Writer and director, Greg Mosse talks about his new show Lady of Jazz coming to Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester. What is Lady of Jazz about? Lady of Jazz is about a poor girl with mixed-race parentage who, in the 1920s in New Orleans, grows up to be a...
‘What’s mine is yours and what is yours is mine’ (Duke, Act 5 Scene 1). While we may be familiar with many lines from Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure most of us are less familiar with the play. Quays Life talks to RSC Artistic Director...
Director Justin Audibert reimagines Shakespeare’s comedy ‘The Taming of the Shrew’, in a new production for the RSC where the women hold the power. He talks to Quays Life about playing with conventions to turn gender on its head. RSC The Taming of...
Director, Kimberley Sykes talks about her playful and passionate version of Shakespeare’s much-loved romantic comedy, As You Like It. What has influenced your thinking around the production? Kimberley: “I think a big thing which has influenced...
London Classic Theatre opens its 2019 national tour of Harold Pinter’s dark comedy No Man’s Land at Oldham Coliseum Theatre. Quays Life catches-up with Michael Cabot, Director and Artistic Director of London Classic Theatre, to find out more about...
Roundabout is a pop-up theatre from Paines Plough and Theatre Clwyd. The big, yellow dome, which seats 160 people, has previously stopped off at Eccles, Little Hulton and last year made its home in Ordsall Park. This year Roundabout visits Albert...
Manchester-based writer, performer and director, Jude Christian returns to the Royal Exchange Theatre, where she recently directed Parliament Square, with one-woman show, Nanjing. She talks to Quays Life about her personal response to the...
James Brining can usually be found in the director’s chair at the Leeds Playhouse where he’s been Artistic Director for the last six years. This month, however, sees him take the plunge into the world of opera, directing The Magic Flute in a...
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