Photos and podcast: Discussing the ‘war on terror’ at The American Wife Q&A
What if everything you’re ever known was thrown into question? And everything you ever trusted was subjected to doubt? When San Diego housewife Karen Ruiz’s husband is accused of being a terrorist, she endeavours to clear his name.
#HighTide2016 photos and podcast: Alexi Kaye Campbell, Elizabeth McGovern and Ben Miles
I made my HighTide Festival debut this weekend and what a privilege. Over the course of the weekend at this ten-day annual event, I had the privilege of chairing three hour-long "Face to Face" talks with world-class artists.
Photos and podcast: Post-show Q&A with Britten in Brooklyn’s writer, director and star Sadie Frost
A New York artistic commune in the early 1940s - occupied by British exiles Benjamin Britten, WH Auden, American novelist Carson McCullers (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter) and stripper Gypsy Rose Lee amongst many other artists - is the setting for Zoe Lewis' new play Britten in Brooklyn.
Photos and podcast: Post-show Q&A at the European premiere of NYC hit Waiting for Waiting for Godot
Two hapless understudies on a production of Waiting for Godot occupy their time backstage, trying to understand art, life, theatre and their precarious existence within it. Dave Hanson's hit New York comedy Waiting for Waiting for Godot receives its European premiere at London's St James Theatre.
Photos and podcast: Breaking taboos at Lazarus ‘Tis Pity debate
Are there any stage taboos left? John Ford's 17th-century romantic thriller 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, centring on an incestuous relationship between a brother and sister, is one of the most controversial in the classical canon. Does it still have the power to shock?
Photos and podcast: Getting to grips with gender issues at Rotterdam Q&A
What a treat it was to not only see Jon Brittain's Rotterdam again last night, but to be able to question this hugely talented young writer about his bittersweet comedy, which ranked amongst my Top Ten new plays of last year.
Photos and podcast: Men, misogyny and Neil LaBute at Some Girl(s) Q&A
I first - and last - saw Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s) in its world premiere in the West End in 2005, in a production that starred Friends' David Schwimmer along with "girls" including Catherine Tate and Lesley Manville.
Photos and podcast: Jane Fonda and war on trial with Anne Archer and co
What does The Trial of Jane Fonda, concerning the actor-activist's controversial protests during the Vietnam War (in which the UK did not support our US allies), have to tell us about more recent conflicts in Syria and Iraq (in which we did)?
Photos and podcast: Going Through the Q&A Mill with three Judy Garlands
I first saw - and adored - Through the Mill when it premiered at the London Theatre Workshop (then above a pub in Fulham) last year. I was delighted when the show, which revolves around three pivotal periods in the life of Judy Garland, announced its transfer to Southwark Playhouse.
Photos and podcast: I’m Getting My Act Together with Landi Oshinowo and co
Last seen in London in 1981, when its premiere production ran at the West End's Apollo Theatre after success Off-Broadway, I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road has returned 35 years on for a limited season.
