Playwright Simon Stephens talks to some playwrights including Jez Butterworth, April de Angelis, Rachel De-lahey, Tanika Gupta, David Hare, Robert Holman, Dennis Kelly, Alistair McDowall, Anthony Neilson, Joe Penhall, Lucy Prebble, Anya Reiss, Polly Stenham and Enda Walsh.
This is a live staged reading of my new play. It explores the world of Death and Life in the future and deciding when it's your time to end it legally.
In this collection, playwrights take to the National Theatre stage to offer an insight into their work, featuring Alan Bennett, Tom Stoppard, Tena Štivičić, Simon Stephens, and more.
We are a home for the American writer. We are Playwrights — where theater begins.
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Playwright to Playwright: Conversations with Artists about Theatre, Process, and General Life


Playwright Alexander Kveton sits down with writers ranging from emerging to established to talk about themselves, their work, and what's on their minds. Each episode ends with a short sample of the featured playwright's work.
Excerpts from new plays by female playwrights. Necessary Exposure: The Female Playwright Project is a portrait and sound installation which seeks to bring visibilty to playwrights who identify as female. Through portraits and podcasts we bring awareness to what remains to be widely seen and heard.Photography and concept by Jody Christopherson.Sound plays recorded and designed by Natalie Johnsonius Neubert
Currency Press believes in theatre that raises more questions than answers, so we’re talking to Australian playwrights about their work, getting insights straight from the source
New plays spark rich discussions that continue beyond the theater. Our Footnote* series fosters dialogue between artists and experts to explore the themes and ideas that permeate their work and our everyday lives.
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Royal Court Playwright's Podcast


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Emteaz Hussain and Jasmine Lee-Jones in conversation
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Living Newspaper Clippings, is a series of conversations between some of the writers and artists who are creating Living Newspaper at the Royal Court Theatre. In this episode, writers Emteaz Hussain and Jasmine Lee-Jones talk about the role of writing for self-reflection and transformation and how they responded to, and wrote for, the Obituaries se…
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Anchuli Felicia King and Tife Kusoro in conversation
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Living Newspaper Clippings, is a series of conversations between some of the writers and artists who are creating Living Newspaper at the Royal Court Theatre. Writers Anchuli Felicia King and Tife Kusoro discuss creating Aunties for Royal Court Living Newspaper Edition 2. Felicia’s ‘Protest Aunties’ and Tife’s ‘WhatsApp Aunty’ took over spaces of t…
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Royal Court Playwright's Podcast


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Milli Bhatia and Temi Wilkey in conversation
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Director Milli Bhatia and writer Temi Wilkey discuss creating the Horoscopes section in Edition 1 of the Royal Court Living Newspaper, and using astrology as a site for connection, intimacy and comfort . Read excerpts from the horoscopes written by Temi and find out more about Living Newspaper here. The Horoscopes section of the Living Newspaper is…
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Royal Court Playwright's Podcast


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Lisa Hammond and Tom Wells in conversation
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Actor Lisa Hammond and writer Tom Wells discuss making ‘Ghosting’, the dating column in Edition 2 of the Royal Court Living Newspaper. Watch excerpts from scenes discussed by Lisa and Tom and find out more about Living Newspaper here. Royal Court-ing is the dating section of the Living Newspaper and is a space to congregate and witness as a new lov…
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Royal Court Playwright's Podcast


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Mark Ravenhill and Shankho Chaudhuri in conversation
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Writer Mark Ravenhill and designer Shankho Chaudhuri discuss working on the cartoon in Edition 2 of the Royal Court Living Newspaper. Watch excerpts from scenes discussed by Mark and Shankho – Living Newspaper Edition 2 here. For each edition of Royal Court Living Newspaper, a writer is invited to create a cartoon, and use the building space for sa…
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Not in Print: playwrights off script - on inspiration, process and theatre itself


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Fangirling over FANGIRLS with Yve Blake
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"Tease us and hate us / but don't underestimate us..." This month we spoke with Yve Blake, playwright, screenwriter and composer, and the creator of the hit musical FANGIRLS. FANGIRLS is showing again at Sydney Festival 2021 before touring Australia, and you can now get the script through Currency Press. The song in this episode is a track from FAN…
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Not in Print: playwrights off script - on inspiration, process and theatre itself


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'Counting and Cracking': in conversation with S. Shakthidharan
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‘In Tamil we don’t say goodbye. Only, I will go and come back.’ ‘நாங்கள் விடைபெறேக்க, ‘போயிட்டு வாறன்’ எண்டு மட்டும் தான் தமிழில சொல்லுறனாங்கள்.’ In this episode we speak with S. Shakthidharan, a writer, director, musician and producer of film and theatre who grew up in Western Sydney and has Sri Lankan heritage and Tamil ancestry. We discussed Sha…
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'For We The Young': Finegan Kruckemeyer on writing plays for children and young people
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To re-launch Not in Print, we spoke with Finegan Kruckemeyer about magical worlds where monsters are friends and lighthouses are boats, and on the richness and dynamism of theatre for children and young people. *** Finegan has had 94 commissioned plays performed on six continents and translated into eight languages. His work has enjoyed seasons in …
Opening the New York Times Best sellers list, and creating a story from the just the titles. No preparation, just open and start the story.
Clive Jones gains rare access to Tolland Mansfield. Mansfield is the soft soap magnate of New Jersey, who rarely gives access to the public on his business. Recently Mansfield son has taken away the day to day business duties.
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PlaywrightsSpeak podcasts


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S O S by Mary Carol Stunkel *Revised 3 8 20
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After Midnight by Evan Krachman- Stage Reading recorded 2/23/20
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Speak in Tongues By Shelia Duane- Staged reading recording 2/23/20
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Royal Court Playwright's Podcast


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S4 Ep6: Sabrina Mahfouz talks to Simon Stephens
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The following content may contain strong language. Click here to return to the main podcast page. To subscribe via iTunes click here. To listen on Spotify click here. Full introduction by Simon Stephens: I first met the playwright, poet, performer, presenter, screenwriter, anthologist and librettist Sabrina Mahfouz in the Houses of Parliament. In 2…
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S4 Ep5: Jack Thorne talks to Simon Stephens
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The following content may contain strong language. Click here to return to the main podcast page. To subscribe via iTunes click here. To listen on Spotify click here. Full introduction by Simon Stephens: One of the challenges of hosting these podcasts is perfecting the art of concision and distillation. There are writers I have had the honour of in…
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Royal Court Playwright's Podcast


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S4 Ep4: David Ireland talks to Simon Stephens
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The following content may contain strong language. Click here to return to the main podcast page. To subscribe via iTunes click here. To listen on Spotify click here. Full introduction by Simon Stephens: David Ireland is a man whose family names makes writing short essays about his paradoxical national identity, biography and work tremendously comp…
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Royal Court Playwright's Podcast


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S4 Ep3: Stef Smith talks to Simon Stephens
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The following content may contain strong language. Click here to return to the main podcast page. To subscribe via iTunes click here. To listen on Spotify click here. Full introduction by Simon Stephens: I sometimes think that our theatrical landscapes are defined as much by the shows we missed and deeply regret missing as they are by the shows tha…
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Royal Court Playwright's Podcast


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S4 Ep2: Christopher Hampton talks to Simon Stephens
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The following content may contain strong language. Click here to return to the main podcast page. To subscribe via iTunes click here. To listen on Spotify click here. Full introduction by Simon Stephens: I first came across the writing of Christopher Hampton by accident. In the early 90s I was flicking though the television. This was in the five-ch…
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Royal Court Playwright's Podcast


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S4 Ep1: Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti talks to Simon Stephens
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The following content may contain strong language. Click here to return to the main podcast page. To subscribe via iTunes click here. To listen on Spotify click here. Full introduction by Simon Stephens: The protest and controversy that surrounded the 2004 production of Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti’s play Bezhiti (Dishnour) at the Birmingham Rep Theatre ha…
Delia, Carmen and Rudy are desperate to find the lost Topaz Yellow Stone to save their families farm. The only thing left to do is have a Seance to bring their dead father's spirit forward to help. Things go a little bit wacky when someone else comes back from the grave. This play was inspired by the photo.…
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PlaywrightsSpeak podcasts


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Cherry Pie Baby- Live recording 9/21/19
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Cherry Pie Baby, a live recording of the "Film Noir" plays co-produced with Dromio Players. Recorded at the Jersey Shore Arts Center in Ocean Grove NJ.
Max next case is straight from the heart. The set up.
Max Kennan is a two bit detective with an Eye for Crime and a sweet tooth, Loraine Larue she's ready to serve her Cherry Pie and has the lightest fingers in town, see them in Cherry Pie Baby" Jersey Shore Art Center, 9/21 @7:00pm
The following content may contain strong language. Click here to return to the main podcast page. To subscribe via iTunes click here. Full introduction by Simon Stephens: “The first time I saw Zinnie Harris’s Royal Court debut play Nightingale and Chase I was in prison. Specifically I was in Wandsworth prison in South London where I was representin…
The following content may contain strong language. Click here to return to the main podcast page. To subscribe via iTunes click here. Full introduction by Simon Stephens: “One of the pleasures of making these podcasts is exploring the work of those writers I am talking to. It is an embarrassing confession that until this month I was entirely ignora…
The following content may contain strong language. Click here to return to the main podcast page. To subscribe via iTunes click here. Full introduction by Simon Stephens: “There are a handful of figures in the history of the Royal Court Theatre that define the place. They carved the path that, whether they are aware of it or not every artist that h…
The following content may contain strong language. Click here to return to the main podcast page. To subscribe via iTunes click here. Full introduction by Simon Stephens: “There is a clarity and unity of vision to the dramatic world of David Eldridge that seems to land him in a particular tradition of British playwriting that I cherish. Born and ra…
The following content may contain strong language. Click here to return to the main podcast page. To subscribe via iTunes click here. Full introduction by Simon Stephens: “There is something of a gesture of disguise to the plays of Laura Wade that I find to be as powerful as it is playful. Her 2005 play Colder Than Here might, for example, have loo…
The following content may contain strong language. Click here to return to the main podcast page. To subscribe via iTunes click here. Full introduction by Simon Stephens: “One of the most important figures in the recent history of the Royal Court is the playwright Steven Jeffreys who for fifteen years worked as the Literary Associate here throughou…
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Playwrights Horizons Footnote*

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Heather Raffo, Iraqi Women in Diaspora
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Playwright and performer Heather Raffo gathers a multi-generational, multi-religious, multi-national group of women to discuss the themes and ideas of her play NOURA. Participating in the conversation were author and sociologist Zahra Ali, architect Hiba Hadid, author and dentist Cynthia Kaplan Shamash, and filmmaker and Executive Director of The A…
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"Connected or Not" by Evan Krachman
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Two strangers meet in a coffee shop, connected or not.
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PlaywrightsSpeak podcasts


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" Soul Mates" by Mary Carol Stunkel
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Art class comedy when a man tries to draw a boot
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Dinner for One by Stephanie Griffin
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What Happens when you serve the same stew to a man who can never be pleased
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Playwright to Playwright: Conversations with Artists about Theatre, Process, and General Life


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Episode 13: Dan McCoy on Self-Producing
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In this departure from form, Alex follows up with Dan to talk about his experience self-producing his play "Dick Pix" and "Perfect Teeth" - the most important factor of self-producing, challenges along the way, and the wonderful work of his cast and crew.
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Playwrights Horizons Footnote*

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Craig Lucas, I Was Most Alive With You and Beyond
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In this in-depth conversation between playwright Craig Lucas and Associate Artistic Director Adam Greenfield, discover the big ideas that inspired Craig's play I Was Most Alive With You as well as a lifetime of crafting intimate theater.โดย Playwrights Horizons
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Playwright to Playwright: Conversations with Artists about Theatre, Process, and General Life


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Episode 12: Sam Byron
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Alex talks to Sam about the difference between writing as a teenager versus an adult, being the writer that doesn't get every opportunity, and figuring out your path as an emerging writer. Actors Dave Klasko and Leslie Marseglia from Sam's new play Bobby. Website: www.sambyron.com Bobby Reading Info: www.wideeyedproductions.com…
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Playwright to Playwright: Conversations with Artists about Theatre, Process, and General Life


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Episode 11: Catherine Weingarten
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Alex talks to Catherine about writing romance today, being trashy, body issues, and the phenomenon of discovering repressed feelings in writing. Catherine reads from her play This is How You Got Me Naked.