Far Away podcast: Caryl Churchill’s work and legacy, episode 1

The Donmar Warehouse Podcast

Fiona Mountford hosts a discussion with Dominic Cooke and Lyn Gardner about Caryl Churchill’s influence on today’s theatre-makers. Dominic Cooke is a theatre, film, and television director based in London. Dominic was Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre from 2007 to 2013. During his tenure, he directed Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris, for which he was nominated as Best Director for the Evening Standard Awards. His other credits include Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Here We Go, and The Comedy of Errors for the National Theatre, where his critically acclaimed production of Follies was nominated for 10 Olivier awards, including Best Director. Dominic also directs for television and film, and his credits include his adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry VI Parts 1 and 2 for The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the feature film On Chesil Beach. Lyn Gardner is a journalist and novelist. She is currently associate editor of The Stage and reviews productions for Stagedoor. She has written about theatre and performance for The Guardian and The Independent, and she was a founder member of City Limits, the largest publishing co-op in Europe. She currently writes a strand of articles for the British Council on Culture After Brexit. Awards for her work include: The 2013 Action for Children’s Arts Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children’s Arts, the 2017 Total Theatre Significant Contribution Award for her work on the Edinburgh Fringe, the 2017 UK Theatre Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre, and a 2018 Tonic Award. Her novels for children include Into the Woods and Out of the Woods, the Ghastly McNasty series, and the Olivia Stage School and Rose Campion novels.