UK / WEST END INTERVIEWS

Danny Mac chats about returning to Sunset Boulevard at the Curve Theatre, why it's so relevant right now and why he adored dancing with Oti Mabuse on Strictly Come Dancing....

The theatre industry going dark as a result of the pandemic was heart-breaking for theatre-lovers across the world. But when your family runs an independent Fringe venue in central London, it cuts deeper still....

Natasha Rickman is a director who has previously worked on Twelfth Night for the RSC and more recently several digital shows such as A Virtual Reality and Merry Wives of WhatsApp for Creation Theatre. She spoke to us about her latest project, an interactive Christmas show with Iris Theatre, The Snow...

Paige Jarratt is making her professional debut in The Arts Centre’s production of Red Riding Hood in Hounslow. She spoke to BroadwayWorld about getting her first job during this challenging time for the theatre industry....

Simon Startin was recently announced as the new artistic director of disabled-led theatre company Vital Xposure, taking over from Julie McNamara. We spoke to him about taking on this exciting and important role. ...

Lee Mead is known for his roles in Wicked, Casualty, Holby City, Joseph and more. He is now releasing his first Christmas single, “In My Arms For Christmas”. Mead spoke to us about the song and returning to panto at Milton Keynes Theatre this year. ...

Carly Paoli is a Classical Brit-nominated soprano. She will celebrate Christmas this year in TV special Christmas At The Castle – Carly Paoli and Friends, due to air on Sky Arts on 23 December....

James Dreyfus is on the bill for a set of staged readings of Christie’s Spider’s Web and The Hollow, with a cast including Sir Derek Jacobi, Jessica Hynes, Simon Callow and Angela Griffin. All profits from the staged readings will be donated to the Theatre Support Fund+ and Acting For Others....

David Hunter has certainly been busy during lockdown. We talk to him about his experience performing Songs For A New World at The London Palladium in October, getting to revisit it for a longer run at the Vaudeville Theatre next year and making creative Cameos for fans....

Jim Pope is the Artistic Director of Playing ON, a theatre company who have worked with vulnerable people such as prisoners and prison staff, mental health service users, those in recovery for addiction, young people in care, and many more. We spoke to Pope about the charity as it marks its 10th ann...

Beth Granville is known for being the creator and co-writer of the BBC Radio Wales series, Foiled. Her latest project is The Vicky Vox Project, a web-series featuring LA-based drag queen Vicky Vox who starred as Audrey in Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Little Shop of Horrors. We spok...

TV personality Jamie Laing, who is currently competing on BBC's 'Strictly Come Dancing' is about to dance to the title song of the musical 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie'! Ahead of his performance on Saturday, he talked to us about what he was looking forward to, why he decided to be on the show a...

Swapping the TV set of Hollyoaks for the West End, we chat to Jimmy Essex about making his stage debut, tackling misconceptions and why he loves taking on challenging roles....

Anthony Spargo is an actor and scriptwriter. He is known for his roles in Horrible Histories, writing for the award-winning company Les Enfants Terribles and operating a Dalek in Doctor Who! He’s also a regular in the Greenwich Theatre pantomime cast line-up. Spargo speaks to BroadwayWorld about w...

John Woodburn, James Dunnell-Smith and Joshua George Smith make up comedy trio, The Sleeping Trees. They spoke to BroadwayWorld about bringing their latest Christmas comedy show, The Legend of Moby Dick Whittington, to online audiences....

Alex James Ellison, co-writer of the award-nominated show Fiver, chats about its online revival and what's next for this smash-hit show....

In March, theatres across the UK closed, and hundreds of pantomimes were cancelled due to the pandemic. Blue Peter legend Peter Duncan - a critically acclaimed panto dame, writer, producer and director – decided to film Jack and the Beanstalk in his back garden as an online alternative to be down...

Olivia Jacobs is one of the founding artistic directors of the award-winning theatre company Tall Stories. She spoke to BroadwayWorld about directing The Gruffalo’s Child, coming soon to Alexandra Palace....

Greg Barnett is going from performing on the stage to producing (and hosting) his own show at The Apollo. We chats to him about producing in a pandemic, the rise of online theatre and why From Now On is such an anthem for modern times....

Following the success of their Romantics Anonymous livestream, Wise Children are back at Bristol Old Vic with an early Christmas present for theatre-lovers: a limited run of Kneehigh’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk. Audrey Brisson returns to the role of Bella Chagall; she talked to us about her lov...

The Pin Duo, Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen talk to us about their debut play The Comeback coming to the West end this December! After making a name for themselves with their many sketches and comedy shows at the Edinburg Fringe, they went on to tackle a new challenge: a comedy play! They spoke to us ab...

Alice Hamilton's directing work includes the Olivier-nominated Every Day I Make Greatness Happen at the Hampstead Theatre,The Weatherman at Park Theatre and While We’re Here at the Bush Theatre. She's now back at the Hampstead to helm Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter, which premiered here 60 y...

We chat to West End performer Hiba Elchikhe about producing her new online theatre series, Out Of The Darkness, Into The Spotlight....

Before the second lockdown in England came into place, we chatted to Curve’s Chief Executive, Chris Stafford, about the venue's reopening and their community work....

As the series draws to a close, completing 40 shows within eight months, actor and director Robert Myles looks back on the successes of The Show Must Go Online and the rise of Zoom theatre. The Tempest ​​​​​​​will be the final show in the Shakespeare series that began at the end of M...