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Liz Hoggard

Liz Hoggard

Biography

Liz Hoggard writes about theatre, film and design for newspapers and magazines including The Stage, Telegraph, Selvedge and the Evening Standard

Recent Articles

Suzy Klein: ‘I don’t think that arts TV should ever feel like homework’

Suzy Klein: ‘I don’t think that arts TV should ever feel like homework’

The BBC’s head of arts and classical music, Suzy Klein, has a big job on her hands. She discusses acting as a bridge between audiences and programme makers, and how she hopes a new TV talent series can win over sceptical viewers
Underbelly Boulevard: ‘We want to be a proper little creative hub in the heart of Soho’

Underbelly Boulevard: ‘We want to be a proper little creative hub in the heart of Soho’

This venue’s storied history includes stints as a strip club and a comedy club. As it reopens as a theatre and cabaret space, its new operators, Underbelly’s Ed Bartlam and Charlie Wood, tell Liz Hoggard about the space, how they got here and where it is going
Es Devlin

Es Devlin

Designer Es Devlin – who has created sets for shows ranging from The Lehman Trilogy to Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour to the Super Bowl half-time show – details her career journey and the importance and future of design
Mike Birbiglia: ‘The importance of theatre is that we’re all in the room together’

Mike Birbiglia: ‘The importance of theatre is that we’re all in the room together’

Comedian, playwright and actor Mike Birbiglia talks about theatre being his first love, the lineage of live performance and breaking taboos ahead of his upcoming play at Wyndham’s Theatre, The Old Man and the Pool
Sean Holmes

Sean Holmes

The Olivier award-winning associate artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe talks to The Stage about his new staging of The Comedy of Errors, the art of comedy and his fears for regional theatre
TAIT: Inside the super-factory where West End sets are made

TAIT: Inside the super-factory where West End sets are made

Creative engineering group TAIT is the undercover mastermind behind many of theatre’s greatest experiences – from building @sohoplace’s auditorium to the flying car in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Meet the team as they discuss TAIT’s legacy, mission and the future of technical theatre
Tom Littler

Tom Littler

As he prepares to announce his first season as artistic director of Richmond’s Orange Tree Theatre, Tom Littler tells Liz Hoggard about leaving Jermyn Street and being put in a box as a director 
Heathers producer Paul Taylor-Mills: ‘A new musical is the most challenging art form to work in’

Heathers producer Paul Taylor-Mills: ‘A new musical is the most challenging art form to work in’

Counting Cameron Mackintosh, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Bill Kenwright among his collaborators, Paul Taylor-Mills has become known for new musicals. The producer tells Liz Hoggard about selecting cult classics and why actors deserve to be paid more
Michael Fentiman

Michael Fentiman

Director Michael Fentiman talks about the cultural struggles of being working class in middle-class spaces and bringing the actor-musician style from his production of Amélie to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in the West End
Songwriter Miranda Cooper: 'The plan was to disrupt pop music. I’ve been given another opportunity to do that in musicals’

Songwriter Miranda Cooper: 'The plan was to disrupt pop music. I’ve been given another opportunity to do that in musicals’

After huge success writing pop songs for artists including Girls Aloud, Kylie Minogue and Maisie Peters, Miranda Cooper switched focus to musical theatre. She tells Liz Hoggard about her desire to disrupt musicals, being inspired by Six and belting out Les Mis in the garden shed
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