Podcasts about silk street theatre

Cast members Sam Carl, Irene Hoogveld, Madison Nonoa, William Sharma, Collin Shay and Christian Valle join us to discuss our production of Britten's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. They talk us through this production of Britten’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s magical tale (emphasis on the magic), being double cast in two very different roles, and give us a glimpse into the incredible design and technical work that's gone into the production. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' runs to 4 March in the Silk Street Theatre. The run is sold out but returns may become available from the Barbican Box Office (https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2019/event/brittens-a-midsummer-nights-dream-presented-by-guildhall). Follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/guildhallschool), Facebook (www.facebook.com/guildhallschool/) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/guildhallschool) and head to our website (www.gsmd.ac.uk) to stay up to date with all the events and news from the Guildhall School. Intro and outro music is Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyon, licenced under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/Little_Lily_Swing/Tri-Tachyon_-_01_-_Little_Lily_Swing)

Cast members Elena Faverio & Uri Levy and Stage Manager Chloë Siller talk us through our last autumn term drama production, Eduardo de Filippo's 'Saturday, Sunday, Monday'. We discuss the rehearsal process and working with director Joseph Blatchley, the challenges and joys of having a large cast, and getting to grips with cooking in the rehearsal room and on stage - with a bonus recipe from Uri Levy. 'Saturday, Sunday, Monday' runs from 30 November – 5 December in the Silk Street Theatre. Get your tickets from the Barbican Box Office (https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2018/event/saturday-sunday-monday-presented-by-guildhall-school). Follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/guildhallschool), Facebook (www.facebook.com/guildhallschool/) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/guildhallschool) and head to our website (www.gsmd.ac.uk) to stay up to date with all the events and news from the Guildhall School. Intro and outro music is Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyon, licenced under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/Little_Lily_Swing/Tri-Tachyon_-_01_-_Little_Lily_Swing)

The entire cast of our autumn opera join us on this podcast. Cast B singers Seán Boylan, Samuel Carl, Samantha Clarke, Frederick Jones, Lucy McAuley & Madison Nonoa talk us through this production of Mozart's comic opera, the benefits of having a double cast, what they've enjoyed most about the process and give us an insight into the design of the production. ' Così fan tutte' runs from 5 – 12 November in the Silk Street Theatre. (https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/event/mozarts-cosi-fan-tutte-at-the-guildhall-school). Follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/guildhallschool), Facebook (www.facebook.com/guildhallschool/) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/guildhallschool) and head to our website (www.gsmd.ac.uk) to stay up to date with all the events and news from the Guildhall School. Intro and outro music is Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyon, licenced under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/Little_Lily_Swing/Tri-Tachyon_-_01_-_Little_Lily_Swing)

It's summer musical time at Guildhall, so we caught up with cast and creative team to talk about our production of the classic Fiddler on the Roof. We're joined by cast members Georgina Beedle and Alex James-Cox and Sound Designer Charlie Smith to discuss the production. Charlie and Alex tell us what it's like for their final Guildhall production to be on such a grand scale and how they've found their way in to the characters, and Charlie talks us through the process and challenges for sound design as well as telling us about some of his highlights since graduating from Guildhall in 2013! Fiddler on the Roof runs from 4 – 11 July in the Silk Street Theatre. Get your tickets from the Barbican Box Office (https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2018/event/guildhall-school-presents-fiddler-on-the-roof). Audio-described performance and touch tour on Friday 6 July - book directly with Barbican Box Office in person or by phone. Follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/guildhallschool), Facebook (www.facebook.com/guildhallschool/) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/guildhallschool) and head to our website (www.gsmd.ac.uk) to stay up to date with all the events and news from the Guildhall School. Intro and outro music is Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyon, licenced under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 (freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/Little_Lily_Swing/Tri-Tachyon_-_01_-_Little_Lily_Swing)

Our final drama production of the term is Clifford Odets' rarely-produced play Paradise Lost. We're joined by cast members Georgina Beedle and Finlay Paul, Lighting Designer James McKeogh and Deputy Stage Manager Georgia Graham to discuss the play, working on a large production with such a large cast, the creative process, and what they're most looking forward to about opening night. Paradise Lost runs from 23 - 28 March in the Silk Street Theatre. Get your tickets from the Barbican Box Office (https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2018/event/guildhall-presents-clifford-odets-paradise-lost). Follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/guildhallschool), Facebook (www.facebook.com/guildhallschool/) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/guildhallschool) and head to our website (www.gsmd.ac.uk) to stay up to date with all the events and news from the Guildhall School. Intro and outro music is Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyon, licenced under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/Little_Lily_Swing/Tri-Tachyon_-_01_-_Little_Lily_Swing)

Cast members Michelle Alexander, Lucy Anderson and Michael Vickers join us to talk about our spring term production of Poulenc’s sublime masterpiece set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, 'Dialogues des Carmélites', discussing everything from religion and martyrdom to nun puns and singing in French. Dialogues des Carmélites runs from 26 February - 5 March in the Silk Street Theatre. Performances are currently sold out but you can find out more and try for a return ticket via Barbican Box Office (https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2018/event/guildhall-presents-poulencs-les-dialogues-des-carmelites). Follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/guildhallschool), Facebook (www.facebook.com/guildhallschool/) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/guildhallschool) and head to our website (www.gsmd.ac.uk) to stay up to date with all the events and news from the Guildhall School. Intro and outro music is Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyon, licenced under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/Little_Lily_Swing/Tri-Tachyon_-_01_-_Little_Lily_Swing)

Gian Carlo Menotti's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera 'The Consul' is our autumn opera. Cast members Michelle Alexander, Michael Vickers and Eduard Mas Bacardit join us to discuss our production of Menotti's opera, including some literal magic on stage, the opera's relevance today and how Menotti's first-hand accounts of refugees fleeing Europe after the Second World War informed his writing of the opera. The Consul runs from 30 October - 6 November in the Silk Street Theatre. Tickets are available from the Barbican Box Office (https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2017/event/guildhall-school-presents-menottis-the-consul). As mentioned by our guests, you can listen to Susan Bullock and a host of singers' performance of 'The Consul' on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/0uIVzZn5afmbV7tvwBoGAo) Follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/guildhallschool), Facebook (www.facebook.com/guildhallschool/) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/guildhallschool) and head to our website (www.gsmd.ac.uk) to stay up to date with all the events and news from the Guildhall School. Intro and outro music is Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyon, licenced under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/Little_Lily_Swing/Tri-Tachyon_-_01_-_Little_Lily_Swing)

The annual summer musical is fast approaching, so we caught up with cast and creative team to talk about our production of the Tony-award winning Gershwin classic Crazy For You. Cast members Lucie Fletcher and Luke Thallon discuss what it's like to end their time at Guildhall on such a showstopper and perform alongside Guildhall singers, as well as what it's like know this is their final performance as students here. Musical Director Michael Haslam and Choreographer Ewan Jones also join us to discuss the creative process and the challenges and joy of bringing such a large and well-known musical to the stage. Crazy For You runs from 4-12 July in the Silk Street Theatre. Tickets are available from the Barbican Box Office (http://www.barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?ID=21271). Follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/guildhallschool), Facebook (www.facebook.com/guildhallschool/) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/guildhallschool) and head to our website (www.gsmd.ac.uk) to stay up to date with all the events and news from the Guildhall School. Intro and outro music is Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyon, licenced under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/Little_Lily_Swing/Tri-Tachyon_-_01_-_Little_Lily_Swing)

We spoke to the cast & crew of Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead, the final drama production of the Spring term directed by Joseph Blatchley. Cast members Mairi Hawthorn, Ruth Ollman and Fode Simbo, lighting designer Jess Bernberg and sound designer Tom Bosworth joined us to discuss the play, what's inspired them in preparing for the production (including an extensive film list), and some of the challenges of working on a play with multiple on-set conversations happening at the same time. Balm in Gilead runs in the Silk Street Theatre from 24-29 March. Tickets are available from the Barbican Box Office (http://www.barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?ID=20566). Follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/guildhallschool), Facebook (www.facebook.com/guildhallschool/) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/guildhallschool) and head to our website (www.gsmd.ac.uk) to stay up to date with all the events and news from the Guildhall School. Intro and outro music is Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyon, licenced under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/Little_Lily_Swing/Tri-Tachyon_-_01_-_Little_Lily_Swing)

We caught up with Sound Designer Robert Matthews and cast members Rupert Henderson and Amelia Strohm to talk about the upcoming Guildhall School production of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. We talk about their experience on the production so far, the creative team's process, working with such a large cast and the challenges in bringing such a well-known and well-loved story to life on stage. Great Expectations runs in the Silk Street Theatre from 25 - 30 November. Tickets are available from the Barbican Box Office (https://www.barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?ID=20060). Follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/guildhallschool) and check out our website (www.gsmd.ac.uk) to stay up to date with all the events and news from the Guildhall School. Intro and outro music is Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyon, licenced under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/Little_Lily_Swing/Tri-Tachyon_-_01_-_Little_Lily_Swing)

We're joined opera students Bianca Andrew and Joanna Skillett to discuss our autumn term double-bill of contrasting Russian masterpieces, Stravinsky’s Mavra and Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta. We discuss why these two operas are being performed together, what it's like to prepare for such a contrasting double-bill, the challenges of singing in Russian and the benefits of double-casting. The Mavra/Iolanta double-bill runs in the Silk Street Theatre from 31 October - 7 November. Tickets are available from the Barbican Box Office (https://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=20057). Follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/guildhallschool) and check out our website (www.gsmd.ac.uk) to stay up to date with all the events and news from the Guildhall School. Intro and outro music is Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyon, licenced under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/Little_Lily_Swing/Tri-Tachyon_-_01_-_Little_Lily_Swing)

Ariane (1958) is a short opera based on the myth of Theseus, Ariadne and the Minotaur, which reflects Martinů’s great admiration for the celebrity singer Maria Callas (pictured) in the virtuosic style of its title role. Set in Paris, the earlier Alexandre bis (1937) was written when the city was at the centre of Surrealism, a movement that considerably influenced the composer and is reflected in the opera’s curious subtitle, ‘The Tragedy of a Man who Had His Beard Cut’. We talk to opera students Elizabeth Karani, Milan Siljanov and Josep-Ramon Olive about preparations for the production, which runs in the Silk Street Theatre from 31 May - 6 June 2016.

William Shakespeare’s work changed our theatre, language and even, some say, the perceptions we have of ourselves. His 154 sonnets published in 1609 document his passions, both intellectual and personal. They inform and merge with many of his plays. Using his sonnets as springboards into his creative and personal life, this new devised piece by Guildhall's Head of Voice Patsy Rodenburg explores the theatre, acting, passions and politics of Shakespeare’s life. Joining us for this podcast are Patsy, co-director Sue Lefton, DSM Ellie Cheyette, and actors Bessie Carter and Akpore Uzoh. Go, make you ready takes place at Silk Street Theatre from 18-23 March 2016.

Wedekind described his 1894 play as a “monster tragedy”. Between 27 Nov - 2 Dec in the Silk Street Theatre we present Nicholas Wright’s thrilling and explicit version of the original text, with five actresses sharing the role of Lulu. In this podcast we talk about working on the production to sound designer Erin Witton, production manager Oliver Levitt, and cast members Michael Levi Harris and Claudia Jolly.

The award-winning Opera department at the Guildhall School presents Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s rarely staged opera in Three Acts: Le donne curiose. We talk to cast members Elizabeth Karani, Thomas Atkins and Elgan Thomas about working on the production. Le donne curiose runs in Silk Street Theatre from 2-9 November 2015.

Opera Course students Elizabeth Desbruslais and Martin Hassler talk about Guildhall's upcoming end-of-year opera double bill, 'Phaedra' and 'Ein Landarzt' by contemporary German composer Hans Werner Henze, taking place in the Silk Street Theatre from 8-15 June 2015.

“Challenging, but beautiful and brutal” – Machinal director Edward Dick joins us to discuss the powerful end of term drama with production manager George Lumkin, deputy stage manager Jocelyn Robinson and actors Emma Naomi and Freddy Elletson. Machinal runs in the Silk Street Theatre at Guildhall from 27 March - 1 April 2015

“Rich orchestration, entertaining situations, great characters – what more can you ask for?!” We meet director Martin Lloyd-Evans and cast members Alison Langer and Lawrence Thackeray to talk about the upcoming opera double bill of Arnold’s The Dancing Master and Donizetti’s I pazzi per progetto, receiving their world stage and UK stage premieres respectively. The performances take place in the Silk Street Theatre from 2-9 March 2015.

As our first operatic production of the autumn term approaches, we talk to director Stephen Medcalf and students Alison Langer, Lawrence Thackeray and Emma Kerr about their approach to performing this warm, funny and wonderfully lyrical early Czech opera. The Cunning Peasant runs in the Silk Street Theatre from 3-10 November 2014.

Visiting director Joseph Blatchley talks about directing The Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Part One) which opens on Monday 26 March in the Silk Street Theatre. He tells us what kind of plays attract him, and what the challenges are of working with a large cast on a big play in a short rehearsal time. First published 19 March 2012.

Head of Voice Patsy Rodenburg is directing Twelfth Night in the Silk Street Theatre from 31 January to 5 February with Director of Acting Wyn Jones as Associate Director. They talk about their passion for the play, the importance of making the production relevant to now and how to teach young actors the basics of their craft. First published 24 January 2013.

Designer Dora Schweitzer is part of the creative team for The Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Part Two of which is staged in the Silk Street Theatre 23-28 November. She describes the process of designing a production and discusses what she enjoys about working with Technical Theatre students, as well as the challenges of this large-scale production. First published 19 November 2012.

Final year actors Sophie Khan Levy, Cormac Brown and Patrick Walshe McBride talk about playing multiple roles in Moises Kaufman's The Laramie Project, which plays from 22 to 27 March in the Silk Street Theatre. They also talk about how public performances in their final year are preparing them for the professional world. First published 13 March 2013.

In the final Spring term events podcast, we find out more about the end of term production The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other by Peter Handke, from Director Sue Lefton, Lighting Designer Max Narula, Deputy Stage Manager Georgina Elsey, and actors Rebecca Collingwood and Alex Bhat. A one act play without words – and 400-odd characters - is not without its challenges for both cast, crew and audience – such as having only 20 seconds to change costumes, learning to rollerblade and how on earth one cues sound, lighting and entrances with a very different kind of script. The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other runs in the Silk Street Theatre from 28 March - 2 April. Get tickets here: http://www.barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?ID=15742

Helena Gaunt talks to Head of Opera Clive Timms, conductor Robert Howarth and director Stephen Medcalf about this term's opera, the rarely-performed gem Spinalba, which opens at the Silk Street Theatre on 4 November.