In association with Nick Hern Books. 

This month we talk to nine playwrights at various stages of their career and at different points of the writing process. We discuss all aspects of playwriting, from the initial sparks of thought to the blank page and, finally, to stage. We ask what it means to be a writer, and discuss the state of new writing in the UK.

Featuring interviews with: Tom Basden, David Edgar, Tim Foley, Catriona Kerridge, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Dan Rebellato, Stef Smith, Jack Thorne and Steve Waters.

Uncaused Effects - Playwrights On Playwriting

In this episode, I interview writer, director, theatre producer and broadcaster, Nick Hennegan. Nick is artistic director of the Maverick Theatre Company, founder of the London Literary Pub Crawl and presents of the Literary London Show on Resonance 104.4FM.

Since Nick recently gave a very extensive interview on his career to The Zone Show (Episode 141), I wanted to avoid a retread of that ground by focussing more on how he actually goes about his writing.

Our conversation covers his plays Henry V - Lion of England, A Ghost of a Chance, PALS and his version of Hamlet, along with a bit of a diversion into Doctor Who and our mutual appreciation of Russell T Davies!

Nick Hennegan on Twitter: twitter.com/NHennegan
Maverick Theatre: www.maverick-theatre.co.uk/
London Literary Pub Crawl: www.londonliterarypubcrawl.com/
Literary London Podcast: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-l…id925374298?mt=2
Henry V - Lion of England: www.henryvplay.com/
The Zone Show: www.thezoneshow.com/

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Little Written Website: www.littlewritten.co.uk
Little Written on Twitter: twitter.com/LittleWritten
Me on Twitter: twitter.com/Mathistopheles

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PS. The frogs and crickets (picked up from http://soundbible.com) are a public domain substitute for a theme tune… and yes, that is indeed celebrity mathematician and broadcaster, Dr Hannah Fry (twitter.com/FryRsquared), kindly reading the podcast title.

Writer Interview - Nick Hennegan, Maverick Theatre Company

A podcast in which I interview writers about their writing.

Little Written on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LittleWritten
Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mathistopheles

Writer Interview - Nick Hennegan, Maverick Theatre Company

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