Wise Children's Lockdown

Tea And Biscuits with Emma Rice & Omari Douglas

We're back with new episodes!  This week Emma is joined by Omari Douglas.  

 

Omari played Showgirl Nora in Emma's production of Wise Children and is currently starring in Russell T Davis's new 1980's TV Drama, It's A Sin.

 

 

Tea & Biscuits with Simon Baker & Emma Rice

With Flying Lovers of Vitebsk in reheersal we thought we'd do something a bit different. 

In this special extended episode Simon Baker talks to Emma Rice about her school days - from O'Levels to Guildhall.

We start in 1981, Thatcher is in power, Fame is on the TV, and the most hi-tech thing in shops is a digital watch.   

Will we find out what Emmas O'Level results were, was she always destined to be a director and will they finish the episode in time for Strickly?

 

Tea & Biscuits with Emma Rice and Audrey Brisson

We're 2 weeks out from rehearsals for the LIVE BROADCASTS of The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk.  

Emma sits down for virtual Tea & Biscuits with Audrey Brisson who plays Bella Chagall. 

Audrey has worked with Emma on shows such as Midnights Pumpkin, The Wild Bride and, of course, The Flying Lovers.  Aside from here work with Emma, you might have seen her in The Grinning Man, Dead Dog In A Suitcase, Pinnochio and Amelie as well as extensive periods with Cirque Du Soleil. 

Find out just how old Audrey was when she first appeared with Cirque, what new motherhood has been like during Lockdown and why you should always learn your lines even if they are written on a prop!

About The Flying Lovers Of Vitebsk

Perhaps you’ve seen them floating over a Russian village? Or perhaps you’ve seen her toppling forward, arms full of wild flowers, as he arches above her head and steals an airborne kiss.

Partners in life and on canvas, Marc and Bella Chagall are immortalised as the picture of romance. But whilst on canvas they flew, in life they walked through some of the most devastating times in history.

Daniel Jamieson’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk traces this young couple as they navigate the Pogroms, the Russian Revolution, and each other.  

Emma Rice’s sumptuous and physical production is drawn in a theatrical language as fluid as Chagall’s paintings, and woven throughout with music and dance inspired by Russian Jewish tradition.

 

 

Tea & Biscuits with Emma Rice and Tristan Sturrock

On today's show, Emma sits down with long time collaborator, actor Tris Sturrock.  If you want to understand what the early days of Kneehigh were like, indeed what working in a touring company is like, then this one is must!  

 

Trist has been in many Kneehigh shows directed by Emma including A Matter Of Life & Death, Tristan & Yseult and Brief Encounter. 

Tea & Biscuits with Emma Rice and Simon Harvey

On today's episode, Emma sits down with Simon Harvey.  

Simon is, amongst other things, the Artistic Director of o-region, a Cornwall based theatre and film production company, an associate artist at The Hall For Cornwall and an associate director of Kneehigh Theatre. 

Emma and Simon have worked together many times including all the numerous iterations of Brief Encounter. 

This is a proper insight to working with Emma... they all lose it in the studio when Simon complains about Emma's constant lack of a pen or note book. 

Tea & Biscuits with Emma Rice Carl Grose

Today's episode Emma sits down with Kneehigh's Co-Artistic Director, Carl Grose.  In the early days, Emma and Carl toured the village halls of Cornwall.  These are just some of the stories.  

Tea & Biscuits with Emma Rice and Mike Shepherd - Part Two

In this episode, Emma sits down with Kneehigh founder Mike Shepherd and they take a look at the creation of iconic production - The Red Shoes.  

Tea & Biscuits with Emma Rice and Paul Crewes

On this episode its the one and only - Paul Crewes.  Paul was Kneehigh producer whilst Emma was Artistic Director and oversaw many of the classic Kneehigh shows.   

Tea & Biscuits with Emma Rice and Sandra Marvin

On today's episode, Emma sits down with Romantics Anonymous alumni and friend Sandra Marvin. 

Tea & Biscuits with Emma Rice and Anna Maria Murphy

Todays Emma sits down with dear friend and writer Anna Maria Murphy and they talk through their work together on groundbreaking shows including The Red Shoes, Tristan and Yseult and Don John to name just a few.