Tag: interview

  • Quick Fire Questions | Kara Lily Hayworth, star of Maggie May.

    Quick Fire Questions | Kara Lily Hayworth, star of Maggie May.

    Rising to national prominence after being cast as Cilla Black in the critically acclaimed national tour of Cilla The Musical, actress Kara Lily Hayworth gives us a little sneak peek about her latest role in Maggie May. This is the first London revival of Lionel Bart and Alun Owen’s musical since it’s premiere in 1964…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Leila Sykes, Greyscale at the Vault Festival 2019

    Quick Fire Questions | Leila Sykes, Greyscale at the Vault Festival 2019

    On the blog today is another quickfire questions, this time with Leila Sykes, one of the creators and producers for Greyscale, currently running at the Vault Festival until the 17th March. Written by Madeline Gould and Joel Samuels, Greyscale follows two characters who are on a date with each other and are both characters recounting…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Sophie NL Besse, director of Welcome to The UK

    Quick Fire Questions | Sophie NL Besse, director of Welcome to The UK

    Last month, I went to see Welcome To The UK at the Bunker Theatre, PSYCHEDelight’s new satirical piece about the troubles and stigma that comes with moving to the UK from different countries. I managed to grab some time with director Sophie NL Besse to learn more about the production. HS: What is Welcome To The…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Katy Dye, Baby Face

    Quick Fire Questions | Katy Dye, Baby Face

    Today on the blog, I managed to grab a few moments of creator & performer Katy Dye’s time to discuss her latest piece Baby Face. The piece has been dubbed as a striking interrogation of society’s infantilisation of women and will embark on a UK tour following hit-success at the Fringe 2018.   HS: What is…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Becky Brown, Head of Producing at The VAULT Festival 2019

    Quick Fire Questions | Becky Brown, Head of Producing at The VAULT Festival 2019

    The VAULT Festival officially kicks off in London today! Taking over a whole range of performance spaces in Waterloo, there is something for everyone to go and see at the VAULT Festival 2019. To find out more about this year’s festival, I managed to grab a few moments of the Head of Producing, Becky Brown’s…

  • Quick Fire Questions | The Cast of Seussical The Musical

    Quick Fire Questions | The Cast of Seussical The Musical

    Imagine all of your favourite characters from your favourite author’s back catalogue of books came together to star in a musical? That’s exactly what is going down at the Southwark Playhouse this Christmas in Seussical The Musical. Filled with larger than life characters, the musical has something for everyone with topics in the show covering…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Katharine Armitage, director of Frankenstein

    Quick Fire Questions | Katharine Armitage, director of Frankenstein

    Just in time for Halloween, Sutton House will soon play host to director Katharine Armitage’s new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Through a combination of puppetry, shadows and scares, company Tea Break Theatre not only offers an opportunity to celebrate Halloween through history, but it provides the opportunity to reflect on female identity and their role…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Scott Alan on The Distance You Have Come.

    Quick Fire Questions | Scott Alan on The Distance You Have Come.

    A new musical is opening at the Cockpit later this month. Award winning composer Scott Alan has created a song cycle using his back catalogue of work, to tell the lives of six individuals who juggle the challenges life throws at them. Under the musical direction of Scott Morgan the production will feature a stellar…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Meghan Tyler, writer of Medicine

    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…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Paul-Ryan Carberry, director of The Three Musketeers

    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…