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Neil King and Neil Callin talk to cast, crew and creatives involved in bringing Manx Theatre to life. Produced by the Manx Theatre Podcast.

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    • May 26, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    "Calendar Girls: The Musical"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 49:22


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Lisa Kreisky, Kristene Wilson and Peter Shimmin from Stage Door Entertainment IOM ahead of their production of "Calendar Girls: The Musical" which opens this Thursday the 29th May 2025.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Episode 66: Macbeth

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 66:55


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Iain Thomas Dixon, Gemma Varnom, Charlie Williams and Tony Eccles from Parodos Theatre Company ahead of their production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, which runs at the Gaiety Theatre from the 3rd to the 5th of April.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Everyone's talking about Jamie

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 48:23


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Bethan Owen, Tracey McCann and Maryse Marie Andrea from the Manx Operatic Society ahead of opening night of their production of 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie' at the Gaiety Theatre, this Friday night.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Chicago

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 33:39


    In this episode Neil chats with Jordan McCormack, Evie Skillicorn and Natalie Smith from the Douglas Choral Union, ahead of their production of Chicago which opens at the Gaiety Theatre this Friday night 7th February 2025.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Dick Whittington

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 26:32


    In this episode Neil chats with several members of the cast and production team from Stage-Ed's 2024 Gaiety Theatre Pantomime Dick Whittington which opens this Friday evening, 20th December.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Calendar Girls

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 23:41


    In this episode Neil chats with Lisa Kreisky and Kristene Wilson from Stage Door Entertainments, to talk about their 2025 production of Calendar Girls and their efforts to raise funds to produce the show and donate to The Big Manx Community Charity.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Clue

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 50:02


    In this episode Neil chats with Kelly Firth and Ben Davenport from the The Service Players ahead of their Production of Clue which opens at the Gaiety Theatre this Thursday evening 14th November 2024.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Fame: School Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 15:38


    In this episode Neil chats with several members of the cast of Ballakermeen High School's upcoming production of Fame: School Edition, which is playing in the Ballakermeen Studio Theatre from the 12th to the 15th November 2024.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Episode 59 - School of Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 47:12


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Joey Wylde and Alex Duncan from Centre Stage Productions ahead of their production of School of Rock, which runs at the Gaiety Theatre from the 19th to 26th October 2024

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Yn Draamey - Candles

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 42:09


    In this episode Neil chats with Chris and Suzannah Maybury froim Yn Draamey ahead of their production of 'Candles' which tells the tale of the 1897 Snaefell Mining Disaster and plays at the Gaiety Theatre on Friday 20th & Saturday 21st September 2024.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Jersey Boys

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 56:32


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Two FeathersProductions' founder and Producer Alex Toohey and one half of their DirectorialDream Team, Mark Hilton, ahead of their production of 'Jersey Boys: The Storyof frankie Valli and The Four Seasons' which opens at the Gaiety on Friday 12thJuly 2024.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - The Girl on the Train

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 33:59


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Director Kim Quine and leading lady Rachael Joughin ahead of The Service Payers production of The Girl on the Train, which opens at the Gaiety Theatre this Thursday 27th June 2024.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Ben Karran

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 75:14


    In this episode Neil Callin catches up with Manx born West End performer Ben Karran, whilst on a brief visit home, and chats about his career in professional Musical Theatre and his training at ArtsEd.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - The Community Jukebox

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 27:12


    In the episode Neil Callin chats with Danielle Bridson from The Arts Hub and Dave Rowles from The Rock Project and three of their students Lara Johnson, Catherine McLean and George Penrose. The Arts Hub, The Rock Project and Unity Dance have combined their talents as the Community Collective and are staging the Community Jukebox at the Gaiety Theatre on the 23rd & 24th May 2024.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Oliver

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 77:48


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Victoria McLaughlan, Mark Dougherty and Jonathan Sleight from the Manx Operatic Society's production of Lionel Bart's Oliver which open this Saturday night at the Gaiety Theatre.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Steel Magnolias

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 31:44


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Lisa Kreisky and Kristene Sutcliffe from Stage Door Entertainments ahead of their production of Steel Magnolias which opens at the Ballakermeen Studio Theatre on Thursday 14th March 2024.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Evita

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2024 56:53


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with performers Matt Creer and Lauren Molyneux from the Douglas Choral Union's production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita which opens this Friday, 9th February 2024 at the Gaiety Theatre.

    Manx Theatre Legends - Tony Hawkes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 54:59


    In this episode, the first in a new series of Manx Theatre Legends, Neil Callin welcomes Tony Hawkes, a true Manx theatre legend, and chats about his long and illustrious career in Manx Theatre.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - 'Witness for the Prosecution'

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 60:32


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with John and Sharon Walker from The Service Players ahead of their upcoming production of Agatha Christie's 'Witness for the Prosecution' at the Gaiety Theatre from the 9th to 11th November 2023.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Merchant of Venice

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 66:37


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Charlie Williams, Thomas Iain Dixon, Bryony Grant and Meg Walker from Parodos Theatre Company ahead of their open air production of The Merchant of Venice in the Villa Marina Gardens from the 7th to 9th of September.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - The Full Monty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 36:26


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Sue Tummon and Ben Heath from Two Feathers' upcoming debut production of The Full Monty, which opens at the Gaiety Theatre on Saturday 15th of July 2023.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - One Man, Two Guvnors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023 60:54


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with his fellow cast members Toby Smith and Michelle Cain and Director Darren Webb ahead of the Service Players Production of One Man, Two Guvnors which opens at the Gaiety Theatre On Thursday 22nd June 2023.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Six the Musical: Teen Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 29:31


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Claire Temple, Head of Music at St Ninian's High School and four of the cast from their upcoming production of Six the Musical: Teen Edition which is showing at Bemahague School from the 28th to 30th March 2023.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Peter Shimmin & Kensington Arts

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 54:16


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Peter Shimmin, the Creative Development Co-Ordinator at Kensington Arts, about the upcoming events at Kensington Arts and his background in the performing arts.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - The Merchant of Venice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 32:09


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Charlie Williams and Alex Armstrong from Parodos Theatre Company as they get ready to launch the audition material for their July 2023 production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Young Frankenstein

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 52:02


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with performers Sue Tummon and Geoff Pugh ahead of their appearance in the Douglas Choral Union's upcoming production of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein at the Gaiety Theatre.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - 'Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 28:39


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Lisa Kreisky and Krissy Sutcliffe from Stage Door Entertainment ahead of their production of Elegies for Angels Punks and Raging Queens at the Ballakermeen Studio Theatre from the 24th to 26th November 2022.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Night Must Fall

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 45:24


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with David Dawson and Rachel Martin from The Service Players ahead of their 80th Anniversary production of 'Night Must Fall' by Emlyn Williams, which runs at the Gaiety Theatre from the 10th to 12th November 2022.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Grease

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022 33:06


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Director Bethany Magee and performer Jordan McCormack ahead of Centre Stage Productions' production of Grease, which hits the Gaiety stage this weekend.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - 42nd Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 66:58


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Kate Stobart, Reece McGowan and Harrison Langham from the Taylorian Productions production of 42nd Street which opens at the Gaiety Theatre this Saturday 6th August 2022.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Once

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 34:54


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Grainne Joughin, Chloe Woolley and Laura Corkhill from the forthcoming Three Legs Production of Once at the Gaiety Theatre from 31st August to 3rd September.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Dick Barton: Special Agent

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 46:25


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Kim Quine and Toby Smith from The Service Players ahead of their production of 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' which is playing at the Gaiety Theatre from 23rd to 25th June 2022.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Yn Draamey - Roald Dahl's The Witches

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 47:00


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Chris and Susannah Maybury from Yn Draamey Community Theatre ahead of their production of Roald Dahl's 'The Witches' at the Gaiety Theatre on the 11th & 12th May 2022.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Much Ado About Nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2022 48:50


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Charlie Williams, Peter Wicks and Lisa Smith from Parodos Theatre Company ahead of their debut production of Much Ado About Nothing, which is playing at The King's Court Theatre from the 7th to 9th April 2022.

    Sweeney Todd Part 3 - Gemma Varnom

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 48:28


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with one of the newest leading ladies of Manx Theatre, Gemma Varnom, ahead of her performances as Mrs Lovett in the Manx Operatic Society's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Gaiety Theatre from the 12th to 18th March.

    Sweeney Todd Part 2 - Hannah Clinton & Alex Maxwell

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 48:36


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with two up and coming stars of Manx Theatre, Hannah Clinton and Alex Maxwell, ahead of their performances as Johanna and Anthony in the Manx Operatic Society's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Gaiety Theatre from the 5th to 12th March.

    Sweeney Todd Part 1 - David Artus

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 52:59


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with legend of Manx Theatre, David Artus ahead of his performance as Sweeney Todd in the Manx Operatic Society's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Gaiety Theatre from the 5th to 12th March.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 42:13


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Douglas Choral Union performers Iain Dixon and Tony Eccles and Musical Director Liz Dixon, ahead of their upcoming production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Gaiety Theatre.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Shirley Valentine

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 18:26


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Lisa Kreisky ahead of her performances in Parker Snell's one woman show Shirley Valentine which plays at the Gaiety Theatre from Thursday 25th to Saturday 27th November 2021.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - Two Feathers: Alex Toohey

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 47:37


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Alex Toohey about his career in theatre so far and his future plans as he launches Two Feathers Productions.

    Manx Theatre Podcast - A Chorus Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 50:52


    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Liam Behan and Natalie Nixon from the company of Taylorian Productions' upcoming production of 'A Chorus Line' which opens at The Gaiety Theatre on Saturday 7th August.

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