Category Theatre Interviews

Lyn Paul talks to Frankly My Dear UK about taking on the role of Mrs Johnstone in BLOOD BROTHERS for the final time in her hometown of Manchester

As BLOOD BROTHERS finishes its five-month tour at Manchester’s Palace Theatre this week, it’s a bittersweet performance for actress and singer Lyn Paul. After 21 years in the production, she finally says goodbye to the role of Mrs Johnstone, with her final performance in her hometown.

“It’s not only the last two weeks of the tour but it’s also the...

Jenny Lee & Leila Schaus in KINDERTRANSPORT. Photo Credit Mark Sepple

Jenny Lee talks to Frankly My Dear UK about her role as Lil Miller in KINDERTRANSPORT and why Diane Samuels’ play feels as timely as ever

Mention the words ‘war’ and ‘evacuation’ and most people think about the 1939 British evacuation which saw 1.5 million children evacuated to the countryside to escape the threat of war...

Playwright and author Diane Samuels talks about her play KINDERTRANSPORT and the real-life events that inspired it

2018 marks the 25th anniversary of Diane Samuel’s play KINDERTRANSPORT, a deeply moving piece which examines the life of a Kindertransport child during World War II and afterwards.

To celebrate, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and Les Theatres de la Ville de Luxembourg in association with Selladoor Productions take a new revival of KINDERTRANSPORT out on tour across the UK.

Ahead o...

Suzan Sylvester and Jenny Lee in KINDERTRANSPORT. Photo Credit: Mark Sepple

Suzan Sylvester talks to Frankly My Dear UK about her role as Evelyn in KINDERTRANSPORT

Diane Samuels’ deeply moving and timely play KINDERTRANSPORT celebrates its 25th year this year with a special anniversary tour.

Based on real-life stories, KINDERTRANSPORT tells the story of nine-year-old Eva who is forced onto a train by her desperate mother in Hamburg, 1938 in order to escape the threat of World War II...

Writer and performer Sarah McDonald-Hughes talks to Frankly My Dear UK about the inspiration behind Monkeywood Theatre’s new play TRIAL

Next week, Bolton plays host to REVEAL, a two-week festival showcasing new and original work by local and emerging theatre-makers. Bringing together a diverse mix of artists and theatre companies, the festival sees performances, experiences and events performed outside of usual theatre spaces, including schools, council buildings and online.

One of the new wo...

Richard Fleeshman as Gideon Fletcher in THE LAST SHIP. Photo: Pamela Raith

Richard Fleeshman talks to Frankly My Dear UK about taking on the lead role of Gideon Fletcher in Sting’s new musical THE LAST SHIP

It’s fair to say that Richard Fleeshman has acting in his blood. The son of former BROOKSIDE and CORONATION STREET actress Sue Jenkins and actor/director David Fleeshman has been acting since the age of 12 when he played the role of Craig Harris in CORONATION STREET for four years.

Since th...

Richard Keightley and Matthew Wynn in OF MICE AND MEN. Photo: Scott Rylander

Frankly My Dear UK talks to Matthew Wynn and Richard Keightley about their lead roles as Lennie and George in OF MICE OF MEN

John Steinbeck’s OF MICE AND MEN may be over 80 years old but the American classic is still capable of capturing the hearts and minds of a modern audience as Selladoor Productions latest touring adaption demonstrates.

Set in the trying times of the Great Depression, OF MICE AND MEN follows the...

Dyfrig Morris as Baloo in THE JUNGLE BOOK. Photo Credit: Manuel Harlan

Welsh actor Dyfrig Morris talks to Frankly My Dear UK about taking on the iconic role of Baloo in THE JUNGLE BOOK

Mention THE JUNGLE BOOK and most people think of Disney. Mention Baloo and most people think of BEAR NECESSITIES...

The cast of SPRING AWAKENING talk to Frankly My Dear UK about taking on the iconic musical

Spring Awakening is the seventh in-house musical at Hope Mill Theatre since it’s opening in 2016. The show has music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater, utilising a contemporary rock sound to tell the story of sexual and adolescent discovery amongst sheltered teens in late 19th century Germany...

Natalie Reckert talks to Frankly My Dear UK about what it takes to become a world-class hand-balancing artist

It’s fair to say that Natalie Reckert has a pretty unique job. As a world-class handstand artist, Reckert uses her body to create circus art like never before, a skill she explores in her new show NATALIE INSIDE OUT.

Developed in collaboration with The Lowry and digital artist Mark Moreau, NATALIE INSIDE OUT explores the inner workings of the circus performer’s body at a level of deta...