Scotland Interviews

The latest interviews about live + streaming theatre in Scotland.

Interview: ' 'I'm Embarrassed I Didn't Come Here Sooner' Moses Storm of MOSES STORM: PERFECT CULT on His Edinburgh Fringe Debut by Kat Mokrynski - August 29, 2023

Recently, I had the chance to talk with Moses Storm about what it’s been like bringing Perfect Cult to the Fringe Festival. We discussed the development of the show, some of his favourite moments, and even a sweater made of ropes attached to audience members!...

Interview: 'Everything is Over The Top and Self-Indulgent!' Archie Henderson of Jazz Emu on Bringing Two Shows to the Fringe by Kat Mokrynski - August 29, 2023

Recently, I had the chance to sit down with Archie Henderson, the creator of Jazz Emu, to talk about his two shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, You Shouldn’t Have and Jazz Emu’s Pleasure Garden. We talked about what it was like to create Jazz Emu, how the Fringe has influenced his work, and how...

Interview: 'The Fringe Forces Me to Only Care About Standup.' Horatio Gould on Performing SWEET PRINCE at the Fringe by Kat Mokrynski - August 29, 2023

Recently, BroadwayWorld had the chance to sit down and chat with Horatio Gould about his show, Sweet Prince. We discussed how he got into the world of comedy, what it has been like developing the show over the past few years, and advice he has for anyone looking to bring their show to the Edinburgh ...

Interview: 'We're Not That Good at the Stage Slap!': Joe Pike & Tom Hazelden of MY LAST TWO BRAIN CELLS on Audience Reaction and Having Fun at the Fringe by Kat Mokrynski - August 24, 2023

Recently, I had the chance to sit down with the creators and stars of My Last Two Brain Cells, Joe Pike (Clive) and Tom Hazelden (Brain Cell #12). We discussed the creation of My Last Two Brain Cells, which brain cell they relate to more, and even some tips for bringing a show to the Fringe!...

EDINBURGH 2023: Mark Nelson Interview by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 04, 2023

BWW catches up with comedian Mark Nelson to chat about bringing Bits & Pieces to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

Interview: 'If Children Have a Great Time They'll Remember it' Vikki Stone on Adapting HEY DUGGEE for the Stage by Natalie O'Donoghue - April 19, 2023

BroadwayWorld caught up with writer, composer and comedian Vikki Stone to chat about adapting the Olivier Award-winning show Hey Duggee Live for the stage....

Interview: Writer and Director Lisa Nicoll by Natalie O'Donoghue - April 18, 2023

BroadwayWorld caught up with writer and director Lisa Nicoll to chat about bringing Other Side of the River to audiences....

Interview: Positive Stories for Negative Times by Natalie O'Donoghue - April 12, 2023

Critically acclaimed theatre company Wonder Fools launch the third season of their innovative participatory programme, Positive Stories for Negative Times...

Interview: 'Harold Pinter was Incredibly Supportive' Director Nancy Meckler on Writing NOTES FROM THE REHEARSAL ROOM by Bryony Rae Taylor - April 12, 2023

Putting pen to paper for curious theatre minds, director Nancy Meckler has reflected on her extensive experience in Notes From the Rehearsal Room: A Director’s Process, published by Methuen Drama in February this year. BroadwayWorld grabbed an hour with Nancy to get a sense of what it was like to re...

Interview: Gareth Snook on bringing CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY to the Edinburgh Playhouse by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 21, 2023

The much-anticipated UK and Ireland tour of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – The Musical will open its gates at the Edinburgh Playhouse from 29th March to 15th April....

Interview: Linda McLean on Bringing Castle Lennox to Edinburgh Lyceum by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 08, 2023

Linda McLean (Glory on Earth at The Lyceum) has written a play with songs (by Michael John McCarthy) about the strength, wit and resilience of those who were sent to Lennox Castle during a regime of segregation from the 1930s to the 1990s....

Interview: KT Tunstall on Touring, Making Unpopular Music and Bringing SAVING GRACE to the Stage by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 24, 2022

BroadwayWorld catches up with KT Tunstall to chat about bringing Saving Grace to the stage at Riverside Studios....

Interview: Your Aunt Fanny of MUFF SAID Talks Writing, Mansplaining And Getting To The Edinburgh Fringe by Bryony Rae Taylor - July 26, 2022

BroadwayWorld chats with three members (Katie, Matilda, and Lydia) of the all-womxn sketch group Your Aunt Fanny from the Northeast of England ahead of their Edinburgh Fringe show....

Sooz Kempner by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 13, 2022

BroadwayWorld catches up with Sooz Kempner to chat about bringing Playstation to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

LOTTIE PLATCHETT's Tom Lenk Keeps His Hands In Many Fires by Gil Kaan - June 03, 2022

Sweet Nell Productions & Outside In Theatre, in collaboration with Family Affairs Studio, will world premiere Justin Elizabeth Sayre’s Lottie Platchett Took a Hatchet at Assembly Festival as part of The Edinburgh Fringe Festival August 4th - 27th, with a preview in Los Angeles at Casita del Compo’s ...

Lea Salonga Discusses Her DREAM AGAIN 2022 UK Tour by Fiona Scott - October 25, 2021

West End, Broadway and Disney legend, Lea Salonga, has just announced she will be returning to UK venues for a tour in 2022. Salonga spoke with BroadwayWorld about the pandemic, being cast in Pretty Little Liars and returning to performing....

Q&A: Army At The Virtual Fringe by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 10, 2020

BWW catches up with Wendy Faux to chat about Army At The Virtual Fringe...

Samantha Hannah on HOW TO FIND HAPPINESS IN A YEAR by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 30, 2020

BWW catches up with Samantha Hannah to chat about her show How To Find Happiness In A Year which is now streaming on Nextup Comedy....

Kerry Ellis Chats QUEEN MACHINE SYMPHONIC UK Tour by Fiona Scott - February 24, 2020

Kerry Ellis is known as the first lady of the West End, thanks to her leading roles in shows like Wicked, My Fair Lady and We Will Rock You, plus a busy concert schedule. She spoke to BroadwayWorld about her career and one of her latest projects, the Queen Machine Symphonic UK tour - a tribute to th...

Matt Henry Discusses KINKY BOOTS Coming to UK and Irish Cinemas by Fiona Scott - February 01, 2020

Matt Henry MBE won the 2016 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Lola in Kinky Boots a?' which also won the Olivier for Best Musical in the same year. The show ran for over 1,400 performances at the Adelphi Theatre, and a special recording will soon be shown in UK and Irish...

Clare Halse Talks 42ND STREET in UK Cinemas by Fiona Scott - November 22, 2019

Clare Halse is known for tapping away on the West End stage in 42nd Street at the Drury Lane Theatre and currently in White Christmas at the Dominion Theatre. A broadcast of that recent West End production of 42nd Street is to be shown in UK cinemas on various dates from 25 November. Clare spoke to ...

EDINBURGH 2019: Vikki Stone by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 14, 2019

BWW catches up with Vikki Stone to chat about her 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show and ways in which the festival should be made more sustainable....

EDINBURGH 2019: Tom Lenk and Byron Lane by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 13, 2019

BWW catches up with actor Tom Lenk and writer Byron Lane about bringing their hit show Tilda Swinton Answers An Ad On Craigslist back to Edinburgh and Tom's new solo show Tom Lenk Is Trash....

EDINBURGH 2019: Fearless Players Discuss Their Fringe Shows by Fiona Scott - August 11, 2019

Shonagh Murray and Lydia Davidson formed Fearless Players after graduating from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2018. They premiered Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival....

EDINBURGH 2019: BEEP BOOP Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 01, 2019

Ahead of bringing his darkly comic clown show, Beep Boop, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, physical comedian and clown, Richard Saudek, answers five questions for BroadwayWorld....

EDINBURGH 2019: POST MORTEM Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 01, 2019

Writer Iskander Sharazuddin's play POST-MORTEM fuses physical theatre, dance and gripping new writing to present an unflinching, complex and comedic look at young love; the giddy joy, the fragments, the trauma that outlives it and the lies we tell ourselves when it ends. Ahead of the show's run at E...

EDINBURGH 2019: MONSOON SEASON Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 01, 2019

Ahead of bringing her dark and twisted tale of paranoia and addiction, Monsoon Season, to the Edinburgh Fringe, upcoming New York playwright, Lizzie Vieh, answers five questions for BroadwayWorld....

EDINBURGH 2019: Jon Long Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 01, 2019

Musical comedian JON LONG's debut comedy hour PLANET KILLING MACHINE provides a selection of brilliantly original songs, whilst also launching into a hilarious tirade on all the ways we are destroying the planet and the steps we can all take to turn the tide....

EDINBURGH 2019: Jim Campbell Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 01, 2019

Comedian JIM CAMPBELL's latest show BEEF confronts his family curse. The show is a fast-paced and bold attempt to overcome overthinking, anxiety and find self-acceptance through humour. Ahead of performing it at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he chats to BroadwayWorld....

EDINBURGH 2019: Jack Tucker Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 01, 2019

Astonishingly killer character comedy in JACK TUCKER: COMEDY STAND UP HOUR sees Zach Zucker lampoon every bad joke and hack comic in the book with conviction that has had audiences as extremely baffled, as they are entertained. JACK TUCKER chats to BroadwayWorld before what he is certain to be the g...

EDINBURGH 2019: DOODLE POP Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 01, 2019

Coming all the way from Korea, Brush Theatre present the utterly beguiling follow-up to smash hit Woogie Boogie. DOODLE POP is 55 minutes of sheer delight in the form of animated live doodling, projections, mime, physical acting, shadow play and puppetry. Lee Heeae and Lee Seungeun Yeom, performers ...

EDINBURGH 2019: ENDLESS SECOND Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 30, 2019

ENDLESS SECOND is a new play about consent between a young and in love couple and explores how we talk about sexual violence. Ahead of the show's run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, writer Theo Toksvig-Stewart, co-star Maddie Gray and director Camilla Gürtler, talk to us about ENDLESS SECOND....

EDINBURGH 2019: MANUAL CINEMA'S FRANKENSTEIN Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 30, 2019

BWW catches up with Manual Cinema to chat about bringing Manual Cinema's Frankenstein to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

EDINBURGH 2019: DROWNING Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 30, 2019

BWW catches up with the team behind Drowning to chat about bringing the play to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

EDINBURGH 2019: WIRELESS OPERATOR Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 30, 2019

BWW catches up with the creators of Wireless Operator to chat about bringing the show to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

EDINBURGH 2019: GUN Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 29, 2019

Comedic actor WILLIAM HARTLEY is best known as one third of sketch comedy troupe Clever Pete. GUN is his debut solo theatre show - a pastiche-cum-homage to the spaghetti Western that is more cowboy than Clint himself. Ahead of performing Gun at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe he had a chat wit...

EDINBURGH 2019: BRANDI ALEXANDER Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 29, 2019

Seattle-based performer TATIANA PAVELA is bringing her intimate and brutal one-woman show BRANDI ALEXANDER to Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This is a primal scream of a show about rape: Howlingly funny and agonisingly uncomfortable. ...

EDINBURGH 2019: Isma Almas Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 29, 2019

BWW catches up with Isma Almas to chat about bringing About A Bouy: Adventures In Adoption to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

EDINBURGH 2019: Two Hearts Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 29, 2019

BWW catches up with Two Hearts to chat about bringing The Comeback Tour to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

EDINBURGH 2019: Mr Thing Q&A by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 28, 2019

BWW catches up with Mr Thing to chat about bringing their show to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....



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