TheatreVoice

INTERVIEW: RASHDASH. Physical theatre trio Helen Goalen, Abbi Greenwood and Beckie Wilkie discuss the evolution of their work over the course of 10 years with critic Catherine Love. Driven by a deep-seated feminism and a desire to break free of language into new modes of expression, their shows have consistently reworked stories from a feminist […]

INTERVIEW: IN-SOOK CHAPPELL. The Verity Bargate award-winning playwright tells Suman Bhuchar about her latest play Mountains: The Dreams of Lily Kwok, an adaptation of chef Helen Tse’s memoir Sweet Mandarin about her family’s restaurant in Manchester. Exploring the potency of a story about three generations of Chinese women and her approach to adaptation, Chappell goes […]

INTERVIEW: JAY MILLER. The artistic director of The Yard Theatre tells Dominic Cavendish about the venue’s beginnings and its ongoing philosophy as it becomes a member of the Arts Council’s National Portfolio. In addition to exploring The Yard’s early influences, they discuss The Yard as a space for theatre makers that move beyond traditional delineations of […]

INTERVIEW: HOFESH SHECHTER. David Jays meets the influential Israeli-born choreographer Hofesh Shechter – one of the most distinctive presences in contemporary dance today. Since forming his own company in 2008, Shechter has won a wide-ranging global fan base with his idiosyncratic choreographic style: a mash-up of eclectic influences from earthy tribal rituals to ecstatic illegal […]

INTERVIEW: JACKIE WYLIE. Nine months into her new job at the helm of National Theatre of Scotland, Jackie Wylie talks to Mark Fisher about her plans for the company. Looking back at her background in live art and experimental performance, they discuss the act of curation as an artistic practice and the need for a […]

ARCHIVE INTERVIEW: SIMON MCBURNEY. In 2004, Complicite’s artistic director sat down with critic Dominic Cavendish to discuss its latest hit, The Elephant Vanishes, based on a collection of Harukai Murakami’s short stories. It’s a discussion – about other cultures, technology and solo shows – that sheds a lot of light on McBurney’s latest success, The […]

INTERVIEW: TOM SCUTT. As British theatre design goes from strength to strength, Tom Scutt talks shop with critic Matt Trueman in the wake of his own Donmar on Design Festival looking at industry practices. As well as discussing his practice and the path of his career, Scutt voices his disquiet on the place of design […]

INTERVIEW: ZINNIE HARRIS. A bracing and original voice, the playwright Zinnie Harris talks to critic Mark Fisher at the end of a bumper year. Discussing her four major works that played on British stages in 2017 – Meet Me at Dawn, This Restless House, Rhinoceros and (The Fall of) The Master Builder – they examine […]

INTERVIEWS: SABRINA MAHFOUZ, INUA ELLAMS & TESTAMENT. Critic Matt Trueman meets performance poets and playwrights to talk about the influx and influence of spoken word on British theatre. In conversation, Sabrina Mahfouz and Inua Ellams discuss their work and writing to consider the way lyricism and language can open up theatre in all sorts of ways. […]

INTERVIEW: JAMES GRAHAM. James Graham, playwright of the moment, talks to Dominic Cavendish about his triple whammy of hits, Ink (Almeida, West End), Labour of Love (West End) and Quiz (Chichester, West End) as well as finding time to mull on his career and his imminent response to the Hull City of Culture. Quiz transfers to the […]