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Pleasance Bytes
Welcome to Pleasance Bytes, a series of live interview events from the Pleasance hosted by journalist and theatre critic Mark Fisher, where actors, writers and directors from stage and screen discuss their lives and work and give fascinating insights into how they learned their trade and much, much more.
In the first of a long series of Pleasance Bytes, journalist Mark Fisher talks to actors Julian Sands, (The Killing Fields and A Room with a View) and Art Malik (Upstairs Downstairs, A Passage to India and True Lies).
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If you can't make it to Pleasance Bytes as they happen, you can download the entire on-stage interviews from iTunes by clicking here, or you can download them directly below or simply listen immediately in your internet browser.
Art Malik
Mark Fisher talks to Art Malik on stage in Edinburgh during the 2011 festival. An intriguing insight into the relationship between actor and director, and how that has influenced Art's family life and most recent theatrical projects.
Play the episode here, or 'Right click and Save As' here to download this podcast directly.
Julian Sands
In the first of a long series of Pleasance Bytes, Mark Fisher talks to Julian Sands in front of a rapturous audience in Edinburgh. Julian talks about working with John Malkovich in interpreting Harold Pinter as well as his time in Hollywood.
Play the episode here, or 'Right click and Save As' here to download this podcast directly.
Our initial two Pleasance Bytes have been hosted by Mark Fisher. Mark is the Scottish theatre critic for The Guardian, and Variety, a former editor of The List magazine and a frequent contributor to the Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday and many magazines, newspapers and websites. He is also a judge for the TMA Theatre Awards, the Scotsman Fringe First awards and the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland. Mark is the co-editor of Made in Scotland, an anthology of plays, and author of the Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide which will be published by Methuen in 2012.
