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The WhatsOnStage PodcastA final theatre season to rule them allIn the week director Rupert Goold announced his farewell programme at the influential Almeida Theatre, Sarah and Alex talk about why his choices reflect his bold approach - and outline the excitements in store. And as Patti Lupone stirs controversy, can the old-fashioned, no holds barred interview survive? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-05-3032 minThe WhatsOnStage PodcastHow Oklahoma! changed my life - with special guest Anoushka LucasSarah meets Anoushka Lucas, currently starring in Rhinoceros at the Almeida Theatre, to discuss the impact of theatre on her life. She’s always called versatile but says she takes on new projects because she just wants to learn more. She reveals what it was like to work with Daniel Fish on the award-winning reimagining of Oklahoma!, why Rhinoceros is such a play for our times and how she wrote Elephant, her first play, in lockdown. Plus a bit about being a woman in the music industry and the lessons of the Stamford experiment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...2025-04-1850 min
Surtos LiteráriosEp.58 Spring TBRA primavera chegou - por muito que não pareça - e nós hoje trazemos um dos nossos episódios favoritos de gravar. No entanto, são sempre os episódios que mais caímos na realidade sobre a nossa falta de controlo.Let's keep in touch ❀linktr.ee/podcastsurtosliterarios💌 podcastsurtosliterarios@gmail.comLivros mencionados no episódio: - A Criada; Freida McFadden- Daydream; Hannah Grace- Beartown; Fredrik Backman- Yours Truly; Abby Jimenez- Today, Tonight, Tom...2025-03-2430 min
Let’s Talk Memoir149. Writing Someone Else’s Story featuring Kanya D’AlmeidaKanya D’Almeida joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about how her life changed when a manuscript by Russell "Maroon" Shoatz, a former member of the Black Panther Party and soldier in the Black Liberation Army showed up in an envelope on her doorstep in 2011, the decades he spent in the Pennsylvania prison system, how their experiences with political violence and civil war intersected, becoming his biographer and building comradeship across the bars, Sri Lanka’s history of conflict, channeling complicated feelings into dedication for writing a book, violence as the only language America knows how to speak...2025-02-1138 min
Surtos LiteráriosEp.47 Winter TBRA nossa última TBR do mês chegou e vem com cheirinho a seasonal depression - não fosse esta a época mais indicada para isso. Quem não gosta de um bom livro que nos consiga fazer sentir todas as emoções, enquanto estamos embrulhadas numa manta, com uma tempestade lá fora? Para nós parece-nos o plano perfeito.
E claro, também fizemos uma viagem à nossa Fall TBR.
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Let's keep in touch ❀
https://linktr.ee/podcastsurtosl...2024-12-2334 min
IdiopathicE33.1 Philip Aylesford: The Ghost Experiment (Part 1)Philip Aylesford’s life story is a tragic one taking place in 17th-century England. The English Civil War was raging at that time and consisted of a conflict that saw the Royalists fighting to preserve the monarchy under King Charles I against the Parliamentarians. The war ended in disaster for the Royalists, with the execution of King Charles I in 1649—a cataclysmic event for those who believed in the divine right of kings.Philip, unfortunately, was on the side of the royalists– the side that lost in the English Civil War. When he returned, he found his home wasn’t...2024-12-0333 minThe WhatsOnStage PodcastLook back in anger - or dismay?Theatres at the moment are working like time machines, whisking audiences back to the 1950s as a new generation of directors explore the work of the past. Sarah and Alex explore the revivals from Look Back in Anger and Roots at the Almeida to Waiting for Godot starring Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-10-1130 minThe WhatsOnStage PodcastOur favourite musical revivalsFinally, a reunion! Alex and Sarah are back in the same room after many weeks apart to catch up on their latest theatre outings - to the Almeida, Chichester Festival Theatre, the London Palladium, the Edinburgh Fringe and beyond. Then, down to business: the duo pick their favourite musical revivals from across the years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-08-1632 min
DJ Jacob Ratcliffe#67 - Uplifting Trance – July 2024 – Part 1Please enjoy this main set podcast with sparkly new tracks and mixes for the month of July 2024. This is part 1 of 2 for July. Included in this set is a new track by my friend William Silva. This is track no: 2 Dreaming About You - William Silva (Extended Mix) Here is the link to this track:https://raznitzan.lnk.to/DreamingAboutYouAr Enjoy Jacob Track Name - Artist (Remix):1. Start To Wonder - Mori DJ (Original Mix)2. Dreaming About You - William Silva (E...2024-08-031h 56The WhatsOnStage PodcastWhat happens when a show loses its star?In a week of shock substitutions Alex and Sarah talk about James Corden at the Old Vic, Justine Mitchell at the Almeida and the way that history of theatre is filled with understudies who become the star. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-07-1232 min
BraaainsDepression in Film and TVThis mini-episode is a continuation of our conversation with Rabiya Mansoor and Marushka Jessica Almeida, two of the creators of Get Up, Aisha now streaming on CBC Gem. Today we talk about the other films and TV series about depression that inspired Rabiya and Marushka and how important it is to get it right when you are dealing with subjects surrounding mental health, depression, and suicide. Get Up Aisha is a compelling dramedy series following the intricate life of Aisha Rehman, a Pakistani Canadian student who grapples with her compulsive need for control as she deals with...2024-05-2818 min
Inovia Sessions: Insights for Tech OperatorsThe Strategic Moves Behind Atlassian's M&A Success with Sarah Hughes, Head of Corporate Development and Product PartnershipsIn this enlightening episode of Inovia Sessions, host Meryl Almeida welcomes Sarah Hughes, head of Atlassian’s venture arm, partnerships team, and corporate development function.
Sarah discusses the strategic role these divisions play in fueling Atlassian's growth, highlighting the recent $975 million acquisition of Loom. She explains how Atlassian, like Inovia, leverages ecosystem maps and early relationship building in its M&A strategy. Listen in to dive deep into the mechanics of creating effective partnerships and the thoughtful approach Atlassian takes towards public term sheets to build trust with founders.
Whether you’re a startup founder or a...2024-05-2327 min
BraaainsDepression: A conversation with the creators of CBC Gem’s Get Up, AishaToday we’re talking with two of the creators of Get Up, Aisha, Rabiya Mansoor and Marushka Jessica Almeida. Get Up Aisha is a compelling dramedy series following the intricate life of Aisha Rehman, a Pakistani Canadian student who grapples with her compulsive need for control as she deals with depression. The series, streaming on CBC Gem in Canada, follows Aisha’s story as she is diagnosed with depression after living through a suicide attempt and applies a checklist approach to curing the incurable. Our conversation looks into what depression is, the signs (or lack of signs) that...2024-05-2141 min
The WhatsOnStage Podcast(ATASTTC) Last word on the Oliviers - and two new plays about friendshipSarah and Nancy have been watching the Oliviers on screen - and wondering why it's so difficult for television to catch the spirit of theatre. Plus Nancy has been to see An Actor Convalescing in Devon at Hampstead Theatre and Sarah has watched The Comeuppance at the Almeida which prompts a conversation about two great American writers - Richard Nelson and Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins - and how they find ways into examining friendship, illness, death and the human condition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-04-2035 min
The WhatsOnStage Podcast(ATASTTC) One Day and the appeal of romcomsNancy and Sarah are hooked on One Day, the Netflix adaptation of David Nicholls' best-selling novel. What is it that makes it so great and why are romcoms very much back in fashion? All of which leads to a conversation about the romcoms they have loved, past and present. Plus a bit of Shakespeare. Nancy's been to see The Midsummer NIght's Dream (perhaps the original romcom) at the RSC while Sarah has been to King Lear (definitely not a romcom) at the Almeida. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-02-2028 min
The WhatsOnStage Podcast(ATASTTC) Putting up a fight ft Kombat KateNancy and Sarah talk to their special guest Kate Waters, aka Kombat Kate, one of a handful of female fight directors working in the UK today. She's worked on more than 300 productions on stage - and is the fight director for Coronation Street and Emmerdale. Her recent shows include Macbeth with Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma and King Lear, which is about to open at the Almeida Theatre. In this fascinating interview she reveals the tricks of her trade, and how she began her career. And she explains how she staged one of the most famous fights on the London...2024-01-171h 02
The WhatsOnStage Podcast(ATASTTC) Love , music and the cold war. Plus the appointment of Indhu Rubasingham to the National TheatreNancy and Sarah hail the appointment of Indhu Rubasingham as artistic director of the National Theatre. And talk about Rock N Roll, which Nancy is performing at Hampstead Theatre, and Cold War, which Sarah has just seen at the Almeida, and why love, music and the cold war are a potent mix. Plus some surprising heckling and how Nancy coped. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-12-1926 min
The WhatsOnStage Podcast(ATASTTC) Can star ratings be improved?Sarah and Nancy went to see A Mirror at the Almeida Theatre, London, starring Jonny Lee Miller, Micheal Ward, Tanya Reynolds and Geoffrey Streatfeild. This thought-provoking new play by Sam Holcroft, directed by Jeremy Herrin, got us talking about how to write reviews, about the difficulties of star ratings - and about Nancy's teenage encounter with Jonny Lee Miller. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-09-1828 min
Two Girls One Book - Book Club Podcast55. Short Stories Edition - The Transgender Issue, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Slaughterhouse-Five & many more...Send us a textThe first Short Stories episode of the year sees us give spoiler free discussions on all of the following:Snowed In For Christmas - Sarah MorganLanny - Max PorterTreacle Walker - Alan GarnerSlaughterhouse-Five - Kurt VonnegutSmall Things Like These - Claire KeeganThe Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida - Shehan KarunatilakaSeven Days - Alex LakeThe Winter Killer - Alex PineWe Had To Remove This Post...2023-01-1046 min