Send us Fan Mail For the last 30 years, Janie Dee has cemented herself as one of the greatest leading ladies to ever grace the stage. From musicals to plays to cabarets and concerts, Janie has done it all. In this special interview, she looks back on her career and how her early struggles have led her to see each new job opportunity as a "big present". The conversation starts with her talking about her relationship with Theatre Royal, Bath where she worked with the Peter Hall Company on a number...
Dec 09, 2022•30 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Send us Fan Mail With the Donmar Warehouse about to open a brand new production of Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine, the incredible Kate Duchêne sat down to talk about the new show and why Hellman's writing feels particularly resonant today. Despite never doing a Hellman show before, she tells us about how her writing stands out among her contemporaries and why she's so excited to bring this show to a 2022 audience. In a world as politically divided as it is today, the show feels particularl...
Dec 06, 2022•26 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Send us Fan Mail Affectionately known as SLD in the industry, Sophie-Louise Dann is undisputedly one of the most impressive leading ladies in the West End, having taken on roles in musicals, plays and even in opera. With a long list of credits, in unsurprising to see that decades into her career, she remains one of the most formidable actresses of her generation. Currently playing Madame Morrible in Wicked in the West End, there seems to be no end in sight for what Sophie-Louise might achieve. H...
Sep 24, 2022•31 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Send us Fan Mail Over the last decade, Dawn King has continued to excite theatregoers with intriguing works like Foxfinder, The Trials and her adaptation of Brave New World. Today, Dawn King is looking forward to Boundless Theatre's new production of her play: Addictive Beat , starring Fionn Whitehead and Boadicaa Ricketts. The show tells the story about two music-loving friends who create a beat that's euphoric and addictive. Set in the immersive space of the Dilston Gallery at Southwark Park, ...
Sep 19, 2022•21 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Send us Fan Mail For nearly a decade, David Ames was a fixture on the nation's household's TV screens with credits for Doctor Who , Doctors and of course as Dominic Copeland in Holby City. Earlier this year however, David made a highly anticipated return to the London stage in Seven Dials Playhouse's production of Steve as the eponymous character. Now, he is appearing in Horse-Play , a new show at Riverside Studios by Ian Hellard. During his career, he's established himself as a highly versatile...
Sep 03, 2022•25 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Send us Fan Mail After playing the actor both on tour and in the West End run in The Woman in Black, Matthew Spencer has returned to the Fortune Theatre to help celebrate the show’s 13,000th performance. As part of the celebrations, the production opened a wave of tickets for £13, allowing a wide range of audiences to see Matthew Spencer play opposite Julian Forsyth, another veteran actor associated with The Woman in Black . Since 1989, The Woman in Black has been spooking and delighting audienc...
Aug 27, 2022•22 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Send us Fan Mail For the best part of a decade, Jordan Broatch has already been performing up and down the country in various productions from Ellen Kent operas to playing in Oliver at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Since graduating however, Jordan has established themselves at one of the most exciting newcomers onto the London stage, starring in 2 stellar productions at Southwark Playhouse. Many musical theatre fans saw them redefine the role of J. Bowden Hapgood in Anyone Can Whistle , starring op...
Aug 20, 2022•28 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Send us Fan Mail For the best part of three decades, Joanna Ampil has been recognised as one of the most prolific musical theatre acts to arrive onto the scene, taking on roles like Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar , Grizabella in Cats and Kim in Miss Saigon . After receiving a huge reception as Bloody Mary in South Pacific last year at Chichester Festival Theatre, she is reprising the role in the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical at Sadlers Wells Theatre, before heading on tour ...
Aug 13, 2022•18 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Send us Fan Mail In a post-pandemic world, one of the brightest stars to light the London stage is Alfie Friedman. After bursting onto the scene earlier this year, Alfie Friedman has cemented himself as an actor to watch. Most recently, Alfie played Gabriel Davies in the hit Channel 4 drama The Undeclared War opposite the likes of Alex Jennings, Sir Mark Rylance and Simon Pegg where he also got to work under the careful direction of writer-director Peter Kostminsky. His performance earned much p...
Aug 06, 2022•26 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Send us Fan Mail After a 2 year delay, Francesca Martinez' brand new play All Of Us is finally arriving to the National Theatre. One of it's stars is Francesca Mills, who joins us for this very special interview to talk about the experience of developing this show with Francesca Martinez and director: Ian Rickson. She previously starred in A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer in the Dorfman Theatre where All Of Us is set to play. As Poppy, Francesca hopes to give voice to an angry society, wh...
Jul 30, 2022•21 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Send us Fan Mail After travelling around the world as Glinda in the international tour of Wicked, Carly Anderson has returned to the UK to make her Chichester debut as Polly in Crazy For You. The production has already won rave reviews from critics and audiences alike where we get to see her take on classic Gershwin numbers like I Got Rhythm and Someone to Watch Over Me. The latest revival also sees globally renowned Susan Stroman return to the show after her Tony and Olivier award winning turns...
Jul 23, 2022•24 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Send us Fan Mail After a 2 year absence from the UK theatre scene, Robert Tripolino has returned to make his Watermill Theatre debut in a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down The Wind. After critically acclaimed turns in Jesus Christ Superstar and High Fidelity, he also reunites with director and choreographer Tom Jackson Greeves to bring this beloved show to one of the UK's most prestigious regional venues. The actor-musical production is the first of it's kind in the show's history an...
Jul 16, 2022•29 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Send us Fan Mail Joanna Riding is one of the West End's most revered leading ladies, with two Olivier Awards under her belt and credits including Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady , Sally Durant Plummer in Follies and Jane Smart in The Witches of Eastwick . Today, she is preparing to open a brand new production of Gypsy at Buxton Opera House as Madam Rose. The production forms part of Buxton International Festival's 2022 season at the Opera House and Joanna takes time to acknowledge the splendour ...
Jun 24, 2022•34 min
Send us Fan Mail Despite a mixed reception over the years, Southwark Playhouse is currently reviving Stephen Sondheim's early classic Anyone Can Whistle. The show which has light discussions of faith in miracles, corruption and mental illness has seen the likes of Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters and Rosalie Craig take on key roles in the show's history. In this final episode of the season, we are joined by Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper herself: Alex Young. Here, we are treated listening to Alex...
Apr 09, 2022•34 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Send us Fan Mail After a hugely acclaimed 2 shows in the Bonnie & Clyde the Musical concert, George Maguire is preparing to return to the role of Buck Barrow in Frank Wildhorn's beloved show. Reuniting with Nick Winston, the director of the sell-out Theatre Royal, Drury Lane concerts, George will be reprising his role in the new limited run of Bonnie & Clyde at the Arts Theatre from 9 April. There is already much anticipation around this new production from musical theatre fans, especial...
Mar 27, 2022•15 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Send us Fan Mail 55 years after the murder of Joe Orton, the Seven Dials Playhouse is preparing to revive John Lahr's Diary of a Somebody , a play adapted verbatim from Orton's diaries. It's also been 35 years since the show was first premiered at the National Theatre and George Kemp was kind enough to sit down to discuss the upcoming production with us. In the mid 1960s, Joe Orton was one of the most influential playwrights of his time, creating popular works such as Loot and Entertaining Mr Sl...
Mar 20, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Send us Fan Mail One of the biggest hits on London's West End is Jim Vallance and Bryan Adams' adaptation of 'Pretty Woman', currently running at the Savoy Theatre. We were very fortunate to be joined by two of the show's stars: Aimie Atkinson who plays Vivian Ward and Rachael Wooding who plays Kit De Luca. The musical is based on the 1990 Gary Marshall film starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. Prior to starring in the show, Aimie and Rachael had already experienced great success in other po...
Mar 13, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Send us Fan Mail It was only three months after opening the new production of Les Miserables at the refurbished Sondheim Theatre that the show closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, after 2 years since the production opened, Josefina Gabrielle is back on the West End stage playing Madame Thénardier. With the West End now fully lit up, Josefina took some time to talk to us about the new production of the iconic show and what it has been like portraying the deliciously wicked character. She tel...
Mar 06, 2022•22 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Send us Fan Mail At the age of 26, Rosie Day has already spent 20 years performing on stage and on screen in a variety of roles. As well as being an actress, she has also recently discovered her love for directing and writing, creating works like Celaine and Tracks. Most recently, she has written her own one-woman play Instructions For a Teenage Armageddon , a piece developed a few years ago as an ode to adolescence. The play has since spawned an acclaimed book of the same name, helping inspire ...
Feb 20, 2022•25 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Send us Fan Mail After finishing 7th on The X Factor UK, Shan Ako has continued to strive forwards in her performing career. Most notably, audiences got to see her star as Eponin in the all-star Les Miserables: The Staged Concert in 2019 alongside the likes of Michael Ball and Carrie Hope Fletcher. Shan then reprised her role, opening the new production of Les Miserables at the newly renovated Sondheim Theatre in 2020. It was here where Shan demonstrated her undeniable versatility as a performer...
Feb 13, 2022•27 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Send us Fan Mail For over 15 years, Nadim Naaman has been one of the West End's most sought after leading men, taking on roles in The Phantom of the Opera , Chess and Titanic. Nadim has also frequently been seen in concerts celebrating musical theatre including most recently at the BBC Proms. More recently, Nadim Naaman has taken his hand to writing new musicals: Broken Wings about the life of Kahlil Gibran and Rumi about the legendary Persian poet. These shows have a particular place in Nadim's...
Feb 06, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Send us Fan Mail Over the last few years, one of the most exciting companies on the musical theatre scene has been QuickFantastic. Behind the company is acclaimed musical director Alex Parker who has worked on sell-out shows like Barnum at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Mame at Hope Mill Theatre and Les Miserables in London's West End. Today, Alex Parker is known for putting on luscious musical theatre concerts; assembling top West End talent with glorious orchestras for special evenings celebrat...
Jan 30, 2022•54 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Send us Fan Mail For over a decade, Fisayo Akinade has wowed audiences on stage and on screen. Returning to the Royal Court Theatre, he tells us about his love for the Royal Court as well as for playwright Alistair McDowall. After appearing in Pigs and Dogs and The Crossing Plays, Fisayo is getting ready to return to the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs space and explains to us why this theatre has become such a beloved institution among theatregoers. There has been much speculation around The Glow fo...
Jan 23, 2022•22 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send us Fan Mail After graduating from Arts Ed, George Crawford joined an acclaimed ensemble on tour with The Book of Mormon before the COVID-19 lockdowns hit. Now, he has joined the company of Waitress , serving as the role of Ogie. Since early September, George has been dazzling crowds with his natural charm and ability to perform Sara Bareilles' Tony nominated score with unflinching ease. The tour has so far been a triumph and George has gotten to star alongside a glittering cast with Lucie J...
Oct 02, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Send us Fan Mail After over a year since theatres shut down across the UK and around the world, the Royal Court Theatre has been leading a charge in the grand reopening of London theatres. One of it's most exciting productions is a new play by Obie and Olivier Award recipient Caryl Churchill. John Heffernan is one of the stars of her new play What If If Only' and very kindly sat down with us to discuss the eagerly anticipated new work by Churchill and what the rehearsal process has been like ami...
Sep 25, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Send us Fan Mail For nearly 40 years, Jenna Russell has been tackling hard-hitting roles on stage and on screen that speak to audiences today. Moreover, she has established herself as a prime interpreter of the works of Stephen Sondheim, taking on roles in 'Into the Woods', 'Merrily We Roll Along' and winning an Olivier Award for playing Dot/Marie in 'Sunday in the Park with George'. Alongside her impressive repertoire of Sondheim works, Jenna has also played leading roles in 'Fun Home', 'The Br...
Sep 18, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Send us Fan Mail There aren't many choreographers in the musical theatre industry who have had as much success as Stephen Mear CBE. Since the late 1990s, Stephen Mear's helped reshape some of the Musical Theatre's most beloved works such as 'Anything Goes', 'Gypsy' and 'Sweet Charity' into pieces for today's audiences. Along the way, he has also brought home 3 Olivier Awards as well as developed a reputation for being one of the West End's most revered choreographers. Since his debut, Stephen ha...
Sep 11, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Send us Fan Mail It seems amazing to know that Sam Cushing only began his YouTube in 2019 whilst his Instagram dates back to 2014. But as social media's popularity grew, so has Sam Cushing's grip on the popular channels. With a strong enthusiasm for wellness and fitness, Sam has created a strong following of fans from across the world. As of September 2021, he has well over half a million Instagram followers and close to 180k YouTube subscribers. But he's also keen to ensure that fame and succes...
Sep 04, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Send us Fan Mail As 'The Last 5 Years' prepares to open in the West End following 2 Covid-disrupted runs in Southwark Playhouse, Molly Lynch sat down to discuss her experience of living through the pandemic amidst all the uncertainty and reflects over the past year. Since graduating from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the CIT Cork School of Music , Molly has slowly grown her presence in the musical theatre industry, performing in some of the most business' most coveted roles, i...
Aug 28, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Send us Fan Mail After over a decade of performing in theatre, Jodie Prenger has firmly established herself as one of the West End's fiercest leading ladies, taking on roles in Les Miserables, A Taste of Honey and Oliver. The winner of 'The Biggest Loser' and 'I'd Do Anything', she is also a familiar face to TV audiences, regularly making appearances on various shows. Now, she has returned to the stage in a new tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black's 'Tell Me on a Sunday'. After a successful...
Aug 21, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 4
