Post-show Q&As

The Falcon’s Malteser Q&A video and photos: How to detect an Anthony Horowitz page-to-stage hit

By |2020-01-25T22:02:14+00:0022 July 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

How did New Old Friends come to adapt Anthony Horowitz's 1986 children's novel The Falcon's Malteser into a hit family stage show? How has a new gender-equal, four-strong cast brought it to life for its London premiere?

Q&A video and photos: How did Nina Simone inspire Black Is the Color of My Voice?

By |2020-01-25T22:41:31+00:003 July 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , |

How much do you know about Nina Simone? Guaranteed: after you see Black Is the Color Of My Voice, the one-woman play with music written by and starring young American theatremaker Apphia Campbell, you will be inspired to learn more.

Citysong Q&A video and photos: Comparing accents, tattoos & London vs Dublin theatre scenes

By |2020-01-25T22:16:19+00:0023 June 2019|Tags: , , , , , |

Dylan Coburn Gray's Citysong won the 2017 Verity Bargate Award for new and emerging playwrights and now receives its world premiere in this acclaimed co-production between Dublin's Abbey Theatre and London's Soho Theatre.

Q&A photos: Exploring the cosmos with Matthew Broderick, Elizabeth McGovern and The Starry Messenger cast

By |2020-01-25T22:22:35+00:0019 June 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , |

How fitting to hold a post-show Q&A for The Starry Messenger during Loneliness Awareness Week. Kenneth Lonergan's beautifully delicate play considers the torment of, as New York Times' critic Ben Brantley puts it: "fallible, contradictory, lonely souls".

The Comedy About a Bank Robbery Q&A video and photos: Stealing more time with the mischief-makers

By |2020-03-31T21:46:03+01:0031 May 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

I closed out #MischiefMay, celebrating the world-dominating achievements of the comedy masters at Mischief Theatre, with my second of two post-show Q&As to the company's two current West End hits.

#MischiefMay: Celebrating 1,999 performances (sort of) with The Play That Goes Wrong’s West End cast

By |2020-01-25T22:45:33+00:0024 May 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

#MischiefMay is all about celebrating the world-dominating success of the comedy genius of Mischief Theatre onstage (running on all continents except Antarctica) and, increasingly, onscreen.

Salome Q&A video and photos: What would the censor have made of this regendered version of Oscar Wilde’s play?

By |2020-01-25T22:50:19+00:0022 May 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

After The Tempest and Lord of the Flies, my last of three post-show Q&As with Lazarus Theatre company for their 2019 season at Greenwich Theatre was last night to their new version of Oscar Wilde's Salome.

Intra Muros Q&A video and photos: What is the point of theatre? How do actors marry up their dual lives?

By |2020-01-25T23:20:59+00:0014 April 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

What does theatre mean to you? How do actors marry up the dual emotional demands of their chosen profession? How many 'characters' or versions of ourselves to the rest of us play in our own lives?

Q&A video and photos: Overturning the ‘white saviour’ narrative with the Cry Havoc company

By |2020-01-25T23:28:32+00:009 April 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

How lucky am I? Last night I got to spend a second night in a row with lovely Olivier Awards nominee Marc Antolin, now starring in new play Cry Havoc at the Park Theatre.

Lord of the Flies Q&A video and photos: Are humans inherently good or evil?

By |2020-01-25T23:46:06+00:0027 March 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Last night I chaired my second of three post-show Q&As with Lazarus Theatre Company as part of their 2019 residency at Greenwich Theatre - their highly acclaimed return production of Lord of the Flies.
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