Interviews
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Festivals24:7 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 -
FestivalsAlex 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 -
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Jackie Hagan on her new show, Some People Have Too Many Legs
Comedian, poet, theatre-maker and all-round local legend Jackie Hagan explains how a tremendously difficult year helped her hone her craft Read more »| 09 Jun 2015 -
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Little Shop of Horrors
Theatre comes to the film festival with Live, Live Cinema. Barnie Duncan chats to The Skinny about the drawing nature of screens, tripping over your own brain and the escalating fight to impress an audience. Read more »| 08 Jun 2015 -
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Mental Health Awareness in Performance
Fiona Geddes and Francisca Morton talk to The Skinny about their upcoming shows dealing with mental health, loss and attachment Read more »| 11 May 2015 -
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Tramway Digs Dance
Louise Ahl of Ultimate Dancer and Laurynas Žakevicius of Low Air Urban Dance Theatre talk about their dance styles and their upcoming performances at DIG, Tramway's six week celebration of dance. Read more »| 05 May 2015
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InterviewsLove in Troubled Times: Simon Stephens on The Funfair
HOME opens its new 500-seater theatre with Kasimir and Karoline, an update of Ödön von Horváth's 1930s masterpiece of German theatre. Stopfordian playwright Simon Stephens tells us why his update is written for today's Manchester Read more »| 01 May 2015 -
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Access All Areas: Graeae Theatre
Champions of accessibility within the arts, Graeae Theatre Company make their way to Liverpool's Everyman Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
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Reshaping the Octagon
Young, talented and ambitious, the recently appointed artistic director of the Bolton Octagon, Elizabeth Newman, discusses her plans to revitalise the town's theatre scene Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
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Returning to Behaviour: Peter McMaster and Extremes
Ahead of BEHAVIOUR's sixth year, Peter McMaster talks about the support The Arches has always given him, pushing his work to extremes, and his show 27. Read more »| 06 Apr 2015 -
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Infrastructures of Care: Park MacArthur and Constantina Zavitsanos
Artists Park MacArthur and Constantina Zavitsanos talk to The Skinny about the infrastructures of care in advance of Arika's Episode 7: We Can't Live Without Our Lives Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
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In Good Company: Front Row Theatre
A company spearheaded by graduates of UCLan hopes to offer a platform for emerging talent, as well as produce plays with a social conscience Read more »| 10 Mar 2015 -
FestivalsSICK! Festival: Tackling the Art of Difficult Conversation
As it expands from Brighton to Manchester, directors Helen Medland and Tim Harrison discuss the issues and the impetus behind SICK! Festival Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
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Amanda Gaughan: Hedda Gabler
Amanda Gaughan talks strong women on stage and the pull of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, in advance of its run at The Lyceum later this month. Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
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The Write Way In: Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2015
The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2015 is open for business. Sarah Frankcom explains why even the most inexperienced writer should apply Read more »| 12 Feb 2015