Robert Holman is the playwright most admired by other playwrights. Championed by writers such as Simon Stephens and David Eldridge, his plays – including Making Noise Quietly, Jonah and Otto and A Breakfast of Eels – combine close observation of the way people behave with a thrilling and often fiercely uncompromising mastery of dramatic form. … Continue reading The ordinary made extraordinary: Robert Holman on writing plays
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Lucy Kirkwood (The Nick Hern Books Anniversary Interviews)
Lucy Kirkwood is a leading playwright whose plays include the hugely acclaimed Chimerica. She spoke to theatre journalist Al Senter as part of our interview series celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Nick Hern Books in 2018... Lucy Kirkwood has come a great distance in a remarkably short period of time. In the ten years since … Continue reading Lucy Kirkwood (The Nick Hern Books Anniversary Interviews)
‘Reaching out for life in a new country’: Winsome Pinnock on her play Leave Taking
Winsome Pinnock’s play Leave Taking, about a Caribbean family living in North London, is as powerful today as it was when it was first performed in 1987. As a major new production opens at the Bush Theatre in London, the author reveals how she came to write it, and how it was inspired by her … Continue reading ‘Reaching out for life in a new country’: Winsome Pinnock on her play Leave Taking
Ken Campbell: The True Spirit of a Prankster
Published today – April Fools' Day – is Ken Campbell: The Great Caper, Michael Coveney's biography of the one-man comic whirlwind who tore through the British theatre establishment using well-rehearsed anarchy and a genius for surreal comedy. Here, Coveney recalls Campbell's fondness for a good wheeze - including his notorious Royal Dickens Company hoax... If there’s … Continue reading Ken Campbell: The True Spirit of a Prankster
Five minutes with Bruce Norris – author of CLYBOURNE PARK
Bruce Norris’s raucously funny and fearlessly shocking racial satire Clybourne Park opened in the West End this week. Since its UK debut at the Royal Court Theatre in 2010, the play has received widespread critical acclaim – hailed as ‘the funniest play of the year’ (Evening Standard), ‘genius’ (Times) and ‘out of this world’ (Independent) … Continue reading Five minutes with Bruce Norris – author of CLYBOURNE PARK
The Prompt Book 