Interviews with leading figures from the arts
Interview: 10 Questions for Spoek Mathambo
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Spoek Mathambo is one the year's brightest new hopes. From Johannesburg but based in Sweden, Spoek (real name Nthato Mokgata) plays with genres like few others. He makes radical, sometimes disjointed music, some of which - like his new single “Let Them Talk” from his recently released album Father Creeper - you can actually dance to.Spoek got a lot of attention last year with his cover of Joy Division’s “She’s Lost Control", but I began by asking him about Die Antwoord, the hilarious and...
Q&A Special: Matthew Bourne and the making of Swan Lake 3D
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
A boy alone in his vast white bedroom has a recurrent haunting dream, frightening yet somehow comforting - a swan invades his mind, simultaneously menacing him with its power and wildness, and yet wrapping its great wings around him to shield him, with some ambiguous kind of love. It's the opening scene of Matthew Bourne's tremendous modern version of Swan Lake, and that resonant image and the tale he unfolds from it has made it a classic of modern theatre, marvelled at around the world. But...
George Harrison: Behind the Locked Door
Monday, 14 May 2012
My, what strange and wondrous treasures await the record producer given exclusive access to the private vaults of a Beatle. He will, for instance,...
Read more...Exposed: The Late Flowering of Ana Tzarev
Sunday, 13 May 2012
“It was a beautiful sunny day and we were just doing our work. All of a sudden the double doors opened of this gorgeous school on the waterfront,...
Read more...theartsdesk Q&A: Countertenor Iestyn Davies
Saturday, 05 May 2012
Recently hailed by The Observer as “today’s most exciting British countertenor”, Iestyn Davies is on a roll. Indeed, many critics would – and have –...
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Interview: 10 Questions for Clotilde Hesme
Wednesday, 02 May 2012
One of France's unsung actresses is finally getting the attention she deserves, for new film Angel & Tony Read more... |
Edda Magnason: Interview & Video Exclusive
Tuesday, 01 May 2012
New EP from Sweden’s quirky jazz-pop singer Read more... |
Interview: American Pie Cast Reunion
Saturday, 28 April 2012
Making a franchise fresh: gross-out stars on getting together for (yet) another sequel Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Conductor Ilan Volkov
Saturday, 28 April 2012
The conductor on his career, contemporary music and coughing during concerts Read more... |
Interview: Braquo and A Prophet screenwriter Abdel Raouf Dafri
Friday, 27 April 2012
The acclaimed film and TV writer discusses his work on the uncompromising French police drama Read more... |
Interview: 10 Questions for Norah Jones
Thursday, 26 April 2012
After 40m record sales, the jazz-pop singer-songwriter is taking a left turn with Danger Mouse Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Actor-Director Karl Markovics
Sunday, 22 April 2012
The star of The Counterfeiters on going behind the camera to write and direct Breathing Read more... |
Q&A Special: Arts Patron Donatella Flick
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Princess Missikoff explains why Cameron is 'mad' and 'unintelligent' in hitting arts patronage Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Film-maker Andrew Kötting
Sunday, 08 April 2012
A maker of indelible images memorialises his family's escapes to rural isolation Read more... |
Interview: Dan Berglund and Magnus Öström of e.s.t.
Wednesday, 04 April 2012
Europe's greatest jazz band on life after Esbjörn and their final masterpiece Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Musician Todd Snider
Saturday, 24 March 2012
The country-rock maverick on drugs, politics, vandalism, and the fine art of storytelling Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Russian Choreographer Boris Eifman
Saturday, 17 March 2012
St Petersburg's creator of "psychological ballet" comes to the UK - prepared to face the critics Read more... |
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