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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

Ranked #1

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Marie-Hélène Estienne, the "powerhouse" behind Peter Brook talks about her unique skillset

Marie-Hélène Estienne, the "powerhouse" behind Peter Brook talks about her unique skillset

Marie-Hélène Estienne is Peter Brook's long time collaborator, described by The Guardian as the 'powerhouse' behind the ... Read more

15 Aug 2016

32mins

Ranked #2

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Justin Martin discusses making "theatre that's necessary" & his long-term collab with Stephen Daldry

Justin Martin discusses making "theatre that's necessary" & his long-term collab with Stephen Daldry

Having worked back to back on The Jungle and The Inheritance at the Young Vic, Justin Martin, long-time collaborator wit... Read more

20 Apr 2018

55mins

Ranked #3

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Joe Wright - Off Book

Joe Wright - Off Book

British film and theatre director Joe Wright came in this month to discuss his return to the Young Vic with Brecht's Lif... Read more

9 Jun 2017

44mins

Ranked #4

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Roy Alexander Weise, JMK Award winner and director of The Mountaintop joins us for Off Book

Roy Alexander Weise, JMK Award winner and director of The Mountaintop joins us for Off Book

JMK 2016 Award winner and The Mountaintop director Roy Alexander Weise joined us to talk about how he went from wanting ... Read more

28 Oct 2016

59mins

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Zoë Svendsen & the role of dramaturgy - Off Book

Zoë Svendsen & the role of dramaturgy - Off Book

Theatre maker and Dramaturg Zoë Svendsen joined us earlier in 2017 to discuss the important role dramaturgy plays in the... Read more

16 Sep 2017

40mins

Ranked #6

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Lucy J Skilbeck - Off Book

Lucy J Skilbeck - Off Book

Genesis Future Directors Award winner, Lucy J Skilbeck talks to us about their journey from the first cabaret show they ... Read more

26 Mar 2017

48mins

Ranked #7

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Oscar winning writer Tarell Alvin McCraney talks The Brothers Size, Moonlight & his career

Oscar winning writer Tarell Alvin McCraney talks The Brothers Size, Moonlight & his career

The Brothers Size writer and Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney joined us in Feb 2018 during the revival of the Young Vi... Read more

25 May 2018

54mins

Ranked #8

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Josette Bushell-Mingo - Off Book

Josette Bushell-Mingo - Off Book

Performer and Artistic Director of Riksteatern in Sweden, Josette Bushell-Mingo OBE joins us to discuss her journey from... Read more

28 Jul 2017

31mins

Ranked #9

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Alison Bechdel & Sofie Hagen talk about Fun Home, the Bechdel test & being seen - Off Book Podcast

Alison Bechdel & Sofie Hagen talk about Fun Home, the Bechdel test & being seen - Off Book Podcast

Guest host, comedian and podcaster Sofie Hagen is joined by Alison Bechdel, the cartoonist who wrote the graphic novel F... Read more

29 Jun 2018

40mins

Ranked #10

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David Lan, Young Vic Artistic Director talks about his 18 year tenure - Off Book

David Lan, Young Vic Artistic Director talks about his 18 year tenure - Off Book

“We should be thinking about the totality of people’s experience” The Young Vic’s Artistic Director, David Lan spoke to ... Read more

30 Jan 2018

1hr 3mins

Ranked #11

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Olivier Award-winner Juliet Stevenson on Wings, women in theatre and activism - Off Book

Olivier Award-winner Juliet Stevenson on Wings, women in theatre and activism - Off Book

Olivier Award-winner Juliet Stevenson joins us this week following her recent production of Wings at the Young Vic. Juli... Read more

21 Dec 2017

48mins

Ranked #12

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Kwame Kwei-Armah discusses Twelfth Night and taking charge at the Young Vic

Kwame Kwei-Armah discusses Twelfth Night and taking charge at the Young Vic

Writer, director, actor, musician and YV’s artistic director - Kwame Kwame Kwei-Armah joins Dan in the studio to talk ab... Read more

15 Nov 2018

47mins

Ranked #13

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Isango Ensemble's Pauline Malefane & Mandisi Dyantyis - Off Book

Isango Ensemble's Pauline Malefane & Mandisi Dyantyis - Off Book

Isango Ensemble's Musical Directors, Pauline Malefane and Mandisi Dyantyis joined us in the studio to talk about A Man o... Read more

10 Nov 2016

50mins

Ranked #14

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Natalie Abrahami - Off Book

Natalie Abrahami - Off Book

Natalie Abrahami got her theatre break as the Royal Court Graduate Trainee, before winning the JMK Award at Battersea Ar... Read more

31 Oct 2017

41mins

Ranked #15

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Corn Exchange AD and A Girl is a Half-formed Thing dir. Annie Ryan on route from NYU to Dublin

Corn Exchange AD and A Girl is a Half-formed Thing dir. Annie Ryan on route from NYU to Dublin

Artistic Director of Corn Exchange and A Girl is a Half-formed Thing director, Annie Ryan joined us in March 2016 to dis... Read more

23 Dec 2016

40mins

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