Interviews with leading figures from the arts
10 Questions for Courtney Pine: 'How do you express rage?'
Friday, 20 April 2018
Over 30 years after he made his debut as a solo artist, woodwind multi-instrumentalist Courtney Pine is still Britain’s most prominent and influential jazz musician. He had a crucial role in reviving interest in jazz in the 1980s and 1990s, and has been an important role model for black British musicians.
Juliette Binoche: ‘Repetition feels like near death’
Thursday, 19 April 2018
It’s about time Juliette Binoche and Claire Denis teamed up: the legendary French actress, Gallic film royalty known by her countrymen and women as La Binoche, with one of the country’s most unique directors, both talented and formidable women who have very much forged their own paths in the cutthroat world of the film industry.Just like waiting for a bus, there are now two collaborations between them, made in quick succession: the second, a science fiction co-starring Robert Pattinson, is in...
Milos Forman: 'The less you know about...
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
The second thing I noticed about Miloš Forman, who has died at the age of 86, was the spectacular imperfection of his English. All those decades in...
10 Questions for Musician Jeremy Cunningham of...
Thursday, 12 April 2018
Jeremy Cunningham (b.1965) is bass player and a founding member of The Levellers, as well as being a visual artist in his own right. During the 1990s...
Joan As Police Woman: 'I was going to die if...
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
Joan Wasser – aka Joan as Police Woman – is known as a sophisticated songwriter and a pretty groovy person. But most of all it’s her gorgeously warm...
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 |
Douglas Henshall: 'You can get stuck when you’ve been in the business for 30 years' - interview
The Scottish actor on the National Theatre staging of 'Network' and going back to Shetland |
theartsdesk Q&A: Homer Flynn, spokesman for The Residents
A revealing face-to-face conversation with the man closest to the eyeball-headed musical outsiders |
David Oakes: 'I haven’t done anything as bad as my characters'
The actor stars opposite Natalie Dormer in Venus in Fur. Why is he always exploring the dark side? |
Nikki Amuka-Bird interview: 'There’s huge enthusiasm among actors of colour'
Ibsen hits the Caribbean in 'The Lady from the Sea' at the Donmar. Its star explains |
Santtu-Matias Rouvali on conducting in Gothenburg - 'they just want to make music. No bullshit'
Electrifying Finn on Sibelius, national identity and feeling at home in Sweden |
'English music is lumpy if you don't play it well': interview with folk trio Leveret
Instrumental trio on old English dances and their new album Inventions |
10 Questions for Pianist Søren Bebe
Lyrical jazz composer discusses the fulfilment of classical music and the lure of internet success |
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