Podcasts about English Touring Theatre

Episode 161In today's guest episode I will be discussing Shakespeare's characterisations of the lower classes and looking at the role they play with Stephen Unwin, who's book ‘Poor Naked Wretches' explores the variety of working people in Shakespeare's plays as well as a vast range of cultural sources from which they were drawn and argues that the robust realism of these characters makes them so much more than mere Comic Relief. Stephen Unwin is an award-winning British theatre and opera director. He has directed almost 100 professional productions and worked with many well-established actors and singers, as well as developing the careers of many younger ones. He studied at the University of Cambridge.In the 1980s Stephen worked at the Almeida Theatre, London, the Traverse in Edinburgh, in repertoire theatre and at the National Theatre Studio. In 1993, he founded English Touring Theatre, for whom he directed more than 30 productions of classical and new plays, many of which transferred to London. In 2008, he became Artistic Director of the new Rose Theatre in Kingston, which he ran until January 2014. He has worked extensively at the Theatre Royal Bath and has directed more than 20 operas. Ten of his productions have been seen in the West End.Stephen has taught in conservatoires and universities in Britain and America and written 10 books on theatre and drama, including ‘Poor Naked Wretches'. He has also written five original plays: ‘All Our Children' was premiered at Jermyn Street Theatre in 2017 and staged in New York in 2019, and ‘Laughing Boy' opened at Jermyn Street in 2024 and also played at the Theatre Royal Bath. Stephen is a campaigner for the rights and dignities of learning-disabled people and ‘Beautiful Lives: How We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong', is published by Wildfire Book in June 2025.This is only a shortened version of Stephen's achievements and I would encourage you to visit his website for much more information. You can find him at www.stephenunwin.uk https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/poor-naked-wretchesSupport the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.patreon.com/thoetpwww.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's show, I'm speaking to Dina Nayeri about the truth. In a growing age of false news, propoganda, smear campaigns and cancel culture, the sanctity of the truth and who gets believed is increasingly important. There is a difference between those who speak the truth, and those whose truth is believed, as sometimes it is the case that those who speak their truth are not believed, and the consequences are dire. We have seen this play out worldwide for centuries for women, refugees, people of colour and black people, among other minority and vulnerable groups especially. On this week's show, we unpack why some people are more believable than others, the role of the media, and the state's eagerness to push out certain narratives, even if they are not true. This has especially been the case recently since the increased attacks on Gaza, where news outlets have recalled harmful and incorrect statements. Dina Nayeri is the author of two novels and two books of creative nonfiction, Who Gets Believed? (2023) and The Ungrateful Refugee (2019), winner of the Geschwister Scholl Preis and finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Kirkus Prize, and Elle Grand Prix des Lectrices, and called by The Guardian “a work of astonishing, insistent importance.” Her essay of the same name was one of The Guardian's most widely read long reads in 2017, and is taught in schools and anthologized around the world. A 2019-2020 Fellow at the Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris, and winner of the 2018 UNESCO City of Literature Paul Engle Prize, Dina has won a National Endowment for the Arts literature grant, the O. Henry Prize, and Best American Short Stories, among other honors. Her work has been published in 20+ countries and in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Granta, and many other publications.  Her short dramas have been produced by the English Touring Theatre and The Old Vic in London.  She is a graduate of Princeton, Harvard, and the Iowa Writers Workshop.  In autumn 2021, she was a Fellow at the American Library in Paris. She is currently working on plays, screenplays, and her upcoming publications include The Waiting Place, a nonfiction children's book about refugee camp, Who Gets Believed, a creative nonfiction book, and Sitting Bird, a novel. She has recently joined the faculty at the University of St. Andrews. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and consider rating and leaving a review. Also, connect with me on social media - I'd love to hear from you!www.instagram.com/readwithsamiawww.instagram.com/thediversebookshelfpod Support the show

Recorded at His Majesty's Theatre in time for the King's coronation we're joined by playwright Ryan Calais Cameron to talk about his new production Retrograde, now on at the Kiln Theatre. You may well know Ryan for his show For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy. We review The Motive and the Cue, a play by Jack Thorne, directed by Sam Mendes, starring Janie Dee, Mark Gatiss and Tuppence Middleton, now on at the National Theatre.We chat about royal plays, Phantom of the Opera and the news of Sir Kenneth Branagh set to direct and star in the West End's King Lear.Theatre critic Alice Saville joins us to review The Good Person of Szechwan, that's presented by the English Touring Theatre and Sheffield Theatres, now on at the Lyric Hammersmith.Plus we pay tribute to director and writer Adam Brace who has died aged 43. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode: S2 Ep5 – John R Wilkinson – Empathy, Anger & Getting it Wrong Description: In this episode Ella catches up with  emerging theatre director John R Wilkinson and shares thoughts on dealing with others perceptions of your most obvious traits amongst other things. John at a glance: John is a disabled theatre director who has worked with The National Theatre, the Young Vic and has a passion for dramaturgy Show Notes: audio books who is John r Wilkinson - the role of a director and dramaturg mediating allowing for communication errors diversity or platforming empathy listening when angry questions that shouldn't be asked getting it wrong the ten step question Find John: https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/john-r-wilkinson https://twitter.com/johnrwilkinson1 Who is John R Wilkinson?  John is the tenth recipient of the Genesis Future Directors Award at the Young Vic. He trained on the National Theatre Directors' Course and is currently undertaking research into new work and touring companies with English Touring Theatre, Wise Children, Stockroom and the Royal Court, as part of Arts Council England's Developing Your Creative Practice. Direction: Mugabe, My Dad and Me (York Theatre Royal, English Touring Theatre, Audible.com), Bear Shaped and Amazing (Tutti Frutti Productions), Pink Skies… Vinny's Delight (Manchester Royal Exchange), Hello and Goodbye, Swallows and Amazons, Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (York Theatre Royal), Talking Heads (co-directed with James Brining and Amy Leach, Leeds Playhouse), Winter (Young Vic). Associate Direction: NT Connections 2020-21 (National Theatre), Sunshine on Leith (Leeds Playhouse – UK Tour). He is a Trustee of Stage Directors UK, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Pilot Theatre and Middle Child.   Learn more about Ella - https://www.ellajarmanpinto.com/ This podcast was produced by RogueSpirit Productions - message to see how they can help you produce your podcast - david@roguespirit.co.uk

Steve Uwin is a theatre director and writer. Amongst many accomplishments he has been the artistic director of the Rose theatre, founder of ETT, English Touring Theatre. He is also chair of the charity Kids, which provides services to children with disabilities. We speak about whether we need language to be human and what non-verbal people teach us. We chat on how theatre has developed over the decades and Steve's appreciation of Brecht and the Berliner Ensemble. We touch on Steve's experience of theTraverse theatre, dealing with the very different stakeholders of the Rose Theatre; and how European theatre, realism and London has influenced theatre over the decades; what's enjoyable about theatre over film. Steve discusses how much of liberal progressive thinking may overlook the history and challenges of disability. While contested, we chat about the possible roots of this in the 18th century enlightenment and its influences today. We talk about the importance of self-advocacy but also the challenges of self-advocacy if you are - for instance - non-verbal. Steve talks about going viral on Twitter around “mock gloom” and disability. He also provocatively suggests five of the greatest artists of the last century. We comment on: Bob Dylan The artist Piero della Francesca And what he has in his library of thousands of books And finish with his current projects and life advice Steve has. To let you know… The audio is a little crackly on Steve's side. Apologies in advance. It's still listenable, but there's also a transcript if easier, here. Enjoy. Thanks.

We're joined by Linda John-Pierre (Mamma Mia! The Party) & Peter Forbes (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) for a BONUS episode of The West End Frame Show!Linda John-Pierre is currently starring in Mamma Mia! The Party which has reopened its taverna doors at the O2. The show features a musical extravaganza, a four-course authentic Greek feast and an ABBA disco.Linda's credits include the West End revival of Show Boat as well as playing Motormouth in Hairspray at the Gordan Craig Theatre. Linda has worked extensively on screen and most recently made a riff-tastic cameo in the new Cinderella film for Amazon Prime. Mamma Mia! The Party is booking to Sunday 3rd April 2022.Peter Forbes is currently playing Big Daddy in the UK tour of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, a co-production between the Leicester Curve, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and English Touring Theatre.Peter recently starred as Buddy in both runs of Follies at the National Theatre. Just a few of his credits include Man of the Moment, A Word from our Sponsor (Stephen Joseph Theatre); Allelujah! (Bridge Theatre); Follies, Our Country's Good (National Theatre); MAMMA MIA!, Singing' in the Rain (West End); How to Hold Your Breath (Royal Court); The Same Deep Water As Me (Donmar Warehouse) as well as The Winter's Tale, Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare's Globe).Cat on a Hot Tin Roof runs at Theatr Clwyd until 23rd October and runs at Mast Mayflower Studios Southampton 26th – 30th October. Hosted by Andrew Tomlins @Andrew_Tomlins  Thanks for listening! Email: andrew@westendframe.co.uk Visit www.westendframe.co.uk to stay up-to-date with our podcasting adventures.   

Cat on a hot tin roof' is the work of my next guests on the tea time sofa BAFTA-nominated actress Siena Kelly and Oliver Johnstone who play Maggie and Brick Pollit and are currently touring the country! The production is a collaboration between The Curve Leicester the Liverpool everyman and playhouse and the English Touring Theatre. Siena is well known for her part in Adult Material and Oliver has a CV full of roles from James Bond to Shakespeare. Award-winning Anthony Almeida is the Director and the chemistry between Siena and Oliver promises an electric performance.

Welcome to Chippy Lane’s Podcast, series two the PICTURES / LLUNIAU PROJECT. This series celebrates Welsh and Wales-based writers and their stories. This is our NY 2020 special, an extract from OVER THE HILL by Emily White. Moira is in her late 80's and has been stuck indoors being looked after by carers on 15-minute shifts, for as long as she can remember.  She is bored, lonely, pissed-off and longing for adventure but her daughter won't let her leave the house.  Until Rhodri, an eighteen-year-old oddball arrives to care for her full-time and together they set off on a road trip of the imagination. Writer: Emily White  Emily is an emerging screenwriter and playwright.  She originally trained as an actress at RADA before changing tack and obtaining an MA in Theatre Writing at the University of York in 2015.  In the five years since graduating she has been shortlisted and longlisted for numerous competitions including: Bolton Octagon Top Five Season, Arcola Heretic Voices, 4 Screenwriting, 4Stories, and BBC Drama Room. In 2018 she won a place on Channel 4’s 4Screenwriting Course where she developed her pilot Land of My Fathers about a Syrian refugee coming to live in a small Welsh town.  She was then selected to be part of the BBC Wales Writersroom group ‘Welsh Voices’ in 2019. Her acclaimed play, Pavilion, premiered at Theatr Clwyd in Sept-Oct 2019, directed by the Olivier award winning director Tamara Harvey and published by Faber & Faber. Her digital theatre microplay ‘Homework’ was released in October online for Wrapt Films/Open Sky Theatre, to high acclaim.   She is under commission to write another play for Theatr Clwyd and was one of six writers selected for English Touring Theatre’s Nationwide Voices Program 2020.  She also has a television serial in development with Little Door Productions.   Director: Chelsey Gillard Chelsey is the Carne Trust Associate Director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, where she recently worked on The Snow Queen. She is also a co-founder of PowderHouse, the Company in Residence at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff. Recent Directing credits include: Antigone (National Theatre Wales/ Sherman Theatre/ PowderHouse), The Invisible Woman (Wales Millennium Centre and tour), Saethu Cwnigod/Shooting Rabbits (Sherman Theatre and tour) and BLUE (Chippy Lane/Chapter Arts Centre). Currently Chelsey is on the script reading panel for both the Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award and The Other Room’s New Page programme. Chelsey is an Associate Director of Chippy Lane.  Performer: Michelle McTernan Michelle has been a professional actress for 24 years. She is also a Drama Practitioner and runs a disability theatre in Swansea S.Wales. Theatre Credits Includes: Metamorphosis (Hijinx Theatre Company) The Revlon Girl (Edinburgh Festival/Park Theatre, London) Mission Control (Hijinx Theatre/National Theatre Wales) The Three Night Blitz, (Joio Productions/Swansea Grand Theatre) Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream, (Pontardawe Arts Centre) The Revlon Girl, Barren (October Sixty Six Productions) Bara Bread (Theatr Gwalia) Macbeth, Merchant Of Venice, Buoy, Fall Out 84 (Pontardawe Arts Centre) GrannyAnnie,Trivial Pursuits, Erogenous Zones, Roots And Wings, Family Planning, Kiss On The Bottom (GrassrootsProductions)FleshAndBlood(ShermanTheatre/Hampstead Theatre),TheOystercatchers )SwanseaGrand/ShermanTheatre),Blue Remembered Hills (Torch Theatre), Under Milk Wood, Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead (Clwyd Theatr Cymru/Tour),Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, The Merchant Of Venice (Ludlow Festival) And (Wales Theatre Company/Tour). Television And Film Work Includes: The Crown (Netflix) Casualty (BBC Wales) The Lost Viking (Tornado Productions), Sisters, (Tornado Productions), Aetheled, Tree Bastards, (Tornado Films/Nowhere Fast Productions),The Healers (Pooka Films) Stella (Tidy Productions, Sky1 Hd) 4 Series semi regular,  Rain (Tornado Films) Caerdydd (S4C) Midnight (Nowhere Fast Productions) Dr Terrible’s House Of Horrible (Bbc), Tales From Pleasure Beach (Bbc), Light In The City (Bbc Wales) And The Feature Film Very Annie Mary (Dragon Pictures). Bobinogs. Cbeebies/Bbc Wales/Worldwide. Radio Work Includes: Goat St Runners, Return Journey (Lighthouse Theatre Co),Cottage Industry (BBC Radio Wales) Commercial- GumTree, BT Advert, Llandovey House Advert, Mind Cymru Advert. Performer: Lissa Berry Lissa is an actress, voiceover artist and narrator. Her theatre career began at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff in the mid 80s in productions of Mishima and Hamlet. She performed in many productions in London, including Queen Christina at BAC, White Lies at the Finborough Theatre and NewsRevue at The Canal Cafe Theatre. She is a regular performer at Short Stories Aloud in Oxford and also at The Berko Speakeasy where in 2018, she had the privilege of performing a duologue with Geoffrey Palmer called Easter Lilies. Also in 2018 she wrote and performed her first solo piece, Sin Eater, directed by Chelsey Gillard at the Offbeat Festival in Oxford and then as an extract for the Chippy Lane Welsh Women’s showcase at The Old Red Lion in London. In 2019 she was selected as the Welsh entrant for the BBC Radio 4 Norman Beaton Fellowship Award where she became a finalist. She began her voiceover career as a continuity announcer for BBC Choice, Sky Arts and as a co-announcer with Phill Jupitus for the Paramount Comedy Channel. She has narrated many TV shows and documentaries for BBC, ITV, Channel 4,, Sky Arts and Discovery, such as Horizon, Ancient Apocalypse and World’s Most Extreme. Her most recent audiobook titles for Audible are Impossible Causes by Julie Mayhew, The Librarian by Salley Vickers and How to Belong by Sarah Franklin. Written by Emily White Directed by Chelsey Gillard Performed by Michelle McTernan & Lissa BerryProduced & Edited by Chippy Lane Productions Ltd. Music by Grand Tradition  This podcast has been kindly supported by The Carne Trust.

In the third episode of our second podcast series, Katherine and Paul welcome Bristol-based poet, theatre-maker and powerful storyteller, Muneera Pilgrim.We hear about Muneera’s experiences growing up as a black woman in Bristol – and what it means for her to finally see the statue of you-know-who toppled. We also talk about Muneera’s unexpected faith journey: from repeatedly falling in and out of love with her Caribbean Christian roots, to eventually finding her home in Islam.Above all else, Muneera’s infectious belief in the ability for art and storytelling to transform our lives gives us a much-needed shot of hope. Meanwhile, Katherine and Paul can’t help but laugh over the absurdity that is ‘Four Seasons Total Landscaping’, and we find out what Shakespeare, crosswords and scripture have in common.Links, resources and episode timestamps (for all you skippers out there) below.____ABOUT MUNEERAMuneera Pilgrim is a poet, cultural producer, writer and broadcaster, as well as co-founder of the Muslim female spoken word and hip-hop duos Poetic Pilgrimage and Nana Collective. Muneera conducts expressive-based, purpose-driven workshops, shares art, guest lectures, hosts and finds alternative ways to educate and exchange ideas. She regularly contributes to Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2, and she is currently an Associate Artist with The English Touring Theatre where she contributed to The Othello Project, and is writing a project that will be revealed in 2020.Instagram: @muneera_pilgrimTwitter: @MuniPilgrim ____LINKS AND RESOURCESEdward Colston statue toppled in Bristol https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/14/the-day-bristol-dumped-its-hated-slave-trader-in-the-docks-and-a-nation-began-to-search-its-soul Unicorns Have Nothing On Us by Muneera Pilgrim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpJjWGcCUqU Marlon Thomas https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/marlon-thomas-family-bristols-stephen-2735642 Amal http://amal.org.uk/ Othello Creative Response https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/talks/othello-creative-response/ ____00:00 - Welcome to Somewhere To Believe In00:20 - Katherine and Paul catch up09:35 - Introducing Muneera Pilgrim and her work10:24 - Muneera joins the conversation10:35 - Muneera on Bristol15:00 - Muneera on lockdown and inequality 18:13 - Muneera on storytelling20:40 - Muneera on her influences24:10 - Muneera on creativity25:35 - Muneera on Marlon Thomas29:18 - Muneera on faith and race34:33 - Muneera on Islam38:05 - Muneera on spirituality40:40 - Muneera on Greenbelt44:26 - Muneera on Othello47:18 - Muneera on art51:58 - Muneera on hope and motivation55:00 - Katherine and Paul reflect on the conversation with Muneera01:05:39 - Coming up next week 01:06:18 - How to get in touch with us01:06:55 - Thank you’s____A huge thanks to the Greenbelt Volunteer Talks Team for all their hard work on editing this episode. Our podcast music is ‘I Can Change’ by Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires.____https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/#SomewhereToBelieveIn See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nirjay Mahindru is joined by Che Walker.Che Walker studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and has worked with Edward Bond, Philip Ridley, Mark Ravenhill, Stellan Skarsgaard, Chris Penn and Robert David Mc Donald.His first play BEEN SO LONG premiered at the Royal Court theatre in 1998, starring Sophie Okonedo, and was runner-up for The John Whiting Award and the Meyer-Whitworth Award, and has subsequently been translated and produced worldwide.FLESHWOUND premiered at the Royal Court in 2003 and won the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright, and The Arts Council Young Writer of the Future Award.CRAZY LOVE was produced by Paines Plough theatre company ('a brilliant piece of dramatic poetry- the scotsman" 'brilliantly buzzy..poignant'- the guardian) and, along with it's sister piece, BURNT-UP LOVE,  won the Mark Marvin Peter Brook Award.In 2008, his play THE FRONTLINE made English Theatre history ,becoming the first contemporary-set new play to perform at Shakespeare's Globe theatre since MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. An enormous critical success, THE FRONTLINE was revived in 2009.His musical adaptation of his first play 'Been So Long' - a collaboration with composer Arthur Darvill, premiered at The Young Vic Theatre in 2009, before playing The Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, and Latitude Rock Festival. 'Been So Long' was nominated for the Evening Standard Best Musical Award. Walker's former student, Naana Agyei-Ampadu was also nominated for Best Newcomer for her role as Yvonne in 'Been So Long'.He has received commissions from Regent's Park Theatre, English Touring Theatre  amongst others.  As he teacher, Che has taught acting at RADA, Arts Ed, E15, and has taught at Central, Oxford, Identity Drama School, and was Head of Drama for the Weekend Arts College for over ten years.  This interview was recorded in June 2020 during the period of the lockdown.  Support the show (https://www.interactstrokesupport.org)

Spotlight on Freelancers We're chatting to director and producer Ben Quashie about his route into the arts. Ben is Artistic Director of Nuu Theatre and Assistant Producer at English Touring Theatre. See more from our Spotlight series on our Blog - www.stratfordeast.com/blog

Rebecca Atkinson-Lord interviews Richard Twyman, artistic director of English Touring Theatre. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

EQUUS Episode 6 - Stratford East Podcast We're chatting with Movement Director Shelley Maxwell and performer Ira Mandela Siobhan about how they created the movement for EQUUS by Peter Shaffer, directed by Ned Bennett in co-production with English Touring Theatre. EQUUS FRI 15 FEB - SAT 23 MAR 2019 Tickets: bit.ly/Equus-StratfordEast Tour dates: Cambridge Arts Theatre 26 Mar — 30 Mar Theatre Royal Bath 02 Apr — 06 Apr 2019 Bristol Old Vic 16 Apr — 20 Apr 2019 The Lowry, Salford 23 Apr — 27 Apr 2019 Northern Stage, Newcastle 30 Apr — 04 May 2019 Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford 07 May — 11 May 2019

EQUUS Episode 5 - Stratford East Podcast We're chatting with actors Ethan Kai and Norah Lopez Holden about EQUUS by Peter Shaffer, directed by Ned Bennett in co-production with English Touring Theatre. EQUUS FRI 15 FEB - SAT 23 MAR 2019 Tickets: http://bit.ly/Equus-StratfordEast Tour dates: Cambridge Arts Theatre 26 Mar — 30 Mar Theatre Royal Bath 02 Apr — 06 Apr 2019 Bristol Old Vic 16 Apr — 20 Apr 2019 The Lowry, Salford 23 Apr — 27 Apr 2019 Northern Stage, Newcastle 30 Apr — 04 May 2019 Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford 07 May — 11 May 2019

Welcome to Chippy Lane's Podcast, series one.  This podcast is a celebration of Welsh and Wales-based creatives. This interview celebrates director ADELE THOMAS This interview celebrates Adele Thomas, Welsh theatre and Opera director best known for her work with The Globe, Royal Opera House, Sherman Theatre, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, English Touring Theatre and GaggleBabble. This podcast was recorded at Shakespeare's Globe London, Summer 2018.  Hosted by Jordan Bernarde and Hannah NooneProduced by Rebecca Jade Hammond Music by Grand Tradition www.chippylaneproductions.co.uk

Mark Smith talks to Esther Richardson, Bryony Lavery and Hannah Peel in a busy York Theatre Royal café about Pilot Theatre’s new adaptation of Brighton Rock. They discuss the appeal of Brighton Rock’s morally complex underworld, getting younger people into regional theatres, creating a musical and choreographic world for the play, and how the company set out to look at Graham Greene’s classic story through a lens which is both contemporary and of the time. Director Esther Richardson has been the Artistic Director of Pilot since February 2016. Her previous theatre work has included productions at theatres throughout the UK, including Soho Theatre, Cast in Doncaster, Tamasha Theatre, Royal and Derngate, Nottingham Playhouse, Bolton Octagon, and many more. Adapter Bryony Lavery is a renowned playwright whose work is regularly performed internationally. She is a prolific writer and adapter, whose plays include Stockholm, Beautiful Burnout and The Believers for Frantic Assembly, Queen Coal for Sheffield Crucible and Treasure Island at the National Theatre. She has also written numerous adaptations which have premièred at York Theatre Royal, including most recently the adaptation of Brideshead Revisited for the York Theatre Royal and English Touring Theatre’s 2016 production. Hannah Peel is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, composer and arranger, who has recorded as a solo artist as well as with band The Magnetic North and various other high-profile collaborators. She has created scores and co-composed for dance theatre performances at Sadler's Wells and for television. Brighton Rock runs at York Theatre Royal until 3 March 2018 and then tours to Brighton, Colchester, Hull, Cheltenham, Winchester, Watford, Birmingham, Newcastle, Mold, Derby and finally The Lowry Salford Quays. (Photo of Esther Richardson, Bryony Lavery and Hannah Peel by John Saunders.)

YO, SO... I don't have a partner to commit any crimes with today! Its just me.. monotonous ol' me :)  Just chatting through some thoughts and plugging upcoming dates for the show HIDDEN and the Stand Up "sharing" marking the end of the ten week course myself and Kae have been doing at the Soho Theatre. #hiddenplay @ecclesiatheatre @nicolawerenowska  TOUR DATES: Wed 5 - Thu 6 April 7.30PM Oxford Playhouse, 11-12 Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2LW Wed 12 April 8PM Norwich Arts Centre, 51 St Benedicts St, Norwich NR2 4PG Fri 21 - Sat 22 April 8PM Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury CT1 2AS Fri 28 - Sat 29 April 8PM (Sat Matinee 3PM) Mercury Theatre, Balkerne Gate, Colchester CO1 1PT Cast: Lewis Goody & Millie Proust Written by Nicola Werenowska Directed by Scott Hurran Design by Loren Elstein Lighting Design by Zoe Spurr Sound Design by Max Pappenheim Stage Management by Kerri Charles Produced by Maeve O’Neill & Ecclesia Funded by Arts Council England With support from English Touring Theatre and Mercury Theatre Comedy Stand Up LAB Sharing @ Soho Theatre, Saturday March 18th 4pm. Use the code ‘YCsharing’ to get x2 free tickets per show. Come see us having a crack at it! And well done to my buddy @gblagden in Pitchfork Disney at Shoreditch Town Hall. Go check it out, it is intense and really well done!  http://shoreditchtownhall.com/theatre-performance/whats-on/event/the-pitchfork-disney

The second in a series of interviews with artistic directors about legacy and leaving something behind in the ephemeral medium of theatre. Rebecca Atkinson-Lord talks to Rachel Tackley, Director of English Touring Theatre, who is about to take up post as Executive Director at Chichester Festival Theatre. They chat about how to inspire young people, working all hours, and contingency plans for a zombie apocalypse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Emma Callander, interviews well known playwrights and theatremakers whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Emma speaks to Chris Campbell and Sasha Dugdale about the art of translation. A translator and poet, Sasha Dugdale has translated many plays from Russian for theatres around the world, including the Royal Court Theatre, the Traverse Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and BBC Radio Drama. She also translates poetry and short stories, and her translation of the poet Elena Shvarts’ Birdsong on the Seabed (Bloodaxe) was a Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation and shortlisted for the Popescu and Rossica Prizes. Sasha translated 'Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha' by Ukrainian playwright Natalia Vorozhbyt as part of Traverse Theatre A Play, A Pie and A Pint Spring Season 2015. Chris Campbell has worked as an actor at theatres including The National, The Royal Court, The Traverse, The West Yorkshire Playhouse, The Birmingham Rep, The Gate and English Touring Theatre. Directors have included Howard Davies, Sir Richard Eyre, Sir Peter Hall, Richard Wilson, William Gaskill, Erica Whyman, Stephen Daldry, Ian Brown and Annie Castledine. He most recently appeared alongside Meryl Streep in 'The Iron Lady'. He has translated plays by Philippe Minyana, David Lescot, Rémi de Vos, Adeline Picault, Magali Mougel, Launcelot Hamelin, Frédéric Blanchette, Catherine-Anne Toupin and Fabrice Roger-Lacan for The National, The Almeida, The Donmar, The Traverse, The Birmingham Rep and The Young Vic among others. Chris was Deputy Literary Manager of the National Theatre for six years and is currently Literary Manager of the Royal Court. In 2014, Chris was appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. Chris translated 'Right Now' by Quebecois playwright and actor Catherine-Anne Toupin. Right Now is presented by the Traverse Theatre Company in May 2015. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced by Cian O Siochain and Eleanor Pender Devised and engineered by Cian O Siochain

With Mark Lawson Alan Bennett gives his reaction as his drama The History Boys is named the nation's favourite play by the English Touring Theatre's 21st Anniversary poll. A forthcoming two-part television drama, starring Jim Broadbent and Luke Evans, is going to show both sides of the 1963 Great Train Robbery. Firstly from the point of view of the criminals and then of the police who tracked them down afterwards. Written by Chris Chibnall, creator of the hit TV series Broadchurch, the two dramas are timed for the 50th anniversary of the crime - a raid on a Royal Mail train that netted the then-record haul of £2.6m. Crime writer NJ Cooper reviews. Terry Pratchett's 40th Discworld novel brings the wonders of steam-power to Ankh-Morpork when enterprising young Dick Simnel builds a steam engine. It's 30 years since Terry Pratchett began writing about Discworld, and he talks to Mark about how the ideas for stories appear, what he does with these ideas if they aren't quite ready to be put into a book, and how he and his assistant Rob Wilkins have been teaching Terry's voice-activated software to recognise some of Discworld's more unlikely names. The Duck House is a new political satire focusing on the 2009 Expenses Scandal. Labour MP Robert Houston, played by Ben Miller, is planning to escape defeat in the next election by defecting to the Tory party when the scandal breaks. Houston must try to persuade the Tories he is squeaky-clean while trying to hide the duck house he put on expenses. Political journalist Andrew Rawnsley reviews. Produced by Ella-mai Robey.