The NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast

The Empty Space audiobook - sample

An extract from the unabridged audiobook of An Actor's Alphabet, read by author Julie Hesmondhalgh.

Download this candid and empowering A to Z of the realities of life as an actor via the following retailers:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Actors-Alphabet-Stuff-Learnt-Learning/dp/B0BNWFRBCV/
Audible: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/An-Actors-Alphabet-Audiobook/B0BNWBCSMG

An Actor's Alphabet by Julie Hesmondhalgh - audiobook sample

The Dyslexic Actor's Toolkit by Deborah Groves is an empowering and accessible guide which offers dyslexic actors a range of techniques to tackle common challenges, improve your creative practice, and fulfil your ambitions.

Listen here to a sample of the audiobook, read by Sarah Lambie. See more and order the whole audiobook at https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/dyslexic-actors-toolkit-audiobook. The Dyslexic Actor's Toolkit is also available in paperback and ebook.

The Dyslexic Actor's Toolkit - audiobook sample

Excerpts from the score to Blue Stockings by Jessica Swale, composed by Laura Forrest-Hay for the 2012 RADA production.

Licences for both the play and score are available from Nick Hern Books. Find out more at http://bit.ly/2cV7TSD

Blue Stockings - score excerpts

The NHB Playgroup from Nick Hern Books brings you one free play to read and discuss each week, followed by a Q&A with the writer.

In this episode of The NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast, we spoke to Anna Jordan about her hard-hitting but tender drama Yen, winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2013.

See more about The NHB Playgroup and find out how to get involved here: https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/playgroup

See more about the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting here: https://www.writeaplay.co.uk/

Host: Siân Mayhall-Purvis
Producer: Jon Barton
Executive Producer: Matt Applewhite

The NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast: Yen by Anna Jordan

The NHB Playgroup from Nick Hern Books brings you one free play to read and discuss each week, followed by a Q&A with the writer.

In this episode of The NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast, we spoke to James Fritz about his compassionate and darkly funny drama Lava. The play was supposed to embark on a new UK tour in April, produced by Fifth Word, but this has sadly been postponed due to the coronavirus shutdown.

See more about The NHB Playgroup and find out how to get involved here: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/playgroup

Host: Siân Mayhall-Purvis
Producer: Jon Barton
Executive Producer: Matt Applewhite

The NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast: Lava by James Fritz

The NHB Playgroup from Nick Hern Books brings you one free play to read and discuss each week, followed by a Q&A with the writer.

In this episode of The NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast, we spoke to Winsome Pinnock about her beautiful and epic drama Leave Taking. Winsome's play premiered at the Liverpool Playhouse Studio in 1987 and has been revived numerous times since, most recently at London's Bush Theatre in 2018.

See more about The NHB Playgroup and find out how to get involved here: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/playgroup

Host: Siân Mayhall-Purvis
Producer: Jon Barton
Executive Producer: Matt Applewhite

The NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast: Leave Taking by Winsome Pinnock

The NHB Playgroup from Nick Hern Books brings you one free play to read and discuss each week, followed by a Q&A with the writer.

In this episode of The NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast, we spoke to Enda Walsh about his beautiful, tender and dazzlingly theatrical drama Arlington. Enda's play premiered at Galway International Arts Festival in 2016, in a co-production between the festival and Landmark Productions, directed by Enda himself. It later transferred to St. Ann's Warehouse in New York.

See more about The NHB Playgroup and find out how to get involved here: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/playgroup

Host: Siân Mayhall-Purvis
Producer: Jon Barton
Executive Producer: Matt Applewhite

The NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast: Arlington by Enda Walsh

The NHB Playgroup from Nick Hern Books brings you one free play to read and discuss each week, followed by a Q&A with the writer.

In this episode of The NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast, we spoke to Ella Hickson about her epic and explosive play Oil, which premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2016, directed by Carrie Cracknell.

See more about The NHB Playgroup and find out how to get involved here: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/playgroup

Host: Siân Mayhall-Purvis
Producer: Jon Barton
Executive Producer: Matt Applewhite

The NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast: Oil by Ella Hickson

Nick Hern Books is the UK’s leading theatre publisher and performing rights agent. We're home to the best contemporary plays by today's most exciting writers, plus practical books by a range of practitioners, teachers and performers, on topics such as acting, singing, writing, directing and more.

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