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Storytelling machines

| by Eleanor Turney

Director Ramin Gray talks about working with Iranian writer Nassim Soleimanpour on his new piece, Blind Hamlet

The world wants Shakespeare

| by Eleanor Turney

Gregory Thompson talks from Pakistan about directing an Urdu version of The Winter’s Tale

Expect the unexpected

| by Eleanor Turney

Eleanor Turney talks to Punchdrunk's Felix Barrett about getting started, empowering the audience and finding the right building...

"It's not really about boxing..."

| by Lee Anderson

As Bitch Boxer celebrates a second run at London's Soho Theatre, its writer and star talk to Lee Anderson

Q&A with Bryony Shanahan

| by Eleanor Turney

Edinburgh Showcase pick Bitch Boxer is currently at the Adelaide Festival. Bryony Shanahan reports from sunny Australia

Spotlight on: Told by an Idiot

| by Lee Anderson

In the second in-depth look at one of the British Council's featured companies, we catch up with Told by an Idiot

Spotlight on: Sound&Fury

| by Eleanor Turney

In the first of a series of in-depth features profiling some of the British Council's featured artists and companies, Eleanor Turney talks to Sound&Fury


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