Nick Awde is a journalist, playwright, editor, critic and producer. Based in the UK, he is co-director of Morecambe's Alhambra Theatre. Books include Equal Stages (diversity and inclusion in theatre), Mellotron, Women In Islam, and translations of plays by other writers. Much of his work focuses on ethnoconflict and language/cultural genocide.
Haris Pašović’s new show World of Possibilities depicts the everyday lives of disabled people, their families and carers. The director talks to Nick Awde about his methodology and wider questions of inclusion, representation and artistic responsibility.
Director Sebastian Nübling and musician Jackie Poloni talk to Nick Awde about collaboration and their new show exploring what it means to be Slovenian today.
Prolific director Kokan Mladenović talks to Nick Awde about his recent work, the ensemble system, his thoughts on audiences and the need to resist artistic compromise.
Theatre maker Hana Rastoder talks to Nick Awde about 671-LOV, her play about aftermath of the Štrpci massacre and the need for Montenegrin writers to confront the trauma of war.
Following the recent showcase at the New Theatre, Tbilisi, Nick Awde explores how the theatre has transformed itself into one of Georgia’s most cutting-edge cultural spaces.
Mladinsko Theatre’s Goran Injac on making socio-politically engaged theatre and how he views the role of the artistic director.
The Best European Show is a satire of the politics of European theatre inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest. Nick Awde talks to director Haris Pašović about his new international coproduction performed by actors from eight nations.
Nick Awde speaks to playwright Jeton Neziraj, director Blerta Neziraj and actor Orest Pastukh about their timely new international coproduction exploring peace negotiation processes.
Theatre director and former curator of BITEF Anja Suša talks to Nick Awde about #Jeanne, her radical reboot of the story of Joan of Arc, and the reality of working as a theatre artist in Sweden.
In 1999, 15 members of the Bogujevci family were massacred in their garden in Kosovo. Nick Awde discusses artistic responsibility and bearing witness with the creative team behind a new cross-cultural production exploring their story.