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Episode 82 – Pantomime Music with Miles Russell
Just Imagine
English - July 05, 2024 15:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBPerforming Arts Arts pantomime theatre christmas entertainment panto theatre production behind the scenes Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 81 - Behind the scenes at the 2024 Pantomime Awards
Have you ever wanted to know more about the music in the pantomime? This week Martin is joined by Miles Russell who has spent a number of panto seasons as an MD and Arranger with Imagine Theatre.
From starting out age seven learning to play the trumpet Miles is now a multi-instrumentalist. He has worked as an actor-musician, Musical Director and Arranger amongst other roles.
He talks to Martin about how panto differs from other productions, how the songs are selected, how the music is created – including parts, backing tracks and backing vocals. He also reveals which panto title is his favourite!