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PANEL DISCUSSION: NATIONS ON A WORLD STAGE. To mark the launch of a cycle of plays about Britain’s place in the wake of Brexit, the Royal Society of the Arts hosted a panel discussion on the topic, ‘How should theatre respond to and reflect the changing role of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Europe over […]

INTERVIEW: THELMA HOLT. Still, at 85, a force in British theatre, Thelma Holt began producing international seasons in the 1980s.  Ebullient as ever,  this year she is again bringing Yukio Ninagawa’s “cherry-blossom”production of Macbeth to the Barbican, to celebrate its thirtieth anniversary. Here she tells Heather Neill about her career, as a RADA-trained actress, then […]

INTERVIEW: DAVID GREIG. From taking The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart on a tour of pubs to putting Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Broadway, David Greig is one of Britain’s most wide-ranging and prolific playwrights. Since 2016, however, he has also been in charge of Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum. What happens when a playwright becomes an […]

INTERVIEW: PETER BROOK. As he launches his new book, Tip of the Tongue, the legendary director tells Matt Trueman why it’s time to reassess the idea of the empty space for a new theatrical era and discusses the value of a life in theatre. Interview recorded on 13 September 2017 at the Rembrandt Hotel, London. “Theatre […]

INTERVIEW: LARA FOOT. Lara Foot, Director and CEO of the Baxter Theatre at the University of Cape Town, talks to Philip Fisher about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, her own career and the theatre scene in South Africa over the last thirty years. Interview recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017.

INTERVIEW: RICHARD JORDAN.  Producer Richard Jordan and Philip Fisher talk about trends in Edinburgh and tip the best shows to see. Interview recorded on 19 August 2018.

CRITICS’ PANEL: Joyce Macmillan (The Scotsman) and Mark Fisher (Guardian, Variety) join Philip Fisher to discuss the world premiere of Alan Ayckbourn’s new work The Divide at the King’s Theatre; Frances Poet’s Adam at the Traverse Theatre; and Ontroerend Goed’s £¥€$ (LIES) at Summerhall. They also pick their personal favourites from Edinburgh 2017. Panel discussion recorded on 19 August 2017.

INTERVIEW: MILLY THOMAS.  Milly Thomas talks to Philip Fisher about her solo show Dust. Conversation touches on her process of writing and acting and the discrepancies between stage and screen. Dust runs at Underbelly until 27 August. Interview recorded on 17 August 2017.

INTERVIEW: GILES CROFT. Giles Croft, artistic director of the Nottingham Playhouse, talks to TheatreVOICE about directing his show, The Kite Runner, currently at the Playhouse in the West End. We hear about the gestation of the show, the process, and why this story resonates. Giles discusses the highs and lows of his eighteen year tenure at the […]

INTERVIEW: ASIF KHAN. Actor and writer Asif Khan talks to Suman Bhuchar about his debut play, Combustion, currently on a UK tour until 7 July 2017. Khan talks about what prompted him to write a play set his home town of Bradford, exploring what it is like to be a British Muslim. Through his writing he challenges […]