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- Interview: Sir Richard Eyre. The director tells Philip Fisher about directing Kim Cattrall and Matthew MacFadyen in Noel Coward's Private Lives (Vaudeville), a triumphant debut at New York’s Met with George Bizet's Carmen, and his ongoing relationship with the National Theatre. Recorded at the National.
“If you put a celebrity actress in a very celebrated part, she has to achieve something remarkable, so it's all credit to her that she's pulled it off in such a convincing way.”
- Recording Date: 11-Mar-2010
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- Shakespeare: Measure for Measure. Director Michael Attenborough talks to Heather Neill about his modern-dress production of Shakespeare's problem play, currently on at the Almeida, and starring Rory Kinnear and Anna Maxwell Martin. Recorded at the Almeida.
“There must be part of Isabella that is thinking: surely I could commit a small sin and thus save a human life.”
- Recording Date: 01-Mar-2010
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- Interview: Ian Rickson. The director of Jez Butterworth's smash-hit, mythic extravaganza Jerusalem (currently at the Apollo Theatre) talks to Aleks Sierz about his long relationship with the work of this playwright, including The Night Heron, The Winterling and Parlour Song. Recorded at the Young Vic.
“Jez accords articulacy and eloquence to each and every character of his plays, regardless of class, gender or empowerment.”
- Recording Date: 22-Feb-2010
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- Asian Voices: Actor and playwright Rani Moorthy talks to Suman Bhuchar about her career and her latest play, Handful of Henna (Rasa with Oxfordshire Theatre Company), a touring production which examines the magical powers of henna in the context of a wedding story. Recorded at Watermans.
“For the first time, here in Britain, I could explore ideas that I could not touch on because of censorship in Malaysia or Singapore.”
- Recording Date: 29-Jan-2010
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- West End Review: Revivals Special. Judi Dench as Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Rose Theatre, Kingston); Measure for Measure (Almeida); An Enemy of the People (Sheffield Crucible); Three Sisters (Lyric Hammersmith); The Caretaker (Trafalgar Studios); Six Degrees of Separation (Old Vic). David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) & Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) discuss. Hosted by Mark Shenton (Sunday Express). Recorded at Dewynters, London. Edited by Dominic Cavendish.
“I don't think you can say Peter Hall's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream is banal, that's absurd! I think it's very true to the spirit of the play...”
- Recording Date: 19-Feb-2010
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- West End Review: New Plays Special. Reviews of The Little Dog Laughed (Garrick); Really Old, Like Forty-Five (Cottesloe, RNT); Peter Brook's 11 and 12 (Barbican); Serenading Louie (Donmar); plus the transfers of Enron (Noel Coward) & Jerusalem (Apollo Theatre). David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph), and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) discuss. Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) hosts. Recorded at Dewynters, London. Edited by Dominic Cavendish.
“One very odd thing about 'Really Old, Like 45' is that it's the third play at the National in the last 18 months to have a scene set at the National...”
- Recording Date: 19-Feb-2010
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- Mime Fest Special: Postshow discussion with performers Jonathan Guichard and Fnico Feldmann of France’s Compagnie Ieto about their show, Ieto, performed as part of the 32nd London International Mime Festival, at the Southbank Centre. Hosted by Dr Dick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian. More info: www.mimefest.co.uk
“We created the benches first to see how interesting they would be to use, and second to get the maximum comedy from them.”
- Recording Date: 30-Jan-2010
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- Interview: Roger Rees. The Welsh actor, who has made his return to the London stage as Vladimir in Waiting for Godot opposite Ian McKellen, talks about the role, his days at the RSC and more recent work. Dominic Cavendish quizzes. www.waitingforgodottheplay.com
“I think Vladimir gets very near the point of giving into the anarchy. He holds himself back but he knows it's there and he's changed forever.”
- Recording Date: 11-Feb-2010
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- New writing special: Lecture entitled Blasted and After: New Writing in British Theatre Today, about in-yer-face theatre in 1990s and its aftermath, given by Aleks Sierz (Visiting Research Fellow, Rose Bruford College) at a meeting of the Society for Theatre Research, at the Art Workers Guild, London. Expletives not deleted.
“It is worth noting that British theatre in the Noughties had little to say about some of the topics that people actually argue about.”
- Recording Date: 16-Feb-2010
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- Spanish Golden Age Special: Director Simon Evans talks to Heather Neill about his production of Lope De Vega's Madness in Valencia (which has just transferred to the Trafalgar Studios from the White Bear), a revival of a classic from 16th-century Spain by a contemporary of Shakespeare. Recorded at the Trafalgar Studios.
“The treatment of insanity was very barbaric at the time. But madness was also equated with love, which gives it a warm sheen.”
- Recording Date: 12-Feb-2010
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