Episodes

  • Season 2 is Upon Us!
    Aug 21 2021

    Finally ! and not before time we hear you say we launch Season 2 of StageDoorCast. 

    Well we have been waiting for things to perk up and today we talk Carousel at Regents Park Open Air Theatre,  South Pacific at Chichester Festival Theatre as well as a discussion about when does re-imagining a show actually create a completely new piece of work.

    BIG WARNING !!! THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS. If you are waiting to see either of the above maybe wait until you have seen them and then join the conversation.

    Mail us : mail@stagedoorcast.co.uk or join our Facebook Group and send us messages that way. 

    Please tell your friends about us and send ideas for future shows.

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    40 mins
  • Episode 33 Tiers of a Clown!
    Dec 21 2020

    It's our Christmas Show!  And the official end of Season 1.

    No show reviews this time but a discussion about how we can restart our lives after the Pandemic and how our beloved Musical Theatre comes back to us. 

    Richard shares some of his Christmas activities and Cliff recalls a cinema visit a lifetime ago. Plus we chat about what to look forward to over the Christmas period.

    Season 2 will start as soon as we can see a sign that Theatre can get up and running again. When that will be is anyone's guess but let's hope for early Spring.

    From us all at StageDoorCast have a very happy and restful holiday break. 

    Please stay safe. Why not spend some time listening to our back catalogue?  It will keep you out of mischief!

    Please tell your friends about us and leave a review on Apple podcasts, it would help us greatly grow the show.

    Ideas and comments always happily received at  mail@stagedoorcast.co.uk




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    30 mins
  • Episode 32 The Streaming Sessions
    Nov 16 2020

    We're half way through "Lockdown Two The Sequel", so we turn our attention to what is available as streamed content and review three recent offerings and we have suggestions for more. We think about the possibilities that may come if an effective vaccine is available and look forward to a time when real theatre is available to us all again. Cliff is brave enough to mention the C word as our next show will be early in December and we talk about the sad loss of Bobby Ball and Des O Conner who both graced the Traditional Panto stage in the past.

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    33 mins
  • Episode 31 One Tier or Two?
    Oct 24 2020

    Richard and Cliff are thinking about tiers this week and talking about allocation of much needed funds to artistic organisations. They look back at the long life of Herbert Kretzmer acclaimed songwriter, and best known perhaps as the lyricist for Les Miserables although his artistic output is far greater than simply that, and discuss the exciting news about the Les Mis Concert being staged in London over the Christmas period, although sadly even at the time of recording tickets are sold out. 

    There is news of a new appointment, and Richard reviews live streams from the Crazy Coqs. We also preview a couple of forthcoming shows there which you can also book as live streams. 

    As always please send news and views to us:

    mail@stagedoorcast.co.uk

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Kretzmer

    https://www.brasseriezedel.com/crazy-coqs/

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    32 mins
  • Episode 30 Our Relaunch with Susie Winkworth
    Oct 3 2020

    We are back with a bang and we are delighted to welcome as our special guest Susie Winkworth. Susie is a professional Cellist and Arranger whose tweet streams over the past couple of weeks @winkmusicuk  have garnered more than 75 thousand shares and retweets and highlight perfectly the dilemma facing the creative sector and it's mostly freelance staff of world class performers and technicians.  Susie joins us to discuss the current situation and tell us about an initiative on 6th October "Let Music Live" which is worthy of all our support. You can find more information about this on Instagram and Twitter @letmusicliveuk

    Also check out Sonia Friedman's response on this at:
    https://www.soniafriedman.com/news-press/sonia-friedman-comments-on-the-chancellors-announcement-on-thursday-24th-september-2020

    The Cinderella Lockdown supercut is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3VLhrlw5cA

    Magic with the Musicals is here: https://planetradio.co.uk/magic-with-the-musicals/player/316084/

    Richard also manages to bring us a review and we talk about the next few months and how Theatre and Music is going to come back.

    Do check out Susie on Twitter and please share with us your stories and experiences of being in a creative role during lockdown. As always email us : mail@stagedoorcast.co.uk

    We will be back in two weeks with more news and views. See you then!

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    37 mins
  • Episode 27 We welcome a Special Guest
    Jul 24 2020

    We are still in lockdown, well mostly, so we present another special and yes eagle eyed listeners will notice that Episode 26 appears to have gone missing in action but in truth we started production on that a few weeks ago and couldn't get logistics sorted so Episode 27 it is!

    We review all of the current news theatrical and beyond with regard to the current crisis, discuss how we are going to get back to normality and we are delighted to welcome as our Special Guest Alistair Woodgate of Green Room Productions to talk about the impact lockdown has had on amateur theatre and the prospects going forwards.

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    46 mins
  • Episode 25 The Lockdown Sessions
    Apr 25 2020

    So while you are socially distancing and responsibly going out for your daily exercise may we present just about thirty minutes for your listening pleasure.

    We talk about the challenges that are facing the theatre world both now and in the future as hopefuly we emerge from the Corona crisis, We reflect on the problems for the amateur theatre business in the week when most spring seasons would be starting and we think about how the future might look in a few months.

    We also talk about the wide range of theatrical offerings now available online including the Les Mis concert and pick up on some news items from the week.

    The Stage Link:
    https://www.thestage.co.uk/long-reads/the-50-best-stage-shows-to-stream-right-now-musicals

    We will return with our "One Year Anniversary Show" in a few weeks! Watch this space!

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    26 mins
  • Episode 24 It's the Lockdown Update!
    Apr 2 2020

    We're in lockdown so from our respective locations we bring you a quick news update. 
    And we need your help. We want to do a special show next time and we need a good subject being as news and reviews are currently non existent.

    Send your ideas and suggestions to us at mail@stagedoorcast.co.uk

    And stay safe !

    Cliff and Rich

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    7 mins