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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."
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30 July 2019
Interview with Simon Caine
"I didn’t like my day job and a friend asked me what I like to do. I said I like to make people laugh. He said why don’t you try comedy? That was it."
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30 July 2019
Interview with Maddie Ross, creator of Coming Home With Me
"We’ve since taken the show to Guildford and London where I interviewed more people from those areas to make the show more location specific. It’s important that the show is as relatable as possible to really hammer home how entrenched this issue is in society."
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29 July 2019
Interview with Lizzie Vieh, playwright
Upcoming New York playwright Lizzie Vieh’sMonsoon Season is a dark and twisted tale of paranoia and addiction, taking you down to humanity’s darkest depths with biting humour and blinding insight.
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29 July 2019
Interview with Richard Saudek
"I want to be relevant and modern in the content I produce, but the techniques I use will be rooted in a very old tradition."
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29 July 2019
Interview with Tatiana Pavela, writer and performer in Brandi Alexander
"I remember drawing a swiggly line, looking at it, then thinking “I’ve never seen that before. I have invented that.” A short time later I was in a car, staring up at a billboard with a picture of a heart rate on it, saw the zig-zag line on that and thought that they had stolen my artistic idea."
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29 July 2019
Interview with Aislinn Mulligan, co-Artistic Director of Circumference
"I think we are in a pretty problematic moment as a society and its cool to take a moment to reflect on that, which is what we’re doing as a company right now. Interrogating ourselves as much as we’re interrogating the world."
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28 July 2019
Interview with Crybabies
"If anyone comes away from Danger Brigade with a moral or message, that is a profound mistake on our part. We want this show to be the comedic equivalent of an ostrich burying its head in the sand."
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28 July 2019
Interview with James Barr
"I’ve always wanted attention, as a kid I even pretended to be a stripper for my Mum and her friend Paula. So awks."
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28 July 2019
Interview with Jon Long
"You don’t want to become stale or irrelevant, but at the same time you want to work on your stuff long enough for it to reach its full potential."
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28 July 2019
Interview with Langston Kerman
"I think comedy in its most fundamental form is meant to work against public sentiment. We aren’t moved by someone we completely agree with."
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26 July 2019
Where are they now? with Finnian Anderson
Finnian is now a web developer in New Zealand. Find out what he's been up to since his Gold Arts Award...
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25 July 2019
Interview with Malick Bright aka Android X
"The only time I’ve been to Edinburgh was for my Duke of Edinburgh award… don’t really know what to expect but I hear it’s a big deal…"