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Kneehigh's Tristan & Yseult revived by Emma Rice Company (opens the original)
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Tristan & Yseult , said to be Cornwall's oldest love story, has had numerous retellings, including the opera Tristan and Isolde by Wagner and Kneehigh Theatre Company's 2003 production directed by Emma Rice with a script by Carl Grose and Anna Maria Murphy. The Kneehigh production is being revived by the Emma Rice Company for a tour in 2026 and 2027 with a cast including John Leader as Tristan and Nandi Bhebhe as Yseult. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to them both when the show was still prev
Clive Rowe sings From The Heart with words by Don Black (opens the original)
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The work of multi-award-winning lyricist Don Black spanning more than five decades is to be celebrated in From The Heart , which had a short, sold-out run last year and returns to London's Garrick Theatre this October. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Clive Rowe, who stars in the production alongside Caroline O'Connor and Michael D Xavier, about performing these famous songs and a few new ones with music by composers including Gary Barlow, Natasha Bedingfield, David Arnold, Debbie Wiseman an
Cal McCrystal brings 39 Steps to Derby and Hull (opens the original)
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"Alfred Hitchcock meets Monty Python in a fast-paced comedy spy thriller packed with theatrical magic". That's how Derby Theatre and Hull Truck are describing their co-production of The 39 Steps which is inspired by John Buchan's classic novel and Alfred Hitchcock's film. BTG Midlands Editor Steve Orme spoke to director Cal McCrystal, "the country's finest comedy director", as well as two of the cast, Ryan Starling and Sophie Bloor. The 39 Steps will run at Derby Theatre from Tuesday 29 Septembe
Anthony Almeida's '80s Othello is not about Jealousy (opens the original)
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Anthony Almeida, the only person to have received both the Royal Theatrical Support Trust Sir Peter Hall Director Award and the European Opera Director Prize, is directing his first Shakespeare play, Othello , for a co-production between Northern Stage in Newcastle, HOME Manchester and Citizens Theatre in Glasgow in association with Royal and Derngate in Northampton. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Anthony about his concept for the play, the motivations and contemporary resonances of its ch
Edinburgh 2026: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui brings Ihsane to EIF (opens the original)
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Ihsane from Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève and Eastman by double Olivier Award-winning Belgian choreographer and dancer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, drawing on his Moroccan heritage, will be performed as part of the 2026 Edinburgh International Festival . BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Sidi before the Festival about the creation of the show, looking back on life after turning 50, his changing views on the attitudes of his late father, who died 30 years ago, as he has got older, blinkered, ster
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