Podcasts about stephen joseph theatre

Episode 86 - Alan Ayckbourn's Show & Tell - We saw this production at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough  Here is more detail about the production...  https://www.whatsonstage.com/shows/scarborough-theatre/show-tell_1462064531/ https://www.newvictheatre.org.uk/alan-ayckbourn-marks-85th-year-with-90th-play-show-and-tell/ and you can watch the trailer here... https://youtu.be/4wVaSqScw84 This production is now no longer on but may return.  Follow us Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @upstagedownstagepod

Graham and Charles discuss meeting Jim Moir (AKA Vic Reeves) at his new exhibition at RedHouse Originals in Harrogate which leads into a discussion about bird art.Graham has been listening to upcoming Irish garage-punk band, Sprints.Charles reviews Alan Ayckbourn's new play, Show & Tell at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. It's his 90th play, Keep in touch with Two Big Egos in a Small Car:X@2big_egosFacebook@twobigegos

Fin Ross Russell sits down with Paul Robinson, Artistic Director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. They discuss audience-performer connections, the difference between TV and theatre and what exactly "in the round" actually means, in our latest Chat Over Coffee podcast. The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee: Malmö’s Challenge Of Performing In The Round appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

This episode features a writer who would be familiar not only to Hull residents but also to keen telly watchers, radio listeners and theatre goers across the country. Alan Plater was born in Jarrow in 1935  but having moved to Hull when he was just three years old, the city was pleased to adopt him and he lived there for much of his life. His most famous writing credit was probably Z Cars. Alan Plater was also a huge fan of jazz music and his ITV comedy drama The Beiderbecke Affair staring James Bolam and Barbara Flynn in the mid 1980s was a massive success. He went on to win countless awards and accolades for his wonderful writing. Alan Plater was enormously generous with his time, and made a huge contribution to the Hull arts scene of the 1960s and 70s, developing a gentle friendship with Philip Larkin along the way. This speech was recorded on 28th November 1998,  and was given at that year's PLS AGM.   Thank you so much to Alexandra Cann who is the agent for the Alan Plater Literary Estate Ltd for giving us the initial approval to use this recording, and to Steve Plater and John Rubinstein who are the joint Directors of the Lit Estate. If you are interested in seeing an Alan Plater play this summer, then the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough is putting on a production of the Blonde Bombshells of 1943 which is full of swing and jazz, from 2-26th August 2023. https://sjt.uk.com/events/blonde-bombshells-of-1943 References: Alfred Bradley https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/about/successes/alfred-bradley-award/ ·         The Occasional Smell of Fish (poem) ·         Waiting for Gladys (Becket parody) ·         Bete Noire (Hull poetry journal) ·         Z Cars One Day In Spring Street ·         Jazz Notes- BBC radio programme ·         On Sunday January 4th I had Mild Constipation ·         Names (poem written for Three Trawlers fundraising) ‘my only grown up poem' ·         Swallows on the Water (play) ·         The Fosdyke Saga sonnet ( BBC radio tripe themed -parody of The Forsyth Saga,)- sent a copy to Larkin who responded with a signed copy of the High Windows calling him ‘sonnetteer extraordinaire' ·         Sweet Sorrow (1990) Plater's play about Larkin Matthew Arnold, Ogden Nash, Dylan Thomas, Alan Bleasdale, Ted Hughes, Barry Hines, Vera Wise, Henry Livings, Alex Glasgow, Carla Lane, Adrian Mitchell, Allan Ginsburg, Carole Mills (rude songs and low down blues), Robin Kay (flamenco guitarist), Max Boylett (jazz pianist), Ian Clarke and Chris Rowe, Sid and Norm (artists without category), Joe Orton, The Beatles, John Ford (director of westerns), Roger McGough, Jimmy James (music hall performer),Ken Wagstaff- (footballing hero), Fleur Adcock, Jeff Nuttall (had a pee in a bucket on stage), Roni Scott, Suzi Quatro, Mike Bradwell (theatre director), Jess Stacy (jazz pianist), Shakespeare, Max Wall, Peter Brooke (director),  and many more Hull poets listed by Plater. Pubs mentioned – (in Leeds and Hull) The Bluebell, The Bull, The Fenton, the Hayworth Arms, Philip Larkin judging poetry competition for the Hull Arts Centre at Spring Street in 1970 which eventually became Hull Truck Theatre. The loss of the three Hull trawlers in winter of 1967, 59 trawlerman died- the poets organised a reading and Plater wrote ‘Names'. Produced by Lyn Lockwood and Gavin Hogg PLS Membership and information: The Philip Larkin Society – Philip Larkin Theme music: 'The Horns Of The Morning' by The Mechanicals Band. Buy 'The Righteous Jazz' at their Bandcamp page: https://themechanicalsband.bandcamp.com/album/the-righteous-jazz

Beth Hyland (she/her) is a playwright and screenwriter splitting her time between Chicago and the West Coast. Her plays include Fires, Ohio, Seagulls, Killed a Man (Joking), All-One! The Dr. Bronner's Play, Clearing, Red Bowl at the Jeffs, and For Annie. She is the co-founder and playwright-in-residence of The Sound. Her work has been developed regionally in the US and the UK at Goodman Theatre's New Stages Festival, Steppenwolf LookOut, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Stephen Joseph Theatre, and Actors Theatre of Louisville; in New York at The Hearth and Dixon Place; and around Chicago with The Sound, Jackalope Theatre, First Floor Theater, The Story Theatre, Broken Nose Theatre, The Passage Theatre, and others. Beth is currently a first year MFA candidate in playwrighting at UC San Diego.

Episode 25 - Brief Encounter - we saw at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough  We would see it again so why don't you get yourself a ticket, on tour until 5 November 2022! You can find out more details about this production here... https://www.theatrebythelake.com/event/brief-encounter/ or https://octagonbolton.co.uk/whats-on/theatre/brief-encounter/ Brief Encounter Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkTAZkVK13s Follow us Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @upstagedownstagepod

Warm up your kettles and grab a cuppa as we discuss all things theatre and more (wink wink) with Mr. Kash Arshad. From his thoughts on Cats- The Musical to the Kardashians and accessibility at the Olivier Awards. We got you covered.  Kash is a Scottish/Pakistani director and theatre maker based in Yorkshire, and trained on the National Theatre Studio Directors Course 2019. He is currently Associate Director at Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.  He spent 15 years working as an actor for companies such as Freedom Studios, Citizens Theatre, GW Theatre and Channel 4. In 2015 he made the leap into directing professionally, participating in an RTYDS 3 Month Placement at Freedom Studios, acting as assistant director to Ben Occhipinti on ChipShop The Musical by Emma Hill. Since then he has assisted at Leeds Playhouse, Theatre by the Lake and Bolton Octagon.  He was Trainee Artistic Director at Freedom Studios from 2017 -  2019. He is an Associate Artist of National Youth Theatre and Mentor Director for National Theatre Connections.    In the episode we talk about:  First Directing project to most recent work.  The conversation around the topic of diversity, accessability and inclusion in theatre. Where that sits in todays word and the future.  The Olivier Awards and do accolades matter? Programming plays for Theatres and the mechanics of that.  Funding and Money in Theatre.  Approach to text. Approach new writing vs produced work and reworked. The advantages and disadvantages of privilege. Thoughts on digital space and its effect on theatre. If you remove the pillars of a strong creative (faith, support and grit)— would you continue to do what you're doing today? How do you balance work and relationships? Peaks and Valleys of life. Words to mirror self And of course some games :).  Social: Myself: https://www.instagram.com/chaiwithrai_/  Guest: https://twitter.com/kasharshad  Links: Myself: https://linktr.ee/raimuitfum Guest: https://www.kasharshad.co.uk  Hope you all enjoyed it and Thank you for tuning in. To Subscribe, share, follow my work and everything else is listed above.  

Episode: S2 Ep5 – John R Wilkinson – Empathy, Anger & Getting it Wrong Description: In this episode Ella catches up with  emerging theatre director John R Wilkinson and shares thoughts on dealing with others perceptions of your most obvious traits amongst other things. John at a glance: John is a disabled theatre director who has worked with The National Theatre, the Young Vic and has a passion for dramaturgy Show Notes: audio books who is John r Wilkinson - the role of a director and dramaturg mediating allowing for communication errors diversity or platforming empathy listening when angry questions that shouldn't be asked getting it wrong the ten step question Find John: https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/john-r-wilkinson https://twitter.com/johnrwilkinson1 Who is John R Wilkinson?  John is the tenth recipient of the Genesis Future Directors Award at the Young Vic. He trained on the National Theatre Directors' Course and is currently undertaking research into new work and touring companies with English Touring Theatre, Wise Children, Stockroom and the Royal Court, as part of Arts Council England's Developing Your Creative Practice. Direction: Mugabe, My Dad and Me (York Theatre Royal, English Touring Theatre, Audible.com), Bear Shaped and Amazing (Tutti Frutti Productions), Pink Skies… Vinny's Delight (Manchester Royal Exchange), Hello and Goodbye, Swallows and Amazons, Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (York Theatre Royal), Talking Heads (co-directed with James Brining and Amy Leach, Leeds Playhouse), Winter (Young Vic). Associate Direction: NT Connections 2020-21 (National Theatre), Sunshine on Leith (Leeds Playhouse – UK Tour). He is a Trustee of Stage Directors UK, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Pilot Theatre and Middle Child.   Learn more about Ella - https://www.ellajarmanpinto.com/ This podcast was produced by RogueSpirit Productions - message to see how they can help you produce your podcast - david@roguespirit.co.uk

Paddy's at SEALIFE SCARBOROUGH talking about exciting plans for 2022.We chat to BEMPTON CLIFFS about one of the most incredible places in the UK to spot Gannets, Puffins and more.The marine theme continues with DOLPHINS the subject with Stuart Baines. For the first time in recorded history, Bottlenose Dolphins have been spotted 12 months running in Scarborough.You tell us what one thing you always do when visiting Scarborough.Tourism News includes great news for bathers, Christina Aguilera announces Scarborough concert and Stephen Joseph Theatre announce 2022 shows.

: The Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough has been central to the work of one of our greatest living playwrights. Alan Ayckbourn came to Scarborough in the 1950s and was employed as an acting stage manager - that is both on stage and backstage - before discovering that writing was his true calling. Six decades and 85 plays later - his latest is The Girl Next Door which marries a time of Covid with the Second World War and which will return to the theatre here in September. Sir Alan is now 82 and has been speaking to Today's Mishal Husain about his work, the full reopening of theatres and how difficult a period ahead they will still have

Charles and Graham chew over the latest news in the easing of lockdown and assess the opportunities to get out and about. Graham looks at some local gigs coming up and Charles explains how he is suddenly busy reviewing the new shows at the Theatre Royal, and 41 Monkgate in York and the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. Graham gets all glam with a deepened appreciation of the joy to be found listening to Marc Bolan and T Rex and Charles sees Red with the latest release and impending live shows from Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers.

The actress Julie Hesmondhalgh, best known for Coronation Street and Broadchurch on TV, returns to the theatre for the opening night of her new play at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. Modestly titled The Greatest Play in the History of the World… it is not only the first night of the tour but the first night the theatre has been open since last year. Julie takes a break from rehearsals to talk to Samira about how she is looking forward to being onstage again and the importance of theatre to regional towns. Lie Down and Listen is the idea behind a new series of classical music concerts being led by the pianist Christina McMaster. She talks to Samira about how lying down helps both the mind and body listen to music. A new photographic exhibition opening at The Serpentine Gallery in London shows the work of 91-year-old photographer James Barnor. He’s been working for 6 decades, first in his native Ghana where he captured the country’s move to independence, before coming to the UK in the 60s where he worked for Drum magazine, taking photos of the African diaspora. In the 70s he returned to Ghana as a pioneer of colour photography. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Simon Richardson

We caught up with star of stage and screen, Julie Hesmondhalgh, as she embarks on her one-woman tour in The Greatest Play in the History of the World … calling at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre, York Theatre Royal and Hull Truck Theatre. There's also the difficult decision to deal with … of choosing her favourite places to visit in the county “that's really, really hard because it's all so beautiful and so vast!”. Think North York Moors, train trips to Sheffield and visiting family and friends in West Yorkshire. It's fun … she's fantastic … it's the new Welcome to Yorkshire ‘Talkshire' podcast.

Paddy speaks Jeannie Swales from the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. They've just announced their 2021 season including a World Premiere from Sir Alan AykbournOur 'Gem' this week is Westborough in Scarborough, the main shopping street in Scarborough.We bring you the latest Scarborough tourism news including another Park & Ride back open, the latest reschedule Open Air Theatre shows and attractions back open.And you tell us what your favourite thing about Scarborough is.patrick@visitscarborough.comwww.visitscarborough.comwww.facebook.com/visitscarboroughwww.twitter.com/scarboroughukwww.instagram.com/visitscarborough

Paddy speaks to Simon Kershaw, Brand Development Director at Bike and Boot Inn, Scarborough. Find out more about this new style of hotel.Our 'Gem' this week is the buildings and gardens which are the legacy of one man: Alfred Shuttleworth on Scarborough's South Cliff. Includes a little-known fact about Scarborough's Warwick Revolving Tower.We bring you the latest Scarborough tourism news including trees coming to the town centre and a former Corrie star doing a show at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in May.And you tell us what you like to do on a rainy day in Scarborough.patrick@visitscarborough.comwww.visitscarborough.comwww.facebook.com/visitscarboroughwww.twitter.com/scarboroughukwww.instagram.com/visitscarborough

Guest artist MILLY PECK joins me to chat about her work via Alan Ayckbourn's play 'Taking Steps - A Farce'. Published in 1981 by Haydonning Ltd and first performed at Stephen Joseph Theatre in 1979, the story revolves around a Victorian manor house in faltering disrepair. While the characters upstairs and downstairs their way around three storeys, the play is actually performed on only one floor so that various scenes interact simultaneously. It's then a cacophony of mishaps, misunderstandings and misdirections. Elizabeth wants to leave Roland. Roland wants to buy this tremendous house from Leslie for Elizabeth. Mark wants to marry Kitty. Kitty wants to leave Mark. Tristram, the junior solicitor, is just utterly confused about what's happening and where and by whom, and if all those strange noises are thanks to a resident ghost.    Milly and I go on to discuss her solo exhibitions, most recently at Vitrine Gallery in Basel, her upcoming residency at British School at Rome and all the work inbetween. Mentions go to foley sound production, the physicality of the stage, playing with dimensions, scale, collage, flattening, inflating, puppeteers, backstage antics, confusing performance with reality, implicating the audience, dark elements shrouded in comedy, hands in gloves, hand in black and hands holding celery.    (This episode is co-produced by Jillian Knipe and Elizabeth Fullerton with music by Griffin Knipe and image by Joanna Quinn of Beryl Productions)   MILLY PECK millypeck.com instagram millypeck 'A Matter of Routine' Vitrine Gallery Basel solo exhibition  'Loud Knock' Matts Gallery solo exhibition 'Pressure Head' Assembly Point solo exhibition Works mentioned: 'Alight', 'Moquette', 'The Unforgiving Hour', 'Straphangers'   ARTISTS Amelia Barrett (performer at Milly's solo exhibition at Assembly Point) Andrea Montagne Art Green Edward Hopper Emma Cousin ('Chats in Lockdown' podcast host) Jordan Baseman (Royal College tutor and Art Fictions Episode 10) Konrad Klapheck Nick Mauss Steve McQueen ('Deadpan' 1997) William Hogarth ('A Rake's Progress' 1732-1734)   ACTORS & DIRECTORS Bong Joon-ho (South Korean director, screenwriter, producer) Buster Keaton (silent movies) Charlie Kaufman (American screenwriter, producer, director, novelist) David Thewlis Imelda Staunton  Mark Ruffalo Robin Herford (British Theatre Director) Sir Matthew Bourne OBE (choreographer) Toby Jones    GALLERIES & THEATRES Assembly Point, London  Goldsmiths CCA, London ('Solos' 2020, 'How! Chicago Imagists' 2019) Kunsthalle, Basel Switzerland Little Angel Theatre, Islington London Matt's Gallery, London National Theatre Archives Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford UK Sir John Soane's Museum, London Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round, Scarborough UK Vitrine Gallery, London and Basel Switzerland   PLAYS 'A Chorus of Disapproval' 'Fantastic Mr Fox' 'House and Garden' (Alan Ayckbourn dyptich) 'Mr What Not' (Alan Ayckbourn, where the central character does not speak and, otherwise, there is speech and sound) 'Noises Off' 'Relatively Speaking' (Alan Ayckbourn) 'The Red Shoes'   BOOKS & MAGAZINES 'American Zoo: A Sociological Safari' 2015 David Grazien 'Frieze' magazine (review by Kito Nedo 2 Dec 2020) 'Feel Free' 2018 Zadie Smith   FILMS 'Anomalisa' 2015 'Berbarian Sound Studio' 2012 (also performed at Donmar Warehouse) 'Birdman: The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance' 2014  'Dark Waters' 2019 'Snowpiercer' 2013 (based on French graphic novel 'Le Transperceneige' by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette) 'Steamboat Bill Junior' 1928  

Welcome to Chippy Lane’s Podcast, series two the PICTURES / LLUNIAU PROJECT. This series celebrates Welsh and Wales-based writers and their stories. This is our NY 2020 special, an extract from OVER THE HILL by Emily White. Moira is in her late 80's and has been stuck indoors being looked after by carers on 15-minute shifts, for as long as she can remember.  She is bored, lonely, pissed-off and longing for adventure but her daughter won't let her leave the house.  Until Rhodri, an eighteen-year-old oddball arrives to care for her full-time and together they set off on a road trip of the imagination. Writer: Emily White  Emily is an emerging screenwriter and playwright.  She originally trained as an actress at RADA before changing tack and obtaining an MA in Theatre Writing at the University of York in 2015.  In the five years since graduating she has been shortlisted and longlisted for numerous competitions including: Bolton Octagon Top Five Season, Arcola Heretic Voices, 4 Screenwriting, 4Stories, and BBC Drama Room. In 2018 she won a place on Channel 4’s 4Screenwriting Course where she developed her pilot Land of My Fathers about a Syrian refugee coming to live in a small Welsh town.  She was then selected to be part of the BBC Wales Writersroom group ‘Welsh Voices’ in 2019. Her acclaimed play, Pavilion, premiered at Theatr Clwyd in Sept-Oct 2019, directed by the Olivier award winning director Tamara Harvey and published by Faber & Faber. Her digital theatre microplay ‘Homework’ was released in October online for Wrapt Films/Open Sky Theatre, to high acclaim.   She is under commission to write another play for Theatr Clwyd and was one of six writers selected for English Touring Theatre’s Nationwide Voices Program 2020.  She also has a television serial in development with Little Door Productions.   Director: Chelsey Gillard Chelsey is the Carne Trust Associate Director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, where she recently worked on The Snow Queen. She is also a co-founder of PowderHouse, the Company in Residence at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff. Recent Directing credits include: Antigone (National Theatre Wales/ Sherman Theatre/ PowderHouse), The Invisible Woman (Wales Millennium Centre and tour), Saethu Cwnigod/Shooting Rabbits (Sherman Theatre and tour) and BLUE (Chippy Lane/Chapter Arts Centre). Currently Chelsey is on the script reading panel for both the Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award and The Other Room’s New Page programme. Chelsey is an Associate Director of Chippy Lane.  Performer: Michelle McTernan Michelle has been a professional actress for 24 years. She is also a Drama Practitioner and runs a disability theatre in Swansea S.Wales. Theatre Credits Includes: Metamorphosis (Hijinx Theatre Company) The Revlon Girl (Edinburgh Festival/Park Theatre, London) Mission Control (Hijinx Theatre/National Theatre Wales) The Three Night Blitz, (Joio Productions/Swansea Grand Theatre) Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream, (Pontardawe Arts Centre) The Revlon Girl, Barren (October Sixty Six Productions) Bara Bread (Theatr Gwalia) Macbeth, Merchant Of Venice, Buoy, Fall Out 84 (Pontardawe Arts Centre) GrannyAnnie,Trivial Pursuits, Erogenous Zones, Roots And Wings, Family Planning, Kiss On The Bottom (GrassrootsProductions)FleshAndBlood(ShermanTheatre/Hampstead Theatre),TheOystercatchers )SwanseaGrand/ShermanTheatre),Blue Remembered Hills (Torch Theatre), Under Milk Wood, Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead (Clwyd Theatr Cymru/Tour),Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, The Merchant Of Venice (Ludlow Festival) And (Wales Theatre Company/Tour). Television And Film Work Includes: The Crown (Netflix) Casualty (BBC Wales) The Lost Viking (Tornado Productions), Sisters, (Tornado Productions), Aetheled, Tree Bastards, (Tornado Films/Nowhere Fast Productions),The Healers (Pooka Films) Stella (Tidy Productions, Sky1 Hd) 4 Series semi regular,  Rain (Tornado Films) Caerdydd (S4C) Midnight (Nowhere Fast Productions) Dr Terrible’s House Of Horrible (Bbc), Tales From Pleasure Beach (Bbc), Light In The City (Bbc Wales) And The Feature Film Very Annie Mary (Dragon Pictures). Bobinogs. Cbeebies/Bbc Wales/Worldwide. Radio Work Includes: Goat St Runners, Return Journey (Lighthouse Theatre Co),Cottage Industry (BBC Radio Wales) Commercial- GumTree, BT Advert, Llandovey House Advert, Mind Cymru Advert. Performer: Lissa Berry Lissa is an actress, voiceover artist and narrator. Her theatre career began at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff in the mid 80s in productions of Mishima and Hamlet. She performed in many productions in London, including Queen Christina at BAC, White Lies at the Finborough Theatre and NewsRevue at The Canal Cafe Theatre. She is a regular performer at Short Stories Aloud in Oxford and also at The Berko Speakeasy where in 2018, she had the privilege of performing a duologue with Geoffrey Palmer called Easter Lilies. Also in 2018 she wrote and performed her first solo piece, Sin Eater, directed by Chelsey Gillard at the Offbeat Festival in Oxford and then as an extract for the Chippy Lane Welsh Women’s showcase at The Old Red Lion in London. In 2019 she was selected as the Welsh entrant for the BBC Radio 4 Norman Beaton Fellowship Award where she became a finalist. She began her voiceover career as a continuity announcer for BBC Choice, Sky Arts and as a co-announcer with Phill Jupitus for the Paramount Comedy Channel. She has narrated many TV shows and documentaries for BBC, ITV, Channel 4,, Sky Arts and Discovery, such as Horizon, Ancient Apocalypse and World’s Most Extreme. Her most recent audiobook titles for Audible are Impossible Causes by Julie Mayhew, The Librarian by Salley Vickers and How to Belong by Sarah Franklin. Written by Emily White Directed by Chelsey Gillard Performed by Michelle McTernan & Lissa BerryProduced & Edited by Chippy Lane Productions Ltd. Music by Grand Tradition  This podcast has been kindly supported by The Carne Trust.

Welcome to Chippy Lane’s Podcast, series two the PICTURES / LLUNIAU PROJECT. This series celebrates Welsh and Wales-based writers and their stories. Each episode focuses on a new writer, a personal picture of theirs, and a story they want to share with you. So, sit back and enjoy.  *THIS EPISODE IS STREAMING ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Writer: Jonny CotsenBased in Cardiff, I’m a performance artist, consultant for inclusion and access and advocate for deaf communities.. I’m a trustee for Disability Arts Cymru, Theatre Iolo and Nova Theatre. I’m involved with multiple local and national initiatives supporting inclusion and equality of opportunity in the arts, including Arts Council Wales, Theatr Iolo, Unlimited Connects, Watershed Bristol and Culture Reset. My performing credits are: 'Louder Is Not Always Clearer' (Mr & Mrs Clark, touring 2018 - CURRENT), ‘English' (Quarantine and National Theatre Wales, 2018), Ways Of Being Together (Jo Fong, 2019), and Cardiff: City Road Stories (Sherman Theatre, 2019). FIlm; ‘Next Of Kin’ (Reality Theatre 2020) Performer: Will Lewis Will is a Deaf actor based in London and his paternal family are from Wales. Career highlights include: Fleabag (BBC), “Our Country’s Good (Ramps On The Moon), Deaf Funny (BSL Zone) and Deaf Awakening (D-Live). Will has  also performed in music videos, commercials, short films, social media campaigns and inclusive theatre in education for young deaf and hearing people. He is an online presenter for Triple C and has just completed British Sign Language Level 6. “Why Does It Matter” is Will’s first podcast. Director: Chelsey Gillard Chelsey is the Carne Trust Associate Director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, where she recently worked on The Snow Queen. She is also a co-founder of PowderHouse, the Company in Residence at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff. Recent Directing credits include: Antigone (National Theatre Wales/ Sherman Theatre/ PowderHouse), The Invisible Woman (Wales Millennium Centre and tour), Saethu Cwnigod/Shooting Rabbits (Sherman Theatre and tour) and BLUE (Chippy Lane/Chapter Arts Centre). Currently Chelsey is on the script reading panel for both the Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award and The Other Room’s New Page programme. Chelsey is an Associate Director of Chippy Lane.    Written by Jonny Cotsen Directed by Chelsey Gillard Performed by Will Lewis Produced & Edited by Chippy Lane Productions Ltd. Music by Grand Tradition Captioning by Tom Bevan  This podcast has been kindly supported by The Carne Trust.

Welcome to Chippy Lane’s Podcast, series two the PICTURES / LLUNIAU PROJECT. This series celebrates Welsh and Wales-based writers and their stories. Each episode focuses on a new writer, a personal picture of there’s and a story they want to share with you. So, sit back and enjoy.    ‘FADED BY THE PIPS’ Written and performed by Rebecca Jade Hammond  Dedicated to Jacob (Jack) Hodgkinson  Writer/ Performer: Rebecca Jade Hammond Training Royal Central School of Speech & Drama. Writing credits include: Advanced Playwriting course (National Theatre), top 5% Writers Room (BBC), shortlisted for Papatango (2018), co-writer of award-winning & Raindance finalist Web Comedy MIDNIGHTMIRACLE (Amazon Prime), literary reader for Hampstead Theatre, facilitator of Welsh Female Writers Group, Creator of BLUE (published by Methuen). Performing credited include: The Tuckers (BBC), Silent Witness (BBC), Doctors (BBC), Trollied (Sky One), MidnightMiracle (Amazon Prime), Confection (Misfit Films) Happiness Ltd (Plymouth Theatre Royal / Salisbury Playhouse), Love Steals Us From Loneliness (Chippy Lane / Chapter / Camden People’s Theatre), The Laramie Project (Lost Theatre), Heresies (Bristol Old Vic). Rebecca is Artistic Director of Chippy Lane Productions Ltd.    Director: Chelsey Gillard Chelsey is an Associate Director for Chippy Lane. She is also the Carne Trust Associate Director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough and a co-founder of the multilingual devising company PowderHouse who are Company in Residence at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff. Currently she is on the reading panel for the Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Prize. Recent Directing Credits include: ANTIGONE (Network Playreadings, National Theatre Wales, Sherman Theatre and PowderHouse), The Invisible Woman (Ailsa Jenkins with Wales Millennium Centre and Welsh tour), BLUE (Chippy Lane Productions), Saethu Cwingod/ Shooting Rabbits (PowderHouse with Sherman Theatre and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru). Written & Performed by Rebecca Jade Hammond Directed by Chelsey Gillard  Produced by Chippy Lane Productions Ltd. Music by Grand Tradition  With additional text from LUNG WATER by Jacob Hodgkinson  For more episodes subscribe to our podcast on Itunes, Spotify and our website www.chippylaneproductions.co.uk THIS PODCAST CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE.

What was the first show you ever saw? Your biggest theatre regret? And which production would you choose to watch on a loop for eternity? These questions and more make up Seven Stages, the new podcast from The Stage, sponsored by Audible. Our sixth episode features playwright Alan Ayckbourn and was released this Friday, June 12, 2020. Alan Ayckbourn has written more than 80 full-length plays, with more than half of them having been produced in the West End.  These include huge hits such as The Norman Conquests, Absurd Person Singular and A Chorus of Disapproval, for which he won Olivier and Evening Standard awards. Seven Stages explores Ayckbourn's extensive and hugely successful stage career – from his first appearance as an actor in a non-speaking part in Donald Wolfit's West End company in 1956, right up to his most recent play Anno Domino, which was released for radio last month. Meanwhile, he talks about his time running Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre – named after his great mentor – and reveals that he has just finished writing yet another play, his 84th. Every fortnight, you can join Tim Bano for illuminating, intimate conversations with influential performers and creatives who have lived their lives in theatre. The Seven Stages podcast, sponsored by Audible, is available anywhere you find your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and the link below. Ayckbourn's interview is available to listen to now and follows episodes with actor Noma Dumezweni, choreographer Arlene Phillips, former Young Vic artistic director David Lan, Olivier award-winning lighting designer Paule Constable and legendary actor Ian McKellen.

In this episode, Sam and Sarah get the opportunity to chat with fellow BB listener, playwright, and songwriter -- Beth Hyland! In this episode she shares her experience in self-producing her own work, staying creative, balancing creative and work life, and her new play ALL-ONE! THE DR. BRONNER'S PLAY which will be getting a "Zoom" staged reading at the end of April. Check it out! Beth Hyland is a playwright and songwriter based in Chicago. Her plays and musicals have been produced and developed regionally in the UK at the Stephen Joseph Theatre and Octagon Theatre, and around the US at Steppenwolf LookOut, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Hearth, First Floor, The Passage, Broken Nose, The Sound, and others. She is the playwright-in-residence and co-founder of The Sound. To learn more about Beth, be sure to visit her website at www.bethhyland.com GLISTENS: Sam's: 4-year-old girl found alive and well after 2 days in the woods www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/us/Eve…ssing-found-.html Sarah's: Practice joke writing Beth's: If you have the means, donate to your local theaters and restaurants no matter how small the donation may be. _____________________________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode to your friends, or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: www.beckettsbabies.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beckettsbabies/support

In this episode, Sam and Sarah get the opportunity to chat with fellow BB listener, playwright, and songwriter -- Beth Hyland! In this episode, she shares her experience in self-producing her own work, staying creative, balancing creative and work life, and her new playALL-ONE! THE DR. BRONNER'S PLAY which will be getting a "Zoom" staged reading at the end of April. Check it out! Beth Hyland is a playwright and songwriter based in Chicago. Her plays and musicals have been produced and developed regionally in the UK at the Stephen Joseph Theatre and Octagon Theatre, and around the US at Steppenwolf LookOut, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Hearth, First Floor, The Passage, Broken Nose, The Sound, and others. She is the playwright-in-residence and co-founder of The Sound. To learn more about Beth, be sure to visit her website at www.bethhyland.com GLISTENS: Sam's - 4-year-old girl found alive and well after 2 days in the woods https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/us/Evelyn-sides-Alabama-missing-found-.html Sarah's - Practicing joke writing Beth's - If you have the means, donate to your local theaters and restaurants no matter how small the donation may be. _____________________________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode to your friends, or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: www.beckettsbabies.com

Daniel Slater shares about growing up surrounded by theatre, his career decisions and RNLI life boating duties (true story). He shares his influences from family and industry peers. Get fantastic insights into his rehearsal room and directing processes for A Life Span of a Fact and beyond. Daniel Slater has worked for the last two decades as a freelance international opera and theatre director. Theatre productions includes The Life Span of a Fact (SRT) and Romeo & Juliet for SRT's Shakespeare in the Park; Educating Rita for Hambledon Productions; Making Waves at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough; Confusions, Salisbury Playhouse; Life Goes On, Haymarket Theatre; Grab the Dog, National Theatre; The Mark, Soho Theatre Company; Gangster Apparel, Old Red Lion. Beyond the Stage: A Learning & Engagement Podcast The Beyond the Stage podcast is brought to you by the Learning & Engagement team at Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT). The podcast aims to inspire and inform young people and professionals to pursue and learn about the arts, igniting conversation amongst industry peers. The programme focuses on Arts Education, Careers, Community & Access and Professional development. Recorded at: The Loft – Havelock II Presented by: Paul Adams, Learning & Engagement Manager Produced by: SRT Learning & Engagement. Music: "Quirky Moment” from Purple Planet

The latest production from Manchester-based new writing theatre company Box of Tricks is SparkPlug, written and performed by David Judge based on his own experiences being brought up as a mixed race child by a white stepfather in 1980s Manchester. The production is directed by Box of Tricks Joint Artistic Director and co-founder Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder and begins its 9-week tour at HOME in Manchester, where BTG editor David Chadderton spoke to David and Hannah in a dressing room during a break from technical rehearsals. SparkPlug runs at HOME in Manchester from 13 to 23 February 2019 before touring to Unity Theatre in Liverpool, Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury, Cheltenham Everyman Studio, Harrogate Theatre Studio, Live Theatre in Newcastle, York Theatre Royal, Hull Truck Theatre, Theatr Clwyd in Mold, Crewe Lyceum Studio, Spring Arts Centre in Havant, The Lighthouse in Poole, Marlowe Studio in Canterbury, Old Town Hall in Hemel Hempstead, The North Wall Arts Centre in Oxford, Square Chapel in Halifax, The Met in Bury and Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, before finishing at Birmingham Rep from 10 to 13 April.

Conrad Nelson’s production of Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing for Northern Broadsides Theatre Company had a cast change on the first day of rehearsals when Reece Dinsdale had to drop out of the key role of Benedick due to a family illness and Robin Simpson took over the role. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Robin during the second week of rehearsals about the additional pressure that may have put on him and also about the production as a whole, playing Shakespeare, performing comedy and even a bit of panto. The Northern Broadsides production of Much Ado About Nothing runs at the New Vic Theatre in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire from 8 February to 2 March 2019, before embarking on a national tour until the end of May to The Dukes Lancaster, Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, Salisbury Playhouse, Derby Theatre, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield, Viaduct Theatre in Halifax, The Lowry in Salford, York Theatre Royal and Harrogate Theatre.

Northern Broadsides theatre company's For Love or Money, directed by and featuring company founder Barrie Rutter, has been adapted from a French play, Turcaret by Alain-Rene Lesage, by regular Broadsides collaborator Blake Morrison. Blake speaks to us about the play, about play translation and about 21 years of collaborations with Rutter and Broadsides. For Love or Money opened at The Viaduct Theatre in Halifax on 15 September 2017. After that, it will tour to West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Rose Theatre Kingston, New Vic Theatre in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, Liverpool Playhouse and finally York Theatre Royal, where it will close on 2 December.

Halifax-based Northern Broadsides has paired up with York Theatre Royal for a revival of J B Priestley's When We Are Married, directed by Northern Broadsides artistic director Barrie Rutter. Playing the role of Clara Soppitt, actress Kate Anthony, best-known for playing Pam Hobsworth in Coronation Street, spoke to BTG editor David Chadderton during rehearsals about the production and her part in it as well as some of the differences between acting in theatre and TV and the importance of getting on with your fellow actors while touring. When We Are Married is at York Theatre Royal until 24 September 2016 before touring to Hull Truck Theatre, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Rose Theatre Kingston, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre, New Vic Theatre in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Liverpool Playhouse and Northern Broadsides’ own Viaduct Theatre in Halifax, where it closes on 4 December. (Rehearsal photo of Kate Anthony by Nobby Clark)

Samira Ahmed talks to Alan Ayckbourn about his experimental new work for the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, The Karaoke Theatre Company, which involves audience participation. Briony Hanson reviews Men and Chicken, a Danish comedy film starring Mads Mikkelsen.Crime writer Peter Robinson discusses his 23rd DCI Banks novel When the Music's Over, which features a celebrity at the centre of a historical abuse investigation.

Northern Broadsides resident director Conrad Nelson is directing the company's first production in its 23-year history of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale as well as appearing as jealous Sicilian King Leontes and composing the music. In this episode, Conrad speaks about the production and about the challenges of touring a cast of thirteen to venues with very different types of performance space, from proscenium to traverse and in-the-round. The production will open at co-producer Harrogate Theatre from 18 to 26 September 2015 before touring to Oldham Coliseum, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield, Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham, the New Vic in Newcastle-under-Lyme, The Dukes Theatre in Lancaster and Liverpool Playhouse before ending at the company’s home theatre of The Viaduct in Halifax from 24 to 28 November. For more information, see www.northern-broadsides.co.uk.

Playwright Amanda Whittington talks about her career and her writing process and about three new plays she has opening in the next twelve months: The Thrill of Love opens at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme from 22 February to 9 March before moving to the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough from 13 to 23 March and the St James Theatre in London from 27 March to 4 May. The Dugout from Splice Productions will be at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol in May. My Judy Garland Life will open at Nottingham Playhouse at the beginning of 2014.

From his home base in Scarborough, England, playwright and director Sir Alan Ayckbourn makes a return visit to "Downstage Center" during the run of his 74th play, "Life of Riley". He discusses why he chooses to mention his parents' unhappy marriage in his program biography; why so many of his plays involve infidelity; his feeling about happy endings; the challenge and opportunity of creating characters who never appear on stage, but are often spoken about, as is the title character in "Riley"; whether as a director of his own plays he enjoys the benefit of knowing what every character is thinking; the advice he gives to other directors who are tackling his plays and seek him out; his feeling about star casting and how it influenced his early hit "How The Other Half Loves"; why he imposed a moratorium on his plays being done in the West End for several and why it remains in place for his new plays; the experience of bringing work to New York to critical acclaim ("Private Fears in Public Places", "Intimate Exchanges" and "My Wonderful Day") and why he's content to have it seen for a limited run in a small venue; why he called off plans for "Private Fears" to be remounted with an American cast; whether he can still create "event theatre" along the lines of "The Revenger's Comedies", "The Norman Conquests" and "House and Garden"; and whether he misses being the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre, his primary occupation for the better part of four decades. Original air date - January 5, 2011.

From his home base in Scarborough, England, playwright and director Sir Alan Ayckbourn makes a return visit to "Downstage Center" during the run of his 74th play, "Life of Riley". He discusses why he chooses to mention his parents' unhappy marriage in his program biography; why so many of his plays involve infidelity; his feeling about happy endings; the challenge and opportunity of creating characters who never appear on stage, but are often spoken about, as is the title character in "Riley"; whether as a director of his own plays he enjoys the benefit of knowing what every character is thinking; the advice he gives to other directors who are tackling his plays and seek him out; his feeling about star casting and how it influenced his early hit "How The Other Half Loves"; why he imposed a moratorium on his plays being done in the West End for several and why it remains in place for his new plays; the experience of bringing work to New York to critical acclaim ("Private Fears in Public Places", "Intimate Exchanges" and "My Wonderful Day") and why he's content to have it seen for a limited run in a small venue; why he called off plans for "Private Fears" to be remounted with an American cast; whether he can still create "event theatre" along the lines of "The Revenger's Comedies", "The Norman Conquests" and "House and Garden"; and whether he misses being the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre, his primary occupation for the better part of four decades. Original air date - January 5, 2011.