Interview

Interview

What it was really like to be a punk? Viv Albertine chats to Ella Cory-Wright about her bestselling memoir, being scared of Vivienne Westwood and why punk could never happen again.

Interview

We talk to director Asif Kapadia (Senna) about revisiting the tragedy, the girl behind the tabloids, and the family's reaction to new Amy Winehouse documentary. 

Interview

Everyone's talking about Nell Zink, whose debut novels have set publishing alight. Ella Cory-Wright asks the author about long-tailed tits, her agent Jonathan Franzen and living in Nell-land.

Interview

Much loved actor Sir Ian McKellen fills us in on debunking the myth and portraying dementia in the new Sherlock Holmes movie from director Bill Condon. 

Interview

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We talk to Lucian Freud's model Sue Tilley about the artist's colourful private life, nudity and that £35 million price tag...

Interview

As National Theatre musical London Road hits the cinemas in a hotly-anticipated film adaptation, we caught up with playwright turned screenwriter Alecky Blythe.

Interview

Things to do 

The man behind the adverts: BBH founder Sir John Hegarty chats about the art of persuasion, his love of Mad Men and his secret London hideouts.

Features

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SERIES: We ask the best curators in the world what it takes to make it in the cutthroat contemporary art scene

Features

We chat to the Royal Court Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone about sexism in theatre, cowardly directors and why London is not the centre of the universe...

Essential

Cinema 

New Juliette Binoche film Clouds of Sils Maria is a meta-theatrical tale of fading celebrity from Paris je t'aime director Olivier Assayas. 

Interview

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction finalist Laline Paull talks about stunning debut novel The Bees and shares her literary loves with Culture Whisper. 

Interview

The founder of Opera Holland Park, Michael Volpe, talks memoir-writing, unmissable opera highlights and the importance of cultural engagement with Lucy Brooks

Interview

As Golem transfers to the West End, lead performer and 1927's associate artistic director Esme Appleton discusses collaboration, animation and the paradox of technology with Lucy Brooks

Interview

Creative Director and leader of Punchdrunk Enrichment explains immersive theatre for children, and gives us the inside scoop on their new nautical adventure. 

Interview

Things to do 

The talented young choreographer George Williamson tells CW he wants to bring the excitement of ballet to new audiences.

In the Know

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, the Danish actor who plays Jaime Lannister (Game of Thrones) stars in director Susanne Bier's new Danish thriller A Second Chance. India Halstead catches up with him.

Interview

INTERVIEW: We chat with Hadley Freeman, Guardian writer and author, about her new book, the National Theatre and heading to the Oscars. 

Interview

INTERVIEW: Wayne McGregor, Royal Ballet resident choreographer and one of modern-day dance’s most way-out innovators, talks technology and new ballets while walking his whippets.

Interview

On the eve of his new collaboration with Gandini Juggling, we caught up with acclaimed London-based composer Nimrod Borenstein to discuss the composition.

Interview

Kinks musical: London welcomes Sunny Afternoon to the West End and the show's star shares his insider secrets with CW's Laura Tennant