The Stage Interview
“We just wanted it to be interesting and risky and new”
Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris
War Horse co-directors
“It’s not charity work. I’m not doing this as some sort of Welsh saviour”
Michael Sheen
Actor and artistic director
“Without ENO, UK opera would be denuded of ambition and excitement”
Annilese Miskimmon
Artistic director
“We’ve wondered whether we should go dark for a period of time”
Adele Thomas and Sarah Crabtree
Co-general directors
“This is a Big Job. Edinburgh Fringe is the gold standard of festival”
Tony Lankester
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society chief executive
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Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris
War Horse co-directors
Akram Khan
Choreographer
Tony Lankester
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society chief executive
Adam Cooper
Dancer
Michael Sheen
Actor and artistic director
Carrie Hope Fletcher
Actor
Nick Allott
Producer
Michael Sheen
Actor and artistic director
Nikolai Foster
Artistic director
Bryony Kimmings
Theatremaker
Annilese Miskimmon
Artistic director
Tony Lankester
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society chief executive
Elizabeth McGovern
Actor
Sutton Foster
Performer
Carrie Hope Fletcher
Actor
Julian Bird
Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre
Jane Asher
Actor
Nancy Carroll
Actor
Q&A
Interviews with established and emerging theatremakers working on stage and behind the scenes in UK theatre and beyond.
Syrus Lowe
Actor and role-play expert
Laura Ford
Artistic director
Jessica Talbot-Smith
show director
Marie-Astrid Mence
dancer
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