Podcasts about Summer Strallen

This week we chat with journalist and author, Barry Singer, about his new book; Savannah Stevenson, who is currently playing Marmee in the London Premiere of Little Women, and Summer Strallen who is currently starring in The Magician's Elephant at the RSC.

Actress, director, activist, mental health awareness advocate and yoga instructor, Summer Strallen, chats about learning to dance aged 2, going to Arts Ed and Laine Theatre Arts, musical theatre roles, her fond memories of performing in 'Guys and Dolls', lockdown, learning to listen to herself, slowing down and self-care, speaking out about her mental health, meditation and launching her online performance and wellness platform, 'The Strallen Collective' to help those in the arts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Kerry is chatting to Theatre and Tv star, Summer Strallen.Summers West End credits are incredible having appeared in such shows as Cats, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Guys and Dolls, Love Never Dies and of course her starring role as Maria in The Sound Of Music. Now living in New York, Summer has turned her attention to a brand new project, The Strallen Collective. The Strallen Collective was born during the 2020 Pandemic when she was quarantined in an apartment in Manhattan, having had a job she was meant to start, off Broadway, cancelled.Summer was aware that all of her colleagues and friends were in the same predicament and was concerned to see that a lot of these highly skilled and experienced people were asking for donations to give classes online. Summer knew first hand how hard it is for creatives and wellness experts to value themselves, the work they do and the wisdom they have to offer and felt she had to do something to help guide this new ‘online class’ industry that was inevitably going to grow, to be fair and just to the ‘workers’ involved in it. You can find out more about The Strallen Collective at thestrallencollective.comFollow Kerry on Twitter and InstagramFind out more information and upcoming dates from Kerry Ellis at kerryellis.comIf you have enjoyed this podcast please rate, Review and Subscribe... feel free to tell a friend too!Produced by Martin Joseph at Peroxide Media. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summer has been involved in the West End productions of Cats, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Guys and Dolls and The Boy Friend (for which she was nominated for the 2007 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Role in a Musical). During the Christmas season of 2006 she played the title role in the pantomime Dick Whittington and His Cat. She starred in The Drowsy Chaperone (for which she was nominated for the 2008 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical), alongside Elaine Paige.In 2008, Strallen took over the role of 'Maria' from Connie Fisher in Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End revival of The Sound of Music and as part of a publicity campaign, she was cast in the soap opera Hollyoaks as character Summer Shaw. The character's storyline eventually involved her auditioning for, and being awarded, the role of Maria in The Sound of Music. Her character left Hollyoaks as she debuted in the actual stage production at the London Palladium on 26 February 2008. For this role she was nominated for the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Takeover in a Role. She remained with the production until its closure on 21 February 2009.In December 2008, Strallen competed on a special West End edition of The Weakest Link and finished in second place.Strallen starred as Meg Giry in the sequel to Phantom of the Opera called Love Never Dies, from February 2010 to March 2011 in the West End at the Adelphi Theatre. For this role Strallen won the Broadwayworld.com UK Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and was also nominated for the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. She also received another nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for this role.She created the Ginger Rogers role of Dale Tremont in the musical, Top Hat, which began a UK tour in August 2011. The production began at the West End's Aldwych Theatre on 19 April 2012 and opened on 9 May 2012. Interview with Summer Strallen (Dale Tremont in Top Hat). For this role she earned her fourth Olivier Award nomination. She also went on tour with Strictly Come Dancingprofessional Anton Du Beke, performing both songs and dances to audiences around Britain.On 30 May 2015, she began playing the role of Maud Marshmoreton, in a musical adaption of the novel A Damsel in Distress at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Strallen portrayed Inga in the London production of Young Frankenstein, which premiered at Theatre Royal, Newcastle in August 2017 and then transferred the following month to the Garrick Theatre.Summer has just launched thestrallencollective.com which creates online classes from world leading professionals in performance and wellness.

Four time Olivier Award nominee Summer Strallen talks about growing up in the arts, her journey of falling in love with acting all over again and how she has evolved through her career. Summer also talks about spirituality and wellness ( and its relationship with the arts), on camera acting, Equity and the importance of unions and her new project during quarantine 'The Strallen Collective'. 

We chat openly about mental health, manic depression and diabetes. As well as Industry Minds. Arts Ed. Book of Mormon. Crazy Coq Presents. Romance Romance. Above The Stag. Fame. Titanic. Dreamgirls. The Osmonds. Closer To Heaven. As well as Lucy May Barker. Jim Arnold. Dan Partridge. Ryan Anderson. Steven Dexter. Jordan Lee Davies. Matthew Harvey. Ricardo Alfonso. Tyrone Huntley. Jodie Steele. Ronan Burns. Nadim Naaman. Scott Garnham. James Hume. Casey Nicholas. Jay Osmond. Jonathan David Dudley. T’Shan Williams. Summer Strallen.

This week, we talk to The Inbetweeners Joe Thomas, Olivier Award nominees Summer Strallen and Alex Gaumond, as well as Bo Poraj and Laura Patch about their new dark comedy "What's in a Name?", in which a dinner party gets wildly out of hand when a father-to-be suggests his son just might given the name of one of history's most vile human beings. 

In today’s Encore Meets episode, we meet three of the stars from What's In A Name? Bo Poraj, Summer Strallen and Alex Gaumond. What's In A Name? tours to Guildford, Glasgow, York, Aylesbury, Cambridge, Windsor, Richmond and Southampton from 5th September 2019.

Summer Strallen has been singing, dancing and acting since she was three-years-old. Growing up as the niece of Bonnie Langford and the daughter of Sandy Strallen and Cherida Langford, there was never any doubt Summer and her three sisters would follow them into showbusiness. Summer has worked extensively in musical theatre, most recently appearing as Inga in Young Frankenstein in the West End, as well as playing Meg Giry in the original production of Love Never Dies and taking over from Connie Fisher as Maria in The Sound of Music. Having recently made her directorial debut Above The Stag, Summer is trying to work outside her comfort zone. That’s how she ended up in Intra Muros at Park Theatre in north London. If you enjoyed this episode then subscribe to make sure you never miss a new one. You can follow Backstage With... on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to find out which stage door we’re going through next.

Scarlett, Zizi, Saskia and this week’s guest, the wonderful Summer Strallen have all graced stages across London, the UK and indeed the globe - all the while picking up nominations and awards all over the place. And I had the absolute pleasure to meet, sit down and have a good old chin wag with Summer last week to chat about all kinds of things, because, let’s face it, she’s got a CV that most actors would die for, working for some of the greatest directors of our time.

We talk about Romance Romance at Above the Stag. Ryan Anderson. Steven Dexter. Summer Strallen. Ria Jones. Alex Lodge. Blair Robertson. Bat Out Of Hell. The Colosseum. Chess. Stephen Mear. John Rigby. Joseph. Kilworth House. Jacob Fish. Andrew Wright. Les Mis. La Cage Aux Folles. Phantom. Amdram. Alex Parker. Katie Lam. The Voice. Will I am. Matt Henry. Molly Wobbly. Pau Boyd. Sam Buttery. Alan Richardson Michael Ball. Cedric Neil.

On this week's show we chatted with Nadim Naaman about his new musical, Broken Wings. We also caught up with Amy Lennox to talk about her new cabaret with Summer Strallen, Lennox and Strallen at Pizza Express Holborn. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ross and Hadley are back in the dressing room for Episode 6, recorded in between a matinee and evening show. They chat royal theatre visits, Japan’s favourite foodstuffs, and Ross’s latest vocal warm-up. The Musical of the Week is Merlin, starring illusionist Doug Henning, and the boys are joined by Summer Strallen, who stars in Young Frankenstein as Inga the lab assistant. Produced by Séamus Murphy-Mitchell & Owen Donovan for Burning Bright Productions in association with PBJ Management. Edited by Jack Bushell. Illustration by Ollie Mann.

This episode Gordon chats with Summer about Frankenstein, Doula-ing, having less stuff and being happy.   More about Summer Young Frankenstein  Ensemble on Facebook TTTT on Twitter  

We are back from our break! HURRAH! This week we talk to West End leading lady Summer Strallen. Summer hails from a dynasty of West End performers, with both her parents, aunties and all three of her sisters also being incredibly successful performers in their own right. We hear all about Summer's upbringing in this unusually showbiz family and she also chats about her active role in the ongoing fight for better working conditions for actors. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast and follow us on Twitter @insidewestend We make this podcast for free, if you wish to contribute to future episodes then head to insidethewestend.com and follow the donate links. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

BONUS EPISODE ALERT! We are currently on a two week break while Rob enjoys his Honeymoon. Our normal weekly show will return on Sunday June 19th featuring West End leading lady Summer Strallen. In the meantime, here is a short compilation of the funniest things that some of our guests have seen happen on stage, featuring Killian Donnelly, Sasha Regan and Eva Noblezada. If you've enjoyed listening to our podcast, then please rate our show on iTunes and leave us a comment. Follow us @InsideWestEnd on Twitter and on Facebook. For more information, please visit: www.insidethewestend.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

BONUS EPISODE ALERT! We are currently on a two week break while Rob enjoys his honeymoon. Our normal weekly show will return on Sunday June 19th featuring West End leading lady Summer Strallen. In the meantime, here is a short compilation of the funniest things that some of our guests have seen happen on stage, featuring Damian Humbley, Eddie Elliott, Barry James and Debbie O'Brien. If you've enjoyed listening to our podcast, then please rate our show on iTunes and leave us a comment. Follow us @InsideWestEnd on Twitter and on Facebook. For more information, please visit: www.insidethewestend.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nick and Andrew are Part of Sierra Boggess' world as they interview the star of Love Never Dies, THe Little Mermaid and The Las Vegas Phantom Experience. Plus, we hear what Ed Theakston thought of the show, and he also chats briefly to West End star Summer Strallen. This episode contains SPOILERS.

Lisa talks to composer and lyricist Alexander Bermange about his new album, Act One, that features a staggering 26 current West End stars - ranging from Oliver Tompsett to Dianne Pilkington; from Linzi Hately to Summer Strallen.

WE WELCOME NEW PRESENTER JENNY ANTILL to the studio. Nick, however, meets up with Summer Strallen at the Star Dressing Room at the world famous London Palladium to discuss the Sound of Music and Summer's views on musical theatre. Lisa offers us her views on Shout - a musical that is now touring across the United Kingdom, and Nick and Jenny discuss the production of Grease that they both saw recently in London and generally have a general chit chat. A great packed episode!