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
Plays
Edinburgh Festival Fringe special: with Lynda Radley
In part two of our Edinburgh Fringe special, in which a handful of our authors involved in some way in this year's Festival Fringe frenzy tell us what it all means to them, we hear from 'rising star in Scottish theatre' (Scotsman) Lynda Radley, whose latest play Futureproof premieres at the Traverse Theatre this week. … Continue reading Edinburgh Festival Fringe special: with Lynda Radley
Edinburgh Festival Fringe special: with Hywel John
To celebrate NHB's involvement in this year's vibrant Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme, we've asked a handful of our writers who have either performed, written, directed or produced work for the Festival Fringe to tell us what it means to them. First up is Hywel John, whose latest work Rose, a heartfelt study of heritage, grief … Continue reading Edinburgh Festival Fringe special: with Hywel John
Spotlight: RATTIGAN’S NIJINSKY at Chichester Festival Theatre
Terence Rattigan's 1974 BBC television script about Diaghilev, the genius impresario behind the Ballets Russes, and Nijinsky, the greatest dancer of all time, was mysteriously withdrawn before it could be filmed. Playwright Nicholas Wright explains how his new play interweaves Rattigan’s screenplay with the story behind its cancellation. Rattigan’s Nijinsky received its world premiere this week … Continue reading Spotlight: RATTIGAN’S NIJINSKY at Chichester Festival Theatre
Richard Eyre on TALKING THEATRE: Interviews with Theatre People
To celebrate the new paperback edition of Richard Eyre's Talking Theatre - his superlative account of how theatre is made, in the words of the very people who make it - we will be posting exclusive extracts from the book here on the NHB blog. Come back on Monday to find out what John Gielgud … Continue reading Richard Eyre on TALKING THEATRE: Interviews with Theatre People
Spotlight: THE PRIDE at Crucible Studio, Sheffield
Alexi Kaye Campbell’s award-winning debut play received its regional premiere this week at Sheffield's Crucible Studio Theatre, following its sell-out world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2008, and subsequent off-Broadway production. Directed by actor and director Richard Wilson, the production has been praised as 'a brave and rewarding drama that speaks to … Continue reading Spotlight: THE PRIDE at Crucible Studio, Sheffield
Spotlight: HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS at Soho Theatre
This month NHB publishes Lou Ramsden’s Hundreds and Thousands, the follow-up play to her critically acclaimed debut Breed (2010), for which she was shortlisted for the Critics' Circle Most Promising Playwright Award. Here, exclusively for the NHB blog, Lou spills the beans on what it's like for a playwright in those final days leading up … Continue reading Spotlight: HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS at Soho Theatre
Spotlight: HOME DEATH – a new play by Nell Dunn
Nell Dunn is a distinguished writer whose work includes the award-winning play Steaming, as well as several novels including Up the Junction, which was directed for TV by Ken Loach. Her latest play Home Death is based on moving true-life accounts of people dealing with the death of their loved ones at home. It was … Continue reading Spotlight: HOME DEATH – a new play by Nell Dunn
Spotlight: MOMENT
Deirdre Kinahan, Irish playwright and Artistic Director of Tall Tales Theatre company, reveals the inspiration behind her latest acclaimed play currently playing at the Bush Theatre, MOMENT. I feel I pick up plays from off the street, from the top seat of a bus or from a fragment of newspaper. Plays often present themselves in … Continue reading Spotlight: MOMENT
A double-dose of fun: revisiting VERNON GOD LITTLE
Playwright Tanya Ronder sheds light on the experience of reworking her 2007 adaptation of Vernon God Little, the Booker Prize-winning novel by DBC Pierre, for the Young Vic’s fortieth anniversary season. When the idea was proposed of redoing Vernon God Little at the Young Vic, it took precisely one second to be 150% behind the … Continue reading A double-dose of fun: revisiting VERNON GOD LITTLE
The Prompt Book 