Interviews
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Interviews
The Theatre of Horror: The Haunting of Hill House
The ghost story is a Christmas tradition – but how about a Hammer horror-influenced stage show? As The Haunting of Hill House opens at Liverpool Playho... Read more »| 03 Dec 2015 -
Festivals
Liverpool Homotopia 2015: Preview
AIDS contraction is on the rise, more than half of the Commonwealth criminalises homosexuality and transphobia is as present as ever. Gary Everett, artistic director of Homotopia, explains how theatre and the arts can help. Read more »| 30 Oct 2015 -
Interviews
The Choir: Paul Higgins interview
Paul Higgins talks his new play The Choir, finding the truth in theatre and humour in the darker moments of life Read more »| 22 Oct 2015 -
Interviews
Tipping the Velvet: Sally Messham Interview
Sally Messham talks circus skills and celebrated novels ahead of Tipping the Velvet's run at The Lyceum. Read more »| 15 Oct 2015 -
Interviews
Blanche McIntyre interview: Why we need ancient drama
As this year’s third major production of The Oresteia opens, this time in Manchester, The Skinny speaks to director Blanche McIntyre about Ancient Greek theatre, modern-day politics and being part of HOME’s debut season Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Interviews
Simon Armitage on The Odyssey, Liverpool Everyman
Following last year's Lily Cole-starring dramatisation of The Iliad, Simon Armitage now turns his hand to Homer's other great work. We caught up with the poet to discuss The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead, which premieres at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre Read more »| 25 Sep 2015
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Interviews
Introducing Royal Exchange’s Company of Elders
Theatre can be empowering – whatever your age. We meet Brenda Hickey, who found a new lease of life after retirement when she joined the Royal Exchange’s Company of Elders Read more »| 14 Sep 2015 -
Interviews
Arthur Miller: Rapture Theatre on his centenary
Michael Emans talks about Arthur Miller's centenary and how Rapture Theatre chose to honour it this autumn Read more »| 11 Sep 2015 -
Interviews
The Lyceum at 50: A Theatre Celebration
Mark Thomson on Waiting for Godot, funding cuts and The Royal Lyceum Theatre's 50th anniversary. Read more »| 11 Sep 2015 -
Theatre
Trapped Up North: Manchester's horror attraction
The trend for escape room games continues unabated with the Great Northern Warehouse's new horror attraction, Trapped Up North. Its creator helps us understand the appeal of getting locked inside a room and scared half to death Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Festivals
Matthew Lillard: Filthy Talk and Fault Lines
Prologue: On Fringe Eve, two men, alike only in uniqueness, gather at their laptop screens ready to commence the Skype of their lives. We hear knuckles crack before the curtain rises… Read more »| 06 Aug 2015 -
Festivals
Bryony Kimmings: Fake It 'til You Make It
Bryony Kimmings talks about her Fringe show Fake It 'til You Make It, mental health stigmatisation and making theatre about real people's real stories Read more »| 03 Aug 2015 -
Festivals
Walking the Tightrope: politics at Edinburgh Fringe
Playwrights Neil LaBute and Omar El-Khairy talk about Walking the Tightrope, censorship and the arts, and The Arches closure ahead of their short plays coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
24:7 Theatre Festival: this year's programme
It's been up against the ropes, but 24:7 Theatre Festival returns this month with a stripped-back programme that is likely to be the last in its current form. We catch up with executive producer David Slack to hear what shape it's in Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
Alex Poots on ten years of Manchester International Festival
This year's Manchester International Festival is to be its founding director's last. Alex Poots reflects on ten years of ambitious programming and dream collaborations Read more »| 01 Jul 2015