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Pantomime Dames
The role of the dame in British pantomime
Anna Wickham
Discussion of the poet Anna Wickham
The Cherry Orchard
Discussion of Anton Chekhov's Cherry Orchard
Tennesee Williams
Commentary on Tennesee Williams, American writer.
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
RADA as a vocational training school for actors and its focus on talent
Beauty and the Beast
The RSC version of the story of Beauty and the Beast by Laurence Boswell
Cirque du Soleil
Founding members of the Cirque du Soleil discuss how they came to be in Quebec
Theatre Agents
The excitement felt by the agent in finding a new talent or by securing work for those under their umbrella of care.
Guys and Dolls
"Musicals have this ability to intensify the experience of theatre"
Three Hours After Marriage
Discussion of this restoration comedy written in 1717
Preparing for Auditions
Preparations for an audition through the eyes of the actor
The Woman in Black
The classic ghost story play, adapted from Susan Hill's short story by Stephen Mallatratt
The Cripple of Inishmaan
The play by Martin McDonagh as described by the actor who plays Billy Claven
The Human Voice
Training the voice - an actor describes voice production in theatres
Landslide
Prescient plot about the landslide victory of New Labour over the Conservatives in 1997
Maureen Lipman
Her one woman show, being in Blithe Spirit and the roles she likes playing
Caryl Churchill
The non-naturalistic techniques and feminist themes of dramatist Caryl Churchill
Lady in the Dark
The Broadway musical written by Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin and Moss Hart
The Glass Menagerie
Discussion of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams with Laura Taylor
Mirad - A Boy from Bosnia
Ad de Bont talks about his play Mirad - A Boy from Bosnia about the refugees of war
Animal Farm
Actors talking about the stage show production of George Orwell's novel, Animal Farm
A Very Rare Bird Indeed
Actress Judi Dench discusses her latest role in Peter Tinniswood's A Very Rare Bird Indeed
Alby James
The scriptwriter Alby James discusses a story about a young Muslim Somali girl
Way Upstream
Russell Dixon who is starring in the Alan Ayckbourn play Way Upstream talks about the play
Anna Karenina
David Hitchinson talks about his four part adaptation of Anna Karenina. How did he do it?
The Goodbye Girl
Gary Wilmot talks about the musical by Neil Simon, David Zippel and by Marvin Hamlisch
The Monkey King
The legend of The Monkey King set in 1950s Hong Kong
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ian Talbot on producing A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare at the Open Air Theatre
Marlene
Si芒n Phillips talks about playing Marlene Dietrich in Pam Gems's play Marlene
Damn Yankees
Joe Boyd sells his soul to the devil for becoming the world's greatest baseball player
Opera Singer Sally Burgess
Mezzo soprano Sally Burgess talks about opera, concerts and jazz caberet