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27 August 2019
Want my job? with Carley Varley
Wondering how to make it as a musician? Find out about Carley's pathway into the arts...
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26 August 2019
What goes on at Arts Award Initiative?
Find out more about the Arts Award Initiative and how the scheme supports young people.
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23 August 2019
Want my job? with Gabrielle Martin
Meet Gabrielle Martin: director of Limb(e)s, performing now at Edinburgh Fringe.
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21 August 2019
Want my job? with Samia Djilli, co-Artistic Director of Lemon House Theatre
"There’s always that period where you’re unsure what your career will actually look like from one year to the next, and I think that uncertainty is the most challenging part."
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21 August 2019
Interview with Saskia Preston
"Most shows go unnoticed - be prepared for that or fight it with cash."
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21 August 2019
Where are they now? with Emily Pieters
After her Bronze and Silver Arts Awards, Emily decided to pursue a career in costume design.
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20 August 2019
Shakespeare and Shrews: Emma Heron's take on Shakespeare’s most lovable, unlovable play
Interview with Emma Heron, artistic director of Mrs Pankhurst’s Players as we talk the darker side of Shakespeare and how best to improve female representation on stage
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19 August 2019
What goes on at Skinner & Jordan
"We are an intersectional feminist theatre company and all our work contributes to the conversation around achieving gender equality."
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19 August 2019
Want my job? with Caitlin Skinner, director and one half of Jordan & Skinner
"I try to remember that the idea that we should all earn enough money to buy lots of stuff and own a house etc is a total con anyway. Better to do something meaningful."
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16 August 2019
Want my job? with Anne Welsh
Introducing Anne Welsh: entrepreneur, activist, author.
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14 August 2019
Interview with Alex Gwyther
"I don’t look through newspapers and decide to write something. If an idea hits me like a ten ton of bricks and I need to drop everything to tell this story then I know it’s something important."
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14 August 2019
Interview with Jennifer Irons, writer and performer of Yukon Ho! (Tall Tales from the Great White North)
"Growing up in an isolated mining community there wasn’t much to see in terms of arts. Every Christmas the Nutcracker would be on CBC television and Mikail Baryshnikov was (still is) INCREDIBLE. Watch that man move. He’s unreal."
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13 August 2019
Want my job? with Bobby Hodges, principal dancer
Find out how Bobby Hodges became principal dancer for Heartbeat of Home...
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11 August 2019
Interview with Theo Moore, Red Biscuit Theatre
Red Biscuit Theatre have created a delightful reimagining of a classic childhood story, and are taking The Very Well-Fed Caterpillar up to Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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31 July 2019
Interview with Martin Willis, Founder of Objectively Funny
Martin Willis talks about his entry into comedy, his work at Objectively Funny, their partnership with Campaign Against Living Miserably, and provides great advice to anyone looking to mirror his career path.
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31 July 2019
Interview with Maisy Taylor, co-writer and performer in Everything I See I Swallow
"I think the rise of the internet has created a space for my generation where there is no beginning or end to performance, and life and art are able to be so tied up together, which is both terrifying and liberating at the same time."
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31 July 2019
Interview with Ruth Bratt, Showstoppers!
"What’s in the room, what’s in the world, is on the stage! That said, we tend to steer clear of things like Brexit and Trump - not because we feel we shouldn’t deal with them, but there’s enough of that in the real world."
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30 July 2019
Interview with Lizzy Shakespeare and Michelle Madsen
"We create work which attempts to answer questions which we can’t find easy answers to and yes, these questions reflect what’s going on in the world around us."