Episodios

  • Is Death of England the great state of Britain play? Ft Roy Williams and Clint Dyer

    Is Death of England the great state of Britain play? Ft Roy Williams and Clint Dyer
    Jul 19 2024
    In this guest episode, Sarah talks to playwright Roy Williams and the National Theatre's deputy artisitc director Clint Dyer about the three plays they wrote together that seem to sum up the spirit of the times. As Michael, Delory and Closing Time are performed together for the first time at Soho Place, the writers discuss what promted the plays, their struggles with illness, Covid and sheer bad timing to get them to the stage, and the impact their work has had. Plus why you can be deadly serious and very funny at the same time.

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    33 m
  • What happens when a show loses its star?

    What happens when a show loses its star?
    Jul 12 2024
    In a week of shock substitutions Alex and Sarah talk about James Corden at the Old Vic, Justine Mitchell at the Almeida and the way that history of theatre is filled with understudies who become the star.

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    33 m
  • Is Andrew Lloyd Webber cool now?

    Is Andrew Lloyd Webber cool now?
    Jul 5 2024
    With a new production of Starlight Express taking over the Wembley Troubadour and Jamie Lloyd's radical Sunset Boulevard due to open on Broadway, Sarah and Alex ask whether the British composer is having a renaissance. Plus: does the seat you sit in change your feelings about a show?

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    33 m
  • Are musicals manipulative?

    Are musicals manipulative?
    Jun 28 2024
    Alex has been singing along to Taylor Swift and Sarah has been on a musical theatre adventure with London Theatre at Sea. Which got us thinking about the power of song and how it makes people feel. Why does that make musicals such a potent force and are our emotions being played on - with special reference to Ghost Quartet, Dear Evan Hansen and Next to Normal

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    28 m
  • Tonys special: Light in a troubling time for Broadway + Sondheim's supremecy cemented

    Tonys special: Light in a troubling time for Broadway + Sondheim's supremecy cemented
    Jun 18 2024
    In the second WhatsOnStage podcast, Sarah is literally all at sea but still finds time to talk to Alex about the most significant awards in American theatre - and how new thinking and some British input is changing Broadway.

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    33 m
  • Performing rights, Operation Mincemeat and amateur theatre

    Performing rights, Operation Mincemeat and amateur theatre
    Jun 14 2024
    In their brand new podcast the chief theatre critic of WhatsOnStage and the managing editor Alex Wood talk about the ties that bind them to the theatrical world. And to Coventry. Plus their plans going forward.

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    29 m
  • (ATASTTC) And it's goodbye from Nancy

    (ATASTTC) And it's goodbye from Nancy
    Jun 8 2024
    After 60 episodes, Nancy's going to leave As the Actress Said to the Critic - but Sarah is launching a new podcast with WhatsOnStage. They talk about what has surprised them, what they've learnt - and plans for going forward. Stay subscribed for new adventures.

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    33 m
  • (ATASTTC) Tom Holland's Romeo and Ian McKellen's Falstaff

    (ATASTTC) Tom Holland's Romeo and Ian McKellen's Falstaff
    May 30 2024
    Huge, enthusiastic queues are surrounding the Duke of York's theatre where Tom Holland, famous for Spider-Man is playing Romeo opposite Francesca Amewudah-Rivers as Juliet. Next door, veteran actor and star of Lord of the Rings, Ian McKellen is performing Falstaff for his own adoring fans. In this week's episode Nancy and Sarah discuss the two productions and what it shows us about Shakespeare - and about the new generation of actors.

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    35 m