Category: interviews
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Quick Fire Questions | John King, writer of Eris.
Earlier this month, I was lucky enough to catch Eris, a new play by writer John King during it’s limited run at the Bunker. I enjoyed it so much, I was lucky enough to grab a few moments of John’s time to find out more about the play. You can read my 4 star review…
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Quick Fire Questions | Meghan Tyler, writer of Medicine
Coming to the Hope Theatre in Islington, later this month is award winning playwright Meghan Tyler’s play Medicine. The play takes place in Ireland and explores the relationship between main character Moira and her mum. Described as boldly funny and achingly sad, the play looks at how the effects of mental illness affects us and…
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Quick Fire Questions | Sara Joyce, director of Dust.
Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to see Milly Thomas’ critically acclaimed one woman play Dust at the Soho Theatre. Recently, a transfer was announced and Dust will play the Trafalgar Studios 2 from the 4th September to 13th October. Only just under a month to go until the first performance and I was…
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Quick Fire Questions | Paul-Ryan Carberry, director of The Three Musketeers
Coming to St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden to round out the summer is a brand new theatre production of The Three Musketeers. The play runs from the 2nd August to 2nd September and for tickets & more information please visit http://actorschurch.org/event/?show=0&id=873584102. Although I’m a pretty big book nerd, The Three Musketeers isn’t a story I’m…
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Quick Fire Questions | Paul Tomlinson, director of For King and Country
Earlier this week, I was lucky enough to see the brilliant For King and Country at the Southwark Playhouse. Set during World War I, the play follows Private A.Hamp as he is on trial for desertion and has the audience wondering if he will be sentenced to death or be found innocent. This is the…
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Quick Fire Questions | Dominic Debartolo, The Seagull.
After yesterday’s quick fire questions with director Victor Sobchak about his upcoming production of Anton Chekov’s The Seagull at The Lion and The Unicorn Theatre, I also managed to grab a few moments with Dominic Debartolo, one of the leads in the show, to find out more about his involvement in this production. HS: Who…
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Quick Fire Questions | Daniel Winder, director of H.R. Haitch
In perfect timing, a new musical comedy has started performances at the Union Theatre about a regular girl who ends up marrying into the Royal Family. Sound familiar? H.R. Haitch is a musical with music by Luke Bateman and lyrics & book by Man Evans that has been in development for a couple of years.…
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Quick Fire Questions | Dave Spencer, director of The Yellow Wallpaper.
A couple of years ago, I picked up a classic short story called The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, completely unaware how much of a feminist classic it is. An upcoming stage adaptation appeared on my radar and I was lucky enough to ask the director Dave Spencer about bringing the short story to…
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Quick Fire Questions | Tom Vallen, writer of A Gym Thing
Photo credit: Sally Jubb Photography Tom Vallen’s Edinburgh Festival hit A Gym Thing comes to London and will start performances at the Pleasance Theatre, Islington from 30th April to 13th May. The play takes place within a 60 minute workout and creates a conversation around body image and bigorexia/Body Dysmorphic Disorder. I managed to grab…
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Quick Fire Questions | Owen Kingston, writer/director of For King and Country.
After seeing Darkest Hour in the cinema earlier this year, I was super intrigued when an interactive, immersive theatre production that presents what life was like during Britain’s Darkest Hour appeared on my radar. For King and Country is performed by actors who are aided by historical research and won’t have a script to prepare…
Hayley Sprout 
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