Interval Drinks episodes

Episode 1: Actor Mark Quartley, playing Henry VI, speaks to David Tennant about auditioning for drama school as a 16-year-old from Paisley, how it feels when you forget the lines on stage and imposter syndrome. Listen now

Episode 2: Sound designer Claire Windsor chats to to MOBO Award nominated musician and composer Femi Temowo about his musical jounrey. Listen now

Episode 3: Theatre director Tinuke Craig meets RSC director Aaron Parsons talking about what drives Tinuke as a director, how she decides which are the stories she wants to tell and the barriers she faced. Listen now

Episode 4: Actor Thom Petty talks to actor, writer and director Prasanna Puwanarajah about playing doctors onstage and portraying the reality of life in the medical world, about going from medical school to drama school and beyond. Listen now

Episode 5: Actor Minnie Gale meets fellow actor Pippa Nixon, talking about how the theatre industry is beginning to change so that women and men can continue working when they've become parents. Listen now

Episode 6: Playwright and TV writer Nina Segal meets writer, director and performer Tim Crouch to discuss intervals, honey and mango margaritas, going rogue, and having an "accidental" career as a writer. Listen now

Episode 7: Director Atri Banerjee chats to actor Lucy Ellinson about noisy snacks, theatre activism and playing Puck | Listen now

The music for Interval Drinks is ‘Oberon’s Theme – King of Shadows’, originally composed by Sam Kenyon for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016).

The RSC Acting Companies are generously supported by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation and The Kovner Foundation

New Work at the RSC is generously supported by Hawthornden Foundation and The Drue and H.J. Heinz II Charitable Trust