Podcast Episodes

Peter Brook; Gone With The Wind; new children’s laureate Joseph Coelho

Peter Brook: we look back on the life and career of the great theatre and film director, with critic Michael Billington.

Gone With the Wind was an ins…

4 years, 2 months ago

All Our Yesterdays, Sun & Sea, Laura Veirs

Best-selling novelist Lawrence Norfolk and award-winning writer Joanna Walsh review a new edition of All Our Yesterdays, a novel by the acclaimed pos…

4 years, 2 months ago

In the Black Fantastic exhibition; Maya Youssef performs live; visual artist Colin Davidson's exhibition

Curator Ekow Eshun on creating In The Black Fantastic: the UK’s first major exhibition dedicated to the work of Black artists who use fantastical ele…

4 years, 2 months ago

Arthur Hughes as Richard III, Literary Prizes, Dadaist Interventions

Arthur Hughes, known for his roles in The Archers, in which he plays Ruairi, and the BBC2 drama Then Barbara Met Alan, details the significance of hi…

4 years, 2 months ago

Stephen Beresford, A harp concerto about bees, James Graham, Peter Kosminsky

Playwright and BAFTA winning screenwriter Stephen Beresford has returned to writing for the stage with The Southbury Child, a co-production between T…

4 years, 2 months ago

Reviews of the plays Rock, Paper, Scissors and documentary Studio Electrophonique, The People's History Museum, Michael Rosen

Critic Ben East and academic Catherine Love review Rock, Paper, Scissors, a trilogy of plays written by Chris Bush to mark the 50th anniversary of Sh…

4 years, 3 months ago

Rowan Atkinson, Windrush Sculptures, Susanne Bier

Rowan Atkinson is associated with a lot of ‘B’s – Blackadder, Bean, bumbling British spies... and now bees. He plays an inept house-sitter in a luxur…

4 years, 3 months ago

Live music festivals; Roy Williams' play The Fellowship; The Horniman Museum

As Glastonbury returns this week after a two year pandemic hiatus, a summer of festivals gets under way while some festivals are forced to cancel due…

4 years, 3 months ago

Baz Lurhmann on Elvis, new productions of Carmen and Tom, Dick and Harry

Director Baz Luhrmann on the making of Elvis, his new biopic of Elvis Presley, starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks. Director Mathilde Lopez talks a…

4 years, 3 months ago

Circle of Fifths, reviews of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and The Lazarus Project

National Theatre Wales is about to open a new production described as a live documentary performance, Circle of Fifths. With cast and stories drawn …

4 years, 3 months ago