In today’s climate of increasing isolation, we want to bring you a daily dose of inspiration. Each episode, we’re giving someone in the theatre a chance to take a bow. From seasoned professionals to drama students; vocal coaches to the life coaches; You’ll find them right here giving insights into what drives them to be in the business and who inspires them. On today’s episode is theatre student Bethany O’Halloran. Beth is currently in her first year of training at the Oxford School of Drama. As...
Apr 16, 2020•15 min
In today’s episode, we are talking to a couple of consummate theatre professionals who are defining a new form of theatrical storytelling. I think we will be hearing about Dance Musicals more and more as The Sisters Grimm keep producing groundbreaking shows. They work with pros at the top of their game including Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Jeremy Irons on iconic shows like Inala and Voices of the Amazon . Not only this, but they are constantly engaging in community outreach bringing underprivile...
Apr 14, 2020•29 min
In today’s climate of increasing isolation, we want to bring you a daily dose of inspiration. Each episode, we’re giving someone in the theatre a chance to take a bow. From seasoned professionals to drama students; vocal coaches to the life coaches; You’ll find them right here giving insights into what drives them to be in the business and who inspires them. On today’s episode is theatre journalist Lauren Guest. Lauren is the founder and editor of Theatreland’s most recent publication - TheatreN...
Apr 09, 2020•14 min
In today’s climate of increasing isolation, we want to bring you a daily dose of inspiration. Each episode, we’re giving someone in the theatre a chance to take a bow. From seasoned professionals to drama students; vocal coaches to the life coaches; You’ll find them right here giving insights into what drives them to be in the business and who inspires them. On today’s episode is actor Stephen Beirnaert. Stephen has been playing Timon, the mischievous meerkat in Disney’s Lion King for nearly fiv...
Apr 02, 2020•18 min
In today’s climate of increasing isolation, we want to bring you a daily dose of inspiration. Each episode, we’re giving someone in the theatre a chance to take a bow. From seasoned professionals to drama students; vocal coaches to the life coaches; You’ll find them right here giving insights into what drives them to be in the business and who inspires them. On today’s episode is an assistant professor Richard Bryant Richard is an assistant professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Trinidad...
Apr 01, 2020•20 min
In today’s climate of increasing isolation, we want to bring you a daily dose of inspiration. Each episode, we’re giving someone in the theatre a chance to take a bow. From seasoned professionals to drama students; vocal coaches to the life coaches; You’ll find them right here giving insights into what drives them to be in the business and who inspires them. On today’s episode is actor, DJ and all round entertainer, Danny Nutt. Danny has had a long career in the theatre world, starting with his ...
Mar 31, 2020•22 min
In today’s climate of increasing isolation, we want to bring you a daily dose of inspiration. From seasoned professionals to drama students; vocal coaches to the life coaches; You’ll find them right here giving insights into what drives them to be in the business and who inspires them. On today’s episode is actor, Georgie Luppi Now Georgie is about to embark on her career in the theatre business and will be auditioning for drama schools soon and is a member of the National Youth Theatre Learn mo...
Mar 30, 2020•15 min
In today’s climate of increasing isolation, we want to bring you a daily dose of inspiration. From seasoned professionals to drama students; vocal coaches to the life coaches; You’ll find them right here giving insights into what drives them to be in the business and who inspires them. On today’s episode is actor, Bailey Harris-Kelly. Bailey is currently at ALRA South and he’s one to not sit still, and has his own podcast out of the Theatre Cafe called “Drink the Ink” Learn more about your ad ch...
Mar 29, 2020•13 min
In today’s climate of increasing isolation, we want to bring you a daily dose of inspiration. Each episode, we’re giving someone in the theatre a chance to take a bow. From seasoned professionals to drama students; vocal coaches to the life coaches; you’ll find them right here. On today’s episode is actor, Ed Stoppard. You’ve seen Ed on the screen in Upstairs, Downstairs and on numerous London stages, most recently in his father’s play...that would be Sir Tom Stoppard, Leopoldstadt. Learn more a...
Mar 27, 2020•22 min
In today’s climate of increasing isolation, we want to bring you a daily dose of inspiration. From seasoned professionals to drama students; vocal coaches to the life coaches; You’ll find them right here giving insights into what drives them to be in the business and who inspires them. On today’s episode is Actor, performer, writer, improviser Justin Brett. He has been on the West End Stage many times and is a member of the brilliant Showstopper! The Improvised Musical. Learn more about your ad ...
Mar 26, 2020•21 min
In today’s climate of increasing isolation, we want to bring you a daily dose of inspiration. Each episode, we’re giving someone in the theatre a chance to take a bow. From seasoned professionals to drama students; vocal coaches to the life coaches; You’ll find them right here giving insights into what drives them to be in the business and who inspires them. Dahlia has had a fantastic journey, born in the UK but living in Spain and moving from acting into coaching and now voice reel editing. Lea...
Mar 25, 2020•14 min
In today’s climate of increasing isolation, we want to bring you a daily dose of inspiration. Each episode, we’re giving someone in the theatre a chance to take a bow. From seasoned professionals to drama students; vocal coaches to the life coaches. On today’s episode is New York writer Thomas Valorio. Thomas trained in London at E15 drama school before heading back to New York city via too many places to mention here. He’s now writing, but he’s a serious multi-hyphenate. Learn more about your a...
Mar 24, 2020•15 min
In today’s climate of increasing isolation, we want to bring you a daily dose of inspiration. In each episode, we’re giving someone in the theatre a chance to take a bow. You’ll find them right here giving insights into what drives them to be in the business and who inspires them. On today’s episode is London actress, Rebecca Humphries. Rebecca has been on our screens in The Crown and The Agency - to name but two - and she’s always popping up on a London stage somewhere. Learn more about your ad...
Mar 23, 2020•17 min
In this episode, I am so honoured to be talking to the first producer of a little show called Fleabag (which a few of you may have heard about) - the wonderful, modest and honest Francesca Moody. She’s driven, witty, brilliantly creative, and just a joy to speak with. She backed Fleabag early and took it to the Edinburgh Fringe, and cut her teeth working as a producer at Paines Plough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 17, 2020•57 min•Ep. 2
Theo Bosanquet sits down with the one and only Olivier Award winner Janie Dee to discuss her plans for appearing on a much bigger stage. She is to star in the London transfer of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang. Whilst appearing there, Dee is to co-produce the inaugural London Climate Change Festival all happening at the Charing Cross Theatre. At the end of the episode, Dee recites Titania's speech from A Midsummer Night’s Dream - just as pertinent today as 400 years ago...
Feb 28, 2020•31 min•Ep. 146
Paul Minx - whose plays include The Long Road South which played at the King’s Head Theatre with Imogen Stubbs and Michael Brandon - has a new play in town. The Dog Walker makes its London premiere at the Jermyn Street Theatre with Victoria Yeates (Call the Midwife, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald) and Andrew Dennis (One Man, Two Guvnors). Paul Minx’s story of finding connection in the big city is as moving as it is funny, proving that hope springs in the most unlikely situations. Le...
Feb 13, 2020•30 min
Welcome to the first ever episode of the No Pressure Podcast hosted by Curtain Call's Matt Humphrey. Matt is kicking off the series with a duo whose work, ideas and initiative I have much admired since they made a splash on the scene a couple of years ago. Isabella Macpherson and Gala Gordon are driven, selfless and passionate creatives. They are kicking off 2020 with the 3rd Poetry Gala on February 9th at the Savoy Theatre , featuring an A-list line-up, and raising funds for their Playwright Pr...
Feb 06, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1
How many listeners have seen War Horse? Lion King? Avenue Q? The Grinning Man? Any Aardman project ever? What do they all have in common? Puppetry. Puppetry has been a staple in theatre as long as there actually has been theatre, but the advent of massive theatre shows have taken puppetry to a new level, especially in the case of the first two of the aforementioned shows. After coming across Jimmy Grimes, I had to get in touch with him to see if he’d be up for chatting with me about his craft Le...
Jan 31, 2020•43 min•Ep. 144
Welcome to the Rock! takes you behind the scenes of one of the b biggest surprise hit musicals to hit Broadway and the West End. In our final episode of the series, you'll meet the lovebirds Nick (played by Robert Hands and Diane played by Helen Hobson in the West End and Sharon Wheatley who plays her on Broadway. Mayors Claude Elliott and Derm Flynn played by Clive Carter in the West End and Joel Hatch on Broadway and our local reporter Janice Mosher played by Emma Salvo. Learn more about your ...
Jan 27, 2020•30 min
Cormac McCarthy is receiving his premiere in the UK with The Sunset Limited at the Boulevard Theatre’s dramatic debut with Jasper Britton and Gary Beadle, two phenomenal actors with credit lists as long as your arm, and who’ve appeared on stages up and down the country as well as on our screens, too. Gary and Jasper took time out of their rehearsal schedule to chat with me about the play, relying on each other in a two-hander and also the excitement of playing in London’s newest space. Learn mor...
Jan 24, 2020•20 min•Ep. 143
We are dedicating the final episodes of the series to bring you closer to the real life characters from Come From Away and some of the people that play them on both sides of the Atlantic. In this episode we’re introducing you to Harry Morrison and Sheriff Oz Fudge, David Shannon and Kevin Tuerff (otherwise known as the Gay Lumberjack) and from both Jenna Boyd and Astrid Van Wieren who play Beulah Cooper in the West End Cast and on Broadway respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
Jan 20, 2020•28 min
We are dedicating the final three episodes of the series to bring you closer to the real life characters from Come From Away and some of the people that play them on both sides of the Atlantic. In this episode we’re introducing you to Rachael Tucker and Captain Beverley Bass, Mary Doherty and Bonnie Harris, Nathanael Campbell and Tom MoCowan (who ends up as Bob in the musical) and lastly Jonathan Andrew Hume and Kevin Jung Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 13, 2020•28 min
Ros Blessed has been treading the boards around the country, following in her parent’s footsteps. And she has recently stepped into the shoes of the playwright, but has brought along her parents dad, Brian Blessed as executive producer and mom, Hildegard Neil as fellow cast member. Shedding light on what we often keep hidden from the world, The Delights of Dogs and the Problems of People and Lullabies for the Lost will be performed in rep throughout January at the Old Red Lion Theatre. Learn mor...
Jan 09, 2020•31 min•Ep. 142
Before opening at the Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End, we heard from the company about their pre-West End run in Dublin. And before that, the cast had a launch party at the Canadian Embassy in London’s Trafalgar Square. And in this episode, we are giving you a front row seat at that party with two exclusive recordings from the London cast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 06, 2020•26 min
We’re taking a little festive break from that series to bring you our traditional Christmas episode where we read you a little story to help ring in the special season of hope, whichever religion (or not) may be. For the past two years, it has been me reading these stories. And I thought to myself “Surely there must be someone out there who can do a better job than me reading this…”, so I turned to friend of the show, and one of my favourite people to work with, Siubhan Harrison. Learn more abou...
Dec 24, 2019•39 min•Ep. 141
Welcome to the podcast series, “Welcome to the Rock!” A behind the curtain peek at what it takes to get a show from a seed of an idea all the way to a Broadway hit. In this episode, the creative team and the cast take you through their experience of opening a show in Dublin on their way to The West End. Many of them didn’t know what to expect and weren’t sure exactly how the show would be received. But everyone, including the audiences, were certainly happy that they did open there. Learn more a...
Dec 18, 2019•26 min
Welcome to the podcast series, “Welcome to the Rock!”. A behind the curtain peek of the multi-award winning musical Come From Away - and what it takes to get a show from a seed of an idea all the way to a Broadway hit and beyond. In this episode, meet the producers of Come From Away as they take us through what it takes to get a musical from a high school workshop performance to an international smash hit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 11, 2019•30 min
Welcome to the podcast series, “Welcome to the Rock!”. A behind the curtain peek of the multi-award winning musical Come From Away - and what it takes to get a show from a seed of an idea all the way to a Broadway hit and beyond. In this episode, meet the real inhabitants of Gander, Newfoundland and the Come From Away’s that you see on stage in the musical, including Captain Beverley Bass, Sheriff Oz Fudge and many more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 04, 2019•30 min
Welcome to the podcast series, “Welcome to the Rock!” A behind the curtain of the musical hit Come From Away. Listen to the incredible real-life story of the passengers from all over the world that were grounded in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland in the wake of the events of 9/11. In the first episode, the creative team behind Come From Away discuss their personal experiences on the journey of the musical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 27, 2019•31 min•Ep. 210
Grace Blackman is a shining example of how you don’t have to go to drama school to make a living as an actor. She a true grafter, in every sense of the word. When she’s not working on feature film set or a short film set or on stage, she’s working tackling strangers in an escape room or she’s working on her showreel or she’s working on a new monologue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 07, 2019•28 min•Ep. 140
