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London’s agelessly hip new writing powerhouse the Royal Court breaks into the online broadcast business this week with its new, free Playwright’s Podcast. In it, Simon Stephens – the ultra-down-to-earth author of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ and many more plays – chats with a series of the country’s best writers about, you know, theatre stuff. The series kicks off today with the great Irish playwright Enda Walsh who talks about his long career, including collaborating with the late David Bowie on his final project, the musical ‘Lazarus’.
Released for free every Friday for the next few months, the complete line-up is this:
Enda Walsh – Friday December 9
April De Angelis – Friday December 16
Dennis Kelly & Joe Penhall – Friday December 23
Polly Stenham – Friday December 30
David Hare – Friday January 6
Rachel De-lahay – Friday January 13
Alistair McDowall – Friday January 20
Lucy Prebble – Friday January 27
Anthony Neilson – Friday February 3
Anya Reiss – Friday February 10
Robert Holman – Friday February 17
Tanika Gupta – Friday February 24
The Playwright’s Podcast can be downloaded from royalcourttheatre.com/podcasts