50 episodes

Some of the world's leading playwrights talk about their lives, their work, and their relationships with the Royal Court. Guests include Jez Butterworth, April de Angelis, Rachel De-lahey, Tanika Gupta, David Hare, Robert Holman, Dennis Kelly, Alistair McDowall, Anthony Neilson, Joe Penhall, Lucy Prebble, Anya Reiss, Polly Stenham and Enda Walsh.

Royal Court Playwright's Podcast Royal Court

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    • 4.9 • 37 Ratings

Some of the world's leading playwrights talk about their lives, their work, and their relationships with the Royal Court. Guests include Jez Butterworth, April de Angelis, Rachel De-lahey, Tanika Gupta, David Hare, Robert Holman, Dennis Kelly, Alistair McDowall, Anthony Neilson, Joe Penhall, Lucy Prebble, Anya Reiss, Polly Stenham and Enda Walsh.

    S7 Ep8: Mark Rosenblatt talks to Susan Wokoma

    S7 Ep8: Mark Rosenblatt talks to Susan Wokoma

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    Introduction by Susan Wokoma:
    Mark Rosenblatt is a writer and director for stage and screen. He’s worked as a theatre director since 1998 and in that time has worked as the Associate Director at Leeds Playhouse, and Studio Associate at the National Theatre. He also founded Dumbfounded Theatre to rediscover forgotten classics from the international repertoire. This year, his debut play Giant will play in the Royal Court’s Jerwood Theatre Downstairs.

    • 24 min
    S7 Ep7: Tife Kusoro talks to Susan Wokoma

    S7 Ep7: Tife Kusoro talks to Susan Wokoma

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    Introduction by Susan Wokoma:
    Tife Kusoro is a writer and performer whose work has previously been shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon award, Verity Bargate award and the Women’s Prize for Playwriting. Tife’s play G was developed whilst on attachment with the Royal Court, it will debut in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs later this year.

    • 23 min
    S7 Ep6: Nassim Soleimanpour talks to Susan Wokoma

    S7 Ep6: Nassim Soleimanpour talks to Susan Wokoma

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    Introduction by Susan Wokoma:
    Nassim Soleimanpour is a playwright, theatre maker and the Artistic Director of the Berlin Based Theatre company Nassim Soleimanpour Productions. His most well known work White Rabbit Red Rabbit has been performed in more than 20 languages, and was deemed an audacious theatre experiment. This year, his latest piece Echo debuts in the Royal Court Theatre’s Jerwood Theatre Downstairs in collaboration with LIFT.

    • 25 min
    S7 Ep5: Stewart Pringle talks to Susan Wokoma

    S7 Ep5: Stewart Pringle talks to Susan Wokoma

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    Introduction by Susan Wokoma:
    Stewart Pringle is a playwright and dramaturg. His work includes the award-winning Trestle, which played at the Southward Playhouse in 2017. He currently works as Senior Dramaturg at the National Theatre. His latest play The Bounds will play in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs later this year.

    • 28 min
    S7 Ep4: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth talks to Susan Wokoma

    S7 Ep4: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth talks to Susan Wokoma

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    Introduction by Susan Wokoma:
    Ciara Elizabeth Smyth is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her latest play Lie Low was presented in the Traverse Theatre as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023. It won Best Theatre Script 2023 Writers Guild of Ireland and First Finalist BBC Writers Room Popcorn Award 2023. Lie Low makes it London debut this year in the Royal Court’s Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. 

    • 24 min
    S7 Ep3: Margaret Perry talks to Susan Wokoma

    S7 Ep3: Margaret Perry talks to Susan Wokoma

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    Introduction by Susan Wokoma:
    Margaret Perry is an award-winning playwright. Her stage work includes her debut play Porcelain which was produced by the Abbey Theatre in 2018,  Collapsible which won the Fishamble New Writing Award at Dublin Fringe 2019, and transferred to the Bush Theatre for in March 2020, and  Paradise Now! which opened at the Bush Theatre in December 2022 and was nominated for a 2023 Olivier Award (Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre). This year, she collaborates with Katie Mitchell on an adaptation of Maggie Nelson’s ‘Bluets’, which will play in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs later this year.

    • 26 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
37 Ratings

37 Ratings

imstayingforlunch ,

Wonderful podcast

Simon Stephens is a warm and engaging host, and his glee for playwrighting and its practitioners is infectious. Looks like there are just three series. I hope it will come back soon.

Shaun Peknic ,

I love this podcast!

This is one of my favorite podcasts I have ever listened to. I love getting insights into the creative processes of all these different writers. Simon is a fantastic interviewer and seems to set his guests at ease. I have discovered plays that I did not previously know existed. I am a director that works on new plays and these writers have dropped some gems that I bring into my own collaborations now. Can’t wait for season 3!

Singingmime ,

❤️

This podcast is a wonderfully entertaining and insightful show for theatre practitioners and writers of all sorts. It has also introduced me to some playwrights I wasn’t yet familiar with! Who wouldn’t want to listen to interviews led by the perfectly charming Simon Stephens?

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