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103 - MJ the Musical, Opening Night, Sister Act
Theatre Club Podcast - April 02, 2024 08:28 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe review three new West End musicals; Sister Act, with music by Alan Menkin and starring Beverly Knight; MJ the Musical, directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon and starring Miles Frost who reprises his Tony Award winning performance as Michael Jackson; and finally, Ivo Van Hove's new...
178 - Guys & Dolls Revival at The Bridge...Cast Change Special with Jonathan Andrew Hume
Curtain Call Podcast - March 15, 2024 12:19 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsToday, we have both a returning guest and a returning show…although not what you’d expect. Listeners of this podcast will remember Jonathan Andrew Hume from the original London Cast of the Olivier Award winning best musical “Come From Away” as one of the Kevins. He was brilliant in that show…and ...
102 - Standing At The Sky's Edge, Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical, Police Cops The Musical
Theatre Club Podcast - March 12, 2024 09:59 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe review three new London musicals in Episode 102 of Theater Club Podcast. Standing at the Sky's Edge which has transferred from The National Theater to The Gillian Lynne in the West End; Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical at The Other Palace; and Police Cops The Musical at Southwark Playhouse E...
177 - The Wrong Cat Died with Mike Abrams
Curtain Call Podcast - February 27, 2024 09:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis is PART ONE of a TWO-PARTER. Listen to The Wrong Cat Died via the links below for the companion episode to this episode. Mike Abrams is the creator and host of the theatre podcast “The Wrong Cat Died’. Originally conceived as a 10-part mini series, he’s now over 150 episodes in and going st...
101 - King Lear, ABBA Voyage
Theatre Club Podcast - February 20, 2024 10:48 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn episode 101 we review King Lear at The Almeida Theatre, and ABBA Voyage! - Opening/Closing Music: Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyonis: licensed under a CC Attribution License Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
176 - Same Day Plays with Markus Flannagan
Curtain Call Podcast - February 20, 2024 10:11 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis is an attempt to answer the age old theatre questions; “Is it possible to remove expectations and worry over results and create theater that is pure execution? Is there a way to insure that every artist works only from their instinct in creating a play?” Hmm… So what if an evening was create...
175 - Anoushka Lucas. Star of U.Me: The Complete Musical
Curtain Call Podcast - February 13, 2024 15:49 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis week, i chat to Olivier Award nominee Anoushka Lucas - actree, playwright, singer, songwriter, composer...I mean, she's defining multi-hyphenate We first had Anoushka on the podcast in 2016 when she starred in Jesus Christ Superstar at Regents Park Open Air Theatre - a critically acclaimed ...
100 - Pacific Overtures, La Strada
Theatre Club Podcast - February 08, 2024 08:42 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn our 100th episode of the podcast we start 2024 by reviewing a new production of Sondheim's Pacific Overtures at The Menier Chocolate Factory, and a new Ballet production based on Federico Fellini’s 1954 film La Strada, produced by and staring Alina Cojocaru at Sadlers Welles. - Opening/Clo...
174 - 1979 at the Finborough Theatre
Curtain Call Podcast - January 16, 2024 09:35 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsTo kick off 2024, and what seems like a year of non-stop elections…USA Presidential elections, General Election here in the UK as well as a Russian Election (if you can actually call it that)...less of that, the better, I watched 1979 at the Finborough Theatre. A scathing satire of the Canadian p...
99 - Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands
Theatre Club Podcast - December 28, 2023 13:53 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn our final episode of 2023 we look back at our favourite shows of the year and ahead to whats coming to the stage in early 2024. We also review Matthew Bourne's ballet, Edward Scissorhands. - Opening/Closing Music: Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyonis: licensed under a CC Attribution License ...
Annual Christmas Episode #5
Curtain Call Podcast - December 20, 2023 16:59 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis week, we bring you another dose of cheer in the form of our annual Christmas podcast. In the past, I have asked some of my theatrical friends to read out a classic Christmas story, with past readers such as West End stalwart Siobhan Harrison and The Walking Dead star Eleanor Matsura. This ye...
98 - The Witches, Cold War, The Phantom of the Opera
Theatre Club Podcast - December 12, 2023 14:36 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe two new shows to review as well as one that has been running in London for many many years, but it's a first time seeing it for one of us! First up we have the National Theatre's new musical of Roald Dahl's The Witches, directed by Lyndsey Turner with book and lyrics by Lucy Kirkwood, music...
97 - Sunset Blvd., BalletBoyz: England on Fire
Theatre Club Podcast - November 17, 2023 10:27 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we review Jamie Lloyd's bold new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Blvd. starring Nicole Scherzinger. We also saw the latest work from The BalletBoyz, England on Fire, at Sadlers Wells. - Opening/Closing Music: Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyonis: licensed under...
96 - Dear England, Flowers For Mrs Harris, Black Sabbath The Ballet
Theatre Club Podcast - October 27, 2023 16:46 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn Episode 96 we review a musical, and play and a ballet. We went to see Theatre Club FAVE, Jenna Russell, in the new production of Flowers For Mrs Harris at The River Side Studios; We have our second review of James Graham's play Dear England, about Gareth Southgate captaining the England squad...
95 - Crazy For You, untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play
Theatre Club Podcast - October 13, 2023 16:27 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn episode 95 we review a bitingly satirical new play recently opened at The Young Vic, untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play; and Susan Stoman's classic Broadway musical, Crazy For You, starring Charlie Stemp. - Opening/Closing Music: Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyonis: licensed under a CC Attribut...
172 - untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play & Lourdes Faberes
Curtain Call Podcast - October 04, 2023 06:51 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis week I’m chatting with a dear friend of mine Lourdes Faberes. You may have seen Lourdes in Sandman or The Power or No Time to Die or Good Omens or…I could go on!!!! She’s an incredible actor. Lourdes is currently appearing in untitled f**k m*ss s**gon play at The Young Vic in London. Kimber...
94 - La Cage aux Folles, The Sound of Music, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Theatre Club Podcast - August 27, 2023 14:59 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe review the new production of musical La Cage aux Folles at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, The Sound of Music at Chichester Festival Theatre, and Alice has been to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time and gives her round-up of the best shows she saw. - Opening/Closing Music: Lit...
171 - A Strange Loop
Curtain Call Podcast - August 25, 2023 08:59 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis week, I sat down with Sharlene Hector, who plays Thought 1. But you may recognize the voice as Sharlene is the lead vocalist for the band Basement Jaxx and appeared in the West End production of Hairspray.. But Sharlene can also be heard providing backing vocals for artists such as Alicia Ke...
93 - A Strange Loop, Romeo & Juliet, Dear England, 42nd Street
Theatre Club Podcast - July 10, 2023 18:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe review four amazing new shows in Episode 93. A Strange Loop, a new groundbreaking musical fresh from Broadway, featuring a queer black character at it's centre, currently playing at The Barbican. An exciting new production of Romeo and Juliet at The Almeida directed by Rebecca Frecknall. Jame...
170 - Akta Photography's Charlie Frances
Curtain Call Podcast - June 29, 2023 18:02 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis week I am talking to a photographer who really is changing the game when it comes to headshots and self-tapes. When I came across Charlie Frances and his AKTA photography, that is A-K-T-A and their model of a “pay what you can” for those who see a professional headshot as a barrier to entry...
92 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Third Man, Sasha Regan's All Male The Mikado
Theatre Club Podcast - June 17, 2023 14:44 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we review three exciting new musical productions: One of our favourite company's returns with another Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in the form of Sasha Regan's All Male The Mikado at Wilton's Music Hall; The Menier Chocolate Factory have a brand new musical adaptation of the Noi...
169 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A New Musical
Curtain Call Podcast - June 13, 2023 09:54 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThere’s a new show in town, but born a few years ago… pretty much like the main character in this astonishing musical. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is currently playing at the Southwark Playhouse: Elephant (not to be confused with the Southwark Playhouse Borough) . First appearing in Londo...
91 - Operation Mincemeat, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, The Secret Life of Bees
Theatre Club Podcast - May 20, 2023 15:25 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe're back, with three fabulous musicals to review. One of our favourite new British musicals, Operation Mincemeat, has mades it's way from the London fringe to the glittering West End and we went to see if in it's new home at The Fortune Theatre. A bold new production of the classic Broadway mu...
168 - Word Theatre's Founder and Artistic Director, Cedering Fox
Curtain Call Podcast - May 18, 2023 18:14 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsCedering Fox is an internationally accomplished voice over artist. However, her most incredible achievement is Founding Word Theatre way back in 2003. Along with Kirsty Peart here in the UK, Word Theatre and Cedering have been casting top film, TV and theatre actors in readings of works by the wo...
90 - Betty Blue Eyes
Theatre Club Podcast - April 11, 2023 15:13 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn our 90th episode we review the new The Union Theatre production of Stiles & Drewe's musical, Betty Blue Eyes. We also went to see Guys & Dolls again at The Bridge Theatre, this time as part of the standing audience. There's also an exciting returning show as our Top Tip, and a theatre themed ...
89 - Bonnie and Clyde, Standing At The Sky's Edge, Further Than The Furthest Thing, Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends
Theatre Club Podcast - March 20, 2023 14:52 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe review four brilliant new shows in episode 89. Bonnie and Clyde staring Frances Mayli McCann and Jordan Luke Gage at The Garrick Theatre; The National Theatre's new musical export from Sheffield Theatres, Standing At The Sky's Edge featuring the songs of Richard Hawley; Further Than The Furth...
88 - Guys & Dolls, Cabaret at the KitKat Club, Scottish Ballet's Coppelia, Roger's and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
Theatre Club Podcast - March 09, 2023 16:24 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this jampacked episode we review the new immersive production of Guys & Dolls at The Bridge Theatre, Cabaret at the KitKat Clubstarring John McCrea and Aimee Lou Wood , Scottish Ballet's futuristic take on the classical ballet Coppelia, and final our review of Roger's and Hammerstein's Oklaho...
87 - Sylvia, Women Beware The Devil
Theatre Club Podcast - February 28, 2023 14:23 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we review Sylvia, the new musical featuring Beverly Knight at The Old Vic Theatre. Secondly we review The Almeida's darkly comic new play, Women Beware The Devil - Opening/Closing Music: Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyonis: licensed under a CC Attribution License Hosted on Aca...
86 - The Cher Show, My Son's A Queer But What Can You Do?
Theatre Club Podcast - February 03, 2023 19:56 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe review the UK tour production of The Cher Show, which tells the story of the legend that is Cher; all the costumes, all the drama, all the songs! We also review he equally flamboyant and fabulous show, My Son's A Queer But What Can You Do?, written and performed by Rob Madge, currently playi...
85 - A Streetcar Named Desire, Julie Cunningham & Company how did we get here?
Theatre Club Podcast - January 26, 2023 08:35 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe review the hottest ticket in town, Rebecca Frecknall’s A Streetcar Named Desire staring Paul Mescal, Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan at The Almeida Theatre. We also review Spice Girl Mel C's London dance debut in Julie Cunningham & Company how did we get here? at Sadlers Wells. - Opening/Cl...
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