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Friday, February 12, 2021

What the pandemic has taught me by Emma Bentley

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Friday, January 15, 2021

An Actor’s Guide To Commercial Gigs by Emma Bentley

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Friday, December 11, 2020

Retrain? We’re already on it, Rishi by Emma Bentley

A few months on from the furore, Emma Bentley reflects on Rishi Sunak’s comments about arts workers retraining and speaks to a few theatre makers who, like many others in the industry, hav…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:36AM
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Emma Bentley: White Words From Black Mouths by Emma Bentley

In the fifth of multi-talented writer, Emma Bentley’s series of personal articles, she talks about desperately wanting to write roles for people of colour and the worries she has about bei…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:32AM
Saturday, March 28, 2020

Séayoncé: “I’m Questioning If I’ll Even Have a Proper Career After This” by Emma Bentley

The winner of Vault Festival’s After Dark Award, Séayoncé talks to long-time pal, Emma Bentley about the stress of being cooped up during the Coronavirus pandemic and the uncertainty of …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:06PM
Friday, March 20, 2020

Emma Bentley: So You’ve Been Thinking About Doing an MA? by Emma Bentley

We’re trying not to make everything about this horrible virus so in a bid to break it up a bit, Emma Bentley gives some very helpful advice to anyone who has or is thinking about doing an …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:12PM
Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Edifice: “The whole of our company is about the energy between people” by Emma Bentley

Emma Bentley has second thoughts about unwelcome contemporary dance spaces as she talks to Harriet Waghorn of Edifice. They discuss female power, audience connection and how best to use a de…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:32AM
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Debbie Korley: “We’re Telling Stories of Our Ancestors” by Emma Bentley

Often, retellings of slavery are depicted in horrendous, gratuitous ways for the benefit of a white, guild-ridden audience. The RSC are about to stage The Whip which aims to relay this narra…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:03AM
Sunday, January 26, 2020

Emma Bentley: I’m So Vain by Emma Bentley

In the fourth of multi-talented AYT writer, Emma Bentley’s series of very personal articles, she talks about believing, as many of us do, that she needs to look a certain way to get an act…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:42AM
Sunday, December 22, 2019

Emma Bentley: I Think I’m Done With Scratch Nights by Emma Bentley

In the third of multi-talented AYT writer, Emma Bentley’s series of very personal articles, she talks about the pros and cons of doing scratch nights. But is she done with them completely?…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:36AM
Thursday, December 5, 2019

Three Sisters: “This Isn’t Just a Nigerian or an African History. It’s a British one as well” by Emma Bentley

Returning to her old work place, Emma Bentley watches the rehearsals of Three Sisters at the National Theatre and hears from Writer and Director, Inua Ellams and Nadia Fall about adapting on…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:36AM
Sunday, November 24, 2019

Emma Bentley: Comparing Yourself to Others is a Waste of Energy by Emma Bentley

In the second of multi-talented AYT writer Emma Bentley’s series of very personal articles, she talks about feeling overwhelmingly jealous of her peers and whether it actually matters if y…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:06AM
Saturday, November 2, 2019

It’s Like Every Other Thing Has Been Tailored to Your Whiteness by Emma Bentley

Emma Bentley talks to three actor friends who are sick of the inherent racism they face day after day when auditioning for jobs and often before they even get in the room. If you think you�…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:03AM
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Emma Bentley: ‘Finding the Perfect Side Hustle’ by Emma Bentley

Being a creative, whilst doing other jobs in order to survive is hard. As part of a new series, multi-talented AYT writer, Emma Bentley talks about her experiences in a thoughtful and often,…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:33PM
Friday, October 4, 2019

Cressida Peever on Red Palace: “It’s not that we’ve become sexier in our interests” by Emma Bentley

Emma Bentley talks with Writer, Cressida Peever about Shotgun Carousel’s new immersive, dining experience, the necessity of safe spaces and giving audience members the opportunity to be no…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:03PM
Thursday, September 5, 2019

Isobel McArthur: “Jane Austen wouldn’t have been able to write this book without servants” by Emma Bentley

Approaching one of Austen’s most celebrated stories with some snobbery, Isobel McArthur decided there was only one way to tell Pride & Prejudice. Emma Bentley finds out more. Maybe, li…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:03PM
Thursday, August 1, 2019

Charlotte Josephine: “You’re allowed to have your own individual reaction to the work” by Emma Bentley

Charlotte Josephine is back and taking their new play, Pops to Edinburgh. Emma Bentley sits down with them to chat about being stupidly busy and that when it comes to our mental health, we�…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:24PM
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Francesca Forristal on Oddball: “If I want to die there are quicker ways to do that” by Emma Bentley

Emma Bentley talks to Francesca Forristal about her solo show, Oddball which aims to remove the stereotypes surrounding eating disorders and a ‘hero’ narrative. Expect some comedy. “Lo…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:54AM
Monday, June 10, 2019

Emilia: West End Not Ready for Clever Women? by Emma Bentley

Like many of us, Emma Bentley was not happy to see Emilia close early. Here, she ponders why: bad ticket sales? bad marketing? The white men at the ‘top’? When something ends early it’…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:06PM
Saturday, June 1, 2019

Prasanna Puwanarajah: “I Want to Pull People in Who Have a Question About Theatre” by Emma Bentley

Emma Bentley talks to Director, Prasanna Puwanarajah about his new graphic novel inspired show at the RSC, working with ‘cool’ people and battling to make theatre more open for young peo…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:06AM
Monday, May 20, 2019

Jonah York: “It’s about letting people go” by Emma Bentley

Emma Bentley talks to Jonah York in advance of his Brighton Fringe show, My Fern Flower about grief, plying people with instruments and awaiting his Grandma’s feedback. Jonah York could ea…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:24PM
Saturday, March 30, 2019

Snapper Theatre: “We Keep Ending Up at Venues That Really Care About Artists” by Emma Bentley

Emma Bentley talks to the three women that form Snapper Theatre. They discuss the hugely successful, Thomas, ensuring representation is always key and their latest, Hear Me Out. It’s inte…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:30AM
Monday, March 25, 2019

Diary Monkeys and House Seat Wranglers: Are we ‘true’ artists? by Emma Bentley

As a Front of House worker, Emma Bentley isn’t happy about Rupert Goold’s tweet. Here, she discusses how staff might be able to do a job that pays their bills, whilst networking effectiv…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:16AM
Monday, February 18, 2019

Barbara Matijević: “You’d think that as a performer it’s almost automatic when they press play” by Emma Bentley

We talk with Barbara Matijević and Lewys Holt in the run up to their solo shows at The Place about working on your own and whether more ‘radical’ forms of dance will trickle int…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:48AM
Thursday, February 7, 2019

Oh, you’re doing THAT SHOW again? by Emma Bentley

As she revives her 2015 Feminist solo show, writer and performer, Emma Bentley asks when a good time to revive is. Or, when should you finally put it to bed? I thought I performed the final …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:03PM

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