From growing up on the doorstep of Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre to mourning the cancelled run of her play The Watsons on the West End last year, playwright Laura Wade tells Fergus Morgan about moments that have made up her theatre career
Actor and comedian Jonny Weldon became a viral hit in lockdown, with his cringingly hilarious skits about life as a jobbing performer. He tells Fergus Morgan about working outside Hamleys for 10p commissions and the creatives who inspire him
A meeting with Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s Elizabeth Newman helped reignite Jeanine Byrne’s passion for lighting performance with a freer, collaborative approach to show-making
From his working relationship with director Ian Rickson to seeing Shakespeare at Belfast’s Lyric Theatre in the 1960s, actor Ciaran Hinds tells Fergus Morgan about moments that have made up his theatre career
Marika McKennell’s audio play about county-lines drug trafficking follows two teenage girls as they journey into deepest, darkest Sussex to sell cocaine to country bumpkins
Ben Forster first found fame almost 10 years ago on the ITV reality competition Superstar. He has since starred in multiple shows in the West End. He tells Fergus Morgan about finding a passion for baking during lockdown and his upcoming projects
As government restrictions ease and theatre welcomes back live audiences for the first time in months, those in the industry – from performers and designers to managers, producers and playwrights – tell Fergus Morgan how they have coped during the past year, and their hopes for the future of theatre
The performer tells Fergus Morgan about what he’s been up to in lockdown – from discovering an anime series about food wars to watching operatic sopranos on YouTube – and discusses his new podcast, featuring pirates and sea shanties
Since March, actor Samuel West has been on a mission to draw audiences back to regional theatres. He tells Fergus Morgan what else he has been up to during lockdown, from teaching his daughter chess via The Queen’s Gambit to reading poetry
