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Explore exclusive interviews with actors, directors, and creatives, offering insights into West End productions and their journeys.

Inside Director Simon Evans’ Extraordinary Journey to the West End with Cyrano

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Inside Director Simon Evans’ Extraordinary Journey to the West End with Cyrano

Not long ago somebody called writer and director Simon Evans, whose beguiling and funny hit RSC p...

24 Jun, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner Speaks to Martina Laird as Driftwood Transfers to the Kiln Theatre

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Lyn Gardner Speaks to Martina Laird as Driftwood Transfers to the Kiln Theatre

Martina Laird first began writing Driftwood, which arrives at the Kiln Theatre early next month, ...

27 May, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner talks to Paula Varjack about Nine Sixteenths

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Lyn Gardner talks to Paula Varjack about Nine Sixteenths

Growing up in the 1990s, theatre maker Paula Varjack was a huge fan of Janet Jackson. “She was a ...

14 May, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner Talks to Director Nicholai La Barrie as An Ideal Husband Comes to the Lyric Hammersmith

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Lyn Gardner Talks to Director Nicholai La Barrie as An Ideal Husband Comes to the Lyric Hammersmith

When I ask director Nicholai La Barrie, associate director of the Lyric Hammersmith, if rehearsal...

6 May, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner Interviews Liv Hill as 1536 Transfers to the West End

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Lyn Gardner Interviews Liv Hill as 1536 Transfers to the West End

When actress Liv Hill first read Ava Pickett’s 1536, which arrives at the Ambassadors Theatre thi...

28 Apr, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner Talks Heartsink at Riverside Studios

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Lyn Gardner Talks Heartsink at Riverside Studios

Best known to millions around the world as Aunt Sarah in the hit TV show Derry Girls, Northern Ir...

15 Apr, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Kip Williams interview: The use of technology in Dracula gives the gothic horror new bite

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Kip Williams interview: The use of technology in Dracula gives the gothic horror new bite

“I can't watch horror - I get horrendous nightmares” the Tony-nominated director admits, so why h...

15 Apr, 2026 | By Sian McBride