Interviews, Previews, Reviews of

If Only the Dead Could Listen

Radio Interviews

• On 25 January 2006, Gëzim Alpion (playwright) and Andrew Cullum (actor) were interviewed by the BBC – Radio WM (Morning Programme) (Birmingham, UK). Interviewer: Adrian Goldberg; Producer: Gavin Lee. <www.bbc.co.uk/england/radiowm>
• On 25 January 2006, Gëzim Alpion was interviewed by Radio France Internationale (RFI) (Paris, France). Interviewer: Artan Kutra. <www.rfi.fr>
• On 7 February 2006, Richard Attlee (actor) was interviewed in Birmingham by the BBC – Radio WM (Late Night Show) (Birmingham, UK) Interviewer: Antonia Laundy. <www.bbc.co.uk>
• On 7 February 2006, Gëzim Alpion, Marcus Fernando (director), Tina Hofman (actress) and other members of the team were interviewed in Birmingham by the BBC World Service (Serbian Section) (London, UK). Interviewer: Danica Ilic. <www.bbc.co.uk> The programme was also broadcast on Radio B92 (Belgrade, Serbia) in February 2006.
• On 7 and 8 February 2006, Gëzim Alpion, Marcus Fernando, Tina Hofman and other members of the team were interviewed in Birmingham by the BBC World Service (Albanian Section) (London, UK). Interviewer: Irena Luto. <www.bbc.co.uk>

Newspaper and Magazine Articles 

I. In English:

• Lipsett, Anthea. ‘Speaking for the refugee in us all’. The Times Higher Education Supplement (London, UK), 3 February 2006, No. 1,728, p. 10. <www.thes.co.uk>  See "Articles".
• ‘Centre has refugees centre stage’, Birmingham Mail (Birmingham, UK) 6 February 2006, p. 18. <www.icbirmingham.co.uk>
• King, Angela. ‘Lights, camera, asylum!’ Redbrick (Birmingham UK), Vol. 70, Issue 1282, 20^th – 26^th January 2006, p. 3. <www.students.bugs.bham.ac.uk/redbrick>  See "Articles".
• Review of If Only the Dead Could Listen, postSCRIPT Newsletter. (Birmingham, UK) April 2006.
• Hancock, Eve. ‘Academic challenge to asylum seeker perception: Playwright and lecturer Gëzim Alpion hopes that his play If Only the Dead Could Listen will challenge the perceptions of asylum seekers in the UK’. Buzz, Issue 74, March 2006, p. 6.
• Sheikh, Farhana. ‘If Only The Dead Could Listen, a controversial new play about refugees and asylum seekers, showing at the MAC Theatre, Birmingham on 7^th and 8^th February’, Electronic Bulletin of West Midlands Consortium for Asylum & Refugee Support, No. 95 (Birmingham, UK) 25 January 2006.
• Collins, Tony. ‘THEATRE: Academic’s hard-hitting play to premiere in city: Stage set for asylum plight’ Birmingham Mail (Birmingham, UK) 20 January 2006, p. 96. <www.icbirmingham.co.uk>  See "Articles".
• 'Birmingham and Balkan artists portray the plight of asylum seekers’. Buzz. (Birmingham, UK) Issue 72, Mid-January 2006, p. 5. <www.buzz.bham.ac.uk>  See "Articles".
• ‘Birmingham and Balkan Artists Portray the Plight of Asylum Seekers’, University of Birmingham Press Office, Press Release: 18^th January 2006. <www.bham.ac.uk>  See "Articles".
• Collins, Tony. ‘Asylum in focus on the stage’. Birmingham Evening Mail. (Birmingham, UK) 13 December 2004. <www.highbeam.com>
• Smith, Will. ‘Staff News’, Buzz, (Birmingham, UK) Issue 70, December 2005, p. 15. <www.buzz.ac.uk>
• ‘Asylum Seekers Take Centre Stage in Birmingham’, HERO: Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the UK, (HERO ref: 29718) 10 December 2004. <www.hero.ac.uk>
• Dingley, Anna J. and the University of Birmingham Press Office. ‘Asylum Seekers Take Centre Stage’. Buzz (Birmingham, UK) Issue 54. Vol. 4. December 2004, p. 6. [based on the press release ‘Asylum Seekers Take Centre Stage in Birmingham’, issued by the University of Birmingham Press Office on 9 November 2004.] <www.buzz.ac.uk>
• Radmore, Owen, ‘Wheels of Dreams’, Update, Issue 160, May 2006, pp. 11. <www.bvsc.org>
• Parruca, Mei. ‘If Only the Dead Could Listen @ the MAC’. Redbrick (Birmingham, UK), Vol. 70, Issue 1286, 17^th – 23^rd February 2006, p. 6. <www.students.bugs.bham.ac.uk/redbrick>
• Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom (HERO). ‘Asylum Seekers Take Centre Stage in Birmingham’. 10 December 2004. <www.hero.ac.uk>
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) UK Network. ‘Birmingham and Balkan Artists Portray the Plight of Asylum Seekers.’ 27 January 2006. <www.uknetwork.freeserve.co.uk>

II. In the Balkan Media:

• Veliu, Muhamed. ‘Nje dramë për fatin e emigrantëve’. Shqip, (Tirana, Albania), No. 44, March 2006, pp. 36-38. <www.revistashqip.al>
• Ukshini, Xhevat. ‘Intervistë me dramaturgun Dr Gëzim Alpion: Unë nuk shkruaj për të argëtuar publikun!’ Zëri i Ditës (Prishtina, Kosova), Western Edition, No. 1203, 20 February 2006, pp. 10-11. The interview was also printed in Albanian Mail (London, UK) 2 March 2006. <www.albanianmail.co.uk>
• Mema, Anila. ‘Vepra e Gëzim Alpion-it në skenën e Britanisë se Madhe’. Forumi Shoqëria, February 2006. <www.forumishoqeria.net>
• Ukshini, Xhevat. ‘Një dramë për “dramën” e gjithë shqiptarëve jashtë vendit: Pas premierës së dramës së autorit shqiptar Gëzim Alpion në teatrin anglez’. Zëri i Ditës (Prishtina, Kosova), Western Edition, No. 1199, 15 February 2006, p. 11.
• Zëri i Ditës. (Prishtina, Kosova) ‘Leka Trimi, një personazh i dramës, një refugja politik nga Kosova: Drama If Only the Dead Could Listen e autorit Gëzim Alpion, e vënë në një nga skenat e Birmingamit në Angli’. Western Edition, No. 1198, 14 February 2006, p. 19.
• Terziu, Lavdrim. ‘Ah sikur të vdekurit të dëgjonin’. Albanian Mail (London, UK) 10 February 2006. <www.albanianmail.co.uk>
• Ukshini, Xhevat. ‘Mërgata shqiptare i flet publikut anglez nga skena teatrore: Kryepersonazh, kosovari me emrin Leka Trimi’. Zëri i Ditës  (Prishtina, Kosova), Western Edition, No. 1193, 8 February 2006, p. 11.
• Veliu, Muhamed. ‘Drama e emigrantëve’. Express (Prishtina, Kosova) No. 306, 8 February 2006, p. 25.
• Veliu, Muhamed. ‘Shfaqet drama e dramës së emigrantëve’, Albanian Mail, (London, UK) 8 February 2006. <www.albanianmail.co.uk>; the article was also printed in Albanian (London, UK), March 2006.
• Ngjela, Mirjeta. ‘Sot shfaqet drama shqiptare në Birmingham’, Tema (Tirana, Albania) 7 February 2006. <www.gazetatema.net>
•  ‘Vepra e Gëzim Alpion-it nesër në teatrin e Birminghamit: Dramë për azilantët shqiptarë’, Lajm Ekskluzive, ((Prishtina, Kosova) 6 February 2006.
• Zëri i Ditës: Kultura Supplement. (Prishtina, Kosova) ‘Sukseset e shqiptarëve nëpër botë: Dr Gëzim Alpion, një dramë në skenat britanike kushtuar emigrantëve shqiptareë’. No. 121, 2 February 2006, pp. 1, 21.
• Andoni, Ben. ‘Nipi i kryeministrit britanik, “azilant” Kosovë!’ ABC (Tirana, Albania), No. 19, 16 January 2006. <www.abc.com.al>  See "Articles".
• Veliu, Muhamed. ‘Dr Gëzim Alpion vë në skenë dramë për shqiptarët në mërgim’, Albanian Mail, (London, UK) 14 January 2006. <www.albanianmail.co.uk>  See "Articles".
• Demo, Elsa. ‘Sikur të vdekurit të dëgjonin’, Shekulli (Tirana, Albania) No. 11 (2824), 14 January 2006. <www.shekulli.com.al>  See "Articles".
• Qafoku, Roland. ‘Si trajtohen shqiptarët në Angli’, Tirana Observer (Tirana, Albania) No. 8 (249), 13 January 2006, pp. 1; 20. <www.tiranaobserver.com>  See "Articles".
• Neziraj, Jeton. ‘Drama e Alpion vihet në skenë në Birmingham’, Lajm Ekskluzive (Prishtina, Kosova) 20 December 2005, p. 16.
• Andoni, Ben. ‘Një premierë tjetër e shqiptarit Gëzim Alpion’, ABC (Tirana, Albania) 15 November 2005. <www.abc.com.al>; the article was also printed in Albanian (London, UK), December 2005, p. 11. <www.gazetaalbania.co.uk>  See "Articles".
• Ukshini, Xhevat. ‘Edhe një dramë shqiptare në teatrin anglez: Në janar, në Birmingham të Anglisë, premiera e dramës së Gëzim Alpion’, Zëri i Ditës (Prishtina, Kosova), Western Edition, No. 1120, p. 8; Prishtina Edition, No. 1802, 11 November 2005, p. 26.
• Terziu, Fatmir. ‘Dramë shqiptare në skenën angleze – Intervistë me Dr Gëzim Alpion, shkrimtarin shqiptar në Britaninë e Madhe, profesor në Universitetin e Birmingamit’. April 2003. <www.agimi.com>