The Archive
Recordings from February 2005
Total Number of Recordings from this month: 11
- DON CARLOS David Benedict, Alastair Macaulay & Carole Woddis strongly disagree over the merits of Michael Grandage's Schiller revival, transferring from Sheffield. Matt Wolf arbitrates.
“I'm afraid I found superficial theatricality right through the production.”
- Play: Don Carlos
- Theatre: Gielgud Theatre
- Recording Date: 04-Feb-2005
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- WEST END REVIEW Whose Life is it Anyway? and A Life in the Theatre weighed up by David Benedict, Alastair Macaulay and Carole Woddis. Matt Wolf hosts.
“I found her [Kim Cattrall] a charming, clever light comedy actress... but it needs to come from the gut.”
- Play: Whose Life is it Anyway?
- Theatre: Comedy Theatre
- Recording Date: 04-Feb-2005
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- BLACK VOICES: WRITING FROM REALITY (1/3) Major forum about black writing with Michael Buffong, Joan Carty, Angus Jackson, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Justice Williams and Roy Williams. Tyrone Huggins hosts at the Birmingham Rep. Recorded live.
“When I was a young man, I defined my manhood by considering how much I knew about my culture.”
- Recording Date: 10-Feb-2005
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- BLACK VOICES: WRITING FROM REALITY (2/3) Michael Buffong, Joan Carty, Angus Jackson, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Justice Williams and Roy Williams discuss black theatre. Q&A. Tyrone Huggins hosts. Recorded live.
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“If I want to write about anything no one else is going to stop me.”
- Recording Date: 10-Feb-2005
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- BLACK VOICES: WRITING FROM REALITY (3/3) Michael Buffong, Joan Carty, Angus Jackson, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Justice Williams and Roy Williams discuss black creativity. Q&A. Tyrone Huggins hosts. Recorded live.
“Is there a danger of falling out with your community in your writing?”
- Recording Date: 10-Feb-2005
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- DEBATE: CHILDREN’S THEATRE (3/3) Q&A: John Retallack, David Wood and Annie Wood conclude their discussion. Heather Neill hosts. Recorded live.
“There's not a sufficiently engaged philosophy from the National Theatre about young people's work.”
- Recording Date: 11-Feb-2005
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- DEBATE: CHILDREN’S THEATRE (2/3) John Retallack, David Wood and Annie Wood continue the discussion. Heather Neill hosts. Recorded live.
“We're all doing this because we want to do it, not because we're failures from adult theatre.”
- Recording Date: 11-Feb-2005
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- DEBATE: CHILDREN’S THEATRE (1/3) A discussion with John Retallack, David Wood and Annie Wood. Heather Neill hosts. Recorded live.
“I think we have to find a way to bring families, parents and teachers on a journey with us.”
- Recording Date: 11-Feb-2005
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- INTERVIEW: DAVID GLASS The visual and physical theatre pioneer talks about his new work, Disembodied, and his mission to help dispossessed children around the world.
“With the Lost Child Project, we facilitate young people in 22 countries to express their ideas.”
- Play: Disembodied
- Theatre: Battersea Arts Centre
- Recording Date: 18-Feb-2005
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- OLIVIER AWARDS 2005 The TV cameras weren't there to record the event, but David Benedict, Mark Shenton and Matt Wolf were. What did they make of it all?
“There do seem to be a lot of question marks over these awards.”
- Recording Date: 25-Feb-2005
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- WEST END REVIEW National Anthems (Old Vic), A Dream Play (National) and Days of Wine and Roses (Donmar). Kate Bassett, David Benedict, Mark Shenton, Matt Wolf discuss.
“Concerns over Kevin Spacey's season probably are warranted in terms of choice of material.”
- Play: National Anthems
- Theatre: Old Vic
- Recording Date: 28-Feb-2005
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