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Climate Conversation Five: THE TRIALS and Better FuturesDawn King (writer of The Trials) talks with Anjali Raman-Middleton and Tolmeia Gregory about youth activism and the inspiration it gives us all to take responsibility for a brighter future. Recorded during the run of The Trials on 16 August 2022. Dawn King is an award-winning writer working in…
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A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART TWO: The Place of Complexity in the Climate CrisisClimate Conversation Four: DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 and The Place of ComplexityJames Macdonald (Director of Doll’s House, Part 2) talks with Simmone Ahiaku and Farhana Yamin about living in a world of increased polarisation. What place does complexity have? Is it possible to hold mo…
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MARYS SEACOLE: Legacies of Inequality and the Climate CrisisNadia Latif (director of Marys Seacole) talks with Courttia Newland and Indra Adnan about acts of care. They discuss how the play dissects intergenerational legacies of inequality and colonialism, and how this speaks to the climate crisis. What kind of story-structures are needed now to ta…
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HENRY V: Colonialism and the Climate CrisisMax Webster (director of Henry V) talks with Professor Farah Karim-Cooper and Indra Adnan about the relationship between colonialism and the climate crisis. They discuss the influence of Shakespeare on the construction of English identity, and how this was later deployed to justify Britain’s colonial proje…
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FORCE MAJEURE: Climate Negotiations and Family DramaMichael Longhurst (director of Force Majeure and Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse) talks with the renowned international climate lawyer Farhana Yamin, who draws on 20 years at the frontline of global climate negotiations to relate the themes of the play to the climate crisis. Recorded on …
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Climate Conversations is a new podcast series, bringing together Donmar directors and leading climate and social justice thinkers. We want to better understand what it means to make theatre in the context of the climate crisis. How can the stories we tell, and the ways we tell them, contribute to a positive future? This podcast series was recorded …
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In this special episode of the Donmar Warehouse podcast, Donmar Associate Artist Prasanna Puwanarajah will speak to Monuments director Sara Aniqah Malik and company members Alexandra Elliott and Omar Williams about the conversations they had during the devising process for this bold short film. Monuments is a Donmar Local Project exploring the lega…
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This special edition of the Donmar Warehouse podcast was recorded in August 2020 to accompany the socially distanced sound installation BLINDNESS. In this episode, writer Simon Stephens interviews Production Consultant Professor Hannah Thompson to unpack the representations of blindness in BLINDNESS - both José Saramago’s dystopian novel and this a…
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Fiona Mountford hosts a discussion with director Lyndsey Turner and playwrights Juliet Gilkes Romero and Lucy Kirkwood exploring the impact Caryl Churchill’s work has had on their practice.Juliet Gilkes Romero is a playwright and journalist. She has reported for the BBC from countries including Ethiopia, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. As a playw…
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Fiona Mountford hosts a discussion with Dominic Cooke and Lyn Gardner about Caryl Churchill’s influence on today’s theatre-makers.Dominic Cooke is a theatre, film, and television director based in London. Dominic was Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre from 2007 to 2013. During his tenure, he directed Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris, for wh…
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During the second week of rehearsals, playwright Mike Lew joined the Teenage Dick company in the rehearsal room. Whilst he was here, Resident Assistant Director Blythe Stewart sat down with Mike to discuss the play and writing process.Teenage Dick runs at the Donmar 6 December 2019 - 1 February 2020. Find out more at donmarwarehouse.com.…
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In this episode, we are talking about [BLANK] - our co-production with Clean Break of Alice Birch's new play, which opens at the Donmar in October.Last week, we gathered Artistic Director Michael Longhurst, Clean Break Co-Artistic Director Róisín McBrinn, Resident Assistant Director Blythe Stewart and [BLANK] company members Jackie Clune and Ayesha…
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Angela Gluck speaks to the APPROPRIATE actors and creative team about Antisemitism in the UK and USA.During the rehearsal process for each production at the Donmar, experts come into our rehearsal room to speak to the company about some of the context behind the play. This is a short excerpt from the longer conversation they had.Angela Gluck joins …
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Dr Zoe Hyman speaks to the APPROPRIATE company about slavery, racism and the American Civil War.During the rehearsal process for each production at the Donmar, experts come into our rehearsal room to speak to the company about some of the context behind the play. This is a short excerpt from the longer conversation they had.Dr Zoe Hyman is a lectur…
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Artistic Director Michael Longhurst's first production - a revival of David Greig's prophetic early masterpiece EUROPE - is currently in rehearsals.As well as exploring the text, working on scenes, having costume fittings and practising their movement, the cast have also spent time researching the play's context and the events happening when the pl…
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