoken, gentle personality

Jenny Eclair - making her panto debut

David Edgar - "unfinished business"

Britt Ekland - "Christmas wouldn't be the same without panto"

Nick Ellis - creator of the multimedia musical Pirate Jenny

Charlotte Emmerson - "Theatre makes me profoundly happy and content"

Fiona Evans - Loving Arthur Scargill!

Sir Richard Eyre - an astonishingly productive six months

Athol Fugard - The play "I'm proudest of having written"

Tovah Feldshuh - Tony Best Actress Nominee

Jean Fergusson - Marina, Hylda and Much, Much More

Peter Flannery - Returning to the Stage

Joe Fredericks - a young and dynamic new voice in London’s theatrical scene

David Friedman - American writer, composer and vocal arranger for Disney

Maria Friedman - "You can't do everything"

Adam Garcia - an international theatre professional

Gareth Gates - from Pop Idol to music theatre and panto

Henry Goodman - on Jewishness, Shylock and Tevye

Emily Gray - Leading Trestle in a new direction

David Greig - One of the Most Prolific and Best Playwrights in Britain Today

James Grieve - What is contemporary Britain?

David Grindley - Director of Abigail's Party

David Grindley - a "darling of Broadway"

Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter - In the Continuum

David Haig - an archetypal English actor

Anita Harris - Ageless, amazingly versatile and with a tremendous zest for life

David Harrower - one of Scotland's most successful young playwrights

Karen Hebden - Rescuing Derby

Paul Hendy - I get up every morning excited

Theresa Heskins - woman to watch in a theatre to watch

Greg Hicks - Tamburlaine or Roy Keane?

Clare Higgins - one of the busiest stage actors currently working

Paul Higgins - from Star Wars to Battersea

Jonathan Holloway - Events Manager of the National Theatre

Sam Holcroft - Dancing Bears at the Soho and Latitude

Sean Holmes - Filter and the Lyric at Latitude

Craig Revel Horwood - the nicest Wicked Queen of them all...

Joel Horwood - It's About Time at Latitude 2010

Joel Horwood - Jekyll and Hyde at Latitude 2011

Jim Houghton - a man with a mission

Philip Howard - Scotland's Ian Rickson

Hugh Hughes and Shôn Dale-Jones - Floating to Fame

Nicholas Hytner - Theatre's Tony Blair?

David Ian - Actor turned producer

Do-Wan Im - Koren director

Angus Jackson - "I like doing contentious plays"

Darren Johnston - Immersing the audience

Cambridge Jones - Off Stage: An exhibition, a book and a DVD

Leanne Jones - "The day that changed my life"

Lesley Joseph - The Pussycat of Islington

Dillie Keane - Not just Fascinating Aida!

Penelope Keith - a gardener who acts

Patsy Kensit - "If I don't get boos and hisses, I haven't done my job"

Elysabeth Kleinhans - artistic director of the 59E59 Theatre, New York

Max Klimavicius - owner of Sardi's Restaurant, New York

Ralph Koltai - Designer for the Stage

Greg Kotis - Political "to the extent that hand-wringing is political"

Amit Lahav - Gecko and The Arab and the Jew

Belinda Lang - an actress who loves touring

David Lee - The Panto Man

Rebecca Lenkiewicz - At the Crossroads

Brett C Leonard - A Proud Man

Robert Lepage - Taking on 1984

Maureen Lipman - as ubiquitous as Domestos

Bobby Lopez and Jeff Marx - creators of Avenue Q

Priscilla Lopez - Everybody's Mom

Martha Lott - "the best dead body in the show"

LUME Teatro Brazil - An 'Ethical-Aesthetic' Approach to Performance

Des McAnuff - imagination and variety

Sylvester McCoy - an accidental actor

Stephen McGann - a man who loves a challenge

Arthur McKenzie - from the Bill to Taakin' Heeds

Anna Madeley - Two Boys (and a Girl) for the Price of One

Richard Main - A New Chapter

Elizabeth Mansfield - Infectious Enthusiasm

Marcus Markou - Keyword: Enthusiasm

Guy Masterson - Mr Edinburgh

Pete Meakin, Gary Johnson, Peter Ireson - a Derby programme in a class of its own

Idina Menzel - rock chick, film star, musical diva or classical actress?

John Miles - Pop star turned music theatre writer

Joanna Monro - Having the time of her life

Hattie Morahan - Playing in a modern history play

Blake Morrison - a man with a number of gaffers

Simon Muller - Letting the audience call the shots at Latitude 2010

Tom Murphy's belated Fringe debut

Craig and Nadira Murray - the British Ambassador and his belly dancer

William Nicholson - author of Shadowlands

Oh T'ae-Sok - Korean director, teacher and playwright

Julian Ovenden - a Brit on Broadway

Owen O'Neill - funny man to serial killer

David Parfitt, Oscar-winning producer of Shakespeare in Love, in conversation

James Parsons - Waiting for more from Encore

Joe Pasquale - walking about with a dead cow

Neil Pearson - drive, conscientiousness and a "sort of pride" in his work

Miki Peleg-Rothstein - Israeli actress and playwright

Jonathan Penton - From Derby to Bombay

Diene Petterle and Christopher Heimann - Hardly a conventional British theatrical couple

Stewart Permutt - playwright and occasional actor

Tom Piper - Designing for plays and actors, not himself

Nigel Planer - In Planer Words

Andrew Pollard - writer and dame

David Pugh - "Isn't that what the West End's supposed to be about?

Philip Quast - Making French Connections

Wolf Rahlfs, 5* Edinburgh National Student Theatre Company performer

Saul Reichlin - Shalom Aleichem tours the world

Josh Richards - the measure of the man

Michael Ronen - Israeli director making his UK debut

Mark Rosenblatt, director

Josie Rourke - a shining light in Shepherd's Bush

Barrie Rutter - "I didn't want to play in velvet theatres"

Robb Sapp - an up-and-coming American musical theatre actor

Bryan Savery, General Manager of the Tamasha Theatre Company

Sevenoaks - the cast of Mother Goose at The Stage Theatre, Sevenoaks

Stephen Sewell - award-winning Australian playwright

Pooja Shah - star of Untouchable (not to mention Bend It Like Beckham)

John Patrick Shanley - Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

Adriano Shaplin - writer and director of The Riot Group

Thea Sharrock - If the profession wants me to stay I'd love to

Deborah Shaw - Director of the RSC's Complete Works Festival

Jack Shepherd - "A common misperception of me is..."

Michael Simkins - who captures life for those who aren't above the title

Marc Sinden - A Business Called Show

Stephanie Sirr - a commitment to new writing

Robin Soans and verbatim theatre

Ray Spencer - Local Hero

Jon Spooner and Liz Margree of Unlimited Theatre Company

Simon Stallworthy - taking on the Gala

Sophie Stanton - "A formidable talent and a name to watch"

Michael Starke - on tour with Cole

Ellen Stewart - La MaMa's Mama

Mandy Stewart - Taking the Haymarket to new heights

Dominic Stokes, general manager of the Sunderland Empire - "We are local!"

Melanie Tait - a sensitive Australian

Ian Talbot - going out with a bang

Thing-Fish - The Return of Frank Zappa

Will Thorp - Leaving Casualty for the wider world

Christoper Timothy - "I want to be famous for doing something well"

Jenifer Toksvig - "I'm so lucky"

TV Baby - a willingness to risk and to work

Two Guys and Two Dolls - Claire Sweeney, Joe McGann, Ben Richards and Lisa Stokke

Tamara Ustinov - "Returning Home"

Jasmin Vardimon - dance or theatre?

Dan Wackerman - a throwback to a better era?

Laura Wade - the hottest young playwright around?

Mark Watson - "I have the best job in the world"

Eric Weinberger - Ideal Fare for the Edinburgh Fringe

Rene Weis - Revealing Shakespeare

Graham Whitlock, artistic director of Dreamarts - A very happy, if rather weary man

The Wild Bunch - John Clancy, Nancy Walsh and Paul Urcioli of Americana Absurdum

Damian Williams: "From boos to boobs"

Roy Williams - Days of Significance

Kaye Wragg - an engaging and intelligent actress

Jung-Ung Yang - Dream from the East

 

 

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