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Vanessa Liberad Garcia reports on Company of Angels, the Los Angeles theatre group committed to connecting with the community When one of my best friends, Baby Dewds (aka talented theatre actress Dani O’Terry), invited me to watch a play in Downtown

Chris Mitchell 4 Play – Irvine Welsh [collected scripts of plays based on Welsh's work] See all books by Irvine Welsh at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com [Note: this is the complete text of a syndicated interview with Harry

Budge Burgess Kingdom for a Stage – Joy Hancox See all books by Joy Hancox at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com This is a curiously enigmatic book, a detective story which remains unsolved… or at least unresolved. Joy Hancox explores the

Budge Burgess Gilbert and Sullivan’s London – Andrew Goodman See all books by Andrew Goodman at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com When General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, complained that ‘the devil has the best

Robin Askew Artist Unknown – Richard Witts See all books by Richard Witts at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com "The Arts Council has piddled about in the cultural life of Great Britain for half a century." From this opening sentence,

Dr Willy Maley applauds the theatrical assault of Irvine Welsh’s stage play You’ll Have Had Your Hole Brecht once remarked that he’d like to see the kind of people who attended football matches

Harry Gibson’s stage adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s Trainspottinghas taken the theatre world by storm. Chris Mitchell discusses censorship, sincerity and swearing with the director. [Note: this interview is about the original stage production

Russell Wilkinson talks to Catherine Camus about Albert Camus’ The First Man [Cliquez ici pour la version française de cette interview] In January 1960, the French writer and philosopher Albert Camus was

Comedian Graham Duff Now more than ever, publicity and promotion can spell life or death for an Edinburgh Fringe show. The people on the front line are the Leafleters, or as they are courageously known in the world of promotion,

Chris Mitchell goes for lunch with Quentin Crisp   This month sees the publication of Resident Alien, the selected diaries of Quentin Crisp. It is difficult to surmise whether this man needs an introduction or not, such is his longevity as a