Northern Stage Theatre Podcast

This week on the Northern Stage's podcast. we talk to theatre director and actor Maria Crocker. Maria tells us about the transition from actor to director, working at the National Theatre, getting boxer as a career option, and making theatre like Gogglebox. It's a thoroughly whizzy hour. Recorded on Monday 12th October 2020. Download the transcript here. Notes Maria Crocker on Twitter: twitter.com/maria_crocker Rachel Chavkin: http://theteamplays.org/about/core-company/rachel-chavkin/ The Team: http://theteamplays.org/ JMK Trust: https://www.jmktrust.org/ Hadestown: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/hadestown Greyscale Theatre Company: https://www.greyscale.org.uk/ Pinocchio: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/pinocchio John Tiffany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tiffany Mood Music: https://www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2018/mood-music Headlong: https://headlong.co.uk/ The Letter Room: http://www.theletterroomtheatre.co.uk/

This week we talk to writer, performer, and water drinking human Luca Rutherford. We chat about being a solo maker and how many people that requires, reading and not reading books and apple and cinnamon pancakes. It's a properly great hour with a properly great person. Give it a listen. Download the transcript here. Notes Audre Lorde - https://alp.org/about/audre Linda Bloomfield blog - https://www.lindajbloomfield.com/news-and-blog/the-value-of-theatre-and-some-other-thoughts Tanuja Amarasuriya - http://sleepdogs.org/ Melanie Wilson - https://melaniewilson.org.uk/ Bethany Wells - http://cargocollective.com/bethanywells Jenni Jackson - https://www.jenniferjackson.net/ Maria Crocker - https://twitter.com/maria_crocker Lizzie J Klotz - https://www.lizziejklotz.co.uk/ Camisado Club: https://www.camisadoclub.co.uk/ Luca's details: twitter: LucaRutherford | Instagram: luca_rutherford | website: www.luca-rutherford.co.uk

This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we talk to Bethan Kitchen from BRASH Theatre. BRASH make bold educational theatre for teenagers and make sex education relevant, political, and unafraid. Bethan & Mark discuss creating noise around issues that regularly get ignored, empowering young people to make decisions for themselves, the juggling act of running a company, and Married at First Sight Australia. It's eclectic and that is a wonderful thing. Give it a listen. Recorded on Monday 21st September 2020. Download the transcript here. Notes BRASH Theatre website: https://www.brashtheatre.co.uk/ Raising Shame: https://www.brashtheatre.co.uk/raising-shame Streetwise: https://www.streetwisenorth.org.uk/ Roma Yagnik: https://www.romayagnik.co.uk/ Byker Audio Stories: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/Pages/FAQs/Category/byker-audio-stories Married at First Sight Australia: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/married-at-first-sight-australia

The Northern Stage Theatre Podcast is back, back, back! This week, we talk to Anna Robinson a freelance Stage Designer/Sceneographer. We talk about the myriad of skills needed to take an idea from a director's head and fully realise it with time constraints, multiple relationships to manage and all of the time making sure that you produce something remarkable for audiences to enjoy. Anna also talks about working on Scene Change - a community of theatre designers taking action for theatre - and setting up the North East Theatre Creative Network. It's a totally fascinating hour. Give it a listen. Download the transcript here. Notes Anna Robinson: https://arobinsonscene.com/ Young Company: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/Pages/Category/young-people-16-21 Hackney Empire: https://hackneyempire.co.uk/ Peter Brooks 11 & 12: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/feb/11/11-and-12-review The Secret Theatre: https://secrettheatre.com/ A Streetcar Named Desire: https://lyrictheatre.co.uk/event/a-streetcar-named-desire/ Rhys Jarman: https://rhysjarman.com/ Gecko Theatre: https://www.geckotheatre.com/ The Wedding: https://www.geckotheatre.com/the-wedding Peter Brook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Brook Scene Change: https://www.scene-change.com/ Scene Change at Northern Stage: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/news/designers-continue-to-wrap-theatres-in-message-of-hope You're Dead To Me Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07mdbhg/episodes/downloads National Geographic Tutankhamoon: https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/tuts-treasures-hidden-secrets/3vX7PKSXJd09 Disney Plus Imagineering Story: https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/the-imagineering-story/6ryoXv1e1rWW Malcolm Gladwell's Talking To Strangers: https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Strangers-Should-about-People-ebook/dp/B07NDKVWZW

This week's episode of the Northern Stage Podcast is a must-listen for any cultural freelancers, or anyone looking to get into freelancing, or anyone who just likes a really good podcast chat. The amazing Leila D'Aronville talks about setting up the community group Tyne & Wear Cultural Freelancers, how she got into freelancing herself, her work at Sage Gateshead, and with many other great cultural initiatives, as well as appearing in front of the House of Lords, and a top tip for a great Vegan Cheesecake. It's a simply marvelous hour of podcast goodness. Have a listen. Download the transcript here. Notes Tyne & Wear Cultural Freelancers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/culturalfreelancers Leila D'Aronville on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dangerville?s=20 Bretton Hall: https://www.bretton-hall.com/ Sage Gateshead: sagegateshead.com Mongrel UK: https://www.facebook.com/MongrelUK/ Bridge North East: http://www.bridgenortheast.com/ Northern Roots: https://northern-roots.org.uk/ Asunder: https://www.1418now.org.uk/commissions/asunder/ Freedom City: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/archive/2018/04/freedomcityexhibition/ Jumpin Hot Club: http://www.jumpinhot.com/ Journal Culture Awards: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/journal-gazette-culture-awards-2020-17668227 Wor Culture: https://forms.ncl.ac.uk/view.php?id=8390560 Arts Council: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ Department of Culture Media & Sport (DCMS): https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-digital-culture-media-sport What's Next? Young Vic: https://www.whatnextculture.co.uk/chapters/young-vic/ The Cumberland Arms: http://www.thecumberlandarms.co.uk/ Simply Cheesecake: https://www.facebook.com/simplycheesecake.co.uk/ Mean Eyed Cat: https://www.meaneyedcat.co.uk/ The Cluny: https://thecluny.com/ Dynasty: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80179394 Buffy The Vampire Slayer: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/buffy-the-vampire-slayer

This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we have a conversation with two members of the Artistic & Creative Team behind theatre company The Six Twenty - Artistic Director Melanie Rashbrooke and Project Coordinator Steven Blackshaw. Melanie & Steven talk about setting fire to what theatre can be by turning it into an experience that begins well before the curtain rises and long after it drops and making head-banging new theatre for a good night out. Just like The Six Twenty's programme, this isn't a sit down shut up podcast. It should be enjoyed at maximum volume. Transcript available here. Notes The Six Twenty: https://thesixtwenty.com/ The Six Twenty Current Shows: Redcoat, Busy, Mixtape, The Breakfast Club & Club Six Twenty: https://thesixtwenty.com/current/ The Six Twenty Past Shows: Fans, Breakfast Heart/Choirplay & Hamlet: https://thesixtwenty.com/past-shows-events/ The Newbridge Project: https://thenewbridgeproject.com/ Live Theatre: https://www.live.org.uk/ gobscure: https://gobscure.wixsite.com/info Coracle: https://mattjamie1.wixsite.com/coracle Alphabetti: https://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/ The Paper Birds Theatre Company: https://www.thepaperbirds.com/ Summer Streets Festival: https://www.facebook.com/SummerStreetsFestival/ GIFT Festival: https://www.giftfestival.co.uk/ The Sims: https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims The Awkward Yeti: https://theawkwardyeti.com/ Story of my F******* Life: https://www.instagram.com/storyofmyfuckinglife/?hl=en GrownUpLand: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05ys9yl Off The Menu: https://www.offmenupodcast.co.uk/ Louis Theroux Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p089sfrz/episodes/downloads

This week on the Northern Stage Podcast we talk to Annie Rigby of Unfolding Theatre. Annie talks about figuring out how to make the theatre you want to make, trying to remember the words for Talking Heads songs, and her love of darts. It's a proper good conversation, packed full of great thinking, laughter and one that will pick you up if you need a little pick me up. Have a listen and a much needed laugh. Download the transcript here. Notes: Unfolding Theatre: https://www.unfoldingtheatre.co.uk/ Hold On Let Go: https://www.unfoldingtheatre.co.uk/hold-on-let-go Best In The World: https://www.unfoldingtheatre.co.uk/best-in-the-world Putting The Band Back Together: https://www.unfoldingtheatre.co.uk/putting-the-band-back-together Multiverse Arcade: https://www.unfoldingtheatre.co.uk/multiverse-arcade Clore Leadership Programme: https://www.cloreleadership.org/ Phelim McDermott: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phelim_McDermott Improbable Theatre: https://www.improbable.co.uk/ Open Clasp Theatre Company: https://www.openclasp.org.uk/ Dodgy Clutch Theatre Company: http://dodgyclutch.com/home/ Theatre Sans Frontier: https://www.tsf.org.uk/ North East Theatre Guide: http://www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/ Amy Golding: https://curiousmonkeytheatre.com/about-us/ Curious Monkey: https://curiousmonkeytheatre.com/ Kate Craddock: https://www.britishcouncil.us/programmes/arts/generate/participants/kate-craddock Once In A Lifetime – Talking Heads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=5IsSpAOD6K8 Paul Smith: https://twitter.com/paulsmithmusic Battersea Arts Centre: https://www.bac.org.uk/ Richard Duffy: http://everything-theatre.co.uk/tag/richard-duffy Ross Millard: https://twitter.com/rgtmillard Alan Lyddiard: https://twitter.com/alanlydd Erica Whyman: https://twitter.com/ericawhyman Selina Thompson: https://selinathompson.co.uk/ Mariam Rezaei: https://twitter.com/mariamrezaei Becky Owen: https://beccyowen.bandcamp.com/ Brendan Murphy: http://www.brendanmurphy.me/ Imogen Cloet: https://www.imogencloet.com/ Luca Rutherford: http://www.luca-rutherford.co.uk/ Woodhorn Museum: https://museumsnorthumberland.org.uk/woodhorn-museum/ The Quest of Missing Questions: https://museumsnorthumberland.org.uk/news/woodhorn-museum-marks-reopening-with-the-quest-of-missing-questions Bethan Maddox: http://www.bethanmaddocks.com/ Ruth Johnson: https://www.ruthmaryjohnson.com/ Alphabetti Theatre: https://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/ Seven Stories: https://www.sevenstories.org.uk/ Dance City: https://www.dancecity.co.uk/ North East Culture Social: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/ne-culture-social Mortal Fools: https://www.mortalfools.org.uk/ Fuel Theatre: https://fueltheatre.com/ Alison Carr: https://alisoncarr.co.uk/ Flights: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flights-WINNER-BOOKER-INTERNATIONAL-PRIZE/dp/1910695432 Drive Your Plow Over Bones: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drive-Your-Plow-over-Bones/dp/1910695718 Primeval and Other Times: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Primeval-Other-Times-Olga-Tokarczuk/dp/8086264351 Girl Woman Other: https://www.waterstones.com/book/girl-woman-other/bernardine-evaristo/9780241984994 I May Destroy You: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000jyxy/i-may-destroy-you Gardeners World: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006mw1h/gardeners-world GoggleBox: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/gogglebox/on-demand/62780-001

This week, Mark catches up with Alphabetti Theatre's creator and Artistic & Executive Director, Ali Pritchard. Ali tells us about wanting to be the UK's Jack Black and nearly singing for the UK at Eurovision, his skills as a plumber and accountant, and we find out more about the incredible and game changing grassroots theatre that is Alphabetti. A truly joyous listen from start to finish, with extra special guest appearances from Rex the dog and Paula Penman. It's eclectic. Transcript available to download here. Notes Alphabetti Theatre: https://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/ BETTi Recommends: https://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/bettirecommends Alphabetti Online Performances: https://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/online-performances Inua Ellams: http://www.inuaellams.com/ Holy Moly and the Crackers: https://www.holymolyandthecrackers.com/ 'Theatre that made us' article in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jul/10/theatres-that-made-us-sophie-stone-suzi-ruffell The Tin Ring: https://www.thetinring.com/ Academy of Contemporary Music: https://www.acm.ac.uk/ Northumbria University Theatre & Performance BA: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/study-at-northumbria/courses/ba-hons-theatre-and-performance-uustpe1/ Madlug: https://www.madlug.com/ Bonnie & the Bonnettes: https://www.bonnieandthebonnettes.co.uk/ The Dog & Parrot: http://thedogandparrot.co.uk/ Live Theatre: https://www.live.org.uk/ ARC Stockton: https://arconline.co.uk/ Woven Nest: https://www.facebook.com/wovennesttheatre/ Sunday for Sammy: https://www.sundayforsammy.org/ The Ballinger Charitable Trust: https://www.ballingercharitabletrust.org.uk/

This week, we caught up with playwright, director, Open Clasp Associate Director and clown doctor Laura Lindow. We talk to Laura about how she went from making virtuoso hot chocolates to writing such Northern Stage smash hits as The War of the Worlds and The Snow Queen and Cap-a-Pie's Woven Bones, the need for wine budgets, and the stages of the writing process including the Formless Hunch and Active Mulling. Enjoy. Transcript available to download here. Resource links: Laura Lindow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tantaloupe?lang=en Open Clasp Theatre Company: https://www.openclasp.org.uk/ Theatre Workshop Stocksbridge: https://www.edinburghguide.com/venue/theatreworkshopformer Northumbria University Theatre & Performance BA: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/study-at-northumbria/courses/ba-hons-theatre-and-performance-uustpe1/ Live Theatre: https://www.live.org.uk/ The Empty Space: https://www.esonline.org/ Heartbreak Soup: https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/heartbreaksoup-rev Edinburgh Festival Fringe: https://www.edfringe.com/ Leighton Live: https://www.facebook.com/leightonhall.live/ Cap-a-Pie: https://www.cap-a-pie.co.uk/ Woven Bones: https://www.cap-a-pie.co.uk/woven-bones/ Credit: https://www.cap-a-pie.co.uk/credit/ The Adam Buxton Podcast: https://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts Spoonface Steinberg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonface_Steinberg Key Change: https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/key-change Writers Group - Royal Court: https://royalcourttheatre.com/playwriting/writers-groups/ The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud5jsvC1x4g NORTH The War of the Worlds: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/feb/02/the-war-of-the-worlds-review-hg-wells The Snow Queen: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/news/cast-and-creative-team-announced-for-the-snow-queen A Play, A Pint and A Pie: https://playpiepint.com/ Traverse Theatre: https://www.traverse.co.uk/ Playwrights' Studio Scotland: https://www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/ Sea Window Craster: https://twitter.com/seaskycraster?lang=en Caroline Bird: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/caroline-bird

This week we talk to the phenomenal Erica Whyman once of Northern Stage and now the Deputy Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Erica talks to us about her experience of last 18 weeks: from closing shows while having symptoms to how she sees the future for our industry all delivered with a healthy dose of idealism. Hope you enjoy Transcript available to download here. Resource links: Royal Shakespeare Company: https://www.rsc.org.uk/ The WInter's Tale: https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-winters-tale The Comedy of Errors: https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-comedy-of-errors Matilda: https://uk.matildathemusical.com/#coronavirus-modal The Other Place: https://www.rsc.org.uk/your-visit/the-other-place Shakespeare's Stratford: https://www.rsc.org.uk/your-visit/shakespeares-stratford Southwark Playhouse: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/ Swan Theatre: https://www.rsc.org.uk/your-visit/swan-theatre Maria Aberg: http://www.mariaaberg.com/ Project Europa: https://www.rsc.org.uk/news/projekt-europa Gate Theatre: https://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/ The Whip: https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-whip/ Juliet Gilkes Romero: https://www.julietgilkesromero.co.uk/ The Mill Art Centre: https://www.themillartscentre.co.uk/ Scene Change: https://www.scene-change.com/ The Crucible Sheffield: https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/ Tarek Iskander: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/dec/21/new-artistic-director-of-battersea-arts-centre-is-tarek-iskander Battersea Arts Centre: https://www.bac.org.uk/

This week on the Northern Stage podcast we have a conversation with the Hannah Goudie-Hunter and Bob Nicholson the magical folks behind Kitchen Zoo. Bob, Hannah & Mark chat about making processes, the demands of doing every job to get something in front of an audience and the value of family work and how it's viewed. This is a great chance to look behind the curtain and delve into Kitchen Zoo's rehearsal room to find out just how they make their incredible shows. Special thanks to Katie Doherty and Jeremy Bradfield for the original compositions heard within this recording. Download the transcript here. Resources Kitchen Zoo: https://www.facebook.com/KitchenZoo/ The Owl and the Pussycat: https://youtu.be/tl4E_L5N7kw The Tin Foil Astronaut: https://arconline.co.uk/whats-on/family/the-tin-foil-astronaut-0 The Three Bears: https://arconline.co.uk/whats-on/family/the-three-bears WOLF!: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1522304367894020 NORTH: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/north-companies-2019 ARC Stockton: https://arconline.co.uk/ Camisado Club: https://www.camisadoclub.co.uk/ Brad McComick part of: https://www.cap-a-pie.co.uk/ Alison Ashton: https://www.alisonashton.co.uk/ Jeremy Bradfield: https://jeremybradfield.bandcamp.com/ Katie Doherty: https://www.katiedoherty.co.uk/ Matthew Tuckey: https://www.matthewtuckey.co.uk/ Ruth Mary Johnson: https://www.ruthmaryjohnson.com/ Wally Funk's Race for Space: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wally-Funks-Race-Space-Extraordinary/dp/1908906340 Bridge Theatre A Midsummer Night's Dream: https://bridgetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/a-midsummer-nights-dream/ National Theatre Small Island: http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/73263-small-island The WInd in the Willows: https://www.willowsmusical.com/ I May Destroy You: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000jyxy/i-may-destroy-you Killing Eve: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p06jy6bc/killing-eve Normal People: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p089g8rs/normal-people

This week's episode is a full-on happiness injection. Mark and Louie speak to the Ambassadors of positivity and fun Hannabiell Sanders & Yilis Suriel. We talk about the Harambee Pasadia festival a 4-day family camping extravaganza in celebration of diverse cultures, foods, music, artists, and fusions of the African diaspora, in a conversation packed full of great thinking, positivity and laughter, something we all need right now. Have a listen it will lift your soul Download the transcript here. Resources Harambee Pasadia: https://www.harambeepasadia.com/ Ladies of Midnight Blue: https://www.hannabiell.com/ladies-of-midnight-blue.html Volunteer Scotland: https://www.volunteerscotland.net/ Angelou Centre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angelou_Centre Leading Link: http://www.leadinglink.co.uk/ Jack Drum Arts: https://www.jackdrum.co.uk/ Northern Alchemy: https://www.wearenorthernalchemy.com/ The Cumberland Arms: http://www.thecumberlandarms.co.uk/ Rutgers Centre for Latino Arts & Culture: http://clac.rutgers.edu/ Naomi Klein 'The Shock Doctrine - The Rise of Disaster Capitalism': https://tsd.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine.html Performance, Ethos, & Everyday Activism | Ladies of Midnight Blue | TEDxNewcastle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BfScWQIjwA

This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, Mark and Humira talk to sound designer and artist, Matthew Tuckey. In this conversation, we talk to Matt about sound, its complexities, its abilities, and its infinite possibilities to shape stories. There are some really exciting opportunities that sound offers for the future of the theatre industry by offering other platforms to showcase the work made within the region. So please do check out Matt's webinars from the 13th to the 20th and the 27th of July - find out more here. Download the transcript here. Resource links: An Introduction to Audio Drama: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-audio-drama-and-voiceover-recording-techniques-tickets-111801806212 Nick John Williams: http://www.nickjohnwilliams.co.uk/ A Christmas Carol: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/news/cast-and-creative-team-announced-for-a-christmas-carol Alice in Wonderland: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/news/cast-and-creative-team-announcement-alice-in-wonderland Mortal Fools: https://www.mortalfools.org.uk/ Alphabetti Theatre: https://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/ Novo Productions: https://www.novoproductions.co.uk/

This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we get curious with Phil Douglas, Artistic Director of Curious Arts - a producer, curator, leader and change maker. In this conversation Mark talks with Phil about enabling change, following an idea that is driven by heart and moving a festival on line. Hope you enjoy. Download the transcript here. Resource links: Curious Arts: https://curiousarts.org.uk/ Dance City: https://www.dancecity.co.uk/ Queer Arts North: https://curiousarts.org.uk/queer-arts-north Audio Queer and Stay Home Stay Queer: https://curiousarts.org.uk/projects Homotopia Festival: https://www.homotopia.net/ Contact Manchester: https://contactmcr.com/ dandysocpic: https://twitter.com/dandysocpic Mandla Rae: http://artreach.biz/our-people/mandla-rae/ Ro Hardaker: http://www.rohardaker.co.uk/ Roma Havers: https://twitter.com/amorbackwards Bordello Theatre: https://www.bordellotheatre.net/ Ricky Beedle-Blair: https://twitter.com/RikkiBB Jen Carss: https://www.theatre.mmu.ac.uk/profile/jennifer-carss/ Queerious Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/queeriouspodcast Zoe Murtagh: https://arconline.co.uk/zoe-murtagh Richard Bliss: https://thenewbridgeproject.com/portfolio/richard-bliss/ Spectacular Drag Storytime: https://www.sevenstories.org.uk/whats-on/events/860/spectacular-drag-storytime Lawnmowers Theatre Company: https://www.facebook.com/LawnmowersITC/ Jeffery Epstein: Filthy Rich: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80224905 Athlete A: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81034185

This week we have our first international guest as Louie speaks to activist, director, writer, actor, aerialist, change maker and enabler Rosa Stourac McCreery who is all the way in Canada. Our conversation takes us through theatrical forms of Theatre of the Oppressed, community theatre, legislative theatre. Rosa also speaks about her work making theatre for social change with Cardboard Citizens and as a founding member of social enterprise skate park Dynamix. A fascinating insight into the application of theatre in different cultural and creative settings. Download the transcript here. Resource Links: Theatre of The Oppressed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_the_Oppressed Cardboard Citizens: https://cardboardcitizens.org.uk/ Dynamix: https://www.dynamixcic.org/ Red Ladder Theatre Company: http://www.redladder.co.uk/ Rock Against Racism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Racism Martha Gellhorn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Gellhorn Charles Mungoshi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mungoshi Augusto Boal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Boal Tin Arts: http://tinarts.co.uk/ The Encounter - Complicite: http://www.complicite.org/productions/theencounter A Doll's House: http://www.tanikagupta.com/a-dolls-house/ The Grizzlies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grizzlies Killing Eve: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p06jy6bc/killing-eve Schitt's Creek: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80036165 Jared Diamond: Guns, Germs and Steel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs,_and_Steel Yanis Varoufakis: Talking To My Daughter About The Economy: https://www.waterstones.com/book/talking-to-my-daughter-about-the-economy/yanis-varoufakis/9781784705756 Miriam Toews: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Toews

This week, we move to a series of conversations that explore where we find ourselves as a country, and as an interconnected world. We're examining the role the arts, and artists, have in reflecting that world, and in making and shaping it. This conversation is between Louie and Martin Hylton, Artistic Director of Gateway Studios – joined by writer, theatre maker in the making, and Executive Assistant Humira Imtiaiz and of course, our Podcast Producer, Johnny Rothwell. This episode is an emotionally honest expression and exploration of the stark realities and difficult experiences that racism in all its forms, causes, and how we are more than ever overdue the change that we are seeking. Download the transcript here. Resource Links: Gateway Studio Project: https://www.gatewaystudios.co.uk/ Northern School of Contemporary Dance: https://www.nscd.ac.uk/ Phoenix Dance Theatre: https://www.phoenixdancetheatre.co.uk/ Tees Valley Dance: https://www.facebook.com/Tees-Valley-Dance-286854274806681/ Dance City: https://www.dancecity.co.uk/ Clore Leadership Programme: https://www.cloreleadership.org/ Where Do We Belong Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-DijhCKi6Q

This week, Mark and Louie had an extraordinary, funny and life-affirming conversation with director, writer, teacher, activist and rebel punk rocker Vici Wreford Sinnott. Vici is the Artistic Director of Little Cog, an exciting arts organisation specialising in Disability Art, theatre, and training and in this episode we discover more about the being on the edges of the status quo, trying to bring about change with engaging and exciting work, and having a boss night out. Warning: this episode may make you cry (in a good way). Transcript available to download here. Resource links: Little Cog: www.viciwreford-sinnott.com/little-cog.html Disonsortia: disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/disconsortia-a-disabled-artist-led-consortium-of-extraordinary-voices/ Disability Arts Online: disabilityarts.online/ ARCADEA: www.arcadea.org/ Another England: www.viciwreford-sinnott.com/another-england---a-punch-packed-play-by-disabled-writer-is-a-call-to-action.html Siege: homemcr.org/production/siege-part-1/ Homemakers: homemcr.org/event/homemakers/ North East Culture Social: www.northernstage.co.uk/ne-culture-social Gateway Studios: www.gatewaystudios.co.uk/ ARC Stockon Arts Centre: https://arconline.co.uk/

This week, Mark & Louie talk to Matthew Xia the Artistic Director of Actors Touring Company. Matthew is a director, composer, broadcaster, journalist and DJ and one fo the first DJ's on Radio 1 Extra and in this conversation we talk with Matthew about process, rehearsal rooms, opportunity and of course music. This is a great hour, which we hope will make you feel really energised and eager to get into a rehearsal room and make something afterwards. Transcript available to download here. Resource links: Actors Touring Company (ATC): www.atctheatre.com Orange Tree Theatre: www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk/ Amsterdam (play): www.atctheatre.com/productions/amsterdam-2020 International Performing Rights: https://iprltd.co.uk/ Chiarsocuro: stagedoorapp.com/lyn-gardner/review-chiaroscuro?ia=254 Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester: www.royalexchange.co.uk

This week, we've got the sequel to last week's Shandyland episode as Mark and Matt chat to Gareth Farr, the writer of Shandyland, Gareth also wrote The Bridge, The Quiet House and Britannia Waves the Rules. It's a corker with Gareth giving a great insight into his writing process, teaching, the nerves of press night and winning the Bruntwood Prize. Transcript available to download here. Resource links: Gareth Farr – Curtis Brown page: www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/gareth-farr Hannah Banister - Curtis Brown page: www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/hannah-banister The Quiet House: www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/plays/the-quiet-house-iid-179381 Brittania Waves the Rules: www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/plays/britannia-waves-the-rules-iid-187700 The Bridge: www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/gareth-farr/work/the-bridge-3 The Old Vic 12: www.oldvictheatre.com/join-in/for-creatives/the-old-vic-12 The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC): www.rsc.org.uk The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting: www.writeaplay.co.uk Arts Ed: artsed.co.uk Royal Exchange Theatre: www.royalexchange.co.uk In The Dark - podcast: www.apmreports.org/in-the-dark You're Dead To Me - podcast: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07mdbhg/episodes/downloads The Secret Lives of Colour by Kassia St Clair - available from all good and evil bookshops Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield - available from all good and evil bookshops

Mark and Matt chat to director an theatre maker Hannah Banister about taking time, how to navigate the ups and downs, ins and outs of the theatre industry and Shandyland, our new co-production which Hannah was directing and would have been on at Northern Stage this month. Hannah is at all times funny, honest and full of clarity. It's such a great listen… we hope you enjoy. Transcript available to download here. Resource links: Hannah Banister - Curtis Brown page: www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/hannah-banister Gareth Farr – Curtis Brown page: www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/gareth-farr Newcastle College: www.ncl-coll.ac.uk Royal Central School of Speech & Drama www.cssd.ac.uk Hampstead Theatre: www.hampsteadtheatre.com Ed Hall - Enlightenment: www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on/2010/enlightenment/ Max Webster - Life of Pi: www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/news/life-of-pi-director-gives-us-a-sneak-peek-into-rehearsals Nina Raine - Tiger Country www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on/2014/tiger-country/ Jeremy Herrin - The Tempest: globeplayer.tv/videos/the-tempest-english Old Vic - New Voices: ovnv.lgfl.org.uk/ The Old Vic 12: www.oldvictheatre.com/join-in/for-creatives/the-old-vic-12 I Killed Rasputin – Richard Herring play: www.richardherring.com/ikr/ National Theatre: New Work Department: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/about-the-national-theatre/new-work The JMK Award: www.jmktrust.org/the-jmk-award/ Headlong: Angels In America: headlong.co.uk/productions/angels-america/ Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme (RTYDS): www.rtyds.co.uk/ A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara: www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Life-Hanya-Yanagihara/dp/1447294815 Sean Carroll's Mindscape Podcast: www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/ Pod Save The World: crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-the-world/ The Morning Show - available on Apple TV RuPaul's Drag Race - available on Netflix The Last Dance - available on Netflix Homeland - available on Channel 4 Killing Eve - available on BBC iPlayer Unorthodox -available on Netflix Outliers: The Story of Success Paperback: www.amazon.co.uk/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0141036257 The Missing Cryptowqueen podcast: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07nkd84/episodes/downloads Community - available on Netflix

Mark & Louie have a conversation with Dan Bye – a theatre maker, writer, director and ultra runner. They chat to Dan about activism, process and of course running really long distances. They also chat about his latest show These Hills Are Ours, which would have been at Northern Stage this month. Transcript available to download here. Resource links: Daniel Bye website: www.danielbye.co.uk Breach "It's True, It's True, It's True": www.breachtheatre.com/shows/its-true-its-true-its-true/ Barbican website: www.barbican.org.uk/read-watch-listen/watch-its-true-its-true-its-true-by-breach Royal Court Theatre website: royalcourttheatre.com "Enron" by Lucy Prebble: www.waterstones.com/book/enron/lucy-prebble/9781408124673 "The Effect" by Lucy Prebble, Miriam Gillinson: www.waterstones.com/book/the-effect/lucy-prebble/miriam-gillinson/9781474272018 Ella Hickson: www.casarotto.co.uk/clients/ella-hickson BBC interview with Alice Birch: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/normalpeople/alice Lucy Kirkwood: www.casarotto.co.uk/clients/lucy-kirkwood We're Gonna Die (contains strong language): https://vimeo.com/160685914

Mark chats to Louie Ingham, Wambui Hardcastle, Elizabeth Doyle, Mark Melville and Lee Mattinson some of the creative voices from Northern Stage's Young Company. The conversation spans a number of different topics centred around the trilogy of work Young Company have been creating from the 2018 sell out show Where Do We Stand to the hugely successful Where Do We Belong in 2019 and this year's production of Where Do We Go Now which was due to be welcoming an audience this week at Northern Stage. An inspiring chat about creativity, making theatre, deliberately missing deadline, the North and the brilliance of Beyonce's 'Homecoming'. Transcript available to download here. Notes Where Do We Stand & Where Do We Belong creative team: Louie Ingham & The Company – Director Lee Mattinson - Writer Mark Melville – Sound Designer & Composer Laurence Wilson - Writer Caroline Ryan – BSL Interpreter Lee McMenemy – Live Musician Jill Adamson - Director of Participation, Northern Stage Kris Deedigan – Filmmaker (My Life Productions) Resource Links Kris Deedigan -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Deedigan My Life Productions -http://mylifeproductions.co.uk/ Gateway Studio Project -https://www.gatewaystudios.co.uk/ Jen McGinley - https://www.jenmcginley.com/ NARC Magazine - Wambui Hardcastle - https://narcmagazine.com/interview-young-company/ NARC - https://narcmagazine.com/ Spectrum - Florence & The Machine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC-_lVzdiFE Erasure - A Little Respect - Erasure - A Little Respect (Official Music Video) - YouTube Garten Stanley -

In the latest episode of the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, Mark and Louie have a chat with the super talented Scott Turnbull the maker behind, 'Where Do All The Dead Pigeons Go?' and 'Tales From The Smog' which was due to be performed this week at Northern Stage. It's a hugely enjoyable hour, so have a listen to the Scott talk all things from Stockton to the making process and 80s TV to the current government. We hope you enjoy it The interview was recorded across various houses in Newcastle and London on 20 April 2020. Transcript available to download here. Notes: Video promoting 'The Unseen Exhibition' at Northern Stage - watch here Pilot Episode of 'The Smog' Podcast - listen here

Northern Stage's Associate Director's Mark Calvert chats to the House of Love, the creative force behind the BonBons Cabaret. The House of Love is Cameron Sharp, Rebecca Glendenning, Hattie Eason, Max Easter, Rhianne Bowes and Brennan Flanders, who wasn't available at the time of recording. The House of Love were due to perform at Northern Stage this Saturday, on Saturday 18th April. So, in place of that, here they are talking about everything from wigs to process, other work they're undertaking to things they're watching and listening to. We hope you enjoy it. The interview was recorded on 14 April 2020 in various houses across Newcastle and Gateshead. Transcript available to download here. Notes: The Vicar of Dibley & Brooklyn 99- Available on Netflix Feel Good - Available on Channel 4 Hannah Montana - Available on Disney+ Wild Rose (Film and Soundtrack) - Available on Amazon Prime Video Nina Hagen cover of 'My Way' - youtube.com/watch?v=Q-qYcwvyZ0U Your Aunt Fanny - facebook.com/Yourauntfanny/ The Six Twenty - www.thesixtwenty.com Caroline Liversidge - carolineliversidge.com Anna Robinson - arobinsonscene.com Jenni Winter - facebook.com/musicaltheatrecabaret /youtube.com/channel/UCJNd58sej4PimHMvbGfC3DA/featured Alphabetti Theatre - alphabettitheatre.co.uk/ Live Theatre - .org.uk/ Cast: House of Love: @houseoflove_ne Bonnie and the Bonnettes: bonnieandthebonnettes.co.uk / @BonnieBonnettes MXYM: @TheMXYM / MXYM's music at bit.ly/34mXI50 Rhianne Bowes: @RainBowes1997 Hattie Eason: @hattieperformer Cameron John: @Cameron_John_ Becky Glendenning-Laycock: @glendenninining Brennan Flanders/ Vol-Au-Vent Love (Facebook - facebook.com/Vol.Au.Vent.Love/ Instagram - @vol.love) Alex Fisher (Producer) TJMov (Facebook: facebook.com/tjmov/) Hattie's Live Sessions can be found at Twitter: @hattieperformer Insta: @hattieeasonperformer Facebook: @hattieeasonperformer

This week Mark and Louie caught up with cabaret maker and binary breaker Melody Sproates about their work not just on-stage but also off stage and how they have been working out how to live and work in our current situation. Featuring chats about their show *gender not included, lip-syncing, Tiger King and more, it's totally entertaining, totally honest and full of brilliance. The interview was recorded on 7 April 2020 in various houses across Newcastle upon Tyne and South Shields via online chat. Download the transcript here. Resource Links: LGBTQIA+ helplines / resources: Them (Great website with tips and strategies for all genders) https://www.them.us/story/9-strategies-for-quarantining-in-a-non-lgbtq-accepting-environment LGBTQ+ Support from Mind https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/lgbtq-mental-health/#.XQkGDbxKg2w LGBT Switchboard https://switchboard.lgbt/ LGBT Foundation https://lgbt.foundation/ Mermaids https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/ Transbareall https://transbareall.co.uk/home Gendered Intelligence http://genderedintelligence.co.uk/trans-community/resources Mindline trans helpline https://www.mindinsomerset.org.uk/our-services/adult-one-to-one-support/mindline-trans/ *gender not included creative team: Rosa Postlethwaite Lee Mattinson Anthony lo-guidice Hester Chillingworth

Northern Stage's Associate Director's Mark Calvert and Louie Ingham chat to Curious Monkey's Director Amy Golding about 'HERE', a powerful new play about finding sanctuary in the unlikeliest of places. Due to government advice in response to the COVID-19 epidemic in March, the show never went ahead at Northern Stage as all public performances were suspended at Northern Stage. This podcast is being launched on the day where ordinarily, we would be holding a post-show discussion with Amy so instead, we've woven it together into this forty-five minute podcast, including beautiful music from the show by composer, Niroshini Thambar. Join us as we get to know who Curious Monkey are, what their new show is about, and the impact of the show not going ahead due to the COVID-19 suspension. The interview was recorded at Northern Stage on 19 March 2020, one hour before the building was closed due to the COVID-19 emergency. Transcript available to download here. Notes: Niroshini Thambar - Composer Simon Cole - Lights & AV Lindsay Rodden Katie Scott - Designer Arieta Visoka Joana Geronimo Karen Traynor Murat Erkek Beverley Naidoo - The Other Side of Truth Beats North - Playscript -available to purchase from Amazon Ishy Din Luke Barnes Mark Melville, Podcast Editor Resource links: Curious Monkey website: www.curiousmonkeytheatre.com Newcastle City of Sanctuary website: https://newcastle.cityofsanctuary.org Action Foundation website: www.actionfoundation.org.uk North of England Refugee Service wesbite: www.refugee.org.uk West End Refugee Service website: www.wers.org.uk Red Cross website: www.redcross.org.uk The Comfrey Project website: www.thecomfreyproject.org.uk Refugee Voices website: www.refugeevoices.org.uk