Interviews

Interview with Q Brothers, creators and stars of Othello

Interview with Q Brothers, creators and stars of Othello

Interviewed by Steve Rowland Q Brothers GQ and JQ; co-directors, creators, and stars of Othello part of the Globe to Globe Festival. GQ co-created, co-directed, and starred in the original productions of Othello: The Remix, . G also co-wrote and starred in the Off Broadway smash hit The Bomb-itty of Errors. Along with his brother and the other Bomb-itty guys, G wrote and starred […]

Radio interview with director Sheila Daniels on “King Lear”

Jeff Fickes, Seattle Shakespeare May 9, 2014   Marta Zekan from KING FM’s Arts Channel spoke with director Sheila Daniels about her experience bringing our production of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” to the stage. What is it about this particular play that hits us on such a personal level? Why do we never tire of analyzing and dissecting it? Sheila shares her thoughts […]

May 11, 2014 · 0 comments · Interviews
New Shakespeare Central Interview Series:  Inaugural “E-Mail” Interview —  Grand Rapids, MI Poet Laureate David Cope

New Shakespeare Central Interview Series: Inaugural “E-Mail” Interview — Grand Rapids, MI Poet Laureate David Cope

Shakespeare Central Times Interview: David Cope is a long time teacher of poetry, Shakespeare and literature.  He is also the Poet Laureate of Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Steve Rowland interviews David Cope via E-mail. Dave, very nice to ‘meet’ you and to be connected with you.  Thank you for agreeing to be the very first in a series of interviews with writers, […]

Tom Hiddleston explains how Hamlet inspired rock vampire character

Tom Hiddleston explains how Hamlet inspired rock vampire character

Linda  Barnard, Toronto Star April 24, 2014   Sitting in a hotel room listening to British actor Tom Hiddleston recite Hamlet is not a bad way to start a day. The 33-year-old star of Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, opening Friday in Toronto after successful runs at Cannes and TIFF 2013, was musing on the inspiration for his character in the film, […]

April 25, 2014 · 0 comments · Actors, Film, Interviews, Popular Culture
Interview with Amalia Bennett and Nikita Milivojevic, choreographer and director of the National Theatre in Belgrade, Serbia

Interview with Amalia Bennett and Nikita Milivojevic, choreographer and director of the National Theatre in Belgrade, Serbia

Interviewed by Steve Rowland Nikita Milivojevic and Amalia Bennett, director and choreographer of Henry IV part I, part of the Globe to Globe Festival. Nikita Milivojevic was born in 1961 in Indija (in the province of Vojvodina) and iscurrently regarded as one of Serbia’s leading theatre directors. In the 1990s hiscommitted productions had a lasting effect on his country’s theatre […]