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Our guest today is Rachael Stirling: the brilliant theatrical actress and one of the stars of BBC comedy Detectorists, who is currently on stage in London in Giant, about the writer Roald Dahl. Gyles and Rachael begin by talking about a memorable conversation Gyles had with Rachael's mother, the great actress Dame Diana Rigg, when he interviewed her 25 years ago. And this interview with Rachael is no less memorable: it's a fascinating discussion of her childhood, her complex relationship with her mother, and her parents' divorce. It's a frank discussion of her first sexual experiences and her boarding school days (NB this episode is more graphic than our usual, with sexual refs and some swearing). And, finally, it's a moving discussion of Rachael's experiences as her mother's carer in the final months of her life. This is a special and very touching episode, thank you so much to Rachael. Rachael Stirling is currently playing Felicity Crosland in Giant, about the writer Roald Dahl, at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London. It's on for the rest of the summer and tickets are available here. Enjoy this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rob Cook makes his presenting debut and brings us an MIT special with series regular Richard Hope (DS Barry Purvis) One of this country's most successful character actors discusses his new role in #Giant opposite John Lithgow! At the time of the interview, Giant was about to open at the Royal Court and following a successful run the play has now transferred to the West End for a limited run at the Harold Pinter Theatre - https://www.haroldpintertheatre.co.uk/shows/giant Rob also takes Richard back in time as he shares highlights of his career, from working with Sir Laurence Olivier to Anthony Hopkins, before he shares his memories of #TheBill spin-off #MIT In Part 2, Richard will be sharing his memories of sweeping June Ackland off her feet as headmaster Rod Jessop. If you can't wait until then, unlock both episodes as video podcasts, along with over 250 hours of exclusive content - patreon.com/thebillpodcast The Bill Podcast is brought to you in proud association with georgefairbrother.com shop.saturdaymorningpress.co.uk vanguardcomics.co.uk gibconsultancy.co.uk and mcr-seo.com
The folk tales collected and rewritten by the Brothers Grimm may ‘seem to come from nowhere and to belong to everyone', Colin Burrow wrote recently in the LRB, but ‘this is an illusion'. In the latest episode of the LRB podcast, Colin joins Thomas Jones to talk about the distinctive place and time in which Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm lived and worked, as well as the enduring appeal and ‘vital weirdness' of the tales.Sponsored links:Visit the Munch exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery: https://www.npg.org.uk/munchSee The Years at the Harold Pinter Theatre: https://theyearsplay.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Now for a roundup of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their regular email newsletter. Audio described shows and events included: Vital Signs: Another World is Possible - recorded audio-described guide, until 17 May, Science Gallery London Hamilton - Saturday 15 March, 2.30pm, Victoria Palace Theatre, London Tina - The Tina Turner Musical, Thursday 20 March, 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm, Curve Theatre, Leicester The Years - Saturday 22 March, 2.30pm, Harold Pinter Theatre, London Much Ado About Nothing - Saturday 29 March, 2.30pm, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London To find out more about these and other up-coming described arts events as well as details on how to sign up to the regular VocalEyes What's On email newsletter do visit - https://vocaleyes.co.uk (Image shows the VocalEyes logo. A speech bubble with 'VOCALEYES' written in bold black letters next to it)
In a busy week for play openings in London, THE YEARS arrived at the Harold Pinter Theatre for its West End transfer, having originally played at the Almeida.The play, adapted by Eline Arbo, based on Les Années by Annie Ernaux, follows the story of a woman living in France between the 1960s and 2000s and depicts the evolution in society from her perspective.Check out this full review for Mickey-Jo's thoughts on this staggering, and occasionally challenging piece of theatre.•00:00 | introduction01:27 | synopsis / overview07:25 | performances13:46 | impactful scene16:24 | creative choices•About Mickey-Jo:As one of the leading voices in theatre criticism on a social platform, Mickey-Jo is pioneering a new medium for a dwindling field. His YouTube channel: MickeyJoTheatre is the largest worldwide in terms of dedicated theatre criticism, where he also share features, news and interviews as well as lifestyle content for over 70,000 subscribers. Since establishing himself as a theatre critic he has been able to work internationally. With a viewership that is largely split between the US and the UK he has been fortunate enough to be able to work with PR, Marketing, and Social Media representatives for shows in New York, London, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Toronto, Sao Pãolo, and Paris. He has also twice received accreditation from the world renowned Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His reviews and features have also been published by WhatsOnStage, for whom he was a panelist to help curate nominees for their 2023 and 2024 Awards as well as BroadwayWorldUK, Musicals Magazine and LondonTheatre.co.uk. He has been invited to speak to private tour groups, at the BEAM 2023 new musical theatre conference at Oxford Playhouse, and on a panel of critics at an event for young people considering a career in the arts courtesy of Go Live Theatre Projects. Instagram/TikTok/X: @MickeyJoTheatre
Now for a roundup of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their regular email newsletter. Audio described shows and events included: Macbeth - Thursday 14 November, 7.30pm, Harold Pinter Theatre, London The Sound of Music - Saturday 16 November, 7.30pm, King's Lynn Corn Exchange Cluedo 2 - Thursday 21 November, 7.30pm, Fareham Live Dear Evan Hansen - Wednesday 27 November, 2.30pm, New Theatre Oxford Churchill War Rooms - Audio Described Guide, London To find out more about these and other up-coming described arts events as well as details about how to sign up to the regular What's On email newsletter do visit the VocalEyes website - https://vocaleyes.co.uk (Image shows the VocalEyes logo. A speech bubble with 'VOCALEYES' written in bold black letters next to it)
In a wee change to the usual form, Cole interviews Brian about his exploits in Macbeth at the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End. The post What Bloody Man is That? appeared first on Putting it Together.
Olivier nominee Zizi Strallen is our special guest for the 250th episode of In The Frame! Zizi is starring as Laurey in the 80th anniversary concert production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, playing opposite Phil Dunster. The concert is directed and choreographed by Bill Deamer with the London Musical Theatre Orchestera playing the full 28-piece orchestrations. Later this year Zizi will reprise her performance as the title role in Cake: The Marie Antoinette Playlist which opens at The Other Palace in September. Zizi received an Olivier nomination for starring as the title role in the West End revival of Mary Poppets, reprising her performance from the musical's tour. For Matthew Bourne's New Adventures she has played Lana/Delores in The Car Man and Betty/Vivian in Cinderella. Some of Zizi's other theatre credits include Fastrada in Pippin In Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Betty in Sunset Boulevard (Alexandra Palace & Royal Albert Hall), Fran in Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly Theatre), Young Phyllis in Follies (National Theatre), Demeter in Cats (London Palladium), Penny in Hairspray & Mona in Chicago (Leicester Curve), Meg in Merrily We Roll Along (Menier Chocolate Factory & Harold Pinter Theatre), Rock Of Ages (Shaftesbury & Garrick Theatre), The Music Man (Chichester Festival Theatre) and Dirty Dancing (Aldwych Theatre). In this episode Zizi discusses why she jumped at the chance to be in Oklahoma!, mourning Mary Poppins and navigating her own path in theatre, plus lots more along the way.Oklahoma! runs at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 19th and 20th August 2024. Visit www.lwtheatres.co.uk for info and tickets. Hosted by Andrew Tomlins @AndrewTomlins32 Thanks for listening! Email: andrew@westendframe.co.uk Visit westendframe.co.uk for more info about our podcasts.
Today Mickey-Jo was going to bring you his review of YOUR LIE IN APRIL, a new musical based on the manga of the same name that opened earlier this month in the West End. While he's still sharing his thoughts on the show, they are in a new context after the announcement that the production will conclude its run earlier than planned, closing on August 11th. Check out this news / review episode to find out his thoughts about why this show is closing early and why he loved it! • 00:00 | introduction 02:59 | what is the show about? 06:19 | what is the writing like? 08:57 | how was the production? 11:46 | how are the performances? 14:15 | did the show have shortcomings? 17:11 | why is it closing? • About Mickey-Jo: As one of the leading voices in theatre criticism on a social platform, Mickey-Jo is pioneering a new medium for a dwindling field. His YouTube channel: MickeyJoTheatre is the largest worldwide in terms of dedicated theatre criticism, where he also share features, news and interviews as well as lifestyle content for over 60,000 subscribers. Since establishing himself as a theatre critic he has been able to work internationally. With a viewership that is largely split between the US and the UK he has been fortunate enough to be able to work with PR, Marketing, and Social Media representatives for shows in New York, London, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Toronto, Sao Pãolo, and Paris. He has also twice received accreditation from the world renowned Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His reviews and features have also been published by WhatsOnStage, for whom he was a panelist to help curate nominees for their 2023 and 2024 Awards as well as BroadwayWorldUK, Musicals Magazine and LondonTheatre.co.uk. He has been invited to speak to private tour groups, at the BEAM 2023 new musical theatre conference at Oxford Playhouse, and on a panel of critics at an event for young people considering a career in the arts courtesy of Go Live Theatre Projects. Instagram/TikTok/X: @MickeyJoTheatre
Carly Anderson most recently starred as Polly in Susan Stroman's revival of Crazy For You. The production opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre before transferring to the Gillian Lynne Theatre for an acclaimed West End run. Some of Carly's early theatre credits include The Sound of Music (UK Tour), South Pacific (Barbican Centre & National Tour), My Fair Lady (Sheffield Crucible Theatre), Avenue Q (Seoul), Candide (Menier Chocolate Factory) and Sunset Boulevard (ENO London Coliseum). Carly originated the role of Gwen in the premiere of Sunny Afternoon at the Hampstead Theatre which subsequently transferred to the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End, winning the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Carly starred as Clio/Kira in the UK premiere of Xandu at the Southwark Playhouse and as Glinda in the 2016-17 international tour of Wicked. Some of Carly's screen credits include Traces (Alibi) and Trust Me (BBC). Follow Carly on Instagram: @anderson_carly Hosted by Andrew Tomlins @AndrewTomlins32 Thanks for listening! Email: andrew@westendframe.co.uk Visit westendframe.co.uk for more info about our podcasts.
After starting out in Pop Music in the 1980s-1990s, Frank Wildhorn made a transition to Musical Theatre with his first hit show being Jekyl & Hyde. Now nearly 30 years on, Frank has written over 40 musicals including Bonnie & Clyde, Carmen and Camille Claudel. In more recent years, Frank has also been exploring the manga genre with his show Death Note winning Best Musical in South Korea before a series of sold-out concerts in the West End last year. This year, he's returned with another exciting new show: Your Lie in April, another adaptation of a popular Manga series which sold out 2 concerts at the prestigious Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The show is now due to return for a 12 week run at the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End, with a cast led by Dean John Wilson and Zheng Xi Yong.In this brand new interview with Frank Wildhorn, he talks about the development of Your Lie in April and Death Note, and why it feels so exciting to bring these shows to London with majority Asian casts. He tells us about his fondness for Japan and South Korea, and his appreciation for audiences in those regions who have really welcomed and celebrated his work. He credits his son for being a major driver in his involvement with these shows. We also hear him look back over his career, making the move from pop music to musical theatre and how he's managed to not get pigeonholed as an artist with him most recently composing the Danube Symphony that was premiered by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra at the Musikverein. It's a fascinating discussion with one of the most prolific composers working today and it'll be exciting to see what Frank brings next to London as he continues to work on a variety of projects.Your Lie in April opens at Harold Pinter Theatre on 28th June and runs till 21st September.
Candida is an MD (musical director), composer and arranger whose world across the globe on musicals and plays. Her work includes: As composer: The Little Prince at the Taunton Brewhouse The Tempest and The Hostage at the Southwark Playhouse Buckets at the Orange Tree Theatre As an MD: Woyzech, Old Vic with John Bodega King Lear, Duke of York's Playhouse with Ian McKellen To Kill A Mockingbird, Gielgud Theatre with Matthew Modine and Race Spall A Strange Loop, West End and Barbican, the show received 11 Tony Nominations The Hills of California, Harold Pinter Theatre, directed by Sam Mendes The Lehman Trilogy, National Theatre, West End, Broadway and International Tour Candida talks about her recent involvement in The Lehman Trilogy, both in the UK and Internationally. A show portraying the 163-year journey of the Lehman brothers, from Henry Lehman arriving from Ellis Island all the way to its dissolution during the 2008 financial crisis. Candida was the live pianist playing the score that accompanied the brilliant performances of the actors as they took the audience on a pulsating ride through the financial world. She discusses how the show evolved from the first day, putting the score together, working with Sam Mendes, Nick Powell and the original cast (Ben Miles, Simon Russell Beale and Adam Godley) on creating one of the most spectacular shows of all time. If you get the chance to see this show in the future I implore you to see it! Thank you Candida! Stay tuned to for part 2! Oliver Gower Spotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261 Instagram: @goweroliver For enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.com Please Like, Download and Subscribe! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uncensored-critic/message
Jane Moriarty is a director, writer and filmmaker that has been a finalist in both the JMK Director's Award in 2019 and the Genesis Future Director Award with the Young Vic in 2018. She trained at Mountview after achieving her undergraduate degree in English, Drama and Theatre studies at the University of Cork. She has worked extensively as an associate director on productions such as: - Taming of the Shrew at The Globe - Christmas Tree and Queen Ann at the RSC - The Birthday Party at the Harold Pinter Theatre, dir. Ian Rickson - The Inheritance, dir. Stephen Daldry - Prima Facie, dir. Justin Martin As well as director on: - Rough for Theatre I and II by Samuel Beckett at the National Theatre Studio, where she was resident director in 2016-17 and 2021. - The Apologists - Sydney and VAULT Film Festival in 2019 - Burn It Down - Theatre Royal Stratford East She is also a brilliant filmmaker with her debut short film "Kitchen Tales" premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival with music by Oscar winning composer Stephen Warbeck. As well as her other short "I Called You" currently doing the film festival rounds. To see "Kitchen Tales" and more information about her upcoming work can be found on her website: janemoriarty.com Jane talks about her work as an associate director, what the job is and how she works with the director for shows in the theatre. She was also part of the Prima Facie creative team that brought Suzie Miller's play to life with Jodie Comer, directed by Justin Martin. We discuss how the show developed in the rehearsal room and the impact the show had on it's audiences. How they felt comfortable talking about their stories and how it relieved them from their past experiences similar to what the character of "Tessa" went through. We mention her film work, the process of making them and how they make it from words on a page to in-action on the screen. Check out her film "Kitchen Tales", a beautiful film about an Indian family emigrating to the UK and how their relationship is told through the type of food that's made in the kitchen. Oliver Gower Spotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261 Instagram: @goweroliver For enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uncensored-critic/message
In this episode we opening with The Hills of California and onto the exhilarating energy of Red Pitch. Join us for a thought-provoking journey through identity and extremism in Foam, and don't miss our exclusive chat with Tarrin Calendar, the star of the thrilling musical Bronco Billy.
From The Standard Theatre Podcast Nancy and the Nicks review Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes's production of The Hills of California at the Harold Pinter Theatre. To hear the full episode, which includes their interview with Felicity Huffman for Hir, click this link. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Carly Anderson / @anderson_carly recently starred as Polly in Crazy for You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London. Carly's stage credits include playing Polly in Crazy For You at Chichester Festival Theatre; Glinda in Wicked in the international tour; Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard at the London Coliseum / ENO; Kira/Clio in Xanadu at Southwark Playhouse; Gwen in Sunny Afternoon at Hampstead Theatre and the Harold Pinter Theatre; Candide at the Menier Chocolate Factory; Avenue Q in Seoul; My Fair Lady at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre; South Pacific at the Barbican Theatre and on National tour; and The Sound of Music. Carly's TV credits include Traces (Alibi) and Trust Me (BBC). *2 week Broadway Fitness Program - No Cost/Commitment www.builtforthestage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Carly Anderson / @anderson_carly recently starred as Polly in Crazy for You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London. Carly's stage credits include playing Polly in Crazy For You at Chichester Festival Theatre; Glinda in Wicked in the international tour; Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard at the London Coliseum / ENO; Kira/Clio in Xanadu at Southwark Playhouse; Gwen in Sunny Afternoon at Hampstead Theatre and the Harold Pinter Theatre; Candide at the Menier Chocolate Factory; Avenue Q in Seoul; My Fair Lady at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre; South Pacific at the Barbican Theatre and on National tour; and The Sound of Music. Carly's TV credits include Traces (Alibi) and Trust Me (BBC). *2 week Broadway Fitness Program - No Cost/Commitment www.builtforthestage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our chief theatre critic Nick Curtis meets former Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman to discuss her role in Hir at the Park Theatre.They also discuss:-Why she chose a play at one of London's smallest theatres-Her early career, Desperate Housewives, and studying at RADA-Living in London again, how the city has changed since Huffman's twenties, spotting celebrities-What she hopes audiences will think after seeing Hir-Will Huffman ever play a character audiences don't hate?Nancy and the Nicks review Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes's production of The Hills of California at the Harold Pinter Theatre, plus Nick Curtis tells us what he made of Kafka's Metamorphosis at the Lyric Hammersmith.In the news: John Cleese adapts Fawlty Towers for West End stage debut this spring, Tom Holland to star in Jamie Lloyd's Romeo & Juliet, Cara Delevingne to take on the role of Sally Bowles in Cabaret, and the West End shows you shouldn't see this Valentine's Day.Get in touch with us at theatrepod@standard.co.uk .California Act 2-3 Transition 3 Composed by Nick Powell. (Composer, Sound Designer and co-arranger) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Last night, Mickey-Jo was lucky enough to be invited to review a hugely anticipated new play - The Hills of California. The play, written by Jez Butterworth (Jerusalem, The Ferryman) and directed by Sam Mendes, has just opened at the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End. Check out the new review for my many thoughts on this show, its revelations, and its powerful performances. • About Mickey-Jo: As one of the leading voices in theatre criticism on a social platform, Mickey-Jo is pioneering a new medium for a dwindling field. His YouTube channel: MickeyJoTheatre is the largest worldwide in terms of dedicated theatre criticism, where he also share features, news and interviews as well as lifestyle content for over 60,000 subscribers. Since establishing himself as a theatre critic he has been able to work internationally. With a viewership that is largely split between the US and the UK he has been fortunate enough to be able to work with PR, Marketing, and Social Media representatives for shows both in New York, London, Hamburg, and Paris. He has also twice received accreditation from the world renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His reviews and features have also been published by WhatsOnStage, for whom he was a panelist to help curate nominees for their 2023 and 2024 Awards as well as BroadwayWorldUK and LondonTheatre.co.uk. He has been invited to speak to private tour groups, at the BEAM 2023 new musical theatre conference at Oxford Playhouse, and on a panel of critics at an event for young people considering a career in the arts courtesy of Go Live Theatre Projects. Instagram/TikTok/X: @MickeyJoTheatre
Joanna Woodward / @thejoannawoodward is currently starring as Clare in the West End production of “The Time Traveler's Wife” and was seen before on the West End in Pretty Woman. Joanna is an internationally renowned singer, actress, and burlesque dancer with multiple performances in theatres and cabaret clubs all around the world. She grew up in Glastonbury, Somerset. Training: She received training in Acting and Musical Theatre at the Central School of Speech and Drama and achieved a BA Honours Degree. Theatre: Joanna has numerous stage credits that show her skills wonderfully. The roles she has played include Princess Atlanta in The Adventures of Jason and the Argonauts at Scoop Amphitheatre; Glauke in Medea; Kimberley in Pages: Promised Land at the Union Theatre; Princess in Sleeping Beauty, and Puss in Boots at the Newbury Corn Exchange; Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at the Kilworth House Theatre; Tinker Bell in Lost Boy at the Charing Cross Theatre and Finborough Theatre; Mary in The Life at the Southwark Playhouse; Emily in Zombies: The Musical and Eulpha Miziam in Confessions at The Other Palace. She understudied Beth/Meg/KT in Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre, Menier Chocolate Factory. She understudied and played Carole King in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at the Aldwych Theatre. *Free Broadway Fitness Program: www.builtforthestage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Joanna Woodward / @thejoannawoodward is currently starring as Clare in the West End production of “The Time Traveler's Wife” and was seen before on the West End in Pretty Woman. Joanna is an internationally renowned singer, actress, and burlesque dancer with multiple performances in theatres and cabaret clubs all around the world. She grew up in Glastonbury, Somerset. Training: She received training in Acting and Musical Theatre at the Central School of Speech and Drama and achieved a BA Honours Degree. Theatre: Joanna has numerous stage credits that show her skills wonderfully. The roles she has played include Princess Atlanta in The Adventures of Jason and the Argonauts at Scoop Amphitheatre; Glauke in Medea; Kimberley in Pages: Promised Land at the Union Theatre; Princess in Sleeping Beauty, and Puss in Boots at the Newbury Corn Exchange; Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at the Kilworth House Theatre; Tinker Bell in Lost Boy at the Charing Cross Theatre and Finborough Theatre; Mary in The Life at the Southwark Playhouse; Emily in Zombies: The Musical and Eulpha Miziam in Confessions at The Other Palace. She understudied Beth/Meg/KT in Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre, Menier Chocolate Factory. She understudied and played Carole King in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at the Aldwych Theatre. *Free Broadway Fitness Program: www.builtforthestage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emilio Doorgasingh is another member of the Little Life family playing “Andy”, Jude's Doctor at the Richmond Theatre, Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre this year. This episodes contains spoilers! His other credits include, for screen: Casualty Ted Lasso Series 2 Game of Thrones For stage: The Kite Runner, West End and UK Tour Present Laughter Much Ado About Nothing, The Globe Best of Enemies, Young Vic and Noel Coward Theatre alongside David Harewood and Zachary Quinton A Little Life Amongst many more… Emilio discusses his two huge theatre projects he's been a part of this year, Best of Enemies (dir. Jeremy Herrin) and A Little Life (dir. Ivo Van Hove). With Best of Enemies he played multiple characters in James Graham's play that explored the political landscape of the USA during the 1960s. From journalists to Gore Vidal's (Zachary Quinto) life partner and the demands of a high fuelled energetic show with multiple costume changes and characters to jump between every night. For A Little Life he played “Andy” a doctor who has a difficult relationship with Jude (James Norton). Emilio talks about how he found the parallels of Andy's character, how on one hand he's a medical professional frustrated that his patient won't take his advice, and on the other he's a compassionate soul who doesn't want to push his already deeply traumatised friend into something he doesn't want to do. Stop hurting himself and get better. Emilio gave a stellar performance as Andy and in his many roles in Best of Enemies and it was a pleasure to talk to you sir! Oliver Gower Spotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261 Instagram: @goweroliver For enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.com Please Like, Download and Subscribe! The Uncensored Critic Podcast was heard in over 30 countries in 2023. In the same year streams grew by 397%, listeners increased by 160% and followers were up 129%. Official stats from #SpotifyWrapped 2023. Thank you all for your support! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oliver-gower/message
West End stalwart Jenna Russell joins us to discuss her star role Flowers for Mrs Harris.Jenna tells us about her close relationship with late composer Stephen Sondheim, her journey into the arts when her parents struggled with money, memories of Guys & Dolls and Sunday in the Park.In this week's reviews, Nick Curtis and Nancy Durrant discuss Penelope Skinner's Lyonesse at the Harold Pinter Theatre - and mull on why Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James signed up for the show.Our second review features The Confessions at the National Theatre, which despite closing on November 4, we felt deserved dissecting on the podcast.We discuss the announcement of the Donmar Warehouse's Macbeth use of headphones and 3D stereo sound for a more ‘immersive' audience experience. The cast will include David Tennant, as Macbeth, and Cush Jumbo, as Lady Macbeth.You can also hear about Elephant at the Bush Theatre and Meetings at the Orange Tree Theatre.Following on from our last episode, we'd love to hear about the food-based stage shows that left you salivating. Get in touch via our email theatrepod@standard.co.uk! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Elliot appeared in the play adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara's book “A Little Life” that recently played at the Harold Pinter Theatre and the Savoy in London. A play in which many are calling “the theatre event of 2023”. Directed by Ivo Van Hove the play follows Jude St Francis (played by James Norton) and the devastating trauma he was exposed to as a young child at the hands of Brother Luke, Caleb Porter and Dr Traylor. All three characters Elliot played in the production. Elliot talks about how he found out about the job, working with Ivo and how the three bad men in Jude's life manifested in him during the run. Please note this episode contains spoilers. Elliot's other credits include: His training at RADA Obtaining a first class degree at the University of Birmingham studying Drama National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) Macbeth at the Globe Les Blancs at the National, dir. Yael Farber Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Alexander alongside Anthony Hopkins Peaky Blinders The Crown The Golden Compass A Little Life, amongst many more… Thank you Elliot, really enjoyed it! Oliver Gower Spotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261 Instagram: @goweroliver For enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.com Please Like, Download and Subscribe! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oliver-gower/message
Dani Arlington recently understudied Jodie Comer in Prima Facie in London at the Harold Pinter Theatre and in New York at the Golden Theatre. In what was called the theatrical event of 2022 that followed a young lawyer Tessa fighting for justice for women who have been the victim of sexual assault cases. Dani trained at Mountview and the HB Studio in New York and has worked extensively across Theatre and Screen. Making appearances for screen in: Doctors and The Dumping Ground for the BBC How Not to Disappear Completely The Silent Accomplice Soulboy Music Video for Koru's “If My Heart Aches” For theatre she has worked as an actor and as an associate director, her directing credits include: Darling at the Hope Theatre The Fulstow Boys by Gordon Steele The Speaker with the Live Theatre Company in Newcastle And of course Prima Facie Dani talks about her experience in Prima Facie, life as an understudy and the world of Suzie Miller's play. She explains that while life as an understudy can be difficult, it is actually an incredible opportunity to take, and what a better play to do that with Prima Facie! How you can make the role your own, not just copying what the lead actor is doing, how to be called upon at a moments notice and how being prepared for your moment is PARAMOUNT. Oliver Gower Spotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261 Instagram: @goweroliver Twitter: @GowerCritic For enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.com Please Like, Download and Subscribe! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oliver-gower/message
Rohan Carr works in Theatre Automation and Production across London's West End and the regions. He's another member of the GSA family graduating in Theatre Production, Stage and Production Management and has worked across some of the most popular theatre events of 2022/23. From Good, Lemons (x5) , and A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Merrily We Roll Along at the Southwark Playhouse Constellations at the Vaudeville Theatre Magic Goes Wrong at the Apollo Soon he'll be backstage on The Time Traveller's Wife also at the Apollo Theatre. Rohan talks about working on A Little Life, the demands of not only the cast but of the entire team behind the scenes. How everyone pulled together for each other and demonstrating it's not the actors that make a show it's the whole team, some you see, some you don't but nevertheless they all have a part to play. He also offers advice on anyone who is keen to get involved with Stage Management and how they can make the career they want. Check out Rohan's Instagram for enquiries and further information on his other work: @rohancarr Oliver Gower Spotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261 Instagram: @goweroliver Twitter: @GowerCritic For enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.com Please Like, Download and Subscribe! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oliver-gower/message
West End and Broadway stars Charlie Stemp and Tom Edden join us to chat about the critically acclaimed musical Crazy For You. Charlie says it's "the hardest thing" he's ever done due to the many elements involved, including performing extremely physical choreography and comedy in perfect timing. They also discuss the challenges of their hilarious Marx Brothers-inspired mirror scene, and reveal what it was like working with Tony award-winning theatre director Susan Stroman.We review the National Theatre's Bristol Old Vic Production of Dr Semmelweis at the Harold Pinter Theatre. It's written by Stephen Brown, directed by Tom Morris and starring Mark Rylance, who you'll know from the BBC's adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and Christopher Nolan's Second World War epic Dunkirk.Plus, we discuss Grenfell: in the words of survivors. A verbatim play, created from interviews with the residents at the heart of the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people. It's written by Gillian Slovo, stars Pearl Mackie and is on at the National Theatre.Also in this episode, we pay tribute to Tara Theatre AD and CEO Abdul Shayek, discuss Spirited Away coming to London Coliseum in 2024, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: what theatre and comedy to book... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Double Tony Award-winning American playwright Michael R. Jackson joins us to chat about his Broadway show A Strange Loop, which is now on at London's Barbican. The 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner tells us about the long journey to success, life as a theatre usher before fame, his irritation with Disney corporate rules, a “complex phone relationship” with American actor Tyler Perry, and his upcoming musical project based on the film Teeth.What did we think of Lily Allen in The Pillowman? Also starring Paul Kaye, the “miserable” play is written by Martin McDonagh and directed by Matthew Dunster.For our second review, it's Accidental Death of an Anarchist, starring Daniel Rigby. Dario Fo's 1970 political farce has been adapted by Tom Basden and is now on at the Theatre Royal Haymarket - but did it deserve a West End transfer? To hear Daniel Rigby's interview in full, click this link.Also, what's happening in stage news this week, Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James are to star in a new West End play, Lyonesse at the Harold Pinter Theatre.Plus, have theatre employers failed to learn lessons from Covid? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Downstairs at the Kit Kat Club we meet the cast of Cabaret. Sex Education's Aimee Lou Wood takes on the iconic role of Sally Bowles, and John McCrea, plays the Emcee. John previously had a hugely successful run as Jamie New in Everybody's Talking About Jamie.Recorded at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London, currently home to A Little Life, we review Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations, which is now on at the Prince Edward Theatre.We discuss the new revival of Dancing at Lughnasa at the National Theatre, directed by Josie Rourke. The play stars Justine Mitchell, Derry Girls' Siobhán McSweeney and Alison Oliver.Plus, what's been happening in the West End this week? We discuss Jodie Comer on Broadway in Prima Facie and A Streetcar Named Desire releasing cheaper tickets - for a selected number of seats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 43 - Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons - Richard saw this production at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London Here is more detail about the production... https://lemonstheplay.co.uk This production is now not on tour but keep your eyes out for the production as it may make a return. You can watch the trailer here... https://youtu.be/q4ZDOi-f-wQ Follow us Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @upstagedownstagepod
Coming to you from the Criterion Theatre, we review A Little Life starring Happy Valley's James Norton, It's a Sin's Omari Douglas, and Bridgerton's Luke Thompson. Based on the novel by Hanya Yanagihara, it's now on at the Harold Pinter Theatre.We're joined by Natasha Hodgson and David Cumming to talk about their new musical Operation Mincemeat.Plus, we review Ryan Calais Cameron's For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy. That's on at the Apollo Theatre.This episode includes the track God That's Brilliant from Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (Original Cast Recording), with thanks to Sony Music CG. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We chat with Jenna Coleman and director Josie Rourke backstage at the Harold Pinter Theatre a couple of hours before an evening's performance of Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons. Also, Nick Curtis and Nancy Durrant review Shirley Valentine at the Duke of York's Theatre, starring Sheridan Smith. Plus, Nick Clark and Nick Curtis review Lulu Raczka and Rupert Goold's “ferociously bold” Women, Beware the Devil at the Almeida Theatre.Bonus content: The Standard's culture team discuss this year's Olivier Awards nominations.In this episode:Part one: Shirley Valentine starring Sheridan SmithPlus, Olivier Awards nominations (6'31 mins)Park two: Interview with Jenna Coleman and Josie Rourke (12'36 mins)Recorded at the Harold Pinter Theatre for Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Part three: Women, Beware the Devil (23'07 mins)Find us on Twitter #ESTheatrePodcastWhat to see in the West End right now www.standard.co.uk/theatre Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We review Lemons at the Harold Pinter Theatre, starring Aidan Turner and Jenna Coleman.Plus we'll be joined by the man behind modern TV classics such as Sherlock and Doctor Who - writer Steven Moffat OBE - about his new play The Unfriend, which is on at the Criterion Theatre, featuring Reece Shearsmith and Amanda Abbington.And, we reveal what we thought of Cheryl's debut performance in 2:22 A Ghost Story, at the Lyric Theatre.Part one: Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Part two: Interview with Steven Moffat (8'34 mins)Part three: Cheryl in 2:22 A Ghost Story (19'19 mins)What's on in the West End right now? Visit standard.co.uk/culture Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jenna Coleman (Clara in Dr Who) and Aidan Turner (Poldark) are appearing in a new production of Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons at The Harold Pinter Theatre in London's West End, before touring to Manchester and Brighton. Playwright Sam Steiner tells Samira Ahmed about his romantic comedy in which the characters are restricted to speaking just 140 words a day. And the director, Josie Rourke, talks about bringing the play to the stage, and how, in the theatre, language isn't everything. Alice Farnham, one of Britain's leading conductors and the co-founder and artistic director of Women Conductors with the Royal Philharmonic Society, shares insights from her new book, In Good Hands- The Making of a Modern Conductor. And the filmmaking duo Tom Berkeley and Ross White join Samira to discuss their Bafta nominated short film An Irish Goodbye. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Julian May Image: Aidan Turner as Oliver and Jenna Coleman as Bernadette in Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons at The Harold Pinter Theatre
David Tennant in ‘Good' at the Harold Pinter Theatre and why it's an important watch. Plus, does ‘Mary' at Hampstead Theatre need a trigger warning? This week the Evening Standard's chief theatre critic Nick Curtis is joined by Nancy Durrant, our culture editor, as they unpick two more interesting shows from London's stages.In this episode:Part 1: ‘Good' at the Harold Pinter TheatreThe very ‘good' German man who gradually changes to NazismDavid Tennant's "best friend" personality, his performance and career choicesElliot Levey and Sharon Small, plus the various roles they playWhy the play was revived and why it still feels current two years onWhy it's an important watch, rather than enjoyablePart 2: ‘Mary' at Hampstead TheatreDoes Mary need a trigger warning?What is Rona Munro's queen's tale about?The representation of Mary Stuart's terrible treatmentThe playwright Rona Munro and Mary as the sixth part of the trilogyGangs of London's Brian VernelWhy it "utterly failed to spark", and left Nick & Nancy feeling "flat"What shows are on in London in December? Well, this is your weekly Theatre Review from the Evening Standard.Visit standard.co.uk/culture or find us on Twitter #TheLeaderPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Theatre critics Matt Wolf and Lyn Gardner join Robert Bound to give their verdict on the new production of Chekhov's ‘Uncle Vanya' at the Harold Pinter Theatre, starring Toby Jones and Ciarán Hinds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Suzie Miller was a lawyer before she became a playwright. Now, Prima Facie, a play that takes her back to the courtroom, has launched her career on the West End and Broadway.Also, we visit a regional theatre to meet the young locals preparing for a production of Annie Jr.
Suzie Miller was a lawyer before she became a playwright. Now, Prima Facie, a play that takes her back to the courtroom, has launched her career on the West End and Broadway. Also, we visit a regional theatre to meet the young locals preparing for a production of Annie Jr.
Last week Mickey-Jo was invited to review Jamie Lloyd's bold new revival of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL at the Harold Pinter Theatre starring Emilia Clarke. Check out Mickey-Jo's thoughts on the production including who he thought the real star of the show was... •• About Mickey-Jo: As one of the leading voices in theatre criticism on a social platform, Mickey-Jo is pioneering a new medium for a dwindling field. His YouTube channel: MickeyJoTheatre is the largest worldwide in terms of dedicated theatre criticism, where he also share features, news and interviews as well as lifestyle content for over 60,000 subscribers. Since establishing himself as a theatre critic he has been able to work internationally. With a viewership that is largely split between the US and the UK he has been fortunate enough to be able to work with PR, Marketing, and Social Media representatives for shows in New York, London, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Toronto, Sao Pãolo, and Paris. He has also twice received accreditation from the world renowned Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His reviews and features have also been published by WhatsOnStage, for whom he was a panelist to help curate nominees for their 2023 and 2024 Awards as well as BroadwayWorldUK, Musicals Magazine and LondonTheatre.co.uk. He has been invited to speak to private tour groups, at the BEAM 2023 new musical theatre conference at Oxford Playhouse, and on a panel of critics at an event for young people considering a career in the arts courtesy of Go Live Theatre Projects. Instagram/TikTok/X: @MickeyJoTheatre
Now for a roundup of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their weekly email newsletter. Audio described shows and events included: Marys Seacole - Saturday 21 May, 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm, Donmar Warehouse, London Arnolfini: Visual Impairment Welcome Day - Monday 23 May, 10.30am, Bristol , Prima Facie, Saturday 28 May, 3pm, Harold Pinter Theatre, London Northern Ballet: The Great Gatsby - Saturday 28 May, 2.30pm, Insight talk and tour 12noon, Milton Keynes Theatre The Gruffalo - Tuesday 31 May, 2pm, touch tour 1pm, Arts Depot, London. To find out more about these and other up-coming audio-described arts events as well as details about how to sign up to the VocalEyes weekly email newsletter do visit the VocalEyes website - https://vocaleyes.co.uk (Image shows the VocalEyes logo. A speech bubble with 'VOCALEYES' written in bold black letters next to it)
Now for a round up of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their weekly email newsletter. Audio described shows and events included: The Merchant of Venice - Sunday 27 March, 1pm, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London The Human Voice - Friday 1 April, 8.30pm, the Harold Pinter Theatre, London Abigail's Party - Saturday 2 April, 2.30pm, Watford Palace Theatre, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Thursday 7 April, 2.30pm, Norwich Theatre Royal Body Vessel Clay - Online Audio-Described Exhibition Tour, Monday 11 April, 6pm, Two Temple Place, London To find out more about these and other up-coming audio-described arts events as well as details about how to sign up to the VocalEyes weekly email newsletter do visit the VocalEyes website - https://vocaleyes.co.uk (Image shows the VocalEyes logo. A speech bubble with 'VOCALEYES' written in bold black letters next to it)
Now for a round up of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their weekly email newsletter. Audio described shows and events included: Cyrano de Bergerac - Sunday 20 February, 2.30pm, Harold Pinter Theatre, London The Osmonds - Wednesday 23 February, 7.30pm, New Theatre Oxford Dreamgirls - Saturday 26 February, 2.30pm, Sunderland Empire The Glow - Saturday 5 March, 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm, Royal Court, London Hamlet - Saturday 12 march, 2pm, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London To find out more about these and other up-coming audio-described arts events as well as details about how to sign up to the VocalEyes weekly email newsletter do visit the VocalEyes website - https://vocaleyes.co.uk (Image shows the VocalEyes logo. A speech bubble with 'VOCALEYES' written in bold black letters next to it)
It's podcast time! That's right - the latest episode of The Chris Moyles Show On Radio X Podcast is here. We kicked off the week by speaking to comedy legend Ben Elton about his upcoming residency at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London and apologised for the receptionist failing to recognise him! Later in the week Jake Humphrey joined us in the studio to talk about his new book ‘High Performance', a follow on from his extremely successful podcast, that Gareth Southgate says got him through lockdown. Jake also had a bone to pick with Chris and accused him of breaking his gate at a birthday party a few years ago - oops! We also had Jack Whitehall pop by to talk all about his new film ‘Clifford The Big Red Dog' and he told us all about his new friendship with the Rock. They've even trained in the gym together! Plug My Panto also continued and Chris realised he had a past feud with one of the surprise guests! Awkward. And if that wasn't enough, here's more… - Pippa's Birthday Surprises - Dom the Voiceover Artist - Matt flinches at a chilli sauce! (Finally!) Enjoy! The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X Weekdays 6:30-10am
On A View on Access this week, two productions from the Harold Pinter Theatre in London. Firstly, J'Ouvert: 2017. Carnival is here. The streets of Notting Hill are alive with history and amidst the soca, sequins, and endless feathers, Jade and Nadine are fighting for space in a world that should be theirs. A timely echo of Caribbean resistance across centuries, J'OUVERT is a joyful and fearless story of two best friends, battling to preserve tradition in a society where women's bodies are frequently under threat. and also, Anna X: Immersed in an addictive world of front-row fashion shows, private views, and endless parties, Anna and Ariel find themselves struggling to keep up with New York's dazzling social elite. How far will two outsiders go to construct the identities they want? And at what price? In case you missed it, that audio described performance of 'Anna X' will be on Saturday July 31st, for more info, head over to www.haroldpintertheatre.co.uk AVOA is written, presented and produced by Tim Calvert of Calvert Creative Concepts for RNIB Connect Radio and The Audio Description Association. For more information or to get involved email aviewonaccess@gmail.com
As theatres, museums, galleries, and other arts venues start to re-open their doors, Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their weekly email newsletter. Items highlighted this week included: Journeys - picture description talk, Dulwich Picture Gallery (Thursday 3 June 11am) Northern Ballet shows - Dangerous Liaisons and Swan Lake audio described performances A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre live stream with audio description Waldon - described performance at the Harold Pinter Theatre, And Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me - described performance at the Kiln Theatre To sign up to the VocalEyes weekly email newsletter and more details about these and other accessible events do visit the VocalEyes website - https://vocaleyes.co.uk/(Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)
Brian Zeilinger-Goode is a two-time Tony Award-winning, eight-time Olivier Award and Emmy Award-nominated American producer based in London. He holds the distinction of having been the youngest ever Broadway and West End producer when he produced his first shows at the age of 19. Through his company Zeilinger Productions, Brian's independent work in the West End includes: Dear Evan Hansen, Queen Anne (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Harold Pinter Theatre), The Glass Menagerie (Duke of York’s Theatre), Nice Fish (Harold Pinter Theatre), Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre), 1984 (Playhouse Theatre), Oresteia (Trafalgar Studios), Studios), Bend It Like Beckham (Phoenix Theatre), The Elephant Man (Theatre Royal Haymarket), The Nether (Duke of York’s Theatre), The Sunshine Boys (Savoy Theatre), Master Class (Vaudeville Theatre), Top Girls (Trafalgar Studuios), Betrayal (Comedy Theatre) and Hair (Gielgud Theatre). On Broadway his credits include: Network (Belasco Theatre), 1984 (Hudson Theater), Dear Evan Hansen (Music Box Theatre), King Charles III (Music Box Theatre), The Elephant Man (Booth Theatre), The Cripple of Inishmaan (Cort Theater), I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers (Booth Theatre), Lucky Guy (Broadhurst Theatre), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Richard Rodgers Theatre), Death of a Salesman (Ethel Barrymore Theatre), Catch Me If You Can (Neil Simon Theatre), Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Richard Rodgers Theatre), The Pee-Wee Herman Show (Stephen Sondheim Theatre) and Lend Me A Tenor (Music Box Theatre). Brian is also a principle of MZG Theatre Productions, co-founded with fellow producer Jack Maple. MZG's theatre credits include: Private Peaceful (Bristol Old Vic and the Barn Theatre), Nuclear War / Buried / Graceland (Old Red Lion Theatre), Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon (the Barn Theatre and the Old Red Lion Theatre), Sitting (ArtisTree Theatre, Hong Kong), The View Upstairs (Soho Theatre), Rundertisch (Tristan Bates Theatre), The Rink (Southwark Playhouse). Productions in concert include: Tonight at the London Coliseum (streamed from the iconic West End theatre), Zorro The Musical (Cadogan Hall), Cinderella (Cadogan Hall), and Carousel (Cadogan Hall). They have also produced concerts for: Sierra Boggess, Kelli O'Hara, Caissie Levy, Laura Benanti, Andy Mientus, Keala Settle, and Laura Michelle Kelly. Also a television and film producer, his television work includes Gossip Girl, Teen Wolf, HBO’s The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway; and for film: Martha Marcy May Marlene, Geek Charming, and Very Good Girls. In addition to his independent producing work, Brian currently serves as Executive Producer of Live Entertainment for Studio POW, a London-based film and television production company, and sits on the Development and Education Board of the Donmar Warehouse. He is also the Co-Founding Producing Artistic Director of the international TheatreBites Festival at ArtisTree in Hong Kong. Brian is an alumnus of the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and holds an MFA in Creative Producing from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Instagram: @brianzeilinger Host: Jamie Neale @jamienealejn Discussing rituals and habitual patterns in personal and work life. We ask questions about how to become more aware of one self and the world around us, how do we become 360 with ourselves? Host Instagram: @jamienealejn Podcast Instagram: @360_yourself Music from Electric Fruit Produced by Tom Dalby Composed by Toby Wright
On the darkened stage of the locked-down Harold Pinter Theatre in London's West End, Ian Rickson meets with Bafta and Golden Globe-winning actor Ben Whishaw, in July 2020. They discuss pioneering American independent director John Cassavetes' 1984 film ‘Love Streams'; Joy Williams' moving and mysterious short story ‘Chaunt'; and the solace offered to teenage Ben within the original and demo versions of 'The Garden' by PJ Harvey. More details follow below.‘What I Love' is created and hosted by Ian Rickson. The theme music is by PJ Harvey. Sound recording by James Hingley. Photography by Helen Murray. Series Producer Ben Walker. Executive Producer Robert Delamere. Produced for Storyglass by Sarah Murray.Works discussed:‘Love Streams' – dir. John Cassavetes; prod. Cannon Films‘Chaunt' by Joy Williams, first published in the New Yorker (www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/10/chaunt)'The Garden - demo' by PJ Harvey (Island Records) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Celebrated poet, spoken word performer, writer and recording artist, Kae Tempest – winner of the Ted Hughes Award, and double Mercury Prize nominee – meets with Ian Rickson on the stage of the locked down Harold Pinter Theatre in London's West End in July 2020.Kae's choices include the sports documentary series charting Michael Jordan's tenure with the Chicago Bulls, ‘The Last Dance'; the soulful baroque pop of ‘Four Ethers' by serpentwithfeet; and William Blake's 18th century Romantic masterpiece ‘The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'. More details follow below.‘What I Love' is created and hosted by Ian Rickson. The theme music is by PJ Harvey. Sound recording by James Hingley. Photography by Helen Murray. Series Producer Ben Walker. Executive Producer Robert Delamere. Produced for Storyglass by Sarah Murray.Works discussed:‘The Last Dance'- dir. James Hehir; prod. ESPN Films and Netflix‘Four Ethers' by serpentwithfeet (Tri-Angle Records)‘The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' by William Blake See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Created and hosted by Ian Rickson, one of British theatre's most celebrated directors, What I Love is a series of intimate conversations with actors, writers, comedians, and producers, conducted on the empty stages of some of Britain's most iconic theatres, shut down due to the pandemic. Against this backdrop of isolation and loss, guests explore what matters most to them through sharing three cultural highlights: a cherished piece of writing, a memorable song and a favourite film.Guests in series one include Kae Tempest, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cush Jumbo, Ben Whishaw, Sonia Friedman, Russell Brand, Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn. These episodes were recorded by James Hingley and photographed by Helen Murray at the Harold Pinter Theatre, the Young Vic Theatre, the Palace Theatre and the Hackney Empire in London and Norden Farm Centre for the Arts in Maidenhead.Series theme music by PJ Harvey. Series Producer Ben Walker. Executive Producer Robert Delamere. Produced for Storyglass by Sarah Murray. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Amplify Podcast is a new strand in our Playcast series. Our Amplify Producer, Craig Gilbert, has been holed up in his makeshift bedroom studio talking to a host of exciting artists of national and international renown. These conversations cover career and process as well as offering a few exciting ideas to explore from home during this time of Social Distancing. On this Episode Craig talks with Jeremy Herrin, Artistic Director of Headlong. Jeremy studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He trained at both the National Theatre and Royal Court, where he became Deputy Artistic Director in 2009 until 2012.Between 2000 and 2008 he was Associate Director at Live Theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne.Jeremy has most recently directed Labour of Love (Noël Coward Theatre), People, Places and Things (NT/West End/UK Tour/NewYork), The House The Grew Up In (Chichester Festival Theatre), Common (National Theatre), This House (West End), Junkyard (Bristol Old Vic/Theatr Clwyd/Rose Theatre Kingston), Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (UK Tour), The Absence of War (UK Tour) and The Nether (Royal Court / West End) for Headlong, and also the world premiere of Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker prize-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies in two parts for the RSC, which transferred to the West End in May 2014 and Broadway in March 2015 and for which he was nominated for an Olivier and Tony Award for Best Director.Jeremy has directed several productions at the Royal Court including That Face by Polly Stenham, which transferred to the Duke of York’s Theatre in the West End. He was nominated for an Evening Standard Best Director Award for Stenham’s second play Tusk Tusk in 2009. Other work at the Court includes Stenham’s No Quarter, E V Crowe’s Hero and Kin, Richard Bean’s The Heretic, Michael Wynne’s The Priory, which won an Olivier award for Best Comedy and David Hare’s The Vertical Hour.Other theatre directing credits include The Plough and the Stars (NT, co-directed with Howard Davies), Noises Off (American Airlines Theatre, Broadway) The Moderate Soprano (Hampstead Theatre),Another Country (Chichester/West End), the critically acclaimed This House by James Graham at the National Theatre, for which he was nominated for an Olivier award for Best Director, The Tempest at the Globe, David Hare’s South Downs at Chichester Festival Theatre subsequently transferring to the Harold Pinter Theatre, Uncle Vanya with Roger Allam at Chichester, Absent Friends at the Harold Pinter and Much Ado About Nothing with Eve Best and Charles Edwards at the Globe.Jeremy was also named as one of the Stage top 100 in 2014.
Ella puts the “geek” in “theatre geek” as she tells us about multiple visits to the Harold Pinter Theatre in London for a variety of plays by, well, Harold Pinter. Among the cavalcade of British actors of stage and screen she saw performing were Charlie “Daredevil” Cox, Martin “Watson/Bilbo” Freeman, Rupert “Lestrade” Graves, and Tom “Loki” Hiddleston! But wait, there’s more! At theatres other than the Pinter, she had a chance to see Arthur “Rory” Darvill and Hayley “Agent Carter” Atwell! Scott also chimes in with his own adventures seeing geek actors on stage.
A jam-packed episode with reviews of four very different shows: Nora A Doll's House at The Young Vic, Uncle Vanya staring Toby Jones at The Harold Pinter Theatre, Death of England at The National staring Rafe Spall, and Musik staring Frances Barber at The Leicester Square Theatre. We also find out what Madonna super-fan Madeleine made of the Madame X tour at The London Palladium, as well as this we have Alice's Top Tip; new musical Be More Chill, and of course we have a new cocktail creation, this time inspired by Uncle Vanya. - Opening/Closing Music: Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyonis: licensed under a CC Attribution License
Theatre critics Matt Wolf and Lyn Gardner join Robert Bound to give their verdict on the new production of Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’ at the Harold Pinter Theatre, starring Toby Jones and Ciarán Hinds.
Dear Evan Hansen at Noel Coward Theatre and backstage interview with actress Lauren Ward who plays Cynthia Murphy. Richard lll at Sam Wannamaker Playhouse and backstage interview with Sophie Russell who plays Richard lll. Uncle Vanya at The Harold Pinter Theatre and stage door interview with Rosalind Eleazar who plays Yelena.
Episode 6. A Day in the Death of Joe Egg at Trafalgar Studios, Translations at the National Theatre with a backstage interview with Rufus Wright, Ian McKellen On Stage at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Quick interval to say hi, this 3rd season’s schedule is a bit patchy as it’s comprised of everything I’m going to see up until the end of the year so bear with me. So far, you had Gingerline’s Chambers 4, Equus, Bitter Wheat, Secret C’s Casino Royale, The Exorcist, The Duchess of Malfi and just before the interval, a Very Expensive Poison. I’m home in Provence right now and will be resting a bit and working and you won’t hear me before the 18th of October. Expect Macbeth (with John Simm), LUNGS with Matt Smith and Claire Foy (curious to see the stage as the seatplan is unusual with regards to my Old Vic experience so far, Helsingor, Hamlet’s Castle (immersive in Paris, going to see twice)for OCT; In NOV, What’s in A Name in London (depending on my flight because I booked very close to my arrival), SC’s Stranger Things, The Antipodes at NT, Red Palace immersive dinner at The Vaults and WoWS again and Gingerline's TV Dinners; DEC, Translations at NT, Magic Goes Wrong, Also, important update on Ian McKellen’s show, there is now, on TodayTix, for the whole run at the Harold Pinter Theatre, £10 front row lottery so if you’re in London, you absolutely don’t have the “It’s way too expensive” excuse not to go see it. All thoughts and opinions expressed on this show are solely those of the individual expressing them at the time of recording, and do not necessarily reflect the official position of The Good, the Bad and the Just Plain Standard, Milk In A Wineglass & Hicks Entertainment. I, Yann Sicamois - sound in body and mind - shall never apologize to an angry mob under any circumstances. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/on-the-wooden-path/message
The biggest party of the year is taking place in London this evening, as The Evening Standard celebrates the most influential people in the city at the Progress 1000.In today's episode our deputy editor Charlotte Ross and Associate Editor Julian Glover discuss what it takes to make it on to the Progress 1000 list. We also speak with the Evening Standard's Home Affairs editor Martin Bentham about the Taser stun guns that 10,000 Met officers are being equipped with – do they need them?Also, following an unprecedented, sold-out tour which raised £3 million for 80 theatres through the UK, Sir Ian McKellen's 80th birthday theatre journey returned to London for 80 further performances and now it's at the Harold Pinter Theatre. All profits from the show will be donated to 10 charities which raise vital funds for a cross section of people involved in the arts. It's directed by Sean Matthias. Our own critic Nick Curtis gave it five stars. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast and wherever you listen. Join the conversation on Twitter at #TheLeaderPodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In today’s Encore Meets episode, we head backstage at the Harold Pinter Theatre, in London's West End to meet Alex Mugnaioni, star of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. We learn more about the show and how Alex's skilled musicianship plays a key part in this show.
Let's talk about theatre. http://go.otwp.uk/s01e28-betrayal The Harold Pinter Theatre presents, a Harold Pinter play, directed by Jamie Lloyd. With Tom Hiddleston (Robert), Zawe Ashton (Emma) and Charlie Cox (Jerry). Original Music and Sound Design by Ben and Max Ringham. https://www.pinteratthepinter.com/the-plays/betrayal This show is transferring to Broadway. Preview: Aug 14, 2019 / Opening: Sep 15, 2019 / Closing: Dec 08, 2019 https://www.broadway.com/shows/betrayal All thoughts and opinions expressed on this show are solely those of the individual expressing them at the time of recording, and do not necessarily reflect the official position of The Good, the Bad and the Just Plain Standard, Milk In A Wineglass & Hicks Entertainment. I, Yann Sicamois - sound in body and mind - shall never apologize to an angry mob under any circumstances. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/on-the-wooden-path/message
Todd Rosenthal (Set Designer) is a Chicago based set designer. Broadway: August Osage County (Tony Award), The Motherfucker with the Hat (Tony and Outer Critics Circle Nomination), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Tony Award Best revival), Of Mice and Men, This is Our Youth, Fish in the Dark, Straight White Men, and the upcoming Linda Vista. Select Off Broadway premieres: Red Light Winter, Barrow Street Theater; Domesticated, Lincoln Center; Qualms, Playwrights Horizons; Close Up Space, Manhattan Theatre Club; Nice Fish, St. Ann’s Warehouse. Set designer for 6 years for the Big Apple Circus. International: August Osage County (National Theatre, London, Sydney Theater, Australia); The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Theatre Royal, Ireland); Nice Fish, (Harold Pinter Theatre, West End, London); Madama Butterfly, Dublin, Ireland; and the upcoming Downstate at the National Theatre in London. Regional: Steppenwolf (33 productions), Goodman (artistic partner), Chicago Shakespeare, Guthrie, Mark Taper Forum, ART, La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Berkeley Rep, Alley Theater, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and many others. Select Museum Exhibitions: Mythbusters: The Explosive Exhibition and The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes. Other select awards: 2019 Distinguished Achievement Award (United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), Laurence Olivier, Helen Hayes, Ovation, Bay Area Theater Critics Circle, Joseph Jefferson, Suzi Bass, and the Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration. Full Professor, Northwestern University. Graduate, Yale Drama.
Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 263 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A perfect conversation on all things theatre, art, culture, creation and all that these elements bring, with the powerful and awesome ZAWE ASHTON!“You cannot work for an audience, you have to work for the truth of what you’ve created, and just trust that the response you get will be the truthful response and the right response”This episode’s theme: HOLD YOUR NERVE.What an epic one this is… A great back and forth with Pip and Zawe, who have crossed paths on a number of occasions but now find over an hour to catch up and all for our benefit! It only took them four years to sort out… In a way that’s worked out perfectly though, as there is just more to talk about! With Zawe currently starring in Harold Pinter’s ‘Betrayal’ at the Harold Pinter Theatre, she is fully immersed in the Pinter world (this podcast was also recorded there), and as such has a lot to add about his universe and the many facets thereof, but not before we go back into time and take a peek at the old skool spoken word days! From humble beginnings with poems scribbled on school folders, to being at drama school from a very early age, to Jungian mantras, to casting yourself in your own life, to being in an onstage ‘throuple’ and on-screen ensemble, to the many masks we all wear in our own lives, to her love of art and the abstract, to growing into her adult self and finding that flow state, to the trials of having her own play performed after years in limbo and SO much more including her new book 'Character Breakdown'… You’ll get much out of this one. Enjoy.EPISODE LINKS:• ZAWE on TWITTER• CHARACTER BREAKDOWN• BETRAYAL• FRESH MEAT• VELVET BUZZSAWTHIS EPISODES SPIRIT ANIMALS:• DPP #238 • Michaela Coel• DPP #233 • Desiree AkhavanLINKS FOR SCROOBIUS PIP & SPEECH DEVELOPMENT:• SCROOBIUS PIP on TWITTER!• SCROOBIUS PIP on INSTAGRAM!• SCROOBIUS PIP on PATREON!• POD BIBLE!• SPEECH DEVELOPMENT RECORDS • DISTRACTION PIECES NETWORK on FACEBOOK• DISTRACTION PIECES NETWORK on INSTAGRAM• NEW LISTENERS TAKE NOTE • You can find the full DISTRACTION PIECES episode list... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
As Yet Unnamed London Theatre Podcast 21-Oct-2018 With T R P Watson - Gareth James - Tim from @Pinter_Quotes - Plays Discussed An Adventure - Bush Theatre [00:20] Pinter at the Pinter 1 - Harold Pinter Theatre [09:16] Pinter at the Pinter 2 - Harold Pinter Theatre [22:23]
This week's guest is Tony-nominee and Olivier Award-winner Jenna Russell. Russell's professional stage debut came in 1987 as an understudy for Eponine and Fantine in Les Miserables, a show she returned to as Fantine in 1991 and 2000. Her subsequent 30-year theatre career includes West End productions of Follies in 1987, Martin Guerre in 1998, Guys and Dolls opposite Ewan McGregor in 2005 and Sunday in the Park with George in 2006, for which she won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical and was nominated for a Tony Award for the show's Broadway transfer. Further notable credits include Into the Woods at the Donmar Warehouse and Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier and Harold Pinter Theatre, Urinetown at the St. James and Apollo Theatre and Grey Gardens at Southwark Playhouse. In 2016 she joined the cast of EastEnders, playing Michelle Fowler for two years. She is now starring in Fun Home, which runs at the Young Vic until 1 September.
This week’s guest is Olivier Award nominee Clare Foster. Clare’s notable stage credits include the original West End cast of Avenue Q, Maria Friedman’s smash-hit production of Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier and in the West End, Guys and Dolls at Chichester Festival Theatre and Travesties at the Menier and West End, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award. On screen she has starred in The Crown, Sherlock and Alan Menken’s musical comedy series, Galavant. She is currently starring in the West End transfer of Nina Raine’s Consent at the Harold Pinter Theatre until 11 August.
Philip Dodd and guests explore the art of negotiation and discuss JT Rogers' play Oslo which opens at the National Theatre this week. It draws on the experiences of Norwegian diplomat Mona Juul and her husband, social scientist Terje Rød-Larsen who fixed secret meetings between the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Sir John Jenkins is a former diplomat and Executive Director of The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Middle East. He's been HM Consul-General in Israel, and Ambassador to Syria, Iraq and Saudia Arabia. Gabrielle Rifkind is a senior consultant to the Middle East Programme, which she founded and directed until 2015. She is the Director of the Oxford Process, an independent preventive diplomacy initiative pioneered through her dialogue work with Oxford Research Group (ORG). Michael Burleigh is a historian and author of books including A Cultural History of Terrorism; Small Wars, Far Away Places: The Genesis of the Modern World and Moral Combat: A History of World War Two. Dr Beyza Unal is a research fellow with the International Security Department at Chatham House. She specializes in nuclear weapons policies and leads projects on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons. Dr Unal is also conducting research on cybersecurity. Oslo plays at the National Theatre from 5 - 23 September. It opens in the West End at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 2 October to 30 December. Producer: Eliane Glaser.
Please Support The Show With a Donation This week we talk to Charles Fernyhough about the voices in our heads Charles Fernyhough is a writer and psychologist. His non-fiction book about his daughter’s psychological development, A Thousand Days of Wonder, was translated into eight languages. His book on autobiographical memory, Pieces of Light was shortlisted for the 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. His latest non-fiction book is called The Voices Within. He is the author of two novels, The Auctioneer and A Box Of Birds. He has written for TIME Ideas, Nature, New Scientist, BBC Focus, Guardian, Observer, Financial Times, Literary Review, Sunday Telegraph, Lancet, Scotland on Sunday, Huffington Post, Daily Beast and Sydney Morning Herald. He blogs for the US magazine Psychology Today and has made numerous radio appearances in the UK and US. He has acted as consultant on theatre productions on Broadway and the West End (‘The River’, Royal Court, 2012, and The Circle in the Square, 2014; ‘Old Times’, Harold Pinter Theatre, 2013), numerous TV (BBC1 and Channel 4) and radio documentaries and several other artistic projects. He was shortlisted for the 2015 Transmission Prize for the communication of ideas. He is a part-time chair in psychology at Durham University, UK, where he leads the interdisciplinary Hearing the Voice project, investigating the phenomenon of auditory verbal hallucinations. In This Interview, Charles Fernyhough and I Discuss... His new book, The Voices Within: The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves The stages of speech in childhood development and how it relates to our inner voice in life The theory that says that our internal speech comes from external speech that we hear/the dialogue we hear as a child which we eventually move inward and it becomes our internal speech Vygotsky's theory What inner speech does for us Inner speech plays a role in regulating behavior It has a role in imagination and creativity It has a role in creating a self That the fact that we create and construct a self, doesn't mean that it is an illusion The theory that says that inner speech is how we bring different parts of our brain together into a coherent narrative How using inner speech skillfully can give us significant advantages in life That talking out loud to yourself actually probably serves some useful function Social speech - private speech - inner speech As the task gets more difficult, children and adults move from inner speech to more private speech How difficult it is to study inner speech The dialogic thinking model How his research that shows it can be helpful to teach mentally ill people who hear voices in their head to think differently about this form of inner speech Theories about why people hear different voices in their head That there is a strong correlation between childhood trauma and hearing voices in one's head as an adult That people hear the voices of the people in books that they've read Experiential crossing How to work with your inner speech to improve the quality of the experience of your life How difficult it is to silence your inner voice so it's better to learn how to productively interact with it, even dialogue with it Please Support The Show with a Donation
In a tribute episode to Edward Albee (who passed away this September 2016), Infinite Gestation discusses Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962) – perhaps the author's best known work. The 1966 film adaptation of the award winning play deviates only slightly from the source material, offering an ideal way to experience the piece, outside of reading the play (or attending a live performance, which certainly comes recommended). Originally thought too young for the role of middle-aged Martha, Elizabeth Taylor turns in a stellar performance, serving to remind us that she was much more than a diva movie star – the woman could act. Disclaimer: The story of George and Martha's crumbling marriage is loaded with so many themes and metaphors ripe for interpretation that using it for any sort of drinking game would probably kill you. We had trouble fitting all of this into a single episode, which is probably a testament to the fine quality of Albee's work. Follow @Infin8Gestation on Twitter • Visit InfiniteGestation.com Show Notes & Links Edward Albee Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1962 play) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966 film) - Mike Nichols Rabindranath Tagore (1913 Nobel Prize Winner) Black Books Virginia Woolf (English Author) Richard Burton Elizabeth Taylor Sandy Dennis George Segal Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 film) - Robert Aldrich Beatnik vs. Revolutionary – On the Road by Jack Kerouac + Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara | Episode 026 Imelda Staunton & Conleth Hill to star in a 2017 production of the play at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London
Libby Purves looks back over the last decade with guests, writer and broadcaster Peter Snow, theatre director Sir Trevor Nunn, adventurer Debra Searle and paralympian Mike Brace. Peter Snow CBE is a writer and broadcaster. He has presented a number of documentaries with his son Dan including 'Battleplan: The Battle for Alamein' and 'Battlefield Britain'. His book 'When Britain Burned the White House', about the British destruction of US public buildings during the Anglo-American war of 1812, is published next year. Sir Trevor Nunn CBE is a theatre director. He is a former artistic director of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. He has directed some of the most critically acclaimed and popular productions in recent decades. He is currently directing two shows in London's West End, Cole Porter's 'Kiss Me Kate' and Alan Ayckbourn's 'A Chorus of Disapproval'. Kiss Me Kate is at the Old Vic and Chorus of Disapproval is at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Debra Searle MBE is an adventurer, television presenter and is a Trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. In 2001 she set off with her then husband on the Atlantic Rowing Challenge from Tenerife to Barbados. But after only 14 days he withdrew from the race, leaving Debra to finish alone. During the last decade she achieved a new world record in a dragon boat across the English Channel. She also competed in the longest canoe race in the world. Mike Brace CBE is former chairman of the British Paralympic Association and director of Vision 2020UK. He is currently a director of UKAD, the UK's Anti-doping agency for sport. He was in Singapore in 2005 when London won the 2012 Olympic bid. Blinded at 10 in a firework accident, he represented Great Britain at cross-country skiing at six Paralympic Games, three World Championships and two European Championships. Producer: Annette Wells.
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