Gilly Roche's guest appearances

Gilly Roche

British Theatre Guide podcast

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Jon Culshaw

Blake Morrison

Jackie Kay

Barrie Rutter

Monica Dolan

John Lloyd

John Harvey

Anna Jordan

Laurence Olivier

Carole King

Richard III

Maxine Peake

Anya Reiss

Henry VIII

OwlTail

Yorkshire Playhouse

Mark Smith talks to Gilly Roche, the West Yorkshire Playhouse's New Work Producer, as she launches this year's Furnace Festival celebrating a range of new work in the north. Roche has been part of a recent reorganisation of the support for new artists at the theatre, which offers a year-long forum in which theatre makers can forge links and try out work-in-progress works in an unpressured environment. She talks about the works, both new and well-established, at this year's festival, her career leading to this current post, and the Scratch culture which she and her colleagues are hoping to nurture at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. For more information, see the West Yorkshire Playhouse web site or search social media for the hashtag #furnacefestival. "I use the word audacious... and that is rude, and impudent, and not accepting the traditional norms. These artists are being impudent, and that feels more important now than ever."

Mark Smith talks to Gilly Roche, the West Yorkshire Playhouse's New Work Producer, as she launches this year's Furnace Festival celebrating a range of new work in the north. Roche has been part of a recent reorganisation of the support for new artists at the theatre, which offers a year-long forum in which theatre makers can forge links and try out work-in-progress works in an unpressured environment. She talks about the works, both new and well-established, at this year's festival, her career leading to this current post, and the Scratch culture which she and her colleagues are hoping to nurture at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. For more information, see the <a href="http://www.wyp.org.uk/events/furnace-17" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">West Yorkshire Playhouse web site</a> or search social media for the hashtag #furnacefestival. "I use the word audacious... and that is rude, and impudent, and not accepting the traditional norms. These artists are being impudent, and that feels more important now than ever."

Gilly Roche on new work at West Yorkshire Playhouse