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Script In HandSeason 4 Wrap Up!For the final time this season, Lexie and Meg sit down to discuss the 12 plays of Season 4 all together - pondering questions such as"Which character would you like to see a one person play written about?""Which play would you like to see adapted as a radio play/musical?"and "Which play would you like to see made in the Muppet Universe?"Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a l...2022-12-0823 minScript In HandPlaywright Interview: J Chavez on how to clean your roomWe are thrilled here at Script In Hand HQ to be welcoming our first guest from the across the pond, playwright, pupeteer and all-round fabulous human being, J.Chavez! Author of our S4.Ep10 play 'how to clean your room,' Jay joins us to talk all things 'clean,' but also about their obsession with puppets, back and future catalogue of work, and just what is the meaning behind the mysterious cycles?! Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)If you're enjoying the podcast, visit o...2022-12-011h 00Script In HandWe Know Now Snowmen Exist by Michael SpencerIt's our final play of season 4! And in a bid to keep it seasonal, we're covering WE KNOW NOW SNOWMEN EXIST, a play with buckets of snow AND a snowman....(and a horror edge inspired by a creepy urban myth, but that's okay right?)A play that tries to answer the age old question of just what is a horseradish; and why would a group of young women feel the need to cut their way out of a tent when the exit is right there? Is it because just maybe...snowmen exist? With special guest playwright Michael Spencer. 2022-11-2444 minScript In HandChewing Gum Dreams by Michaela ColeEver wonder what the radioactive spider bite of a playwright could be? We think we may have a superhero/star origin story for Michaela Cole in her play Chewing Gum Dreams. Meg & Lexie debate what makes someone the heroine in a one person show - Plus what song does make the best accompaniment to a teenage make out session?Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with e...2022-11-1740 minScript In Handhow to clean your room by j. chavezSpencer is cleaning their room, but how easy is it to tidy up people and memories? And did we mention....this play has PUPPETS!Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content.If you're enjoying the podcast, visit our Patreon and subscribe for just £3 a month HERE.Merchandise available HERE.BIOPlaywright Websitehttps://jc...2022-11-1040 minScript In HandAmsterdam by Maya Arad YasurWho should pay a gas bill for a flat no-one was living in at the time of the usage? Who gets to tell the stories of history? And should Lexie & Meg go to Eurovision in 2023? We're delighted to welcome a special guest to our podcasting couch today to help us with answering all these questions- Matthew Xia! Artistic Director of Actors Touring Company and the director of the UK Premiere of this week's play AMSTERDAM at the Orange Tree Theatre.Please note this play and episode does deal with the Holocaust and discussions around the ev...2022-11-0355 minScript In HandPeerless by Jiehae ParkWe're sharpening our number 2 pencils, applying to colleges....and quite literally killing off the competition as we discuss PEERLESS by Jiehae Park. Shortform synopsis; Macbeth with killer twins and an all important college early admission to die for, and we are obsessed! Now, just how do we activate those Wonder Twin Powers...?Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content.If you're e...2022-10-2735 minScript In HandVanya and Sonya and Masha and SpikeWhisper it...but we may have finally found a comedy Meg and Lexie agree on! What happens when the playwright self describes their work as "Chekhov in a blender"? Well we're about to find out as we discuss Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang! We're also going to talk brand recognition (does anyone not know who Snow White is?) and condom marketing - yes this episode really does have it all!Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)Find SCRIPT IN HAND...2022-10-2034 minScript In HandPlaywright Interview: Iman Qureshi on The Funeral DirectorOoh do we have a treat in store for you Scripties! After discussing The Funeral Director on episode 4 of this series we are over the moon to be bringing you this very special interval interview episode of the pod, with the playwright herself, Iman Qureshi. Getting to hear Iman talk so openly and honestly about her work was a real privilege - AND she got to settle The Great Tea Debate between Lexie and Meg. So enjoy this bonus ep and we'll see you back next week for S4Ep7 and a brand new play in discussion!2022-10-1336 minScript In HandAntigone by Roy Williams. Inspired by SophoclesThe fates already know what we say in this episode...but unless you are a ye olde Greecian soothsayer and weave maker, you will probably still to listen. Your family life is already pretty complicated when your parents are also mother and son; so Tig already has a world of drama to deal with before her uncle Creo forbids her from covering her dead brother to pay respect. Throw in some pop culture references from Lexie & Meg, (Top Model, Black Mirror, and much more) and the podcast is set for some epic tragic conflict in this modernised adaptation of A...2022-10-0645 minScript In HandSquad Goals by Michelle PayneYou say Squad, We say Goals! Squad! Goals! Squad Goals!We're ready to raise the roof off this proverbial podcast stadium and get hyped talking about this epic play of women's football, sky high ambition, female friendship - and Missy Elliot & a banging drum beat! And who better to chat with than our special guest, the author & co-director behind Squad Goals Michelle Payne!Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow t...2022-09-2951 minScript In HandTeaser Announcement- Bonus Ep incoming!What's this you say? An unexpected bonus vignette of something from Script In Hand? Why not listen immediately to hear the news hot off the press!Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content.If you're enjoying the podcast, visit our Patreon and subscribe for just £3 a month HERE.Support the showFind SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook...2022-09-2302 minScript In HandThe Funeral Director by Iman QureshiSo, you want to be a funeral director? Then step right up because Papatango Prize Winner The Funeral Director has got you covered! But when the past starts to encroach on Ayeesha;s present and she's inherited the business from her mum - can she really separate her work life from her personal life? And how long can she hide away her true self amongst the dead bodies she surrounds herself with? Plus Meg and Lexie discuss how at the end of the day, tea is Always the right choice. Please be aware that in the s...2022-09-2237 minScript In HandThe History Boys by Alan BennettWe're revving up our motorcycles (though perhaps that's not the most appropriate form of transport given what happens in this play), and gearing up to talk about The History Boys by Alan Bennett. Voted Britains Favourite Play of all time (it beat Macbeth, Meg is furious), we're ready to dive into what makes a character an anti-hero, how many boys are too many boys -and just how do women fare in The History Boys?NB This episode does discuss sensitive topics including the groping of older school aged boys.Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg...2022-09-1549 minScript In HandReasons You Should(N't) Love Me by Amy TriggReasons you should love this episode are numerous, but number one on the list has to be that we had the playwright herself Amy Trigg join us to talk all about her award winning play! With Kazoos, Oxo Cubes, sparkly sleeves and DnD, this play has everything - and you are forewarned there will be a full Lexie/Amy nerd out over Dungeons and Dragons whilst Meg looks on amused. Join us as we join Juno who is making her way through her 20s in a relatable haphazard manner. Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.2022-09-0843 minScript In HandA Very Expensive Poison by Lucy PrebbleWe're baaccckk!! And we bring you puppets, poison and dancing girls emerging from bags in this our first episode of Season 4! We're discussing the epic Lucy Prebble and her most recent play A Very Expensive Poison based on the book of the same name by Luke Harding. A wildly theatrical retelling of the heartbreaking poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, this play has everything. Genuinely.Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up...2022-09-0144 minScript In HandSeason 3 Wrap Up!For the final time this season, Lexie and Meg sit down to discuss the 12 plays of Season 3 all together - pondering questions such as"Which play should be on the school curriculum?""Which playwright would you want to write the biographical play of your life?"And "Which character would you want as your right hand person during a zombie apocalypse?"Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to k...2021-06-2344 minScript In HandHome, I'm Darling by Laura WadeWe're jiving our way into the final episode of Season 3! Doesn't time fly when your mixing up cocktails and maintaining the perfect 50s lifestyle homespun dream. And we're delighted to be joined by our final special guest of the season, Artistic Director of Theatre by the Lake Liz Stevenson, to talk all about this play; which will also be the first TBTL production on stage post the pandemic in October 2020 - exciting times!Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter...2021-06-1646 minScript In HandP'yongyang by In-Sook ChappellWe're clicking our heels together three times and travelling to a completely unknown land. In-Sook Chappell's Bruntwood Prize shortlisted play lifts a curtain to show us the reality of life in North Korea in this heartbreaking yet somehow hopeful love story. Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information and extra content. 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