Charlotte Van Rhee

It’s the last week before students return to their hometowns and panic about revision. So, to calm the nerves, Nottingham New Theatre’s next production is set to be epic! Impact talks to Ollie Shortt and Charlotte Van Rhee about their production, Overspill. Firstly, what is Overspill about? O: Overspill...

The final show of the Nottingham New Theatre’s autumn season is upon us, so Impact Arts returns for the last time this term to talk to Gus Herbert and Matt Standen, director and producer of Shakespeare’s King Lear. Firstly, can you describe the plot of ‘King Lear’ for those...

It’s the final week of term, which means it’s time for the final show of the Nottingham New Theatre’s Fringe season. This week, Impact Arts joins Professor Harry Lavelle, a character in the musical puppet show The Adventures of Anne Marie du Bourbon, written by Chris Trueman and Jack Solloway, directed by...

As The Nottingham New Theatre’s 2014 autumn season draws to a close, Impact Arts joins Ben Williamson and James Bentley, director and producer of the penultimate in-house show: ‘The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas’ by Dennis Kelly. Firstly, what is ‘The Ritual Slaughter..’ about? Ben: ‘Ritual Slaughter…’ follows the...

Impact Arts returns to the New Theatre this week to speak to Gary Berezin and Dina Elkordy, director and producer of this week’s Fringe show: ‘What’s Cooking?’, written by Gary himself.   Firstly, what is ‘What’s Cooking?’ about? Gary: What’s Cooking?  is a show about making the most of everything...

This week, Impact Arts speaks to Laura Thornton and Joe Strickland, director and producer respectively of the New Theatre’s latest in-house production: Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker, adapted from Thomas Keneally’s novel The Playmaker. Firstly, what is ‘Our Country’s Good’ about? Joe: Our Country’s Good follows the lives...

Entering the theatre with the knowledge that I was about to watch a play involving the persecution of homosexuals, I expected to leave feeling sickened. And I can’t lie, I still felt a strong urge to hurl abuse at the play’s cruel ringleaders, the vicious Nazi SS officers played...