Directors, performers and theatre staff discuss their work
World Service,·219 episodes
Her one woman show, being in Blithe Spirit and the roles she likes playing
02 Apr 1997,·4 mins
Prescient plot about the landslide victory of New Labour over the Conservatives in 1997
24 Mar 1997,·4 mins
Training the voice - an actor describes voice production in theatres
21 Mar 1997,·4 mins
The play by Martin McDonagh as described by the actor who plays Billy Claven
13 Mar 1997,·4 mins
The classic ghost story play, adapted from Susan Hill's short story by Stephen Mallatratt
06 Mar 1997,·4 mins
Preparations for an audition through the eyes of the actor
21 Feb 1997,·4 mins
Discussion of this restoration comedy written in 1717
09 Feb 1997,·4 mins
"Musicals have this ability to intensify the experience of theatre"
31 Jan 1997,·4 mins
The excitement felt by the agent in finding a new talent or by securing work for those under their umbrella of care.
29 Jan 1997,·4 mins
Founding members of the Cirque du Soleil discuss how they came to be in Quebec
20 Jan 1997,·4 mins
The RSC version of the story of Beauty and the Beast by Laurence Boswell
17 Jan 1997,·4 mins
RADA as a vocational training school for actors and its focus on talent
10 Jan 1997,·3 mins
Commentary on Tennesee Williams, American writer.
01 Jan 1997,·4 mins
Discussion of Anton Chekhov's Cherry Orchard
28 Dec 1996,·4 mins
Discussion of the poet Anna Wickham
23 Dec 1996,·4 mins
The role of the dame in British pantomime
19 Dec 1996,·4 mins
Dennis Hawthorne talks about Irish playwright William Trevor
17 Dec 1996,·4 mins
Discussion of Cameron Macintosh musical Martin Guerre
29 Nov 1996,·3 mins
Interview on a play about the frailty of old age, the deviousness of old age, unfaithfulness, lies and deceit.
22 Nov 1996,·4 mins
There has been a Lyceum Theatre for 300 years - its restoration is discussed
15 Nov 1996,·3 mins
Alan Davies talks about dramatising classic novels of English literature
08 Nov 1996,·28 mins
Launch of the International Radio Playwriting Competition
01 Nov 1996,·3 mins
"Writing for the page, writing for the eye is much different from writing for the ear"
25 Oct 1996,·4 mins
"It is a farce about a serious subject" John Matthew's play set in Kerala in South India
18 Oct 1996,·4 mins
How Neil Simon first went to New York and began to write for comedian Sid Caesar
11 Oct 1996,·4 mins
"Some of the ideas I was having could end up being far too earnest"
04 Oct 1996,·4 mins
Play by Stewart Parker set in Belfast with four characters and a ghost
27 Sep 1996,·4 mins
Julian Garner discusses his play The Flight into Egypt
20 Sep 1996,·3 mins
Writing for radio "It's as free as the human imagination" says South African Athol Fugard
13 Sep 1996,·3 mins
A flamboyant writer who lived his life in public
06 Sep 1996,·4 mins
