Regrets, I've Had a Few
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: 26 days ago -Told by an Idiot's Artistic Director Paul Hunter in free-flowing conversation with friends and colleagues from the theatre industry, delving into what made them the people they are today.
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Podcast Episode 37: Sean Holmes
April 05, 2024 12:17 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBThe magic of the ‘drama barn’, collaborating with a pre Blasted Sarah Kane, and the joys of being a Fulham fan - All of this and more is discussed in this month’s episode of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, featuring acclaimed director, Sean Holmes. About Sean Holmes Sean is currently Associate Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe. Before this he was the Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith. Sean was an Associate Director of the Oxford Stage Company from 2001 to 2006 and has also ...
Podcast Episode 36: Nathan Queeley-Dennis
March 01, 2024 11:00 - 38 minutes - 71.7 MBA shared love of Aston Villa, the joys of improvisation and a late submission to the prestigious Bruntwood Prize which proved very fruitful. All of this and more is discussed in this month’s episode of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, featuring actor and award winning writer, Nathan Queeley-Dennis. About Nathan Quelled-Dennis Nathan is an award winning writer and actor from Birmingham, as a writer he is the winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2022 with his Debut play Bullring Tec...
Podcast Episode 35: Mike Shepherd
February 02, 2024 10:19 - 38 minutes - 71 MBThe inspiration of Footsbarn on his early theatre making, getting arrested at the end of the first ever Kneehigh show and not being a great believer in giving advice. All of this and more is discussed in this month’s episode of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, featuring founder and former Artistic Director of the celebrated Kneehigh, Mike Shepherd. About Mike Shepherd Mike Shepherd founded Kneehigh in 1980 and remained “roughly in the middle of things” for 40 years. As an actor, teacher an...
Episode 34: Charlie Josephine
January 05, 2024 10:10 - 42 minutes - 79.8 MBAlmost embarking on a boxing career, wanting to be the Artful Dodger as a child and their recent critically acclaimed production of 'Cowbois' (which stars our AD Paul Hunter). All of this and more is discussed in this month’s episode of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, featuring celebrated writer and actor Charlie Josephine. About Charlie Josephine Charlie is a writer, director and actor. Charlie’s 2023 work includes: Cowbois (Royal Shakespeare Company); I, Joan (Shakespeare's Globe); Flie...
Episode 33: Hayley Carmichael and John Wright
December 01, 2023 10:00 - 52 minutes - 96.5 MBFrom their first encounters as a ‘dude’ of a teacher with a trademark leather jacket, a ‘sophisticated’ student joining Middlesex Poly en route from a summer working in France and a ‘short bloke from Birmingham’, our three co-founders John Wright, Hayley Carmichael and Paul Hunter recount the last 30 years of Told by an Idiot. In this Christmas special of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, expect discussions on the Idiot approach to theatre making, the importance of never being boring and Hay...
Episode 32: Mikey Ureta
November 03, 2023 10:00 - 22 minutes - 42.2 MBLearning to do flips in the playground at school, his choreographic inspirations and playing Agent Smith in Danny Boyle's mind blowing stage re-boot of the Matrix. All of this and more is discussed in this month’s episode of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, featuring dancer and choreographer, Mikey Ureta. About Mikey Ureta Mikey Ureta is a dance artist based in London. He has been working professionally around the world for the past 11 years and has been active in the industry as a perfor...
Episode 31: Lucy McCormick
October 06, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes - 73.4 MBAn unmatched admiration of Cats the Musical, the role of persona in her work and “having a good idea and doing it”. All of this and more is discussed in this month’s episode of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, featuring one of the UK’s most charismatic performers and theatre makers, Lucy McCormick. ABOUT LUCY MCCORMICK: Lucy McCormick makes nightclub interruptions, cabaret interventions and extravaganza theatre shows, marrying interests in absurdity, feminism and the grotesque. Her practi...
Episode 30: Simon Stokes
September 01, 2023 08:45 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBThe beginning of his career as Alan Rickman’s follow spot operator, being referred to as a grubby thruster by an Equity councillor and his tenures as Artistic Director at both the Bush Theatre and Theatre Royal Plymouth. All of this and more is discussed in our 30th episode of Regrets I've Had A Few, in our 30th year, featuring celebrated Director, Simon Stokes. About Simon Stokes Simon became an Artistic Director at the Bush Theatre in London from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s...
Episode 29: Justin Audibert
July 07, 2023 13:30 - 37 minutes - 70 MBCelebrating his 5th birthday with TV legends Sooty and Sweep, his interest in directing Tom Hanks on stage and his recent appointment as Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre. All of this and more is discussed in this month's episode of Regrets I've Had A Few featuring award-winning Director, Justin Audibert.
Episode 28: Okorie Chukwu
June 02, 2023 09:30 - 30 minutes - 56.6 MBThe audition process for Kate and Koji, throwing custard pies at Latitude Festival and his dad's need for all electricity to be off overnight interfering with his brothers' need to record late night Jackie Chan films. All of this and more is discussed in this month's episode of Regrets I've Had A Few featuring stage and screen actor, Okorie Chukwu.
Episode 27: Theresa Heskins
May 05, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 70.1 MBLearning about hard graft through working in a sweet shop in Elephant and Castle, coming second to the League of Gentlemen for a coveted Total Theatre Award and her preference of canal boats over caravans. All of this and more is discussed in this month's episode of Regrets I've Had A Few featuring the New Vic Theatre’s Olivier Award winning Artistic Director, Theresa Heskins. About Theresa Heskins Theresa Heskins is the Artistic Director of Staffordshire’s New Vic Theatre. She g...
Episode 26: Mary Woodvine
April 07, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes - 70.1 MBLiving in a van during the early days of Kneehigh, her time on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, and memories of her father cleaning the kitchen floor in his pants. All of this and more is discussed in this month's episode of Regrets I've Had A Few featuring stage and screen actor Mary Woodvine. About Mary Woodvine Mary Woodvine is an Actress based in West Cornwall. She has an extensive career in Theatre, Film and Television. She was a core member of Kneehigh Theatre fro...
Episode 25: Simon Callow
March 03, 2023 13:51 - 49 minutes - 92.3 MBA childhood heckle in defence of the Queen, a love of eccentric dance and working with some of theatre's all time greats. All of this and more is discussed in this month's episode of Regrets I've Had A Few featuring award winning actor, director and writer, Simon Callow.
Episode 24: Will Eaves
February 10, 2023 12:03 - 38 minutes - 71.4 MBBeing on the committee of the school film club, adapting and reinventing works for other forms, and his preference of crime over punishment. All of this and more is discussed in this month's episode of Regrets I've Had A Few featuring acclaimed writer, Will Eaves.
Episode 23: Jerone Marsh-Reid
December 27, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 60.1 MBJerone Marsh-Reid trained on the Physical Theatre course at East 15 Acting School. Theatre credits include: Marvellous (@sohoplace); 4 Walls (Derby Theatre); Marvellous (New Victoria Theatre Newcastle); Charlie and Stan / The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel (Told by an Idiot ); The Deep (Clifftown Theatre); The Things I’ve Dismissed (Clifftown Theatre, Project Lockout); Feel The Fear (Camden Fringe / Fusion Festival, Project Lockout); Mood (Clifftown Theatre); Bre...
Episode 22: Matthew Dunster
December 02, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes - 68 MBMatthew Dunster is a theatre and film director and writer. He was born and raised in Oldham and now lives in South East London. Previously an actor, he has directed or written over sixty shows, often with major national companies (including RSC, NT, Royal Court, Young Vic, Royal Exchange, Shakespeare’s Globe, The Bridge), as well as directing on the West End, Broadway and internationally. He has been the Associate Director of The Young Vic and Shakespeare's Globe. His most recent p...
Episode 21: Tanika Gupta
November 04, 2022 10:00 - 33 minutes - 61.2 MBOver the past 25 years Tanika Gupta has written over 25 stage plays that have been produced in major theatres across the UK and has written extensively for BBC Radio drama. Tanika’s plays The Empress and her adaptation of A Doll’s House are on the National Curriculum in the UK for GSCE school examinations. Theatre credits include: Out West and A Doll’s House (Lyric Hammersmith); Lions And Tigers (Wanamaker Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe); Red Dust Road (National Theatre Scotland, Edi...
Episode 20: Rachel Mars
October 06, 2022 13:28 - 36 minutes - 68.7 MBRachel Mars is a writer and performer based in the UK. She has been working at the cross-over of performance art and theatre for 13 years. Her work explores female, Jewish and Queer identities and their intersections. Her recent performance work includes Our Carnal Hearts, a choral dissection of envy; Your Sexts Are Shit: Older Better Letters, a queer archive of sex letters; Roller, with Mars.tarrab, an interrogation of female aggression for 7 women and Story #1/#3, a collaborati...
Episode 19: Stephen Harper
September 02, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes - 74.9 MBStephen is an actor, teacher and director and has worked in theatre for the past 26 years. A long time collaborator of Told by an Idiot, he has performed in a total of seven of our shows and has been part of the research and development team for many more. Stephen has worked at the National Theatre on War Horse and Theatre of Blood and the RSC on A Mouse and His Child and Merry Wives of Windsor as well as touring extensively throughout the UK and internationally with Little Soldier...
Episode 18: Sophia Clist
June 23, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 63.2 MBFrom a background of sculpture, Sophia creates installations, sets and objects for audiences and performers to inhabit, manipulate and transform. Much of her work is participatory and interactive, collaborating with artists in theatre, dance and music and with the general public. Recent work includes: Would You Bet Against Us? (Told by an Idiot, Birmingham Rep); Space to Be (Oily Cart); Get Happy (Told by an Idiot, Barbican); All You Need Is LSD (Told by an Idiot, Birmingham Rep); ...
Episode 17: Dennis Mortimer
May 25, 2022 16:06 - 30 minutes - 57.2 MBDennis Mortimer was born in Liverpool April 1952 and his professional football career spanned 721 league, Cup and European games. He was captain of the Aston Villa team which won the 1st Division Championship in 1981 and the European Cup in 1982. Dennis' career began at Coventry City F.C. in 1967 with a 3 year apprenticeship. Dennis signed his first Professional contract in 1969 and transferred to Aston Villa in 1975 for £170.000, after which he transferred to Brighton and Hove Alb...
Episode 16: Omar Elerian
April 29, 2022 09:00 - 43 minutes - 79.8 MBAbout Omar Elerian Omar Elerian is a freelance director, dramaturg and theatre-maker. Italian of Palestinian descent, Omar trained in Italy and then graduated from Lecoq International Theatre School in Paris in 2005.He was the resident Associate Director at the Bush Theatre from 2012 to 2019, where he commissioned and directed some of the theatre’s most successful shows. Omar is currently developing projects with Manchester International Festival, National Theatre, Royal Court, C...
Episode 15: Lolita Chakrabarti
March 18, 2022 10:00 - 31 minutes - 58.2 MBLolita Chakrabarti OBE is an award-winning playwright and actress. Her adaption of Yann Martel's Booker prize winning novel Life of Pi for the stage, premiered to 5-star reviews at the Sheffield Crucible in July 2019 and opened in London's West End in November 2021. It has been nominated for nine Olivier awards including Best New Play, won four UK Theatre Awards and the WhatsonStage award for Best New Play. Lolita’s original play Hymn streamed live from The Almeida during the coro...
Episode 14: Phil Belfield
February 18, 2022 10:41 - 36 minutes - 67.9 MBPhil Belfield has a BA in Drama & Theatre Studies from Middlesex University. He worked in a number of arts organisations including the NT, Lyric Hammersmith, Riverside Studios & Royal Court. He then helped set up the Stage Holding UK office and assisted Matthew Bourne at Adventures in Motion Pictures (now New Adventures) for 6 years before joining Cassie Mayer Ltd as a junior agent in 2000, and then as an agent for BBA from 2004.
Episode 13: Helen Lannaghan & Joseph Seelig OBE
January 07, 2022 09:00 - 30 minutes - 56 MBLondon International Mime Festival (LIMF) is an established, annual festival of contemporary visual theatre. Essentially wordless and multi-disciplinary, its programme embraces circus-theatre, puppetry/animation, object theatre, mime, live art and physical theatre. Founded in 1977 at the Cockpit Theatre as a one-off event to showcase the work of British mimes, theatre clowns and other physical and visual theatre artists, the festival rapidly grew in scale, quality and reputation. S...
Episode 12: Lisa Hammond
December 24, 2021 06:30 - 35 minutes - 66.6 MBLisa is an actress, writer and theatre maker. She has worked regularly with Told By an Idiot performing in Shoot me in the heart, A little fantasy, Beauty and the beast and Too clever by half. She has also worked with Improbable on No idea and The hanging man. Other theatre work includes The National Theatre, Trestle, The RSC, Graeae and many other regional and international theatres and companies. She was a regular character in “Eastenders” (BBC) from 2014-2018 her other tv credits...
Episode 11: Sophie Scott
November 05, 2021 14:57 - 30 minutes - 56.7 MBSophie Scott CBE is a British neuroscientist and Director of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London (UCL). Her research investigates the cognitive neuroscience of voices, speech and laughter, and she is very interested in how our the neural basis of human vocal communication. She was the 2017 Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer and she was awarded the Royal Society's Michael Faraday prize and lecture in 2021. Sophie is the Divisional Director for Equity ...
Episode 10: Jos Houben
October 01, 2021 08:49 - 33 minutes - 62.7 MBJos Houben is internationally acclaimed as a leader in the field of Comedy and Physical Theatre. Performing, writing, teaching, and directing world-wide for the past 30 years he has worked with leading international organisations and artists including: Peter Brook, Ecole Jacques Lecoq, The Right Size, Georges Aperghis, Theatre de Complicite- Simon McBurney, National Theatre London, Ragdoll Ltd, Thames TV, Opera North, Centre National Des Arts Du Cirque, British Council and Opéra Co...
Episode 9: Jason Barnett
September 03, 2021 09:28 - 31 minutes - 59.1 MBJason Barnett biog: Theatre includes: THE VISIT (National Theatre), INSTRUCTIONS FOR CORRECT ASSEMBLY, THE VICTORIAN IN THE WALL, FRIDAY NIGHT SEX, PRIMETIME, THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE (all Royal Court Theatre), SAINT GEORGE & THE DRAGON, EMIL & THE DETECTIVES, WAR HORSE, AMATO SALTONE (all National Theatre), LIFE OF GALILEO (Young Vic), ABOUT A BOY (Young Vic and tour), MOGADISHU (Manchester Royal Exchange), THE WINTER’S TALE, PERICLES, DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE (all RSC), THE FI...
Episode 8: Omari Douglas
June 03, 2021 22:30 - 33 minutes - 62.8 MBOmari trained at the Arts Educational Schools, London, graduating in 2015. His theatre credits include Rush at the King’s Head Theatre, Peter Pan and Jesus Christ Superstar at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Clarke Peters Five Guys Named Moe at the Marble Arch Theatre, Kneehigh’s Tristan & Yseult at Shakespeare’s Globe, The Life at the Southwark Playhouse, Annie Get Your Gun at the Sheffield Crucible and High Society at the Old Vic. Omari returned to the Old Vic to perform in ...
Episode 7: Kathryn Hunter
May 07, 2021 09:53 - 40 minutes - 75.9 MBInternationally renowned award-winning actress and director, Kathryn was born in New York, grew up in England, read French and Drama at Bristol University then trained at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. As an actress, she has worked with leading companies worldwide including Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare's Globe and Peter Brook's renowned CICT Centre International de Recherches Theatrale company in Paris as well as being an associate mem...
Episode 6: Emma Rice
April 02, 2021 15:06 - 32 minutes - 60.3 MBEmma Rice is the proud Artistic Director of her company, Wise Children, and an internationally-respected theatre-maker and director. For Wise Children Emma has adapted and directed the productions, Angela Carter’s Wise Children, Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers and Romantics Anonymous. As Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe (2016/18), she directed Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Little Matchgirl (and Other Happier Tales). For the previous 20 years, she worked for Kn...
Episode 5: Aitor Basauri
March 05, 2021 10:10 - 34 minutes - 21.5 MBAitor is an acclaimed performer, teacher and clown, as well as a Co-Founder of Spymonkey. Performing credits include: The Servant of Two Masters at Sheffield Crucible (1996), Axomate at the Seville Expo (1992), Eulenspiegel (1991) and in Karl’s Kuhne Gassenchau’s Grand Paradis and Stau in Zurich (1997 and 1998). Director of Little Prince for Donkey Productions (1997), Un Vento Impetuoso for La Canoppia (1996) and Meci Y Me Fui for Pez Enraya ( 1997). In 1999 he appeared in Circu...
Episode 4: Amanda Lawrence
January 12, 2021 10:53 - 31 minutes - 26.5 MBAmanda has appeared in two Told by an Idiot shows: The Firework-maker's Daughter and Playing the Victim.
Episode 3: Zoe Rahman
October 26, 2020 17:55 - 24 minutes - 20.8 MBDescribed in The Observer as “a remarkable pianist by any standard”, Zoe has firmly established herself as one of the brightest stars on the contemporary jazz scene. She won a MOBO Award for best Jazz Act in 2012 and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for her 2006 album Melting Pot, which also won Jazz Album of the Year at the UK’s first Parliamentary Jazz Awards. A vibrant and highly individual pianist and composer, her style is deeply rooted in jazz yet it reflects her cl...
Episode 2: Ayesha Antoine
October 12, 2020 16:58 - 29 minutes - 38.8 MBBetween the ages of 12 and 17, Ayesha Antoine played the character of Poppy Silver in TV's Grange Hill and has since gone on to follow a wide-ranging acting career across television, radio and theatre. Ayesha has starred in three Told by an Idiot productions: 'The Firework-maker's Daughter' (2003-2005), 'The Ghost Train' (2015) and 'Napoleon Disrobed' (2018). Find out more here: https://www.toldbyanidiot.org/Pages/Category/past-productions
Episode 1: Edward Petherbridge
September 24, 2020 16:32 - 29 minutes - 21.4 MBEdward Petherbridge has had an amazing acting career spanning seven decades, with highlights including his portrayal of Lord Peter Wimsey in the 1987 BBC television adaptations of Dorothy L. Sayers' novels, and creating the role of Guildenstern in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in 1967. He performed in Told by an Idiot's My Perfect Mind alongside Artistic Director Paul Hunter and directed by Kathryn Hunter. My Perfect Mind toured the UK in 2013 and 2014, transf...