As The Rocky Horror Show reaches its half century, with a UK tour in 2023, we’re pleased to publish this interview with its creator Richard O’Brien. What was your inspiration behind The Rocky Horror Show? Someone asked me to entertain the Christmas staff party at the EMI Film Studios and so I wrote a song … Continue reading
Category Archives: Theatre
An Inspector Calls – and we have some questions
The award-winning Stephen Daldry production of the J.B. Priestley classic An Inspector Calls is touring the UK again. In this interview, cast members George Rowlands and Evlyne Oyedokun discuss acting, touring, and what makes this 75-year-old school-text staple, and 30-year-old production still so relevant today. Continue reading
‘Beautiful’ – Q&A with Molly-Grace Cutler playing Carole King
Molly-Grace Cutler is touring the UK as Carole King in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. In this interview she discusses her role and the show, as she prepares to open at Cardiff’s New Theatre tomorrow (Tuesday 24 May). Continue reading
I Am Here – Q&A with dance star Oti Mabuse
As South African dance star Oti Mabuse launches the UK tour of her stage show I Am Here, Piece of Pink Pie is pleased to share this Q&A with the star of the show. You started dancing from a very early age, have you always wanted to be a professional dancer? My sisters Motsi and Phemelo … Continue reading
Fatal Attraction: ’80s movie hit is now on stage
When Fatal Attraction opened in cinemas in 1987 it captivated and terrified filmgoers, garnered multiple Oscar nominations and became that year’s biggest global hit, raking in more than $320 million against a $14 million budget. More than three decades later the chilling and provocative tale of an extra-marital affair gone horribly wrong has come to … Continue reading
Catch Me If You Can: Linda Purl on the twisty, turny thriller touring the UK
As the gripping stage thriller Catch Me If You Can heads for Cardiff, Piece of Pink Pie is pleased to share this Q&A with one of the stars, Linda Purl. The play, which also stars Patrick Duffy and Gray O’Brien, opens at the New Theatre on Monday (28 February) and runs all week, before continuing … Continue reading
Back on stage and on the road: Q&A with the stars behind Gomez and Morticia Addams
As the UK tour of the stage show The Addams Family prepares to visit Cardiff’s New Theatre (16-20 November 2021), Piece of Pink Pie is pleased to share this interview with its stars, Joanne Clifton (Morticia) and Cameron Blakely (Gomez).What’s in store for audiences who come to see The Addams Family? Cameron: A lot of … Continue reading
Reflecting on Mrs Noah via Zoom
An updated version of the Noah’s Ark story told with an environmental message and a feminist twist live via Zoom! That describes the recent production of Mrs Noah Fights Back! from Untamed Productions. It was an ambitious project, but it worked brilliantly, and I thoroughly enjoyed the performance I saw [April 17]. I asked Poppy … Continue reading
Mrs Noah Fights Back – with music, jokes, and a serious message
A community of actors, formed in lockdown, is presenting an online production with jokes, music, and a serious message about the environment. Mrs Noah Fights Back! is an environmentally reimagined Noah’s Ark – with a feminist twist, which was originally performed as a piece of street theatre. Continue reading
From Coronation Street to Ed Reardon’s Week via Agatha Christie: Nicola Sanderson talks stage, screen and radio
Nicola Sanderson is an incredibly versatile British actor with a record of success on stage, screen and radio – from thrillers to soap operas to comedies. I was lucky enough to see her as Auntie Lou in the stage production of Agatha Christie’s Love From a Stranger last year [2018] and have thoroughly enjoyed her … Continue reading