Interviews with leading figures from the arts
theartsdesk Q&A: Director Daniel Evans
Saturday, 01 March 2014
The board of Sheffield Theatres has a history of appointing actors to run the show. Michael Grandage had very little directing experience when he became artistic director of the city’s three theatres. Then came Samuel West. He was followed by Daniel Evans, who had directed no more than four plays.When the city’s theatres reopened after refurbishment in 2010, Evans (b 1973) began directing as if he didn’t wish to die wondering. Up first was Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People starring Antony Sher,...
10 Questions for Drive-By Truckers' Mike Cooley
Monday, 24 February 2014
For almost 20 years, Drive-By Truckers have been one of Americana's most consistent and enduring voices – and, since 2001’s breakthrough double album Southern Rock Opera, probably the quintessential southern roots rockers too. Formed in Athens, Georgia in 1996 by Alabama natives Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, the five piece specialises in catchy melodies with more than a hint of the southern gothic, vivid characters and wickedly witty lyrics.The band are perhaps best known for a trio of...
theartsdesk Q&A: violinist Vadim Repin
Saturday, 22 February 2014
When I last saw Vadim Repin in action, he was premiering a work of terrific energy and invention which is here to stay, James MacMillan's Violin...
Q&A Special: Stranger by the Lake
Monday, 17 February 2014
Stranger by the Lake is something of a wonder, a superbly made amalgam of Hitchcockian psychological thriller and explicit homoerotica, whose very...
theartsdesk Q&A: DJ Kerri Chandler
Saturday, 15 February 2014
Kerri Chandler is quite simply one of the most revered figures in dance music, as much now as when he emerged from the New Jersey club scene onto the...
10 Questions for Director Tom Morris
Tuesday, 04 February 2014
The co-director of 'War Horse' has created 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' with Handspring's puppets. Here's how |
theartsdesk Q&A: Biographer Claire Tomalin on Charles Dickens
Monday, 03 February 2014
As the film of The Invisible Woman opens, its author - and Dickens's biographer - reflects on a very Victorian love affair |
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Character Actor
Sunday, 02 February 2014
The great American actor has died aged 46. theartsdesk pays tribute with a major Q&A |
10 Questions for Harry Shearer
Sunday, 26 January 2014
He's been Montgomery Burns and Derek Smalls. Stand back for his President Nixon |
The Resurrection of Conor McPherson
Thursday, 23 January 2014
As The Weir returns to the West End, the ghost of booze no longer haunts the Irish playwright's work |
Tidy: Ruth Jones gets gonged
Wednesday, 01 January 2014
O. What's occurrin' is an MBE for the co-creator of Gavin and Stacey |
theartsdesk Q&A: Borgen creator Adam Price
Saturday, 14 December 2013
The man behind the hit Danish political drama reflects on its unexpected success |
Simple Minds and Ultravox, NIA, Birmingham
Saturday, 30 November 2013
New wave heritage show flavoured with some tasty treats |
The Wagner Interviews
Saturday, 30 November 2013
Introducing a series of video conversations with some of the world's great Wagnerians |
Tenacious D, second best spoof rock band
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Self-taught Jack Black and Juilliard-trained Kyle Gass are back on the road. This is their story |
10 Questions for Actor Simon Russell Beale
Monday, 25 November 2013
Actor for all seasons delves into Cold War spookery in 'Legacy' |
10 Questions for Cellist Oliver Coates
Monday, 18 November 2013
Serial postclassical collaborator emerges as solo artist |
10 Questions for Count Arthur Strong
Monday, 11 November 2013
Old-school variety act shamelessly plugs half-baked memoir |
theartsdesk Q&A: Actor Robert Vaughn
Thursday, 07 November 2013
The former Napoleon Solo tries to keep his temper as Reginald Rose's 'Twelve Angry Men' comes to the West End |
10 Questions for DJ/Producer Richie Hawtin
Monday, 04 November 2013
How is the techno elder statesman feeling about stepping into Lloyd Wright's space? |
'It could be a zebra out there for all I care'
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
A 2010 meeting with the late Lou Reed gives an insight into his creative priorities |
theartsdesk Q&A: Playwright Jez Butterworth
Sunday, 27 October 2013
Frank and wide-ranging interview with the author of 'Jerusalem' as his first play is revived |
10 Questions for Phil Campbell of Motörhead
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Long-serving guitarist talks Johnny Cash, Hawkwind and, of course, Lemmy |
theartsdesk Q&A: Singer Linda Thompson
Sunday, 20 October 2013
Folk's most fragile but enduring voice on her new album, old friends, the Thompson family, and surviving a 1970s Sufi commune |
10 Questions for Lars Ulrich
Tuesday, 08 October 2013
Metallica's drummer on their new movie, and metal maturity |
theartsdesk Q&A: Sex researcher Shere Hite
Saturday, 05 October 2013
As Channel 4 launches its sex season, we publish an interview with the author of The Hite Report into Female Sexuality |
theartsdesk Q&A: Writer Hanif Kureishi and director Roger Michell
Sunday, 29 September 2013
Their 20-year collaboration has yielded three films about getting on. Next up, Le Week-end |
10 Questions for Musician Yoko Ono
Saturday, 21 September 2013
Twentieth-century icon on the Beatles, Meltdown, and a new album at 80 |
theartsdesk Q&A: Actress Sheridan Smith
Sunday, 15 September 2013
From Tallulah to Titania, the new queen of the West End on her vertical rise |
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