Podcasts about theatre royal plymouth

Lindsey Ferrentino is an American playwright with three world premieres in the 2024 season. In May, she opened The Artist in the UK (co-adapted with Drew McConie, Theatre Royal Plymouth,) and this August, she will premiere the new musical The Queen of Versailles (book by Lindsey Ferrentino, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, starring Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham, The Colonial Theater). Her other produced plays include Ugly Lies the Bone (The Lyttleton - National Theatre, UK, Roundabout Theatre Company, NY, over 100 productions worldwide), Amy and the Orphans (Roundabout Theatre Company), This Flat Earth (Playwrights Horizons), The Year to Come (La Jolla Playhouse) — among others. Her plays have been translated into Spanish, German, and Portuguese and have been produced across the US, in London, Germany, Spain, and Venezuela. This winter, Lindsey will direct her first feature film - an adaptation of her play Amy and the Orphans for Jason Bateman's Aggregate Films. She has various film projects in development at Netflix and Sony Pictures — with producers including Higher Ground, 3 Dot Entertainment, Dylan Clark Productions, Defiant by Nature. Lindsey is the recipient of The Arc's prize for Entertainment Industry Excellence for her writing centered on disability inclusion. Other prizes include: the Kesserling, ASCAP Cole Porter Playwriting Prize, Paul Newman Drama Award, Laurents/Hatcher Award, NYU Distinguished Alumna Award, and Hunter College's 40 Under 40 Distinguished Alumna. Lindsey is repped by CAA, Anonymous Content and Felker & Associates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, I sit down with a dynamic, beautiful and hilarious couple of the theatre world—Chris Bush and Roni Neale, both accomplished playwrights with a passion for storytelling. Chris, known for the critically acclaimed 'Standing at the Sky's Edge', shares insights into their creative process (all nighters and avoiding Zip Zap Boing), while Roni, a stage manager AND playwright currently being mentored by Theatre Royal Plymouth, explains the challenges and rewards of balancing these two roles. Should we as stage managers be reigning in our creativity or finding more of a voice in the rehearsal room? Together, they navigate the highs and lows of the theatrical world, from their strong opinions on the future of the National Theatre to their (very) different approach to punctuality. And if that wasn't enough, they do it all while wrangling their demanding kitten. This was SUCH a joy to record and has laughter, lively debates, and a gorgeous insight into their relationship. Enjoy!

The star-studded English Riviera Food and Music Festival was cancelled just weeks before it was due to happen in May after the company running it stopped trading – leaving ticketholders and taxpayers out of pocket. Ollie Heptinstall and Guy Henderson also discuss an ageism row in East Devon that's left a retirement property developer very unhappy. The firm's boss has hit back after councillors refused dozens of new retirement homes in the town centre, claiming Exmouth is at “saturation point” with them while the population is getting “older and older.” Plus, more than three decades after it launched, we hear from the founder of Devon Air Ambulance about how the charity began and what's next. And, rounding off this week's podcast, get your dancing shoes at the ready for a bit of dosey-doeing as a new barn dancing tour comes to the South West this summer. We speak to Sara Rhodes, associate director of Theatre Royal Plymouth, which is behind the idea.

Brandon Lee Sears is about to head off on tour as Donkey in the brand new production of Shrek The Musical.He most recently starred as Jimmy Early in the first ever UK & Ireland tour of Dreamgirls to tremendous acclaim. Brandon's theatre credits also include: understudy Squip in Be More Chill (Shaftesbury), standby in Come From Away (Phoenix), understudy Big Bud Dean & Veronica's Dad in Heathers (Theatre Royal Haymarket), understudy Berry Gordy in Motown the Musical (Shaftesbury) and On the Town (Regents Park).On screen, Brandon's credits include Artemis Fowl and Cinderella (Disney) as well as Marriage of Reason and Squalor (Sky Arts) and Greta (Metropolitan Films).Follow Brandon on Instagram: @brandonleesearsVisit Brandon's website: www.brandonleesears.comShrek tours the UK & Ireland from 21st July, opening at the Theatre Royal Plymouth. Visit www.shrekuktour.com for info, tour dates 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.  

Extraordinary Bodies brand new musical production Waldo's Circus of Magic and terror, a co-production with the Bristol Old Vic and the Theatre Royal Plymouth is touring after premiering at the Bristol Old Vic with recorded audio description for blind and partially sighted people available at all performances.  Set in 1933 Brandenburg, the Nazis are burning books and suspending civil rights. Many are desperate to escape, but for Waldo and his travelling circus of outcasts, acrobats and aerialists, ‘the show must go on'. The cast includes a bold and diverse company of actors, musicians and aerialists to bring this daring tale of humanity, courage and defiance to the stage in Extraordinary Bodies inimitable style. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was joined by Claire Hodgson, Co-Director of Waldor and two of the cast, Tilly Lee-Kronick who plays peter the down trodden ring boy, Waldo's son and Jonny Leitch a manual wheelchair user who plays Renay an aerialist performing on the trapeze who is the same age as peter to find out more about this brand new fantastic musical, circus, stage production. Claire began by telling Toby about the background to her company Extraordinary Bodies and the story behind the making of Waldo's Circus of Magic and Terror. Tilly and Jonny then gave a bit of an outline to their characters Peter and Renay along with how they worked together on an amazing trapeze scene in the show. Claire and Jonny then talked about the brilliant score and soundtrack to Waldo's Circus of Magic and Terror composed by Charles Hazelwood from the Paraorchestra and how the music is used to in some ways announce the appearance of characters on stage.  Toby ended the interview by asking Claire, Tilly and Jonny what they would like audiences to come away with from seeing Waldo's Circus of Magic and Terror.  Waldo's Circus of Magic and Terror is fully accessible to everyone with recorded audio described introductory notes, recorded audio description available at every performance along with captioning and BSL. There will also be the availability of touch tours for blind and partially sighted patrons too  as the production tours around the country until early June.  More details about the tour of Waldo's Circus of Magic and Terror along with venue details and dates plus more about Extraordinary Bodies can be found by visiting their website - https://www.extraordinarybodies.org.uk Image shows: A trapeze artist from the production swinging through the air with two officers watching to the left of the image (© Paul Blakemore)

Sally Hodgkiss is an award-winning actor, writer and comedian. Sally performs regularly on the comedy circuit, most recently as a guest with the legendary Comedy Store Players. She's performed with Whose Line is it Anyway - Live and The Stephen Frost Impro Allstars. Her acting career has taken her to many theatres around the UK including the Manchester Royal Exchange, Sheffield Crucible, Octagon Theatre Bolton, HOME, and Theatre Royal Plymouth among others. She has extensive screen experience including several short films and features, such as It Could Happen To You which was selected for the New York Short Film Festival 2021. She was recently in the BBC's Casualty improv episode which has been nominated for an RTS Royal Television Society award .Sally Hodgkiss is guest number 271 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she'd like to preserve and one she'd like to bury and never have to think about again .For lives show and all things Sally visit: sallyhodgkiss.comFollow Sally Hodgkiss on Twitter @sallyhodgkiss .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. Get this podcast ad-free by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As if one new play opening wasn't enough pressure Olivier award-winning playwright, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, has two this month. ‘Typical Girls', set in a women's prison, opened this week at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, and tomorrow ‘Mum' begins previewing at the Theatre Royal Plymouth. A psychological thriller, ‘Mum' explores the pressures and complex emotions many women experience when they have a baby. She joins Emma. Rates of sexually transmitted infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea and herpes have been on an upward trend for the past decade, according to the latest figures from Public Health England. But despite being more common, the stigma attached to contracting an STI still runs deep. One Woman's Hour listener got in touch to share her story of catching herpes in her 50s and the devastating effect this has had on her life and confidence. Dr Liz Foley, a consultant in genito-urinary medicine for the Solent NHS Trust, and Marian Nicholson, Director of the Herpes Viruses Association discuss the facts about herpes in the UK and how to break down the stigma that comes with a diagnosis. A listener wanted to share her experience as a 'late life lesbian' who realised she was gay at the age of 44. She is about to publish a book of lesbian erotica under the pen name Flick Bayliss and explains to Emma why. The University of Leicester turns 100 this year and as part of their celebrations, they are launching a programme called Our 100 – commemorating their‘ hidden heroes'. One of these is Dr Mary Swainson, a mental-health pioneer whose work formed the basis of student counselling. With Freshers' week taking place around the country, how has the service transformed today? Sarah Cavendish, Head of Student Services at the University of Leicester, reveals how the demands and complexity of issues have increased and what is available to students. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Morgan Lloyd Malcolm Interviewed Guest: Dr Liz Foley Interviewed Guest: Marian Nicholson Interviewed Guest: Flick Bayliss Interviewed Guest: Sarah Cavendish

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Performer Sabrina Aloueche (Chess / We Will Rock You) returns to co-host The West End Frame Show! Sabrina is currently starring in NHS The Musical at the Theatre Royal Plymouth.Andrew & Sabrina discuss Six UK Tour (Oxford Playhouse) & South Pacific (Chichester Festival Theatre) as well as the transphobic comments Cameron Mackintosh recently made to a British newspaper. They also cover the latest news about Les Misérables, Gabriea Garcia and lots more!Sabrina's theatre credits include Faith in Brookyn (Greenwich Theatre), Chess (English National Opera), Starlight Express (workshop), Scaramouche in We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre), Maureen in Rent (Cockpit Theatre), Jenna in Sleeping Arrangments (Landor Theatre) and Eponine in Les Misérables (Queens Theatre), having played Young Cosette as a child.  Written by by Nick Stimson and Jimmy Jewell with direction by Stephen Fletcher, NHS The Musical runs at the Theatre Royal Plymouth 17th – 25th September 2021. Hosted by Andrew Tomlins @Andrew_Tomlins  Thanks for listening! Email: andrew@westendframe.co.ukVisit www.westendframe.co.uk to stay up-to-date with our podcasting adventures.  

Steven Isserlis tells John Wilson about his new album of late works by Sir John Tavener. It is a very personal project: Tavener and Isserlis were friends, the composer wrote pieces for the cellist and Isserlis gave the first performances of some of Tavener's works. His music was greatly influenced by the liturgy and traditions of the Orthodox Church, but this album reveals his openness to other religions. One piece echoes the call and response form of the Anglican church, in another the cello duets with a Sufi singer. There isn't a piece for solo cello so Isserlis plays part of Tavener's famous piece, The Protecting Veil, which was written for him, . Avni Doshi’s debut novel Burnt Sugar was longlisted for the Booker Prize two days before it was even published in the UK, and just weeks later she gave birth to her second child. Now she’s on the shortlist and has a three month old to look after as well as a toddler, but she’s found the time to join some readers for Front Row’s Booker Prize Book Group. Avni answers listeners questions about her story of a fractious mother daughter relationship, set in and around Pune, India. The latest announcement about renewed lockdown restrictions which will remain in place until at least December 3rd have thrown the plans of theatres, museums and many other public institutions into disarray. They had just emerged from the first lockdown and reworked their plans to incorporate social distancing. Now all that effort seems to have come to naught as new rules have been announced. John Wilson speaks to Matt Hemley from The Stage and Adrian Vinken, CEO at Theatre Royal Plymouth, whose Christmas show may have to be cancelled…again. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Simon Richardson

Our Amplify Producer, Craig, 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. Today’s guest is Amit Sharma, Deputy Artistic Director of Birmingham Rep.Amit Sharma is Deputy Artistic Director at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and was formerly Associate Director at Graeae and Associate Artistic Director at Royal Exchange, Manchester. His production for Graeae and Theatre Royal Plymouth, The Solid Life of Sugar Water, received unanimous four and five star reviews, won the Euan’s Guide Most Accessible Show of the Fringe Award in 2015 and transferred to the National Theatre’s Temporary Space in spring 2016. Other directing credits for Graeae include One Under (national tour) Cosmic Scallies (co-production with Royal Exchange, Manchester). Outdoor productions include Aruna and the Raging Sun (part of the UK/INDIA Year of Culture in Chennai) Prometheus Awakes (London 2012 Festival) and The Iron Man (UK Tour).If you’ve enjoyed today’s podcast, please consider donating to our Curtain Up Appeal, to ensure we can keep creating new work for audiences to enjoy: https://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/support/curtain-up-appeal/​​

So...we’ve passed 100 days in lockdown here in London, and as restrictions ease down around the country for small and non-essential businesses, as of the time of release of this episode, July 1st 2020, there is no specific news for the theatre industry and live entertainment industries as a whole.   We know the pressure and uncertainty that puts on freelancers who work in the industry - and we will be bringing you a special episode with a panel in the very near future. But what about the buildings themselves? We have seen news reports high profile buildings going into administration including the Theatre Royal Plymouth and Nuffield Southampton Theatres. I had the opportunity to have an online chat with Jon David Morgan of the Theatres Trust to explain what they are doing to both raise awareness for the issue, but also how they’re actively reopening theatres that have long since been closed. THEATRES TRUST WEBSITE: http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/

Redundancies at the Theatre Royal Plymouth - over 100 jobs have been announced at risk as income falls by over 90 per cent due to the pandemic. We hear about the devastating impact on staff and the region, the threat to the theatre’s existence, and the warning bell it sounds to the future of theatre across the country. Stuart Evers on his new novel, The Blind Light – a story of two families from across the class divide and across the decades, living in the shadow of nuclear fear and political events of the past 60 years. The statue of Edward Colston - now it's been fished out of Bristol harbour, what is happening to it now? Fran Coles is the conservationist in charge of preserving the statue, and the graffiti which is also part of its story. She tells Samira Ahmed about this work, and the important discovery found tucked in the bronze fold of Colston’s frock. Eurovision, the film - a new film comedy, starring Will Ferrell and set at the Eurovision Song Contest looks affectionately at the glorious ridiculousness of the annual kitschfest. Eurovision veteran, the BBC’s Paddy O’Connell, has been to every one since 2004 and joins us to review the new Netflix film. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Emma Wallace Studio Manager: Tim Heffer

Beth Shouler is a Director and Theatre-maker from Nottingham. She joined Leicester Curve last year as the New Work Associate. Beth has worked as a director and facilitator with various companies and organisations including: Kiln Theatre, The Almeida, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Nottingham Playhouse and many more.  We talk about Regional Theatre, what theatre will look like post quarantine and our experience of working together.  

Mandy Precious, Engagement and Learning Director at Theatre Royal Plymouth, shares how social prescription – prescribing the arts or arts activities over medication – has impacted their organization and their community. Through their Our Space program, adults with addiction, homelessness, and/or mental health issues come to see productions and make their own work. Mandy Precious … Continue reading "Episode 96: When Well-Being Takes the Stage"

On this podcast we look at 4 new shows we have seen. Take a trip around the unseen part of Theatre Royal Plymouth, look at Stage Thrillers and some New Titles

In this final bumper episode, James Grieve and Sam Steiner reflect on the final countdown to and aftermath of YOU STUPID DARKNESS!. They discuss the process of tech-ing the show ('watching surgery conducted on your organs' - Sam Steiner), the importance of sign-posting an interval, and the dilemma behind reading reviews. YOU STUPID DARKNESS! premiered at Theatre Royal Plymouth 07 - 23 February 2019.   

Ode to Joy, La Vie En Rose and Four Square by the sea. The company of actors - Andrew Finnigan, Lydia Larson, Becci Gemmell and David Carlyle - chat to James Grieve and Sam Steiner about what they've been getting up to in rehearsals for YOU STUPID DARKNESS! at Theatre Royal Plymouth. Playing until 23 February, YOU STUPID DARKNESS! has been listed by the Guardian as the number 1 Theatre Show to watch in the UK this week.

'The kettle explodes.' Director James Grieve and Playwright Sam Steiner reflect on the first week of rehearsals in the PP rehearsal room. Featuring Assistant Director Freddie Crossley and Assistant Stage Manager Rosie Morgan. YOU STUPID DARKNESS! is a co-production with Theatre Royal Plymouth. You can catch it 07 - 23 February 2019 in the Drum Theatre, Plymouth.

'I wanted to write a hopeful play about the end of the world'. Director James Grieve and Playwright Sam Steiner reflect on the process that has led up to week one of rehearsals for YOU STUPID DARKNESS! YOU STUPID DARKNESS! is a co-production with Theatre Royal Plymouth. You can catch it 07 - 23 February 2019 in the Drum Theatre, Plymouth.

Neil talks to "Idle Jack" Andy Ford about Theatre Royal Plymouth's 2018/19 Panto.

Fifty Shades of Grey and The Fall actor, Jamie Dornan, stars in new BBC Two drama Death and Nightingales. Based on Eugene McCabe's modern Irish classic novel of the same name, it's a story of love across the religious and class divide, set in the beautiful countryside of Fermanagh in 1885.Theatre Royal Plymouth announced today they have commissioned the UK's largest bronze sculpture, to be installed in front of the theatre in spring 2019. The artist Joseph Hillier discusses his the work, named Messenger, which he's created using 3D scans from the body of an actor performing in Othello at Plymouth in 2014. With the announcement of the deaths of film directors Bernardo Bertolucci and Nicolas Roeg, Kirsty speaks to film producer Jeremy Thomas, who collaborated with both men; and critic Hannah McGill assesses their work. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Dymphna Flynn

We caught up with Ashley Gilmour and Red Concepcion from the UK & Ireland Tour of Miss Saigon, when they visited the Theatre Royal Plymouth...

Producer Bonnie Mitchell and performer Kylie Walsh talk about Mobile, a production from The Paper Birds that takes place in a small caravan for an audience of up to eight people at a time. Bonnie and Kylie talk about the themes of class and social mobility, the devising process and the special challenges of touring a show for a tiny audience in a caravan. The production, a co-commission from Live Theatre and The Marlowe Theatre, has just finished its first tour. It will be visiting The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury from 8 to 12 October and Theatre Royal Plymouth from 1 to 5 November 2016 before touring again in 2017. For more information, see www.thepaperbirds.com. (Photo of Kylie Walsh credit: Richard Davenport)