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Podcast Episode 38: Rachel Bagshaw
Regrets, I've Had a Few - May 03, 2024 09:10 - 32 minutesGrowing up in a west Yorkshire village with an annual lantern making festival, resisting putting herself in a box, and directing The Duchess of Malfi, the first show to utilise creative captioning in the Sam Wanamaker at Shakespeare's Globe. All of this and more is discussed in this mon...
Podcast Episode 37: Sean Holmes
Regrets, I've Had a Few - April 05, 2024 12:17 - 32 minutesThe 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...
Podcast Episode 36: Nathan Queeley-Dennis
Regrets, I've Had a Few - March 01, 2024 11:00 - 38 minutesA 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-Denn...
Podcast Episode 35: Mike Shepherd
Regrets, I've Had a Few - February 02, 2024 10:19 - 38 minutesThe 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 Artist...
Episode 34: Charlie Josephine
Regrets, I've Had a Few - January 05, 2024 10:10 - 42 minutesAlmost 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 write...
Episode 33: Hayley Carmichael and John Wright
Regrets, I've Had a Few - December 01, 2023 10:00 - 52 minutesFrom 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 recou...
Episode 32: Mikey Ureta
Regrets, I've Had a Few - November 03, 2023 10:00 - 22 minutesLearning 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, Mi...
Episode 31: Lucy McCormick
Regrets, I've Had a Few - October 06, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutesAn 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 McCormi...
Episode 30: Simon Stokes
Regrets, I've Had a Few - September 01, 2023 08:45 - 35 minutesThe 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...
Episode 29: Justin Audibert
Regrets, I've Had a Few - July 07, 2023 13:30 - 37 minutesCelebrating 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-...
Episode 28: Okorie Chukwu
Regrets, I've Had a Few - June 02, 2023 09:30 - 30 minutesThe 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 ...
Episode 27: Theresa Heskins
Regrets, I've Had a Few - May 05, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutesLearning 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 F...
Episode 26: Mary Woodvine
Regrets, I've Had a Few - April 07, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutesLiving 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 a...
Episode 25: Simon Callow
Regrets, I've Had a Few - March 03, 2023 13:51 - 49 minutesA 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
Regrets, I've Had a Few - February 10, 2023 12:03 - 38 minutesBeing 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
Regrets, I've Had a Few - December 27, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutesJerone 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 a...
Episode 22: Matthew Dunster
Regrets, I've Had a Few - December 02, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutesMatthew 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 Exchang...
Episode 21: Tanika Gupta
Regrets, I've Had a Few - November 04, 2022 10:00 - 33 minutesOver 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 ...
Episode 20: Rachel Mars
Regrets, I've Had a Few - October 06, 2022 13:28 - 36 minutesRachel 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 d...
Episode 19: Stephen Harper
Regrets, I've Had a Few - September 02, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutesStephen 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 Nat...
Episode 18: Sophia Clist
Regrets, I've Had a Few - June 23, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutesFrom 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. Recen...
Episode 17: Dennis Mortimer
Regrets, I've Had a Few - May 25, 2022 16:06 - 30 minutesDennis 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...
Episode 16: Omar Elerian
Regrets, I've Had a Few - April 29, 2022 09:00 - 43 minutesAbout 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 t...
Episode 15: Lolita Chakrabarti
Regrets, I've Had a Few - March 18, 2022 10:00 - 31 minutesLolita 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 nominat...
Episode 14: Phil Belfield
Regrets, I've Had a Few - February 18, 2022 10:41 - 36 minutesPhil 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 M...
Episode 13: Helen Lannaghan & Joseph Seelig OBE
Regrets, I've Had a Few - January 07, 2022 09:00 - 30 minutesLondon 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 t...
Episode 12: Lisa Hammond
Regrets, I've Had a Few - December 24, 2021 06:30 - 35 minutesLisa 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 include...
Episode 11: Sophie Scott
Regrets, I've Had a Few - November 05, 2021 14:57 - 30 minutesSophie 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 voc...
Episode 10: Jos Houben
Regrets, I've Had a Few - October 01, 2021 08:49 - 33 minutesJos 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,...
Episode 9: Jason Barnett
Regrets, I've Had a Few - September 03, 2021 09:28 - 31 minutesJason 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 SA...
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