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    Interview: Biting into Dracula: The Untold Story

    Andrew Quick of Imitating The Dog on bringing a grapic novel to the stage

    Episode 4 in our podcast interview series sees us moving outside of London for the first time, to chat to Andrew Quick, Artistic Director of Imitating The Dog. The company whose stated aims are:

    we are most interested in telling stories. We create beautiful, memorable images for audiences, and the work fuses live performance with digital technology, in order to serve the story in the best possible way. The work is always fresh and often surprising. We take risks.

    The podcast features the full version of the interview. An edited version was originally broadcast on our Runn Radio show on 15 September 2021.

    You can also download this podcast by clicking on the forward arrow and selecting the download option.

    You can follow us on Spotify or Itunes (plus many other other podcast providers) for future editions of our interview series. Further information can be found on our Podcast here

    Dracula: The Untold Story tours to the following venues. Further dates are possible though, so do check Imitating The Dog’s website for updates.

    Leeds Playhouse

    25 Sept – 9 Oct at 7.45pm

    (Mat: 30 Sept & 7 Oct at 2pm and 2 & 9 Oct at 2.30pm)

    Box office: 0113 213 7700   www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk

    Tickets on sale: NOW

    Liverpool Playhouse

    12-16 Oct at 7.30pm

    (Mat: 14 at 1.30pm & 16 at 2pm)

    www.everymanplayhouse.com

    Tickets on sale: NOW

    Derby Theatre

    19-23 Oct at 7.30pm

    (Evenings at 7.30pm & Wed 20th & Sat 23rd at 2.30pm)

    www.derbytheatre.co.uk

    Box Office: 01332 593939

    Tickets on sale: 6 Aug

    Dukes Lancaster

    29 & 30 Oct at 7.30pm

    (Mat: 30 at 2.30pm)

    Box office: 01524 598500 (From 21 May)    www.dukeslancaster.org

    Tickets on sale: NOW

    Watford Palace Theatre

    2-6 Nov at 7.30pm

    (Mat: 4 & 6 at 2.30pm)

    www.watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk

    Tickets on sale: NOW

    Mercury Theatre, Colchester

    9 & 10 Nov at 7.30pm

    (Mat: 10 at 2.30pm)

    Box office: 01206 573948   www.mercurytheatre.co.uk

    Tickets on sale: NOW More

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    Interview: Dancing to the beat of Flamenco Express

    Author: Everything Theatre

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    17 September 2021

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    Jaki WIlford on the history of Flamenco Express and why dance is a vital cog to theatre

    Episode 3 in our podcast interview series features sees us step away from our usual fringe theatre and into the world of dance theatre. Jaki Wilford is the founder of Flamenco Express, and tells us all about the company’s history and what Flamenco dancing is all about. We also discuss dance’s role in theatre and how we shouldn’t be so scared of it.

    You can find out more about Flamenco Express and upcoing performances here.

    You can catch Flamenco Express next at The Landor Centre on 25 – 26 September 2021, bookings via their website here

    The podcast features the full version of the interview. An edited version was originally broadcast on our Runn Radio show on 8 September 2021.

    You can download this podcast by clicking on the forward arrow and selecting the download option. You can also follow us on Spotify for future editions of our interview series. More

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    Interview: Burning down the house with Max Mackay

    Author: Rob Warren

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    8 September 2021

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    Max Mackay on The Arsonists, part of Play-doh – The Things That Shape Us Festival

    The second in our podcast interview series features emerging theatre Director, Max Mackay. Max is directing The Arsonists, which will be playing at Southwark Playhouse on 17 September as part of StoneCrabs Theatre Company’s Play-doh Festival for emerging artists.

    The shows will also be livestreamed. Further information and bookings can be found here

    The podcast features the full version of the interview. An edited version was originally broadcast on our Runn Radio show on 8 September 2021.

    You can download this podcast by clicking on the forward arrow and selecting the download option. You can also follow us on Spotify for future editions of our interview series.

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    Interview: David Brady tells us what he has been up to: Lately

    David Brady of Proforca on new play Lately

    LIsten back to our interview with David Brady from Proforca, whose play Lately, is on at Lion and Unicorn Theatre from 7 to 18 September.

    You can book tickets for the play here

    This interview was original broadcast on our Runn Radio show on 1 September 2021.

    Lately @ Lion and Unicorn Theatre

    The Monster Always Wins”

    Cal & Alf. Callum & Alison. They were supposed to be part of each other’s lives forever, if only the universe had let things happen the way they should. 

    But whoever they were before, they’re different people now, and the problem with living here is that is always pulls you back again, no matter how hard you try to get away. 

    And the universe that sent them spinning into free-fall throws them together again when the girl who ran away comes back to find out what happened to the boy who didn’t want to leave. 

    And the question that the universe needs to answer most of all now is – Whatever happens to those bits of us we leave behind and thought we’d lost forever?  More

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    Interview: Chewing The Fat with Chewboy Productions

    Chewboy Productions on DJ Bazzer’s Year 6 Disco

    Our first podcast features our recent interview Chewboy Production‘s Artistic Director, Georgie Bailey alongside actor Jack Sunderland. The pair talk about their upcoming show DJ Bazzer’s Year 6 Disco, which will be playing at Golden Goose Theatre between 7 and 17 September, plus we discuss their previous works, online theatre, their involvement with Lion and Unicorn Theatre, and their published poety book, Poems While You Poo.

    You can book tickets for the show here.

    The podcast features the full version of the interview. An edited version was originally broadcast on our Runn Radio show on 1 September 2021.

    You can download this podcast by clicking on the forward arrow and selecting the download option. You can also follow us on Spotify for future editions of our interview series.

    The ET Podcast Series

    You can read our previous interview with Georgie Bailey talking about their show Tethered here

    You can read our reviews for their online shows The Zizz and The Process. More

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    Interview: Every (100) Paintings tell a story

    Author: Everything Theatre

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    25 August 2021

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    Makespace Productions talk about the making of 100 Paintings

    This five part interview was first broadcast on Runn Radio on 25 August 2021. The interview was with writer, Jack Stacey, director, Zachary Hart and Jane Christie who plays Breatriz in the show.

    Part 1: Jack Stacey on what 100 Paintings is all about.

    Part 2: DIrector Zachary Hart on what’s involved in making the play.

    Part 3: Jane Christie on her character within the play and how the play has developed

    Part 4: Working together as a team

    Part 5: More about 100 Paintings

    100 Paintings @ Bread and Roses Theatre

    Set in an absurd dystopian future, ‘100 PAINTINGS’ tells the story of a young artist and his mother struggling to survive in the crumbling Savoy Hotel. Battling with mountains of unpaid hotel bills, the young artist has three days to produce one-hundred original paintings and deliver them to the new hotel manager or he and his mother face being turned out onto the street. With hilarious distractions coming in full force, the young artist struggles to keep on course to meet the deadline, but help often comes from the most unexpected of places…

    The play is currently on at Bread and Roses Theatre until Saturday 28 August. You can book tickets here More

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    Interview: Georgia Harris smells A Rat, A Rat

    Georgia talks about the play and opening Golden Goose during lockdown

    Listen to our interview with Georgia Harris first broadcast on Runn Radio on 18 August 2021. Georgia is the Artistic Director of Golden Goose Theatre, which is one of London’s newest theatres, having opened first between lockdowns in 2020. She has also directed A Rat A Rat, playing at the theatre until 28 August.

    You can also read an interview we did with Georgia in 2020 just before the venue opened here.

    Part 1: About A Rat A Rat

    Part 2: Directing A Rat A Rat

    Part 3: Golden Goose Theatre – opening a theatre during lockdown

    Part 4: Golden Goose, how it is going so far

    Part 5: What is an Artistic Director

    Part 6: What else is happening in 2021

    Part 7: Back to A Rat, A Rat

    A Rat, A Rat

    Shortlisted for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Playwriting from Ellie Keel and Paines Plough, this play will feature an all female cast and team.

    Charlie has just turned 18. Whilst most would be out enjoying their newly-found adult liberties, Charlie is stuck in a white room with a bed without sheets, a window that doesn’t open, and a rat. She has to adapt fast to this new, sterile world of the adult psychiatric unit if she is to convince anyone that she is well enough to go home to her waiting mum, Vicky. Under the care her over-worked and under-trained key worker Jenny, she learns quickly that she is pretty much on her own. Until Kim turns up.

    This electric new play shines a piercing light into the gaping structural holes of our mental health system, questioning how we as individuals care for one another when our institutions fail us.

    A Rat, A Rat plays at The Golden Goose Theatre until 28 August. Further information and bookings can be found here. More

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    Interview: A walk through Esmond Road (Productions)

    Author: Everything Theatre

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    11 August 2021

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    Maria MaKenna and Erica Martin talk about The Bacchae

    This four part interview originally aired on Runn Radio on 11 August 2021.

    The Bacchae

    Dionysus is the God of drugs, debauchery and ritual madness and will stop at nothing to prove her divine heritage to the dissenters of Thebes. Set deep in the underground club scene where debauchery rules and idolatry reigns, The Bacchae run the show. Every. Night. Can the rule of law compete with the chaos and euphoria of Dionysus?

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    The Bacchae plays at Hen and Chickens Theatre as part of Camden Fringe 2021 from 20 – 25 August. Booking via the below link. More