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Poet Sir John Betjeman

Why this popular English poet was so appealing

• 3 mins

Footballers Wives by Shelley Webb

"Sport is theatre" Shelley Webb, author of Footballers' Wives, on using sport in drama

• 4 mins

The No Boys Cricket Club

Indhu Rubasingham discusses constructing a play in which women meet their younger selves

• 4 mins

Smokey Joe's Cafe

The cast talks about the show's appeal for baby boomers and the fact the show has no plot

• 4 mins

Directing Opera

Phyllida Lloyd on the moving from directing plays to directing opera

• 4 mins

Chapter Two by Neil Simon

Louise Swan talks to Sharon Gless about the play Chapter Two by Neil Simon

• 4 mins

The Importance of the Musical Score in Silent Films

Playing the piano and the how styles of music convey meaning in silent films

• 4 mins

Wigmaking

The art of making wigs with real hair for use in theatre productions

• 4 mins

Play Not Known

Unknown speaker explains how he used the story or Genesis to rewrite a play.

• 4 mins

Shoe Supervisor at the Birmingham Royal Ballet

"Principals can use 16 pairs of shoes a month" discussion on pointe shoes used in ballet

• 4 mins

Down Among the Mini-Beasts

Bryony Lavery on her character Millie who shrinks to the size of an ant

• 4 mins

House of Spirits

Working with Isabel Allende to make a play out of her novel, House of Spirits

• 4 mins

European Plays

Travelling to Europe to find the next play that spells success for a UK audience

• 3 mins

Bondagers

A discussion of Sue Glover's play Bondagers

• 3 mins

The Woman Who Laughed

Joyce Carol Oates describes writing this radio drama

• 4 mins

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

Review of Peter H酶eg's book, a thriller set in Denmark and the island of Gela Alta

• 4 mins

Salad Days

Ned Sherrin discusses the musical Salad Days by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade

• 3 mins

Miss Julie

The themes of sex and class make Strindberg's play appealing to British audiences

• 4 mins

Mules

Commissioned by the Clean Break Theatre Company and written by Winsome Pinnock

• 4 mins

Arthur Miller's Broken Glass

Director David Thacker talks about the play set in November 1938 about Kristallnacht

• 4 mins

London Film Exhibition

How London has been the subject of and setting for films over the last 100 years

• 4 mins

Play Not Known

Being involved in both the stage and radio version of a play

• 4 mins

Passionate Playing

With themes of nationality, passion, relationships - and a grandma with a mysterious past

• 4 mins

Medea in the Mirror

Jose Triana's Medea in the Mirror is set in pre-revolutionary Cuba

• 4 mins

The Cherry Orchard

A light comedy or a serious drama?

• 3 mins

Faust

A discussion of the play of Faust by Goethe and today's notions of sin and evil

• 4 mins

This Lime Tree Bower

Irish playwright, Conor McPherson on his play set in an out of season seaside town

• 3 mins

Play Not Known

Jack, Vera and Hilary are travelling to Australia - Stephen is their steward on their ship

• 3 mins

Shakespeare's Othello

A discussion of Shakespeare's Othello and its issues of race and nationality

• 4 mins

Passion and Heathcliff

Helen Hobson on singing in musicals and playing Clara in Passion and Cathy in Heathcliff

• 4 mins