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RR: How did you start dancing? Did you get teased because 'dancing is for girls'?
NAC: I started dancing at the age of 21 after seeing the Cholmondeleys and the Featherstonehaughs at Phoenix Arts Centre in Leicester and I got to hang around with a lot of women because ‘dancing is for girls’.
Dead on her Feet is a new play about to open at The Arcola Theatre, written by Emmy award-winning screenwriter Ron Hutchinson and directed by Barry Kyle, Honorary RSC Associate Director. We asked Barry a few questions about his career, the X-factor generation and his latest project.
Ahead of the latest explosive bout of Chessboxing due to take place for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall's loading bay or 'bat cave' on the 10th October, Run Riot are thrilled to catch up with Lucy Noble, Head of Programming and Education at Royal Albert Hall and Chessboxing Founder Tim Woolgar about which contenders look out for, one of the first ever competitive women’s chessboxing bouts, RAH's boxing history, the wonderful stuff going on in RAH's alternative
Welcome back to London!
Thank you very much! We love it here.
We heard that you are coming to Soho in your 'street clothes' - pajama free! Have you done this much before? What informed this decision? And how will it make you feel different on stage?
[MURCOF + SIMON GEILFUS – ANTIVJ (Live AV, London premiere) Credits: Ed Jansen]
An exclusive recipe to usher us into autumn - courtesy of famous west London gastro pub Paradise by way of Kensal Green. Head chef Tim Payne has worked extensively with Marco Pierre White, both in the kitchen as executive chef and on ITV’s Hell’s Kitchen.
Kate Tempest talks to Run Riot about who her heros are, what heroism means to her, inspiration, truth, her new book, who would be at her dream poetry night (living and dead!) and her show at BAC: Brand New Ancients
Firstly massive congrats on your joint best newcomer awards at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival! Secondly, welcome to London!
It sounds like you have had a bit of a whirlwind summer since Melbourne: Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, New York, Edinburgh and now London.
How's it been 'on the road'? What's a high and low point of your travels?
