May 2009 Archives

Best known to TV audiences around the world as Jin-Soo Kwon in US TV show Lost, Daniel Dae Kim takes to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall next month to play the King of Siam in The King And I opposite Maria Friedman’s Anna Leonowens.

As he prepared to start rehearsals, Daniel sat down with The Stage’s Nick Smurthwaite to talk about Rodgers and Hammerstein, colour-blind casting and the relationship he has with his Korean heritage.

• The King and I, Royal Albert Hall, London, June 12-28. For more information and to book tickets, click here

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Mark Shenton concludes his conversation with choreographer and Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips, which took place at The Shaw Theatre last month. The first part of the conversation is still available.

In this final part of the discussion, Arlene continues talking about Strictly Come Dancing as well as taking questions from the floor and covering topics such as her favourite directors and choreographers and the challenges of choreographing actors who can’t dance and turning Cliff Richard into a rock star for Time.

The next Spotlight On… event will be a conversation with lyricist Tim Rice at The Shaw Theatre on May 20 at 3pm. Tickets are usually £10, but listen to the podcast for details on how to book tickets for £5.

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Playwright David Hare is known for stage productions including Stuff Happens, The Vertical Hour and Gethsemane and this year was nominated for an Oscar for his adapted screenplay of The Reader.

Earlier this year, Hare acted as judge for the Yale Drama Series Prize for emerging playwrights. Won this year Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig for her play Lidless, the prize includes publication by Yale University Press, a $10,000 purse and a staged reading by Yale Rep.

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Legendary choreographer Arlene Phillips talks to Mark Shenton about how she became interested in dance and choreography, forming controversial dance troupe Hot Gossip, and moving into full-scale musical theatre choreography.

She also discusses moving into directing with Saturday Night Fever, as well as discussing her appointment as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing.

The second part of this conversation will be published next week.

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In his career, Arthur Smith has been a stand-up comic and compere, an Olivier-nominated playwright and, of course, has been a columnist for The Stage for nearly 15 years.

In the latest edition of The Stage Podcast, Arthur talks to Nick Smurthwaite about his new autobiography, My Name is Daphne Fairfax: A Memoir.

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• My Name is Daphne Fairfax is also available as an audiobook

The book will also be serialised as Radio 4’s Book of the Week from Monday. For more details, visit the Radio 4 website.

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Actress Francesca Annis shortly starts a run in the J B Priestley drama Time and the Conways at the National Theatre, directed by Rupert Goold.

She took a break from rehearsals to talk to Al Senter about that production, as well as some her more memorable projects throughout her theatre, film and TV career.

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