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Spotlight Episodes

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    Stoke on Trent Theatre

    "I come to everything because I love the theatre" Theatre fan on theatre in Stoke on Trent

  2. Starstruck

    Roy Williams talks about on his play in which film star Stewart Granger comes to Jamaica

  3. Stage Tours of London's West End

    Barbara Kinghorn takes visitors behind the scenes at London's famous theatres

  4. Stage Props

    Working with fake blood and stage swords and how to design them

  5. Stage Design

    Trapdoors in the stage, making props look old and making scenery

  6. Speed-the-Plow

    Discussion of David Mamet's play about art and commerce, and good and evil

  7. Sound Effects in Radio Drama

    Sound engineer talks about sound effects used in a production of Henry IV, part 2

  8. Sound Design in the Theatre

    For plays such as The Woman in Black sound helps the audience create a mental picture

  9. Smokey Joe's Cafe

    The cast talks about the show's appeal for baby boomers and the fact the show has no plot

  10. Singing Opera

    Discussion with Italian female opera singer and recording artist

  11. Signing for Deaf Audiences

    Peter Llewellyn-Jones discusses his approach to signing plays for deaf audiences

  12. Shoe Supervisor at the Birmingham Royal Ballet

    "Principals can use 16 pairs of shoes a month" discussion on pointe shoes used in ballet

  13. Shakespeare's Richard III

    David Troughton's RSC performance of Richard III who plays a "real Richard"

  14. Shakespeare's Othello

    A discussion of Shakespeare's Othello and its issues of race and nationality

  15. Shakespeare's King Lear

    Jude Kelly talks about King Lear "You have to approach a play as if it is new".

  16. Semele

    Discussion on John Eccles's opera Semele

  17. Sculptor Glynn Williams

    Eminent British sculptor and professor at the Royal College of Art talks about his work

  18. Scottish Drama at the Edinburgh Festival

    Christopher Cook interviews an unspecified speaker about writing

  19. Salzburg in London

    Stage dramatist Marcy Kahan talks about her thriller Salzburg in London

  20. Salome

    "The piece deals with five incredibly lonely people"

  21. Salad Days

    Ned Sherrin discusses the musical Salad Days by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade

  22. Rupa Lucian, Child of Romania

    Christopher Templeton talks about the radio play Rupa Lucian, Child of Romania

  23. Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

    RADA as a vocational training school for actors and its focus on talent

  24. Romeo and Juliet

    "A play about where adolescents fit into society" Peter Holland, Cambridge lecturer

  25. Radio Drama in Front of an Audience

    "The audience really listens to a reading - for certain plays this works wonderfully"

  26. Radio Drama

    Launch of the International Radio Playwriting Competition

  27. Preparing for Auditions

    Preparations for an audition through the eyes of the actor

  28. Poet Sir John Betjeman

    Why this popular English poet was so appealing

  29. Playing Mole in The Wind in the Willows

    Ian Sharrock talks about the preparation - the movement and voice coaching - he had to do

  30. Playing Juliet

    Zoe Waites talks about playing Juliet in the RSC production of Romeo and Juliet

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