Cover image of Off Book - a podcast by the Young Vic

Off Book - a podcast by the Young Vic

The Young Vic theatre's podcast series, Off Book, features interviews with many of the exciting artists who have visited us recently.Our conversations bring to light people's first experiences with th... Read more

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Hamlet: Imagining Elsinore, the Man and his Soul

Hamlet: Imagining Elsinore, the Man and his Soul

How does Hamlet inspire and intrigue audiences and artists? Designer Anna Fleischle unpacks how to bring the world of Ha... Read more

12 Nov 2021

39mins

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Changing Destiny: How Kwame Kwei-Armah and Ben Okri tell a 4000 year old tale

Changing Destiny: How Kwame Kwei-Armah and Ben Okri tell a 4000 year old tale

The Young Vic podcast investigates the power of a 4000-year-old story about exile and home: how the tale of Sinuhe inspi... Read more

20 Aug 2021

29mins

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Nadia Latif on the importance of the bookshelf, first steps in Theatre and developing Fairview

Nadia Latif on the importance of the bookshelf, first steps in Theatre and developing Fairview

Director of stage and film Nadia Latif chats to Off Book presenter Dan de la Motte about growing up between Sudan and Lo... Read more

14 Jan 2020

43mins

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Dadiow Lin on Taiwan, classics and collaboration on in a word

Dadiow Lin on Taiwan, classics and collaboration on in a word

Director Dadiow Lin chats to Off Book presenter Dan de la Motte about growing up in Taiwan, the influence of classic tex... Read more

13 Dec 2019

24mins

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Luke Barnes on The Jumper Factory, how he became a playwright and the role of a writer

Luke Barnes on The Jumper Factory, how he became a playwright and the role of a writer

Playwright Luke Barnes chats to Off Book presenter Dan de la Motte about developing authentic stories shaped by real exp... Read more

13 Nov 2019

36mins

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Josh Parr on his first job, drama school and making his mark

Josh Parr on his first job, drama school and making his mark

Theatre Director Josh Parr grew up in the mining town of Rugeley and never saw arts as a viable career. Fast forward a f... Read more

9 Sep 2019

41mins

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Sharon D. Clarke on her first job, winning an Olivier and how she approached Linda Loman

Sharon D. Clarke on her first job, winning an Olivier and how she approached Linda Loman

Stage royalty, Sharon D. Clarke speaks to Off Book about her role as Linda Loman, her journey into Theatre and what it m... Read more

26 Jul 2019

44mins

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Wendell Pierce discusses Willy Loman, activism and his first steps into theatre

Wendell Pierce discusses Willy Loman, activism and his first steps into theatre

Wendell Pierce first visited London over 40 years ago, what does it mean to make his London debut and join the select gr... Read more

26 Jul 2019

49mins

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Emma Dennis-Edwards talks The American Dream 2.0, drama school and her career so far

Emma Dennis-Edwards talks The American Dream 2.0, drama school and her career so far

Multi award winning Writer, Actor and Performer Emma Dennis-Edwards talks to Off Book about her new play The American Dr... Read more

26 Jul 2019

39mins

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The Convert director Ola Ince rejoins us to talk about her latest YV show and Tina the Musical

The Convert director Ola Ince rejoins us to talk about her latest YV show and Tina the Musical

Director of Danai Gurira's The Convert, Ola Ince joins us as the first director to return to our tiny recording studio. ... Read more

4 Jan 2019

35mins

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