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In the fourth installment of this new series profiling the creatives behind the shows, Lucy Thackray meets Nicola Samer, director of new British musical Little Women. Nicola Samer is refreshingly upbeat. She is filled with enthusiasm for the subject of theatre, quick to praise her colleagues and, as she points out towards the end of [...]

In the second installment of this new series, Lucy Thackray meets Neil McPherson, artistic director of the Finborough Theatre. Neil McPherson is all about balance. He is refreshingly upfront about his limitations  – “I’ve tried directing and I have no interest in it whatsoever; I have an actor’s mind, so I sit there thinking ‘I [...]

Robert Gillespie started his career as an actor at RADA and the RSC, later writing satire for That Was The Week That Was, and becoming well known for film and TV appearances, especially in 80s sitcom Keep it in the Family. Over the past two decades he has moved into directing, producing and writing plays, [...]

For many touring theatre companies they just get used to the quirks of an individual theatre when it’s time to pack up the cases and move onto the next venue. It is rare for a tour to visit the same venue twice in a short run but, for the cast of Dick Turpin’s Last Ride, [...]

Siobhan Dillon shot to fame on the first Andrew Lloyd Webber reality show, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? where she reached the final. She was then offered a major record deal, followed by parts in Grease and the Barry Manilow musical Can’t Smile Without You. Most recently she took over the role [...]

Night Light Theatre Company is known for its devised work, but has now taken to the road with a condensed version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet using just seven actor/musician/puppeteers. The Public Reviews’ Glen Pearce caught up with the company’s Artistic Director, Rich Rusk, to talk about the show and the company’s unusual take on [...]

Our South East Editor Glen Pearce caught up with Matthew Linley, the new brains behind bold regional theatre company Eastern Angles, to find out what spells success for regional and touring theatre. Sitting in a converted Victorian school in Ipswich, now the Sir John Mills Theatre and the home of Eastern Angles, it is easy [...]

A freelance composer from Belgrade, Anja Djordjevic has collaborated with international musicians including Goran Bregović, both as singer and musical arranger. In 2003 she won the prestigious Stevan Mokranjac Prize for Narcissus & Echo, the first contemporary opera staged by a female composer in Serbia. It is now being transferred to the UK with a new English translation. [...]