Georgina Hagen is currently starring as Mary Brown in But I'm A Cheerleader at the Turbine Theatre. First presented as part of MTFestUK in 2019, But I'm A Cheerleader received its official premiere at the Turbine Theatre earlier this year and is now back for a second run. The show has book and lyrics by Bill Augustin, music by Andrew Abrams and direction by Tania Azevedo. As a child actor, Georgina played Kate/Molly in Annie (Victoria Palace) and Liesl & understudy Jemima in Chitty Chitty Ba...
Nov 18, 2022•40 min•Season 7Ep. 26
Dom Hartley-Harris recently completed his run as Curtis Taylor Jr in the first ever UK & Ireland tour of Dreamgirls . Some of his other theatre credits include Collins in Rent (Hope Mill Theatre), George Washington in Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre), Ratsey in Moonfleet (Salisbury Playhouse), Jagwire in Bat Out Of Hell (Manchester Opera House & London Coliseum), Drifter in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Aldwych Theatre) and Malcom in Macbeth (Old Join Stock). In this episode, Dom...
Nov 17, 2022•55 min•Season 7Ep. 25
Georgina Castle is currently starring as Jovie in the West End return of Elf The Musical at the Dominion Theatre. Based on the 2003 film, Elf The Musical has book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin with songs by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin. The show opened on Broadway in 2010 and first ran in the West End in 2015. Georgina's theatre credits include: Sophie in Mamma Mia! (Novello), Doralee in 9 to 5 (UK & Ireland Tour), Marie in Cinderella (Gillian Lynne) and Millennials (Other Palace). Afte...
Nov 11, 2022•43 min•Season 7Ep. 24
Grace Mouat is currently starring as Ella in the UK premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester. Cinderella is the only musical written for the television by legendary duo Rodgers & Hammerstein. Originally broadcast live in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, the broadcast was watched by more than 100 million people, before subsequently being remade for TV again in 1965 and 1997 starring Whitney Houston and Brandy. A new Broadway version with a Tony-nomin...
Nov 04, 2022•45 min•Season 7Ep. 23
Luke Suri is currently making his West End debut as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys at the Trafalgar Theatre. Luke was previously alternate Frankie in the musical's UK tour, marking his theatre debut. Luke developed his craft working his way up through holiday parks, hotels, cruise ships and short residences. He found his agent during the pandemic, with some help from social media. In this episode, Luke discusses his incredible journey in the industry so far, and the challenge of playing one of the...
Oct 27, 2022•54 min•Season 7Ep. 22
Rob Madge is starring in the West End production of their one-person show My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do?) , following sell out runs at the Turbine Theatre (2021) and Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2022). The piece is Rob's autobiographical story, celebrating the joy and chaos of raising a queer child... bringing together home videos with original music as Rob sets out to recreate a Disney parade. Rob began their stage career as a child, with credits including: Artful Dodger in Oliver! (Theat...
Oct 20, 2022•37 min•Season 7Ep. 21
Me'sha Bryan is currently starring as Celie in the UK tour of The Color Purple. Directed by Tinuke Craig, this is a co-production between Leicester Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome, first seen in 2019 before being revived digitally in 2021. Based on Alice Walker’s novel, The Color Purple is adapted for the stage by Marsha Norman, Allee Willis, Brenda Russell and Stephen Bray. Me'sha's theatre credits include: understudy Sarah in Ragtime (Piccadilly Theatre), Vocalist in Been So Long (The Young Vi...
Oct 20, 2022•30 min•Season 7Ep. 20
Broadway star Felicia Boswell is currently making her West End debut as Faye Treadwell in The Drifters Girl. The musical tells the story of The Drifters and the truth about the woman who made them, Faye Treadwell. As their manager, Faye fought for three decades alongside her husband to turn the vocal group into a global phenomenon. Felicia joined the production in July, taking over the role from Beverley Knight. The Drifters Girl completes its run in London later this week, ahead of a UK tour wh...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 19
Liisi Lafontaine is currently wrapping up her run as Satine in the original West End cast of Moulin Rouge The Musical. Baz Luhrmann's iconic film comes to life onstage, in a production directed by Alex Timbers with choreography by Sonya Tayeh. Fresh from Broadway where it won ten Tony Awards, Moulin Rouge began performances in London at the Piccadilly Theatre in November 2019. After understudying Deena in a US production of Dreamgirls , Liisi first came to the UK in 2016 to star as Deena the Wes...
Oct 11, 2022•59 min•Season 7Ep. 18
Tosh Wanogho-Maud is currently receiving huge acclaim for originating the roles of Ben E. King, Rudy Lewis & others in The Drifters Girl. The musical tells the story of The Drifters and the truth about the woman who made them, Faye Treadwell. As their manager, Faye fought for three decades alongside her husband to turn the vocal group into a global phenomenon. Tosh has been with The Drifters Girl since its world premiere in Newcastle in October 2021, through to its West End run which began i...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 7Ep. 17
Danielle Steers is one of three performers playing the role of Cher in the UK premiere of The Cher Show which is touring the UK and Ireland. Danielle plays Lady, alongside Millie O'Connell as Babe and Debbie Kurup as Star. Directed by Arlene Phillips with choreography by Oti Mabuse, this is an all-new production of the show featuring costume design by Gabriella Slade who recently won a Tony Award for Six The Musical . Danielle's theatre credits include: The Empress in Aladdin (Theatre Royal, Ply...
Sep 29, 2022•37 min•Season 7Ep. 16
Jacob is currently preparing to star as Prince Topher in the UK premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester. You can see him perform live in concert at Live At Zedel on Monday 26th September. Jacob joined the 2021 London production of Heathers at The Other Palace, understudying and regularly playing the role of JD. He went on to takeover the role full-time to huge acclaim. In 2020 Jacob won BBC reality show Little Mix: The Search as part of the band Si...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 7Ep. 15
Matt Blaker recently took over as Raoul in the West End production of The Phantom of the Opera , having previously understudied the role in 2017. A few of Matt's early theatre credits include Footloose (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre), Pride and Prejudice (Lyric Belfast), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK Tour), Dusty (Charing Cross) and J esus Christ Superstar (UK Tour). Following his first run with Phantom , Matt originated the role of Bob Gaudio in Luke Sheppard's new production of Jers...
Sep 15, 2022•39 min•Season 7Ep. 14
Khalid recently completed a run as John Laurens & Philip Hamilton in the West End production of Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre. Having trained at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Khalid's theatre credits include: Dick Whittington (National Theatre), War Horse (UK and International Tour), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (UK & Ireland Tour), Hamlet (UK Tour), Careen – The True History of Bonnie and Clyde (Birmingham Rep), Godspell (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Sweet Charity (...
Sep 08, 2022•54 min•Season 7Ep. 13
Fresh from runs in Matilda and Hairspray , Olivier nominee Rebecca Thornhill is currently starring as Mrs Burke in the UK tour of Girl From The North Country. Written and directed by Conor McPherson with the songs of Bob Dylan, Girl From The North Country premiered at the Old Vic in 2017 before transferring to the West End and Broadway. The show returned to the West End in 2019, with the production also running in Toronto. Rebecca was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2001 for her performance as...
Sep 05, 2022•32 min•Season 7Ep. 12
Today we're joined by Olivier nominated original Six Queen Jarnéia Richard-Noel (also known as Jaye'J) who is currently starring in the London production of Millennials by Elliot Clay at The Other Palace. Jarnéia originated the role of Catherine of Aaragon in Six The Musical. As part of the original cast, Jarnéia took the musical from its first tour, to a sell out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to the West End where she stayed with the show for almost three years at the Arts Theatre, Lyric...
Aug 29, 2022•54 min•Season 7Ep. 11
This week's guest is Simon Gordon who most recently starred as JD in Heathers ! Simon originally went to Law School before entering ITV's Superstar - Andrew Lloyd Webber's reality TV show, casting an actor to play Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar - where he made it to the final thirty boys. Simon's theatre credits include: Christian in Moulin Rouge (Secret Cinema), alternate Strat in Bat Out Of Hell (London Coliseum, International Tour & Dominion Theatre), Robbie in Twist and Turn (The Other ...
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 7Ep. 10
Carly is currently reprising her Olivier nominated performance as Erma in Kathleen Marshall's production of Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre. Since previously joining us on Series 2 Episode 6 of In The Frame, Carly hasn't stopped! She was cast as Jane Seymour in the UK tour of Six , but sadly never made her debut due to a lockdown. Her recent credits include Shug Avery in The Color Purple (Leicester Curve - Digital), June in Gypsy in Concert (Alexandra Palace Theatre) and Cassie in A Chorus...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 7Ep. 9
Zoe Birkett is currently playing Arabia and understudying Satine in the West End production of Moulin Rouge at the Piccadilly Theatre. Since finishing as a runner-up on the original season of Pop Idol , Zoe has gone on to have an incredible career in theatre. Zoe made her West End debut as a Diva in the original cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, with some of her other credits including: Myth! The Musical (The Other Palace), What A Feeling (Manchester Opera House & London Palladium), Thr...
Aug 11, 2022•32 min•Season 7Ep. 8
Having co-hosted our second ever podcast back in 2019, 251 episodes later Jay Perry is back and In The Frame! Jay recently completed a run in the West End production of Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre. He joined the show as a standby before taking over as Aaron Burr for a six month run. Jay made his West End debut as a child in Whistle Down The Wind (Aldwych) before joining pop group S Club Juniors. He then returned to theatre as an adult, with his early credits including Gilbert in Hair...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 7Ep. 7
Having recently completed her run as Elle Woods in Lucy Moss' revival of Legally Blonde at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Courtney Bowman is about to star as Lauren in Kinky Boots In Concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Returning to the West End for the first time since 2019, Kinky Boots In Concert also stars Cedric Neal as Lola and Joel Harper-Jackson as Charlie with the London Musical Theatre Orchestra. Courtney won the tenth annual Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Ye...
Aug 01, 2022•44 min•Season 7Ep. 6
From Medical School to Drama School to Harvard Law School! This week's guest is Michael Ahomka-Lindsay who recently starred as Emmett in the sell-out London revival of Legally Blonde directed by Lucy Moss at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. After leaving medical school, Michael pursued a career in performing and secured the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation scholarship to train at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. After graduating, Michael starred as Benny in Luke Sheppard's production of Ren...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 5
Joanna is currently reprising her performance as Bloody Mary in South Pacific. Following an acclaimed run at Chichester Festival Theatre, Daniel Evans' revival of South Pacific is back for a run at Sadler's Wells ahead of a UK and Ireland tour. Joanna made her West End debut as Kim in Miss Saigon at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and went on to play the role in the original Australian production, the original UK and Ireland tour and 10th anniversary West End performance. Her other West End roles h...
Jul 21, 2022•34 min•Season 7Ep. 4
Fresh from her run in And Juliet , Kirstie Skivington is starring as Emmeline Pankhurst in Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World. Following its UK tour, the production is currently concluding a run at the Theatre Royal Stratford East before visiting Canterbury and then playing the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The musical is based on the award-winning picture book by suffragette descendant Kate Pankhurst and features stories of some of history’s strongest mothers, sisters and daughters wh...
Jul 14, 2022•52 min•Season 7Ep. 3
Fresh from her run in Cinderella , Georgina is starring in the brand new British musical Millennials at The Other Palace Studio. Written and composed by Elliot Clay, Millennials turns up the microphone on the lives, the losses and the frustrations of young people in the modern world. After completing her training at Arts Ed, Georgina made her stage debut starring as Alice in Dick Whittington at the National Theatre. She then joined the original cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella at the Gil...
Jul 08, 2022•32 min•Season 7Ep. 2
We're back for a very special episode with Broadway's Jessica Vosk ahead of her upcoming London concert! In her 20s, Jessica was an associate director for a boutique investor relations firm in New York City, where she consulted major companies on Wall Street. She then left that career behind, to start a brand-new career on Broadway! Jessica made her Broadway debut as a swing in the original cast of The Bridges of Madison Country by Jason Robert Brown. She went on to appear in the Broadway produc...
Jul 01, 2022•58 min•Season 7Ep. 1
To finish off this series, we're joined by Lea Salonga to discuss her return to the UK! Lea left the Philippines as a teenager when she was cast as Kim in Miss Saigon. She originated the role in the West End and on Broadway to tremendous acclaim, winning Olivier and Tony Awards for her performance. Lea also has a long association with Les Misérables , having played both Eponine and Fantine in London and New York, including for the musical’s 10th and 25th anniversary concerts. Just a few of Lea's...
Jun 16, 2022•27 min•Season 6Ep. 21
Scott Hunter is currently starring as Max in the West End production of The Play That Goes Wrong ! Following The Cornley Drama Society as they attempt to put on a 1920s murder mystery (with little success), The Play That Goes Wrong premiered on the London Fringe in 2012 and has been taking the West End by storm since opening at the Duchess Theatre in 2014. This marks Scott's second Mischief production, as they previously played Mel in Magic Goes Wrong at the Apollo Theatre. Scott was named Best ...
Jun 10, 2022•45 min•Season 6Ep. 20
This week we're joined by London's 15th anniversary Elphaba, Laura Pick! After training at Mountview, Laura understudied and played Maria in The Sound of Music at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. She went on to star in a tour of So This Is Christmas, completed a contract at sea with Belinda King Creative Productions and played Dr Osgood in Anyone Can Whistle at the Union Theatre. Laura first joined the West End production of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre as Standby Elphaba in Summer 2...
Jun 02, 2022•57 min•Season 6Ep. 19
This week we're crossing the pond to chat with A.J. Shively who is nominated for a Tony Award for his performance as Owen Duignan in Paradise Square on Broadway! A.J. has been with Paradise Square - which is taking Broadway by storm - from its original workshops. He was previously nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his portrayal of Billy Cane in the Broadway production of Bright Star, later reprising his performance for the musical's US tour. A.J. has worked extensively on screen; he was recen...
May 27, 2022•36 min•Season 6Ep. 18
