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Last modified: 29-Jul-2010

2010

2009

2008

La Cage Aux Folles: frocks, wigs and a real love story - The Daily Telegraph Douglas Hodge & Denis Lawson talk to Matt Wolf Song of the tsunami - The Guardian Poet James Fenton tells how he came to write the lyrics for Muldowney's new work Babani and the Chocolate Factory - The Times Menier Chocolate Factory on a roll - Variety The secrets of the MCF's success One of the girls - The Guardian Interview with Douglas Hodge Private lives on parade - Metro Interview with Philip Quast & Douglas Hodge The Voice speaks his mind - Jewish Chronicle Interview with Harvey Fierstein

2007

Frock and Awe - What's On Stage Magazine Roger Foss looks at the men behind the mascara Philip Quast - Making French connections - The British Theatre Guide Sandra Giorgetti discusses with Philip Quast about the challenges ahead and making French connections… Harvey Fierstein introduces La Cage aux Folles - Excerpts from the Broadway Recording booklet

Interview with Brenda Blethyn - Chortle Audio Interview with Brenda Blethyn - Film Weekly, The Guardian Video Interview with Brenda Blethyn - Paul O'Grady Show, Channel 4

Sweeney Todd's razor gleams for stage and screen - Reuters Soon, at a theatre near you - live, or perhaps not. Terfel Adds Cannibalism to Murder Repertoire in Sweeney Todd - Bloomberg Murderous mayhem clearly agrees with the Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel. The demon bass-baritone - The Times Emma Mahony meets Bryn Terfel, as he prepares to play a most notorious psychopath

Video interview with actors Emma Booth and Richard Wilson - Blip TV Matron saint of indie films - The Gazette Audio interview with screenwriter Keith Thompson and actors Khan Chittenden & Katie Wall - Creative Screenwriting Magazine Audio Interview with Brenda Blethyn - New York Public Radio: The Leonard Lopate Show Interview with Brenda Blethyn and Cherie Nowlan - ComingSoon.net Audio Interview with Brenda Blethyn - MovieTime ABC Radio National Julie Rigg talks to actress Brenda Blethyn. Interview with Clubland actors Khan Chittenden and Richard Wilson - WebWombat.com Audio interview with Clubland director Cherie Nowlan - Urban Cinefile (click link on the right) Warm film about family transitions... - The Age Interview with Clubland director Cherie Nowlan How the west was won - The Sun Herald Interview with Clubland director Cherie Nowlan The club circuit - The Advertiser Interview with Brenda Blethyn Luxury? I'd rather have simplicity - BMI Voyager Interview with Brenda Blethyn

Short on subversion but still a hit - The Australian Curious ironies about the Adelaide Cabaret Festival From Play School to the Stages of London - The Adelaide Review Interview with Philip Quast and Jeremy Sams An evening with Jeremy Sams - BlazeMedia.com Interview with Jeremy Sams Cabaret's not dead in Adelaide - AussieTheatre.com Cabaret is thriving in Adelaide For the modern masters of a once-forgotten stage, cabaret is rife - The Australian Interview with Julia Holt, founder and artistic director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival

For one night only - The Stage Taking Follies to the London Palladium Showpeople: Philip Quast - The Stage

2006

Brenda Blethyn praises Australian film - Ninemsn.com No quiet on the set in pokie heartland - The Australian Shooting Clubland in in Sydney's inner west.

The Big Interview: Elena Roger - The Society of London Theatre Interview with Elena Roger - Ticketmaster Interview with Philip Quast - Ticketmaster Q&A: Elena Roger - Official Evita Website Q&A: Philip Quast - Theatre.com Showpeople: Philip Quast - The Stage Q&A: Elena Roger - Theatre.com The Big Interview: Philip Quast and Matt Rawle - The Society of London Theatre Don't cry for me, I'm a star - The Evening Standard Evita, says Elena Roger, is a role that she was born to play 'Evita' dances tango - Variety Grandage boosts tuner's Latin flavor Evita set to score again - The Independent How a game of football inspired the musical about Eva Perón Oh what a musical - Theatregoer Magazine Roger Foss meets the new Evita "I felt the song was mine" - The Guardian Elena Roger got the part because she really did cry for Argentina. A far cry from Argentina - The Mail on Sunday Emotions are running high for Elena Roger Giving an accent to Eva - The Daily Mail The new Evita is going to be the musical hit of the season, says Baz Bamigboye. Oh what a show! Evita's circus rolls back into town - The Sunday Times The musical that made Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber superstars is back in the West End. New Evita gets totally tangoed - Daily Mail The reinvention of Evita won't lack authenticity. Evita to sing again after 20 years - The Times An Argentinian will bring authenticity to the leading role in the revival of Lloyd Webber’s Evita Evita set to return to the West End - Lifestyle Extra Evita revived to appeal a new generation of theatregoers Evita relaunched in London with Argentine star - Reuters Report from the Press launch of Evita on 31st January 2006 Evita returns with a real Argentinian - The Sunday Times Elena Roger is the new London Evita

Wishful thinking - Student Guild Magazine Sandra Sciberras and Victoria Thaine talk about The Caterpillar Wish Wish you were here - The Blurb Sandra Sciberras and Victoria Thaine talk about The Caterpillar Wish Wish for a wish - In Film Australia Interview with the director and producer of The Caterpillar Wish Video interview with Sandra Sciberras, Susie Porter & Victoria Thaine - ABC.com.au - At the Movies (external link) Local crop strives for elusive box-office gold - Sydney Morning Herald Encouraging times ahead for the Australian film industry

2005

Staying true to the word - The Australian Every production is an adaptation, says playwright Andrew Upton Adaptor's Note by Andrew Upton How The Cherry Orchard's director and adaptor worked together to make the play as a "piece of music" A radical in the orchard - The Sydney Morning Herald When a slightly bolshie director puts the toughness back in Chekhov the audience can expect a barb or two, writes Andrew Clark. Andrew's Upbeat - Sunday Telegraph Interview with Andrew Upton, who has adapted The Cherry Orchard for the STC production. Plucking up her Mother Courage - The Sydney Morning Herald Pamela Rabe talks about embarking on a 'bold new experiment' and one of the hardest roles in theatre Old bolshie feels the pain of change in a Chekhov classic - The Australian Cherry Orchard director Howard Davies hopes to revitalise the Russian writer's 101-year-old masterpiece

Robe gets its wish - SAFC Newsletter Caterpillar Wish has recently completed shooting in Robe... In Conversation with... Sandra Sciberras - Australian Film Commission Writer/director Sandra Sciberras talks about the Making of The Caterpillar Wish

On screen and stage, there's a star in there - Sydney Morning Herald Interview with Philip Quast The Chancellor and the spy - The Weekend Australian Interview with Michael Blakemore Democracy stirs up debate - The Financial Review  The team that brought us Copenhagen puts Willy Brandt and the end of the cold war on stage Power play wins vote - Daily Telegraph London-based actor Philip Quast comes home Democracy rules - The Bulletin Interview with Michael Frayn Staging Democracy - Sydney Central Courier German politics and Cold War hostilities take to the stage in Democracy Democratic drama - Currents Interview with Philip Quast and director Michael Blakemore Betraying Willy - New York Daily News Here's a play about German politics every American will identify with Double act that ran and ran - Daily Telegraph Director Michael Blakemore has guided all playwright Michael Frayn's hits from page to stage The Michael & Michael shows- The New York Times Interview with Michael Frayn & Michael Blakemore The space to inspire them all - Sydney Morning Herald It's marvellous what a difference one great venue can make

2004

Hare's breath of life - The Age Who needs fiction when there is so much real conflict to write about? False Start - Daily Telegraph When is a first night not a first night? Front Row - BBC Radio 4 (external link) Mark Lawson interviews Sir David Hare & Nicholas Hytner. A new national service - The Financial Times  David Hare puts the PM on the stage, confounding, as ever, all expectations David Hare: The right stuff (enter, stage left) - The Independent David Hare puts the PM on the stage, confounding, as ever, all expectations British play about Iraq starts row - CNN  David Hare's Stuff Happens divides critics - before opening. Theatre of war - The Observer The Iraq war has energised dramatists, with David Hare's new play the latest in a surge of political theatre Spotlight to fall on Bush and Blair - Daily Telegraph Stuff Happens, Sir David Hare's take on the political build-up to the Iraq war.

And another funny thing - The Times  Larry Gelbart's ancient Roman comedy deserves its London revival, he tells Dominic Maxwell Why Sondheim and I plundered Plautus - Daily Telegraph Writer Larry Gelbart reveals how he and Stephen Sondheim found the right ingredients for Forum It's no farce as Hall turns his inexperience into a virtue - The Financial Times  How director Edward Hall accepted the challenge of Forum. Desmond Barrit - Comic touch - The Stage Desmond Barrit has always been something of an actor at heart A Funny Thing Happened... - The Independent Why did Stephen Sondheim get involved with a farce full of eunuch gags? Pseudolus' Corner Excerpts from interviews with Desmond Barrit about his role of Pseudolus in Forum

• Jon's Trojan Horse comes good
  A 1970s rocker's musical steeped in Greek mythology edges its way towards mainstream theatre

2003

• Sister of Mercy - Filmink Magazine
  Interview with Penny Chapman, producer of Brides of Christ.

Question Time with Philip Quast - The Chichester Observer Just Add Water - Guardian Michael Billington on how Chichester is revolutionising British theatre Curtain up on a Revolution - Daily Telegraph Steven Pimlott unveils his plans for his first season at Chichester Festival's helm

A play that really gets on your goat - Sydney Morning Herald Edward Albee's work sparked outrage, writes Bryce Hallett, but then its truths hit home Are they kidding? - Herald Sun The Goat, or Who is Sylvia: Expect some gruff responses to this shaggy goat story My four-legged girlfriend - Herald Sun A brilliant Albee play fires up a sexy 50th year for the MTC

2002

• A Man in a Woman's World - Daily Telegraph
  Philip Quast talks about the rare honour of being a 'Diva at the Donmar'.
• Philip Quast in support of theatre - Letter to RNT members

2001

20 Questions with... Philip Quast - Whatsonstage  Interview by Sheridan Morley - Arts Programme, BBC Radio 2 Philip Quast talks about South Pacific and other important moments in his career Enchanted evenings - Theatregoer Sheridan Morley examines the history of South Pacific Interview - Society of London Theatre How Philip Quast got involved with South Pacific. Hell in the Pacific - Daily Telegraph Trevor Nunn about the "long and winding road" towards the opening of South Pacific. No idyll thoughts - The Times  South Pacific is just a piece of Broadway schmaltz. Not if the National has its way Chuck out the cheese - The Independent  How Trevor Nunn has turned a traditionally "schmaltz-filled" South Pacific into a show rich in dark themes South Bank goes on a trip to the South Pacific - Evening Standard The first major revival production of South Pacific in London after 50 years

The political games begin - Daily Telegraph Actors bring some light relief to the heavy political landscape Philip's big power play! - Woman's Day Philip Quast changes sides in the political arena - but only for a new TV series

The Secret's out - LAM Magazine Kyrsten Herbert talks with Philip Quast and Meredith Braun, two Antipodeans in the West End. Philip Quast: Secrets and Whys - LAM Magazine Conversation with Philip Quast about his new role as Archibald Craven. The RSC has come back home - Evening Standard  Adrian Noble has brought the RSC back to the Aldwych. Now buy the T-shirt... - Guardian Adrian Noble talks about his plans for musicals, the West End and the 'global brand' Drama of unexpected sickness - Birmingham Post Philip Quast is well aware of the need to take care of his voice.

2000

A life of saying it with song - The Independent, Lucy Simon talks to Edward Seckerson about The Secret Garden. So how does your garden grow? - The Times  Interview with RSC director Adrian Noble

Philip enjoys a touch of Evil - The Daily Telegraph Philip Quast has three challenging tasks as the star of Pan. Let the battle begin - The Daily Telegraph Pan fight director Kyle Rowling at work The Jim Henson Creature Shop Pan is either the ultimate cross-genre stage production or a prototype for an entirely new one Out of the flying Pan - Sun Herald  Pan playwright Frank Gauntlett explains how he brought his fairy tale to life

1998

• Spotlight on Philip Quast - Smash Magazine

Stakes are high - Vampires bid for control - TV Zone, November Refinig vampire mythology for the Millennium, Ultraviolet has already become a classic in its genre A case to sink your teeth into - The Australian Conversation with Philip Quast about the series Ultraviolet

1996

• In Quest of Quast - Plays International
  Conversation with Philip Quast about his career, moving from musicals to classics
• The 25 most Beautiful People - Who Weekly
  Philip Quast's views about ...hairstyle, cigarettes and opening nights!

1995

1994

Public Servant no. 1 - Herald Sun, June Interview with John Misto, author of The Damnation of Harvey McHugh screenplay Master Manipulator - Sunday Herald Sun Interview with Philip Quast about his new TV role as The Minister in The Damnation of Harvey McHugh. Playschool Graduate - The Sun Herald From Play School to 'The Minister', the ascending career of a "jack of all trades"

• Quast's Quest - TV Week
  Once in a Blue Moon star heads off in search of West End Success

1993

• Fairy tales can be a nightmare
  Despite technical problems and cancelled previews director Wayne Harrison's has great expectations in Into the Woods

1991

What is a Snark? Mike Batt explaines the story and the meaning of his bold musical London award, but actor still has some doubts

1990

From Play School to West End Star - The Australian Women's Weekly For 'Silly Philip', success in London has not been all plain sailing Sunday in the Park with George - Associated Press Philip Quast and Maria Friedman: stars in the making as they wait to appear in Sondheim's new musical Our Phantom of the Opera? - New Idea Will Quast take on the lead in the Melbourne production of The Phantom of the Opera?

1984