Interviews with leading figures from the arts
Ryuichi Sakamoto: 'Ideally I'm recording all the time, 24 hours a day' - interview
Saturday, 26 May 2018
Ryuichi Sakamoto has conquered underground and mainstream with seeming ease over four decades, never dropping off in the quality of his releases.
Ian Rickson: 'I'm an introvert, I want to stop talking about myself' - interview
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
Ian Rickson’s route into theatre was not conventional. Growing up in south London, he discovered plays largely through reading them as a student at Essex University. During those years he stood on a picketline in the miners’ strike, and proudly hurled the contents of an eggbox at Cecil Parkinson. He is a lifelong supporter of Charlton Athletic.
Michel Hazanavicius: 'Losing himself is how...
Friday, 11 May 2018
French director Michel Hazanavicius made a name for himself with his OSS 117 spy spoofs, Nest of Spies (2006) and Lost in Rio (...
10 Questions for Artist David Shrigley
Tuesday, 01 May 2018
David Shrigley (b. 1968) is an artist whose work has become broadly popular via a wide range of formats. At first glance, his stark pen-on-paper...
Andrew Haigh: 'In the end you have to be...
Monday, 30 April 2018
Very early in his career, Andrew Haigh worked as an assistant editor on such Ridley Scott blockbusters as Gladiator and Black Hawk Down. He didn't...
Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing: 'in the moments when magic happens, you think, that's why we do this'
On a Norwegian rediscovery, communication and twentysomething enterprise |
10 Questions for Sharon Smith of Arts Collective Gob Squad
Sharon Smith of the Berlin-based Gob Squad talks age, Oscar Wilde and Nicki Minaj |
10 Questions for Courtney Pine: 'How do you express rage?'
Pioneering solo jazz artist hails the community of jazz |
Juliette Binoche: ‘Repetition feels like near death’
The star of Let the Sunshine In talks about love, psychics, her first collaboration with Claire Denis and calling Depardieu on his bad manners |
Milos Forman: 'The less you know about yourself, the happier you are'
An encounter with the Czech director who went into exile in 1968 but kept challenging authority |
10 Questions for Musician Jeremy Cunningham of The Levellers
The dreadlocked Levellers bassist talks of film, books, fans, the new album and touring the US |
Joan As Police Woman: 'I was going to die if I didn't have some way to express myself' - interview
The cult singer discusses loss, #MeToo, Trump and much more besides |
Robin Ticciati on conducting Brahms: 'trying to understand the man through his music'
A masterclass in the preparation and performance of a great symphony |
10 Questions for Artist Brett Goodroad
The rising Califiornian painter discusses art, literature and truckin' |
10 Questions for Performer Seth Kriebel
Rising star of the interactive theatrical experience explains where he's coming from and what he's up to |
10 Questions for Musician Malcolm Middleton
The Scottish songwriter talks music, books, musicals, Brighton and much else |
Anna von Hausswolff: 'Forget about space and time, it's eternal and mysterious' - interview
The Swedish singer-songwriter on her new album 'Dead Magic' |
Tony Banks: ‘You either do it by diplomacy or you do it by violence’ - interview
From Genesis to regeneration, the keyboard player's tale |
John Tusa: 'the arts must make a noise' - interview
He started Newsnight, ran the World Service and the Barbican, and his new memoir is called Making a Noise |
Clio Barnard: 'We need to talk about sexual abuse' - interview
The director of 'Dark River' discusses tackling sexual trauma and why she’s drawn to Yorkshire |
'Why we understand each other': Peter Gill on The York Realist
The playwright-director reflects on his 2001 play, revived at the Donmar and Sheffield Crucible |
John Mahoney: 'I wanted to be like everybody else'
How the Manchester-born star of 'Frasier' became a naturalised Midwesterner |
Daniel Day-Lewis: 'I'm quite good at mending things'
The star of Phantom Thread on sewing up his career with Paul Thomas Anderson and Vicky Krieps |
theartsdesk Q&A: Musician Mark E Smith
The transcript of an 2010 interview with The Fall frontman, who has died aged 60 |
Jeremy Irons: 'I was never very beautiful' - interview
In his 70th year the actor looks back on Olivier and Gielgud, on the Oscars and his start at Bristol Old Vic |
theartsdesk Q&A: Vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant
The US jazz singer talks Bessie Smith, visual art, obsessive listening habits and more |
theartsdesk Q&A: Composer, chansonnier and conductor HK Gruber at 75
On how Weill and Hanns Eisler gave him direction in the 1970s - and on meeting Lenya |
theartsdesk Q&A: Musician Nick Mulvey
The singer-songwriter opens up about ayahuasca, Ram Dass, the Standing Rock protests, the nature of death, and much more |
theartsdesk Q&A: Steven Knight and Cillian Murphy of Peaky Blinders
As the fourth series approaches, its star and creator explain the process behind the hit drama |
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