April 16, 2018
Katy Schutte | Celebrating Today’s New Moon
Witch myths and questions answered by a girl who was in a coven. Go on, I bet you're curious!
March 27, 2018
5 MINUTES WITH | Theatre Designer Sophie Jump
What goes on behind the scenes to put on a play? One of the key members of the production team is the set and costume designer. Sophie Jump (winner of the overall Gold Medal at World Stage Design 2013) is a theatre designer and Associate Director of the internationally renowned…
March 21, 2018
5 MINUTES WITH | Mukul Ahmed
Mukul Ahmed, director of Gauhar Jaan: The Datia Incident, sits in the Omnibus hot seat. We pose six quick fire questions about his upcoming production, coming to Omnibus 10-29 April. OMNIBUS THEATRE: What drew you to this project? MUKUL AHMED: There were many factors. The importance of recorded sound, the…
March 19, 2018
5 MINUTES WITH | Misha Mullov-Abbado
We sat down with 2017 BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Misha Mullov-Abbado, ahead of his gig with the Misha Mullov-Abbado Group at Omnibus next Sunday. OMNIBUS THEATRE: Being related to two of the greatest musicians - Claudio Abbado and Victoria Mullova - how was it growing up in a family of musical…
March 15, 2018
SARAH CHEW | On Beyond Borders
The Beyond Borders mini-season, supported by Arts Council England, is showing from 13-25 March at Omnibus Theatre. Sarah Chew is the writer and director of Lipstick: A Fairytale of Modern Iran. In 2010, just after the failed Green Uprising (the political movement that arose after the 2009 Iranian presidential election,…
March 13, 2018
5 MINUTES WITH | Paola Dionisotti
We sat down with theatre-veteran and star of our upcoming staging of Wallace Shawn's The Fever, Paola Dionisotti to talk about her relationship with the theatre and her part in the HBO monster-hit Game of Thrones... OMNIBUS THEATRE: How did your career in acting begin Paola? PAOLA DIONISOTTI: Okay! Well I was born in Turin…
What does International Women's Day mean to you? We're interested to know, so we reached out to Omnibus collaborators and members of the Omnibus team to find out their answer. Rhian Davies Producer (Creative Learning), Omnibus Theatre "A chance to celebrate progress and to acknowledge the journey left to navigate." …
We sat down with Marie McCarthy, Artistic Director of the Omnibus Theatre, ahead of International Women's Day to ask her a few questions. OMNIBUS THEATRE: Hi Marie, how will you be spending this International Women’s Day? MARIE MCCARTHY: I'll be here, working. OT: Which female theatre makers have influenced or inspired you?…
September 20, 2016
A Perception Fest Q & A with… Photographer Pasqu Mulet Pedro
Pasqu Mulet Pedro was born in Gata de Gorgos (Spain). When he was 14 years old, he was given his first camera from his great uncle, an unorthodox priest. This was the start of a so far never ending addiction: travel. He is the photographer of El Descanso (The Rest) and Where the clatter…
January 29, 2016
In Conversation with… Maggi Hambling
The artist Maggi Hambling CBE is a sometimes controversial figure, with strong views on issues like equality, smoking, and Scottish independence. She is also a leading British contemporary painter and sculptor, though reputedly she was 'too risky' for a commission to paint the late Queen Mother. In 1980 she became…
