who plays the title role in DUSTY the new musical about the iconic sixties pop diva Dusty Springfield which runs at Bath Theatre Royal from 23rd June until 7th July. In this extensive interview with Simon Button she talk about the singer and achieving the delicate balance between impersonation and interpretation

stars as Mrs Cheveley in Oscar Wilde’s AN IDEAL HUSBAND which continues at the Theatre Royal Bath until 4th August. Her theatre work includes many productions in the West End, at the National Theatre and with the RSC, including the role of Goneril in King Lear alongside Ian McKellen in 2007. She received Olivier Award nominations for her roles in Camille in 1985 and Uncle Vanya in 1997, a production which played Bath’s Theatre Royal prior to the West End in 1996.

is best known on television for playing Mr Bates – a role especially written for him – in ITV’s global hit series Downton Abbey, and Robert Timmins in three series of the popular BBC drama Lark Rise to Candleford. He appears in Arthur Miller’s play THE PRICE at Bath Theatre Royal until 25th August. In this interview he talks extensively about The Price but also, of course, about his roles in the two popular television series.

Artistic Director of Mischief Theatre. Direct from the West End, the multi award-winning company behind the global smash hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, are back on tour and returning to their comedy roots with Mischief Movie Night, the improvised movie live on stage. We chatted to Henry Lewis, Artistic Director of Mischief Theatre ahead of their visit to the Everyman in Cheltenham on 10th July.

plays Joseph Merrick, THE ELEPHANT MAN at the Bristol Old Vic in a joint production with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In this wide ranging exclusive interview with StageTalk’s Graham Wyles they discuss his work with Diverse City, which aims to increase diversity throughout the arts and. of course, the challenges of playing Merrick

who are director and actor in Frank Vosper’s adaptation of an Agatha Christie story, LOVE FROM A STRANGER which is at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham from 19th June. They talk in depth about the trials, tribulations and pleasures of working in on Agatha Christie and the extensive back-catalogue of previous productions