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Introducing… Neerja Naik

PKM — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:56:45 +0000

Neerja studied economics at Cambridge University and after graduating worked as a banker in The City. An unquenched desire to act proved too strong however, as Neerja choose to trade in her career by going back to study, this time screen acting at Drama Centre London. Within two years she has successfully established herself as the new young ing Read more ...

Interview: Paul Spicer

PKM — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:48:07 +0000

How’s Avenue Q going at the Wyndham’s?

I love it, it’s wicked. I think the show needs an intimate venue. The building’s got a lot of excitement in it as well. They woop and cheer for us at the beginning of the show and it’s packed. It’s obviously a great footfall ther Read more ...

Interview: Martin Harvey – Dirty Dancing

PKM — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:37:02 +0000

You made your stage debut aged 6 at the Aldwych in Peter Pan. How was it playing Michael at such a young age?
Like a big adventure, I got to fly around the stage

Leap ahead 24 years and you’re back performing on the same stage as t Read more ...

Interview: Hannah Vassallo – Dirty Dancing

PKM — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:47:56 +0000

You hail from a family of creative types. Was it par for the course you being a performer?
My whole family is definitely very creative and we all work in artistic fields. It wasn’t always the case that I would perform on stage as I had a lot of interests when I was growing up which I Read more ...

Exclusive back stage report from Laurence Olivier Awards

PKM — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:41:15 +0000

The prestigious awards celebrate the very best in theatre, musical theatre, opera and dance performance and famous faces old and new turned out in force to celebrate the event and present or collect an award.

As usual I was running late and although I thought I had left enough time to make my way from Bond Street to Grosvenor House Hotel, Read more ...

Exclusive Interview: Actor Robert Lindsay Lets Go

PKM — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:01:59 +0000

Phil Matthews finds out about his rise through the ranks.

A year ago I interviewed Zoë Wanamaker for our first issue. I have to ask, what’s it like working with her in My Family?
Well, ironically Zoë and I go back to drama Read more ...

Interview: The Girl Dunne Good

PKM — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:28:05 +0000

“Do you mind if I have a bit of my croissant while we chat?” Clare Dunne asks in a lilting Irish brogue, “only I haven’t had any dinner really.”

Dunne is, in her own words, shattered. Not surprising as she is in the first week of a much talked about production of Chekhov’s Three Sisters at the Lyric, Hammersmith. With Read more ...

Interview: David Levine – Life through a lens

PKM — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:09:09 +0000

10am - I am poised by my computer, dictaphone in one hand, mobile in the other. After tapping in the number, there are a short couple of rings before I hear a voice at the other end. “Can you call me back i Read more ...

Q&A: Filter Theatre’s Ollie Dimsdale

PKM — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:37:15 +0000

What was the impetus for choosing Three Sisters?
Chekhov’s Three Sisters is awash with references of sound, both literal and reflective. We are primarily a devising company, conceiving and creating shows from scratch. Whilst devising at the National Theatre Studio with Read more ...

Q&A: Clare Dunne on her training at RWCMD

PKM — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:54:55 +0000

What made you decide to train at RWCMD?
It was the atmosphere and the people. I hadn’t a clue when I was applying. I picked two in London, because LAMDA came to Ireland to hold auditions. I picked one in Wales, one in Scotland and Trinity in Ireland. Eeeny, Meeny, Miny Mo.

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