Backstage With...
90 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsConversations with your favourite theatre actors and creatives.
Industry secrets, eyebrow raising stories and behind the scenes access.
Hosted by Mikey Worrall.
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Sharon Sexton (Bat Out of Hell: The Musical)
May 17, 2022 10:11 - 40 minutes - 65.1 MBSharon Sexton reflects on her time playing Sloane in Bat Out of Hell: The Musical including her single audition for the part, creating the show ("Please can we have a shower in the set?") and how the company celebrated the life and legacy of Meatloaf after his death in January 2022. Follow Sharon on Twitter @SharonSextonIRE and Instagram @shar.sexton Email me: [email protected] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
Peter Hannah (Into the Woods, Waitress)
February 24, 2022 12:59 - 41 minutes - 56.6 MBPeter Hannah talks about playing the Wolf and Cinderella's Prince in the first major UK production of a Stephen Sondheim musical since the composer/lyricist's death in November 2021. Into the Woods is playing at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, until Sunday 27th February 2022. For tickets: https://lyrictheatre.co.uk/whats-on/into-the-woods Email me: [email protected] Follow on Instagram: @backstagewith @mikeyworrall1 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted ...
Carly Mercedes Dyer (A Chorus Line, Anything Goes, Six, West Side Story)
December 22, 2021 05:02 - 45 minutes - 73 MBCarly Mercerdes Dyer on playing Cassie in A Chorus Line at Leicester Curve, being on the Beeb at Christmas in Anything Goes (Boxing Day at 6.40pm, on BBC2), and if she'd ever go back to Six after Covid-19 ended her run before it had even begun. #poweredbypastry Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Savannah Stevenson (Little Women, Wicked, Mary Poppins)
November 27, 2021 05:30 - 46 minutes - 74.8 MBSavannah Stevenson is currently playing Marmee in Little Women at the Park Theatre in north London. Find out which song she was fearful of, why she wants people to leave Little Women wanting to call their mum, and the scene in which she'd love to make a cameo appearance in the film adaptation of Wicked. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oli Higginson (The Last Five Years, Bridgerton, The Pursuit of Love)
October 07, 2021 10:31 - 38 minutes - 53.3 MBThe Last Five Years' Jamie on bringing the show to the West End, whether it should be categorised as new or a revival in awards season, and trying to straddle a model building atop a grand piano whilst playing a clock. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Quincy Brown & Kevin Bianchi (Sentimental Men Podcast)
September 30, 2021 17:29 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBWhat better way to mark International Podcast Day and the week of Wicked UK's 15th anniversary than with a conversation with Wicked podcasters Quincy and Kevin. They are the Broadway connoisseurs behind Sentimental Men, a must-listen for any Wicked fan. Follow them at @SentMenPod. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Samuel Edwards (Anything Goes, Ghost, Wicked)
September 22, 2021 04:00 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MBSamuel Edwards (Billy Crocker in Anything Goes) is here to talk about being back on stage after the pandemic, playing opposite Broadway star and two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster, and why he'll always feel sentimental about Ghost. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Francesca Moody (Producer of Leopards, Mum, Fleabag)
September 19, 2021 14:31 - 19 minutes - 26.1 MBFrancesca Moody is best known as the original producer of the multi-award-winning Fleabag by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, which she has produced globally on behalf of DryWrite, most recently in London’s West End at the Wyndham’s Theatre, where it was also recorded and broadcast by NT Live, playing in cinemas throughout the world. Her current and upcoming productions include Leopards, at the Rose Theatre, in Kingston, and Mum at Soho Theatre. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewi...
Lara Martins (The Phantom of the Opera)
September 08, 2021 13:14 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBLara Martins played Carlotta in Phantom in the West End for a record-breaking six years. She's here to talk about her new album, Canção, which is available to stream now. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Christina Bianco (Diva impressionist, Funny Girl, The Ballad of Anne and Mary)
August 18, 2021 08:20 - 1 hour - 119 MBTwo-time Drama Desk award nominee Christina Bianco joins us to talk about starring in the musical podcast series The Ballad of Anne and Mary, playing Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, in Paris, just before lockdown, and how she became Broadway's original YouTuber and Diva Impressionist. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Stephen Oremus (Frozen, Kinky Boots, Wicked, The Book of Mormon)
August 03, 2021 04:30 - 1 hour - 97.8 MBTwo-time Tony Award winner Stephen Oremus talks about creating some of the biggest musicals of the last two decades, conducting the orchestra for the Frozen movies, and arranging and conducting Lady Gaga's performance at the Academy Awards. Stephen's credits include: On Broadway and worldwide: As Music Supervisor/Arranger and/or Orchestrator: Disney’s Frozen; Kinky Boots (Tony Award for Best Orchestrations; Grammy Award); The Book of Mormon (Tony & Drama Desk Awards-Best Orchestrations; ...
Giles Terera (Hamilton)
July 27, 2021 04:00 - 58 minutes - 93.2 MBThe Olivier award-winning star of Hamilton talks about what it was really like in The Room Where It Happened. Giles's book, Hamilton & Me: An Actor's Journal, is available now. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We All Look the Same But We're Different Than We Were
July 23, 2021 15:46 - 7 minutes - 12.3 MBReflecting on the reopening night of Come From Away in the West End. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kayi Ushe (The Lion King, Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon)
July 13, 2021 04:00 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MBIt sure feels good to be back in your podcast feed. Are you ready for a new series of conversations with your favourite theatre people? First up is Kayi Ushe who's preparing to play Simba in The Lion King when the show reopens in the West End. You may have seen him as Lola on the UK tour of Kinky Boots or during his four-year stint in The Book of Mormon. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Guest Host Daisy Maywood with Mikey Worrall
December 01, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 94.6 MBDaisy Maywood (The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, Company, A Chorus Line) guest hosts this episode of the podcast with Mikey Worrall. This is the final episode of series five. We'll be back in 2021 with more actors and creatives from your favourite shows. (This episode was recorded in September 2020 before the second lockdown in England. Any references to recent gym sessions and family visits were completely legal at the time.) Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Se...
Gavin Spokes (Hamilton, Company, Quiz)
November 17, 2020 04:00 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MBGavin Spokes was playing King George III in the London production of Hamilton when the West End went dark the week before the UK went into lockdown in March. You might have recently seen him wrestling with Mel Giedroyc as Harry in Marianne Elliot’s West End revival of Company, working his way up to a million pounds as the Major in James Graham’s Quiz, or as pollster Andrew Cooper in Channel 4’s Brexit: The Uncivil War. Follow Gavin on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Backstage With... onl...
Susie McKenna (Associate Director, Kiln Theatre)
November 10, 2020 03:30 - 1 hour - 106 MBSusie McKenna was creative director at Hackney Empire for seven years and wrote, produced and sometimes starred in its pantomimes for 22 years. She is now an associate director at Kiln Theatre, in north west London. Susie's many stage credits include Follies, Cats, The Witches of Eastwick, Woman in White, Ragtime, and Chicago. When the pandemic took hold, Susie was over in New York where her wife - three-time Olivier award winning actress Sharon D. Clarke - was about to begin previews...
Kiruna Stamell (Cyrano de Bergerac, Great Britain, Moulin Rouge!)
October 27, 2020 04:00 - 59 minutes - 81.2 MBKiruna Stamell was working as an extra on the film Moulin Rouge in Australia twenty years ago when the director created the part of La Petite Princess just for her. She used her pay check to come to the UK where she’s worked across television, film and theatre. At the start of this year she was in the Jamie Lloyd Company production of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End, which won the Olivier award for Best Revival at the weekend. She was meant to be part of the s...
Gavin Lee (Mary Poppins, SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical, Top Hat, Beauty and the Beast)
October 20, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBGavin Lee is an Drama Desk award winner, Olivier award nominee, and two-time Tony nominee. He's best known for creating the role of Bert in the original West End, Broadway and U.S. touring productions of Mary Poppins, and originating the role of Squidward in SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical on Broadway. Follow Gavin on Instagram. Follow Backstage With... online, on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can send Mikey your guest requests and questions on Twitter and Instagram, or em...
Melanie La Barrie (& Juliet, Matilda, Wicked, Mary Poppins)
October 13, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBChances are you've seen Melanie La Barrie in at least one show in the last 20 years. She's developed and appeared in a number of shows including the original productions of Mary Poppins, Matilda and & Juliet. She also played Ursula in the London pre-Broadway workshop of The Little Mermaid and on top of all of that somehow found time to complete full contracts in Les Miserables and Wicked. Prior to lockdown, Melanie was playing Nurse in & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre, a role she'll ...
Daisy Maywood (Company, A Chorus Line, Phantom, Les Mis)
September 29, 2020 20:50 - 58 minutes - 80.2 MBDaisy Maywood has been in some of the most high profile productions of the last decade such as the Les Mis 25th anniversary concert at the o2, The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary performance at the Royal Albert Hall, and the 2013 revival of A Chrous Line at the London Palladium. She was most recently seen as Susan and the Priest in Marianne Elliot’s West End revival of Company at the Gielgud theatre. Follow Daisy on Twitter. Follow Backstage With... online, on Twitter, Instagram ...
Flavia Cacace (Midnight Tango, Dance 'Til Dawn, Strictly Come Dancing)
September 22, 2020 03:00 - 39 minutes - 53.6 MBThis week’s guest lifted the Strictly Come Dancing glitterball alongside the Olympic Gymnast Louis Smith back in 2012. Over the last eight years Flavia has co-created, co-choreographed and starred in four theatre productions with her professional dance partner, Vincent Simone. They've clocked up six tours, two West End transfers, and two Olivier award nominations for family entertainment. Follow Flavia on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Follow Backstage With... online, on Twitter, Ins...
Stephen Crockett (Casting Director: Mamma Mia!, Chicago, Jerry Springer The Opera)
September 15, 2020 03:00 - 47 minutes - 65.1 MBStephen has worked in casting for over 20 years. During that time he’s been the casting director for Mamma Mia! London and UK Tour productions, and has been casting consultant on productions in Germany, Holland, Norway, Italy, Spain and Russia. His many other shows include Jerry Springer – The Opera, Chicago, Hairspray, and Mrs Henderson Presents. He works alongside David Grindrod who used to be Andrew Lloyd Webber’s in-house casting director, and who went on to set up David Grindrod ...
Sophie-Louise Dann (Lend Me a Tenor, The Girls, Made in Dagenham)
September 08, 2020 04:00 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MBTwo-time Olivier award nominee Sophie-Louise Dann is best known for originating roles in West End musicals such as Lend Me a Tenor, Bend it Like Beckham, The Girls (the Calendar Girls musical) and Made in Dagenham. She’s also been in the musical pastiche productions of Forbidden Broadway and Spamilton. You can see her this coming Saturday live in person, or on a livestream, as she returns to the stage at Crazy Coqs, in London, with her solo show May I have a Moment?. Buy tickets here o...
Harry Francis (Cats, A Chorus Line, Wicked)
September 01, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 98.3 MBHarry Francis is an actor, singer and dancer, and a huge theatre fan. He's done five shows at the London Palladium and been in musicals such as A Chorus Line, Cats, The Book of Mormon, Hairspray and Wicked. He’s currently in rehearsals to play Lewis/Theo in Pippin at The Garden Theatre, at The Eagle, in South London, from Tuesday 8th September to Sunday 11th October. Follow Harry on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Backstage With... online, on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can...
Louise Dearman (Wicked, Side Show, Guys and Dolls)
August 25, 2020 08:18 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBLouise Dearman is only person in the world to have been cast as Elphaba and Glinda in Wicked. So far in her career she’s starred in shows including Evita, Side Show, Guys and Dolls, Jekyll and Hyde, Grease and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. You can watch her Umbrella Rooms live concert here or head to @UmbrellaRooms on Twitter. Click here to sign the petition to support the four pillar plan for recovery in the performing arts & entertainment. Follow Louise online, on T...
Phantom Special Part Two with Josh Piterman
August 18, 2020 08:58 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBIn the second part of our Phantom of the Opera special, Mikey speaks to Josh Piterman who was playing the Phantom when the West End went dark. He joined the London cast last autumn and is hoping to return to the when the show reopens at Her Majesty's Theatre with a brand new physical production of the brilliant original. Click here to sign the petition to support the four pillar plan for recovery in the performing arts & entertainment. Follow Josh online, on Twitter, Instagram and Face...
Phantom Special Part One with Kelly Mathieson
August 11, 2020 17:49 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MB150 days after the chandelier fell, we're talking about what the future holds for The Phantom of the Opera after the announcement the original production will not reopen after lockdown. A new physical production of the original will reopen at some point in the future, after major renovation work at Her Majesty's Theatre. In this two-part special, Mikey speaks to the most recent actors to play the Phantom and Christine in the West End production. Click here to sign the petition to supp...
Jenna Boyd (Come From Away)
August 06, 2020 18:19 - 50 minutes - 69.5 MBJenna Boyd is an original cast member of the Olivier award-winning musical Come From Away. Follow Jenna online, on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Click here to sign the petition to support the four pillar plan for recovery in the performing arts & entertainment. Follow Backstage With... online, on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can send Mikey your guest requests and questions on Twitter and Instagram. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted...
Andrew Lippa (Big Fish, The Addams Family, The Wild Party)
July 28, 2020 15:01 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MBAndrew Lippa is a Drama Desk award-winning composer, lyricist, writer, actor and teacher. His vast body of work includes the off-broadway productions of John and Jen and The Wild Party; new songs for the Broadway version of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, the show for which Kristin Chenoweth won her Tony award; the music and lyrics for stage adaptations of The Addams Family and Big Fish; and the oratorio, I Am Harvey Milk, which he was commissioned to write for the San Francisco Gay Men’s...
Frank DiLella (New York Theatre Journalist)
July 21, 2020 10:02 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MBThe host of New York 1's On Stage joins Mikey to compare what's happening in the theatre industries in the UK and US. Follow Frank online, on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can see his work at ny1.com. Follow Backstage With... online, on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can send Mikey your guest requests and questions on Twitter and Instagram. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Alexia Khadime (The Prince of Egypt, The Book of Mormon, Wicked)
July 14, 2020 02:00 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBAlexia Khadime was the first woman of colour in the world to be cast as the principal Elphaba in Wicked. She's also known for playing Nabalungi in the original London cast of The Book of Mormon, Eponine in Les Miserables, and Nala in The Lion King. This episode was recorded prior to the announcement of the Government's arts rescue package. We discussed the issue of race and how it relates to the theatre industry at length. #BlackLivesMatter Follow Alexia on Twitter, Instagram and F...
Kerry Ellis (Wicked, Cats, Oliver, My Fair Lady)
July 07, 2020 02:00 - 52 minutes - 83.3 MBBest known as the first British Elphaba in Wicked, Kerry Ellis made her name as the one of the most popular actors in musical theatre. Follow Kerry on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Follow Backstage With... online, on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can send Mikey your guest requests and questions on Twitter and Instagram. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kara Lily Hayworth & Charles Hagerty (Cabaret)
March 11, 2020 13:57 - 29 minutes - 47.5 MBThis week's guests are currently touring the UK in Rufus Norris's production of Cabaret. Kara Lily Hayworth (Sally Bowles) is best known for playing the title role in Cilla the musical on tour in 2017. Charlie Hagerty (Cliff Bradshaw) has worked extensively in the US, Europe and in the UK where he now lives with his husband. He was also in the original Broadway cast of If/Then alongside Idina Menzel in 2014. Mikey Worrall chats to Kara and Charlie at the New Wimbledon Theatre. Sub...
Miriam-Teak Lee (& Juliet, Hamilton, On the Town)
March 04, 2020 04:00 - 21 minutes - 39.5 MBMiriam-Teak Lee is the WhatsOnStage award winning, Olivier nominated star of & Juliet the musical. The show won six WhatsOnStage awards and has been nominated for nine Oliviers. Mikey Worrall chats to Miriam-Teak in her dressing room at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Subscribe to the podcast for more interviews with the artists and creatives you love. You can find more on our YouTube channel and at Backstagewith.com. Follow Backstage With... on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to find out...
Stephen Schwartz (The Prince of Egypt, Wicked, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
February 26, 2020 04:00 - 27 minutes - 50.3 MBStephen Schwartz is an Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe and Honorary Tony award winning composer and lyricist. His work has spanned six decades and includes Wicked, Godspell, Pippin, The Baker’s Wife, and London’s newest musical, The Prince of Egypt, which is based on the 1998 Dreamworks animated film. Stephen also wrote the lyrics for the Disney films Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Enchanted, on which he collaborated with the composer Alan Menken. We recorded this conversati...
Rachel Tucker (The Pirate Queen, Come From Away, Wicked)
February 21, 2020 04:00 - 8 minutes - 14.7 MBRachel Tucker is flying off to New York next week to join the cast of Come From Away on Broadway. Before that she's starring in a one-off charity performance of The Pirate Queen (by Les Mis writers Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg) in aid of Leukaemia UK. You can get tickets here. Rachel is best known for playing Elphaba in Wicked in London and on Broadway. She was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical last year for Come From Away. She's also ap...
Carley Stenson (Curtains, Les Miserables, Legally Blonde)
February 18, 2020 13:19 - 36 minutes - 67.3 MBThis week's guest is Carley Stenson who's currently starring the UK tour of Curtains, the musical comedy. After 10 years in Hollyoaks, Carley moved into theatre where she's remained ever since. She's played Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, Princess Fiona in Shrek, The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot as well as appearing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and, most recently, as Fantine in Les Miserables. We had a chat at the New Wimbledon Theatre in January when the show was back on the road after it...
Sara Bareilles & Gavin Creel (Waitress)
January 23, 2020 14:31 - 12 minutes - 29.1 MBSara Bareilles and Gavin Creel are getting ready to join the cast of Waitress the musical in London's West End for six weeks from 27th January. Sara Bareilles wrote the music and lyrics for the show and has previously played Jenna for three engagements on Broadway, most recently alongside Gavin Creel. Gavin returns to London as a Tony award winner (Hello Dolly!), after winning the Olivier award for best actor in a musical for The Book of Mormon, in which he originated the role of Elder P...
Rachel John (Girl from the North Country, Hamilton, Memphis)
December 22, 2019 03:00 - 44 minutes - 103 MBRachel John is currently playing Mrs Neilsen in Girl from the North Country at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End. You may have previously seen her as Angelica in the Original London Cast of Hamilton, for which she received an Olivier nomination. Her other credits include The Bodyguard, Memphis, We Will Rock You and Sister Act. You can follow Backstage With… on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to find out which stage door we’re going through next. Support this show http://supporter.ac...
WhatsOnStage Awards 2020 Nominees
December 06, 2019 19:22 - 26 minutes - 60.1 MBIn this episode we meet some of the 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards nominees from shows including &Juliet, Waitress and Dear Evan Hansen at the awards launch in the West End. Mikey Worrall went along to the reception at The Hospital Club in Covent Garden where he spoke to &Juliet's Miriam-Teak Lee, Cassidy Janson and Jordan Luke Gage, Waitress's David Hunter and Marisha Wallace, and Dear Evan Hansen's Sam Tutty. You can follow Backstage With… on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to find out whi...
Oliver Ormson (High Fidelity, Cats, The Addams Family)
November 20, 2019 04:00 - 31 minutes - 50.5 MBOliver Ormson is currently playing Rob in High Fidelity at the Turbine Theatre in south London. The theatre was recently founded by its Artistic Director, Paul Taylor Mills. High Fidelity is the theatre’s second production and its first musical. The show originally opened on Broadway in 2006 where it closed 10 days after its opening night. The show is about a north London record shop owner called Rob who ranks everything in his life in top 5 lists and whose girlfriend breaks up with...
Melissa Jacques (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Mamma Mia!, Wicked)
November 06, 2019 11:17 - 31 minutes - 51 MBIt’s 25 years since Melissa Jacques left Sheffield to pursue her musical theatre dreams in London. A year-long course at the London School of Musical Theatre led her to summer seasons, pantomimes and rep work where she cut her teeth before she joined the original cast of Mamma Mia. That’s where Melissa says she grew up and really learned her trade. This autumn she was promoted to the role of Margaret, one of the roles she previously understudied, in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, afte...
Daniel Boys (Falsettos, Avenue Q, Any Dream Will Do)
October 23, 2019 03:00 - 28 minutes - 65.5 MBDaniel Boys is currently playing Marvin in Falsettos at The Other Palace, just around the corner from where he saw his first West End musical as a child, Starlight Express, at the Apollo Victoria. After graduating from Guildford School of Acting, Daniel appeared in Rent, Sunset Boulevard and Grease before auditioning for the BBC’s Any Dream Will Do, the search for a man to play Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He made it through to the live show stage and was the sev...
Jon Robyns (Hamilton, Les Misérables, Memphis)
October 09, 2019 03:30 - 38 minutes - 69.6 MBJon Robyns is about to take on the role of Jean Valjean in the new production of Les Misérables which is due to open at the newly renamed and renovated Sondheim Theatre in December. Jon is currently playing King George III in the West End production of Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre. He will handover to an as yet unnamed heir in the coming months before moving across town to Shaftesbury Avenue to tell another revolutionary tale. Jon’s many theatrical credits include Marius and ...
Lucie Jones (Waitress, Les Misérables, Legally Blonde)
September 04, 2019 00:23 - 32 minutes - 63.2 MBLucie Jones is currently playing Jenna in the West End production of Waitress. Since appearing on The X Factor in 2009, Lucie has played Cosette in Les Misérables (West End), Elle in Legally Blonde (Curve and national tour), Molly in Ghost (Chinese tour), Maureen in Rent (UK tour) before returning to London to play Jenna. This episode was recorded in Lucie’s enormous dressing room at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End. You can follow Backstage With... on Twitter, Instagram and Fac...
Caroline Sheen (9to5, Mary Poppins, Les Misérables)
August 21, 2019 03:00 - 40 minutes - 58 MBCaroline Sheen is currently playing Violet in 9 to 5 the musical in the West End. She joined the original cast of the production after Louise Redknapp injured her wrist, giving her only a week to learn the show before having to perform it. Over the years Caroline has starred in Mary Poppins (UK and US tours), City of Angels, Les Miserables (as Eponine and Fantine), The Witches of Eastwick, Mamma Mia, Into the Woods and Grease - to name a few. You can follow Backstage With... on Twitter...
Andy Mientus (The View UpStairs, Spring Awakening, Smash)
August 14, 2019 02:00 - 37 minutes - 70.4 MBAndy Mientus is currently playing Patrick in The View UpStairs at the Soho Theatre in London. Andy is thrilled to be making his London theatre debut, it’s something he’s wanted to do for a long time. You might know him from the TV shows Smash, The Flash and Gone. He also played Marius in the recent broadway revival of Les Miserables, and Hanschen in the original US touring production of Spring Awakening. Andy played that role for a second time in the Broadway transfer of the Deaf West pr...
Jamie Armitage (Co-director of SIX)
August 08, 2019 00:14 - 31 minutes - 81.4 MBJamie Armitage is the co-director of the the hit musical, Six. He took a break from rehearsing with new cast members to chat about his most recent project, Southern Belles, which is currently running at the King’s Head Theatre, in London. You can buy tickets to see Southern Belles on the King’s Head Theatre website. You can follow Backstage With... on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to find out which stage door we’re going through next. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bac...
Whose Mind is it Anyway? (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)
August 07, 2019 04:00 - 17 minutes - 50.7 MBWhose Mind is it Anyway? is a theatrical experience combining hypnosis, improv and movie musicals. My guests this week are the creators of the show, Michelle and Simon. They’ve taken the show to the Edinburgh Festival where it’s running at Gilded Balloon’s Patter Hoose. We recorded this episode in Michelle’s voiceover booth, which was extremely cosy, on one of the hottest days of the year so far. Click here for tickets to the show. If you can’t make it to Edinburgh this summer, then yo...