Black Voices in British Theatre

Stephen Boxer (Gloucester), Sam Troughton (Edmund) and Tom Brooke (Edgar) talk to Mark Leipacher about the National Theatre's current production of King Lear directed by Sam Mendes. This is a recording of a live Platform event from February 2014. 

What is the future for regional theatre in the UK? How will regional theatres have to work to ensure their survival? Jim Beirne (Chief Executive of Live Theatre), Giles Croft (Artistic Director of The Gate Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse), Emma Rice (Joint Artistic Director of Knee ... Show More

Breach Theatre's Billy Barrett and Ellice Stevens in conversation with Dr Hannah Simpson and Dr Sos Eltis 

The film and stage director talks talks to Mark Leipacher about his acclaimed production of King Lear, working with Simon Russell Beale and his career. This is a recording of a live Platform event from May 2014. 

Who complained about Olivier's Othello? Stephen Bourne has been mining the archives to find out who raised questions about Laurence Olivier's blacked up performance in 1964. It's one of the stories he tells in his new book, which also includes memories of meeting performers inclu ... Show More

Carl Miller (writer) and Bijan Sheibani (director) talk about this new version of Erich Kästner's story, adapting it for the Olivier Theatre and working with three casts of child actors. This is a recording of a live Platform event from December 2013. 

Daliso Chaponda, Ivo Graham & Jessica Fostekew discuss the man voted the Greatest Briton. Recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe. Producer Beth O'Dea 

A theatre group consisting of mental health service users and survivors talk about how their experiences have affected their view of themselves as a person. 

Stephen Sackur speaks to Kwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director of the Young Vic theatre in London. His work poses questions about race, identity, equality and justice. In an era of political polarisation, are audiences prepared to engage? 

The artistic director and producer look back on 30 years of the company's ground-breaking work, including The Master and Margarita and A Disappearing Number, and reflect on the impact that the company have had on theatre in the UK and internationally. This is a recording of a liv ... Show More