Talented Yorkshire playwright Tom Wells tells us a little about his hilarious new play The Kitchen Sink – ‘comic, poignant and utterly gripping... outstanding’ Evening Standard – that premiered this week at the new Bush Theatre. A play set entirely in the kitchen of an eccentric Yorkshire family, it's about big dreams and small changes, … Continue reading Spotlight: TOM WELLS on THE KITCHEN SINK
Jez Butterworth’s JERUSALEM at St Paul’s
Art often imitates life, but it’s rare that a West End play gets taken up by a group of anti-capitalist protesters as the perfect encapsulation of their spirit of defiance. But this is just what has happened to Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem, a play that is back in the West End with Mark Rylance once again … Continue reading Jez Butterworth’s JERUSALEM at St Paul’s
LAGAN: Writing Northern Ireland – by Stacey Gregg
Stacey Gregg is a Belfast-born playwright whose new play – Lagan – marks her UK debut, premiering tonight at Ovalhouse, South London. A kaleidoscope of stories from post-Troubles Belfast, Lagan is an intimate and absorbing portrait of a city with a past like no other. Stacey reveals her desire to 'write' her hometown... Lagan sprang … Continue reading LAGAN: Writing Northern Ireland – by Stacey Gregg
Adapting classic children’s literature for the stage – by playwright Mike Kenny
Adapting classic children's novels for the stage is no easy feat. But British playwright Mike Kenny has proven that when it works, it can go down like a treat. With a string of roaring successes over the last two years, including current Waterloo Station Theatre smash hit The Railway Children (recently nominated for the Evening … Continue reading Adapting classic children’s literature for the stage – by playwright Mike Kenny
Spotlight: playwright CONOR McPHERSON
Playwright Conor McPherson – 'a writer who can make inarticulacy sound poetic' (Evening Standard) – returns to the theatre this month with the premiere of his new play The Veil at the National Theatre. We've published the playtext along with a striking new edition of his earliest works, McPherson Plays: One, which includes a new … Continue reading Spotlight: playwright CONOR McPHERSON
WE ARE THREE SISTERS: with author Blake Morrison
Poet, playwright and novelist Blake Morrison grew up in striking distance from Haworth, the village once home to the Brontë family, and describes his latest play for Northern Broadsides, We are Three Sisters, as 'a kind of homecoming'. Here he explains the enjoyment of dramatising the Brontë's lives, lifting the gloom and misery so often … Continue reading WE ARE THREE SISTERS: with author Blake Morrison
Spotlight: Headlong’s DECADE
As Decade, Headlong’s imaginative investigation of 9/11 and its legacy, opens in London, NHB Commissioning Editor Matt Applewhite considers a play publisher’s role in documenting the theatre of our times – and why it’s worth pulling out all the stops to do so. When, in 2009, Caryl Churchill wrote Seven Jewish Children, her short, sharp … Continue reading Spotlight: Headlong’s DECADE
THE GOD OF SOHO Special: with director Raz Shaw
In part two of our special feature on The God of Soho, director Raz Shaw tells us what it was like bringing Chris Hannan's wild and raucous script to life for Shakespeare's Globe. You have previously directed productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet for the Shakespeare's Globe, but this is your first … Continue reading THE GOD OF SOHO Special: with director Raz Shaw
THE GOD OF SOHO Special: with author Chris Hannan
Chris Hannan's new play for Shakespeare's Globe, The God of Soho, is a wickedly funny morality tale for the modern world. Sexy, feisty and real, it is a story about love at its dirtiest, maddest and most bittersweet. Here, the author talks about writing the play specifically for the Globe's unique stage. When the Artistic … Continue reading THE GOD OF SOHO Special: with author Chris Hannan
Edinburgh Festival Fringe special: with Gareth Armstrong and HighTide’s Steven Atkinson
Rounding off our Edinburgh Festival Fringe special, our third and final post features writer, director, actor and Edinburgh regular Gareth Armstrong, whose newly published book So You Want To Do A Solo Show? is an essential resource for both aspiring and seasoned solo performers, especially those wanting to make it big on the Fringe. Also … Continue reading Edinburgh Festival Fringe special: with Gareth Armstrong and HighTide’s Steven Atkinson
The Prompt Book 