Latest Curtaincall Podcast Episodes
Freelancers Make: A Theatre Podcast Ep 3
Curtain Call Podcast - January 21, 2021 11:57 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSally Beck Wippman, an American Director, had just moved back to the UK a few months before the pandemic sent the country into lockdown. Far from family, and without an established place in the UK theatre community, she found solace in Freelancers Make Theatre Work - and the Migrants in Theatre...
Freelancers Make: A Theatre Podcast Ep 2
Curtain Call Podcast - January 05, 2021 11:08 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Lighting Designer Prema Mehta returns to Storyhouse during the pandemic to reflect on previous experiences there, and also to show what a theatre freelancer feels like when they are no longer able to go into work with theatres shut. Prema has designed the lighting for over 200 pr...
Annual Christmas Episode #4
Curtain Call Podcast - December 24, 2020 10:17 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWe thought we’d bring you a little bit of cheer in the form of our annual Christmas podcast. This year we turn our ears towards the creator of the world of The Wizard of Oz which, of course, begat the megahit musical “Wicked”. In this slightly different Christmas tale by L Frank Baum, Santa enco...
Freelancers Make: A Theatre Podcast Ep 1
Curtain Call Podcast - December 15, 2020 08:57 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsPaule is an Olivier and Tony award-winning freelance lighting designer. She is an associate director of the National Theatre and of Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures. She has worked on shows like Ocean at the End of the Lane, Angels in America, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Le...
Freelancers Make: A Theatre Podcast - Trailer
Curtain Call Podcast - December 10, 2020 11:52 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsA little bite-size morsel of what's to come from the Freelancers Make Theatre team. A fantastic insight into the world of theatre in lockdown and it's anticipated return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
No Pressure Podcast - George MacKay
Curtain Call Podcast - November 04, 2020 08:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsNo Pressure is all about artists, freelancers, creatives and creators like George MacKay - the people that make things happen, who are up against it every day, and work tirelessly behind the scenes (and as in George’s case) in front of the camera too. This podcast was recorded at the tail end of...
158 - The Survival Tour Success
Curtain Call Podcast - October 22, 2020 09:27 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWe catch up with Proper Production's Mark Ward and Loud Sound's Steven Reynolds as they take us through their journey from Newcastle to London via Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Reading, Oxford, Brighton and more. The #WeMakeEvents campaign continues to highlight the precarious position of freelan...
157 - David Hunter and "Songs for a New World"
Curtain Call Podcast - October 14, 2020 09:18 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWe return to our first ever interviewee. Over five years ago, I sat down with West End actor David Hunter to chat about his career and recorded it, even though we didn’t know at that point we’d even have a podcast. Those were different times, for sure. This week, we did an online call to talk ab...
156 - Special: Survival Tour, Episode 1
Curtain Call Podcast - October 06, 2020 09:39 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAfter a successful event lighting the Thames-side venues in London (and beyond) in red on August 11, followed by a global day of action on the 30th of September where over 2,300 venues around the world were lit in red...proving that even when there is no show..there IS a show... the next event is...
Special: Survival Tour, Episode 1
Curtain Call Podcast - October 06, 2020 09:39 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAfter a successful event lighting the Thames-side venues in London (and beyond) in red on August 11, followed by a global day of action on the 30th of September where over 2,300 venues around the world were lit in red...proving that even when there is no show..there IS a show... the next event is...
155 - Fizzy Sherbet Podcast
Curtain Call Podcast - October 03, 2020 15:02 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsTamara von Werthern, Lily McLeish and Josephine Starte are the podcast equivalent of the Three Musketeers - bringing justice and equality to the world of online audio theatrical drama. The Fizzy Sherbert Podcast is an extension of an idea that brought together the brightest female writing, direct...
Special Episode: We Make Events
Curtain Call Podcast - September 29, 2020 10:01 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhat started out as a campaign launched by the Professional Lighting and Sound Association to highlight the devastating impact of Covid-19 on the live events industry has grown into a global movement to keep the issues faced by those industries in the spotlight - both at governmental level and ac...
154 - Georgia Tapp, American Actress in London!
Curtain Call Podcast - September 17, 2020 09:28 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsGeorgia Tapp is an inspiration for anyone looking to find their way in the business. She’s done it all because she is a “doer”, and we love “doers” at Curtain Call. Sit back for the next 25 minutes and let Georgia tell you what called her to the theatre, her travels, the final auditions she was u...
153 - Sounds of Broadway Founder, Stuart Brown
Curtain Call Podcast - September 08, 2020 11:33 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsFounded by Stuart Brown in early 2019, Sounds of Broadway has an absolutely full schedule of musicals you love, along with some you may not even have heard about. There’s also weekly quizzes and request shows...not to mention his podcast. Needless to say he is a very busy man. His audience reach ...
152 - Playwright David Spicer Doing Zoom Plays
Curtain Call Podcast - September 03, 2020 12:32 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsA returning guest this week. Playwright David Spicer and host John Schwab have a long history of working together. John directed two of his plays before...Long Live the Made Parade at a regional theatre and “Stop! - The Play” in the West End. Before lockdown, David and John were workshopping a n...
151 - Game of Shows Podcast (The Musicals Quiz)
Curtain Call Podcast - August 05, 2020 16:37 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOne of our guests this week has already been on the show. Laurence Mark Wythe appeared way back on episode 122 BC (before Covid) He’s not been sitting idle during lockdown, however. Not only has he continued composing, he’s also started his very own podcast called Game of Shows. It’s a fantastic ...
150 - NT Live at Home Amadeus
Curtain Call Podcast - July 20, 2020 20:50 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, we revisit our previous episode 39 to give you an encore of a Curtain Call show visit. I talk to the company of Amadeus, recently at The National Theatre, about the process of rehearsing with musicians who never had the opportunity of getting out from behind their instruments. Bu...
149 - Will Monks, Lighting and Video Designer
Curtain Call Podcast - July 09, 2020 10:17 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhen we got a call from The Unicorn Theatre to take part in an R&D week to take it’s hit play “I Cinna (the poet)” and put it online, we jumped at the chance. It was a fascinating experience to see just what could be achieved on the Zoom platform, and it’s safe to say that today’s guest, lightin...
148 - The Theatres Trust
Curtain Call Podcast - July 01, 2020 10:39 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSo...we’ve passed 100 days in lockdown here in London, and as restrictions ease down around the country for small and non-essential businesses, as of the time of release of this episode, July 1st 2020, there is no specific news for the theatre industry and live entertainment industries as a whole...
No Pressure Podcast - Episode 3
Curtain Call Podcast - June 26, 2020 10:16 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWelcome to No Pressure - a podcast for creatives, theatre makers, artists, and ambitious souls with host, Matt Humphrey, photographer and founder of CurtainCall, In this episode I am so honoured to be talking to producer REBECCA WOOLCOCK - Lead Producer with Hartshorn Hook and Immersive Everywher...
Take Your Bow, Pear Chiravara
Curtain Call Podcast - June 19, 2020 10:50 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhilst on lockdown, I have been mentoring five students from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts here in London. The five of them are all getting their MA in Acting and should be doing their showcase performances about now, but I don’t need to tell you if that is happening…I have been talking to al...
Take Your Bow, Nathan Elliot
Curtain Call Podcast - June 18, 2020 11:07 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsMy penultimate guest student this week is Nathan Elliot. Nathan is another one of Mountview’s students who didn’t have a straightforward route into drama school. But his tenacity and perseverance paid off, and I think stands him in good stead for the challenges he faces in the industry, especiall...
Take Your Bow, Karen Ann Wong-Dorall
Curtain Call Podcast - June 17, 2020 12:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhilst on lockdown, I have been mentoring five students from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts here in London. The five of them are all getting their MA in Acting and should be doing their showcase performances about now, but I don’t need to tell you if that is happening… My third guest student t...
Take Your Bow, Jessica Dawes
Curtain Call Podcast - June 16, 2020 14:12 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhilst on lockdown, I have been mentoring five students from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts here in London. The five of them are all getting their MA in Acting and should be doing their showcase performances about now, but I don’t need to tell you if that is happening… My second student guest...
Take Your Bow, Gianni Selvaggi
Curtain Call Podcast - June 15, 2020 13:54 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSince quarantine and lockdown regulations were put in place in March, theatre students across the UK have been adapting just like every other sector. It’s especially hard in an industry that is based on communication with another human being, either on stage or in an audience. This week, we are ...
Take Your Bow, Shane Thom
Curtain Call Podcast - May 28, 2020 16:11 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOn today’s episode is stage manager extraordinaire, Shane Thom. Shane has been behind the scenes on many shows in and around the West End for many years, very often seen at The National Theatre in London. He’s one of the hardest working stage managers out there working on the biggest shows includ...
Take Your Bow. Remote Read Producers
Curtain Call Podcast - May 02, 2020 08:03 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis week we are bringing you the creatives behind the Curtain Call virtual play reading series “The Remote Read”. Tonight, May 2nd, we are producing a remote reading of Sir Tom Stoppard’s Play “A Separate Peace” Starring David Morrissey, Jenna Coleman, Denise Gough, Ed Stoppard and Maggie Servic...
Take Your Bow, Sam Yates
Curtain Call Podcast - April 30, 2020 12:23 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis week we are bringing you the creatives behind the Curtain Call virtual play reading series “The Remote Read”. This Saturday, we are producing a remote reading of Sir Tom Stoppard’s Play “A Separate Peace” Starring David Morrissey, Jenna Coleman, Denise Gough, Ed Stoppard and Maggie Service d...
Take Your Bow, Georgia Bird
Curtain Call Podcast - April 29, 2020 15:15 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis week we are going to bring you the creatives behind the Curtain Call virtual play reading series “The Remote Read”. This Saturday, we are producing a remote reading of Sir Tom Stoppard’s Play “A Separate Peace” Starring David Morrissey, Jenna Coleman, Denise Gough, Ed Stoppard and Maggie Ser...
Take Your Bow, Amelia Sierevogel
Curtain Call Podcast - April 28, 2020 09:42 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOn today’s episode is Costume Designer Amelia Sierevogel.. This week we are going to bring you the creatives behind the Curtain Call virtual play reading series “The Remote Read”. This Saturday, we are producing a remote reading of Sir Tom Stoppard’s Play “A Separate Peace” Starring David Morries...
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