Interviews with leading figures from the arts
10 Questions for Ballerina Alina Cojocaru
Wednesday, 08 May 2013
For the Royal Ballet's exquisite star Alina Cojocaru her dream is performing some of the most physically demanding movements ever devised for a human being - for a paralysed 52-year-old man in Romania, the dream is to go to the park and look at the sky. Cojocaru's dream is realisable; Marius's is not. Romania is not a country where you would want to be ill, says the ballerina of her native land.This Sunday Cojocaru returns some of the value of her talent and position in the world to her...
The Resurrection of Conor McPherson
Saturday, 27 April 2013
The revival this week at the Donmar Warehouse of The Weir has reminded theatre-goers of Conor McPherson’s hypnotic powers as a dramatist. Sitting in the theatre on the first night as, on a windy evening in a rural Irish pub, character after character unburdens himself - and finally herself - of a supernatural tale, you could palpably feel the playwright’s storytelling magic casting its spell all over again.In a way, The Weir - written when he was only 26 - is itself a ghost haunting the...
10 Questions for Alexander McCall Smith
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Alexander McCall Smith is Scottish, and writes fiction, but he doesn’t write “Scottish fiction” as most of us understand the term. In his world view...
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Monday, 15 April 2013
In six and a half years of existence, SBTV has redefined what youth culture broadcasting can be. It began as nothing more than a YouTube channel...
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Saturday, 13 April 2013
A renaissance man from Texas? Hell yeah. Loosely pegged as "country singer" when he struck out for Nashville in the late Seventies, where he survived...
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Interview: Hariharan
Friday, 12 April 2013
The Indian star singer on how to stay innovative, the genius of AR Rahman and the satanic nature of the internet Read more... |
10 Questions for Writer David Mitchell
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
The author of 'Cloud Atlas' has turned to modern opera Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Saturday, 30 March 2013
On the eve of his 70th birthday the conductor talks Bach and taking concerts back to basics Read more... |
10 Questions for François Ozon
Monday, 25 March 2013
The French director reflects on 'my most Hitchcockian film' Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Musician Nick Rhodes
Saturday, 23 March 2013
Duran Duran's synth maestro talks about his life, his music, James Bond, Facebook, Kajagoogoo and much more Read more... |
10 Questions for Actor James McAvoy
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
The Scottish actor on playing the Scottish king in the West End Read more... |
Interview: Film Director Matteo Garrone
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
The director of Gomorrah discusses his new Cannes-winning film Reality, which counts the cost of reality TV Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Fifty years on, the creators of Steptoe and Son explain its enduring appeal as the classic sitcom is revived onstage Read more... |
10 Questions for Playwright James Graham
Monday, 11 March 2013
The author of the National's hit This House on the arcane world of Parliamentary whips Read more... |
10 Questions for Musician John Fullbright
Saturday, 09 March 2013
Oklahoma singer-songwriter wins friends and influences people with masterly debut album Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Producer/DJ Coki (from Digital Mystikz)
Saturday, 23 February 2013
The most mysterious Mystik speaks at last Read more... |
10 Questions for Choreographer Bob Avian
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
The last survivor of the team which created 'A Chorus Line' recalls its impact as it returns to London Read more... |
Rock and Pop: Raw Power at 40
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Limited edition prints by the court photographer of glam Mick Rock mark the anniversary of Iggy Pop's iconic album Read more... |
10 Questions for Musician Soweto Kinch
Monday, 18 February 2013
The alto saxist and rapper on melding forms, scoring films and social ire Read more... |
Q&A Special: The Making of Local Hero
Sunday, 17 February 2013
Writer-director Bill Forsyth and stars Denis Lawson and Peter Riegert recall a great film's birth 30 years ago Read more... |
Interview: Artist Richard Wentworth
Thursday, 14 February 2013
The perpetually youthful sculptor talks about building a temporary village hall in King's Cross Read more... |
10 Questions for Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo's leader Tory Dobrin
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
In their 40th year, the hairy ballerinas have laughed through a traumatic social history Read more... |
10 Questions for Musician Richard Thompson
Saturday, 09 February 2013
The folk-rock pioneer talks about his new album, his No Twang rule, and the 'inner landscape' of songwriting Read more... |
Q&A Special: Conductor Sir Simon Rattle
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
The conductor on his long-running association with period specialists the OAE Read more... |
10 Questions for Amateur Musician Alan Rusbridger
Monday, 21 January 2013
The Guardian editor's book about performing on the piano explores the missing link between Assange and Chopin Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Comedian Rowan Atkinson
Saturday, 19 January 2013
The face of Blackadder and Bean on a life spent entertaining, and taking on a tragicomedy Read more... |
10 Questions for Musician Peter Jobson
Monday, 14 January 2013
I Am Kloot's laconic bass player on poetry, punks, Elbow and the new album Read more... |
10 Questions for James Marsh
Thursday, 10 January 2013
The director of Shadow Dancer on walking the high wire between fact and fiction Read more... |
10 Questions for Director Bernard Rose
Friday, 04 January 2013
The British filmmaker, working in the best American indie tradition, on bringing Tolstoy to California Read more... |
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