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British Theatre Guide podcastClassic Thrillers return to Nottingham for 2025For almost 40 years, the Classic Thriller Season has been held during the summer at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. It’s one of the few rep seasons left in the country. In 2025, the season has been reduced to three weeks instead of four and will feature plays by Peter Gordon, Ira Levin and Richard Harris. BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme spoke to Karen Henson from the producers Tabs Productions as well as Mark Pearce, who’s taking part in his first Thriller Season as the incomparable Inspector Pratt, and Sarah Wynne Kordas, who will be appearing in al...2025-08-0919 min
British Theatre Guide podcastHayman tours as Miller's Willy LomanArthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is regarded as one of the greatest plays of the 20th century. A new production is touring the UK. BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme spoke to David Hayman, who plays Willy Loman, and director Andy Arnold about the previous production they worked on as well as their current project. Death of a Salesman runs until 3 May. Further information is available at the Trafalgar Entertainment web site.2025-03-2420 min
British Theatre Guide podcastNew Perspectives on Jane Upton's (the) WomanPlaywright Jane Upton has taken her experiences of motherhood and included them in a new play, (the) Woman. Nottinghamshire company New Perspectives is touring the play which will also have a five-week run in London. Midlands editor Steve Orme spoke to Jane Upton and New Perspectives artistic director Angharad Jones about the play and how it was conceived. (the) Woman is on tour until 15 March and will be at London’s Park Theatre from 24 September until 25 October 2025. (Photo: Jane Upton and Angharad Jones, credit Steve Orme)2025-02-2727 min
Sound Chaser Progressive Rock PodcastSound Chaser 288The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. This show is the Eleventh Anniversary show. I started in early January of 2014, and kept it going since then. To celebrate this eleventh anniversary, I have selected music that comes from an artist’s eleventh studio album. Not all that many prog acts make it to eleven albums, so we will be in rare company. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser. Playlist1. Marillion - A Legacy, from marrillion.com2. Omega - Don't Keep Me Waitin', from Time Robber...2025-01-113h 23
AMAROKAMAROKPour ce voyage, nous étions bien équipés d' AIRGAB (oui c'est affligeant 🙄 mais plus fort que moi 😊) avec un tout nouvel album du trio norvégien, 20 ans déjà après leur 1er EP ! Time flies comme disent nos amis outre-manche...Puis encore un nouveau titre du prolixe duo français CYSEV (in english cette fois-ci) et si nos amis ont mis du temps à sortir leur 1er album en 2023, depuis, à force d'enchainer les singles, autant nous préparer un 2ème opus non ? 😉 On en serait ravis ! Trio, duo alors forcément...solo 👏 : Celui qui s' y colle est Mr STEVE HILLAGE, pas toujours...2024-10-1759 min
British Theatre Guide podcastFierce Festival Birmingham 2024Fierce Festival is a “youthful and joy-filled festival of international theatre, performance and experiences” which takes place in and around Birmingham every two years. Midlands editor Steve Orme spoke to Fierce’s artistic director Clayton Lee and Adam Kinner whose one-to-one show Manual will be presented daily in the Library of Birmingham. Fierce Festival will run from Tuesday 15 until Saturday 19 October. (Photo: Clayton Lee and Adam Kinner, credit Steve Orme)2024-10-1419 min
British Theatre Guide podcastDerby Theatre takes a miners' trip to SkegnessDerby Theatre is to present a new play, Welfare, by local playwright Abi Zakarian, that will take audiences to The Derbyshire Miners’ Holiday Camp in Skegness, where miners went initially to convalesce and later to holiday, as it was turned into a holiday camp for Derbyshire miners and their families. Midlands Editor Steve Orme spoke to director Sarah Brigham and three of the actors, Jo Mousley, Hanna Winter and John Holt-Roberts, about the play and about the history behind it, both local and from much further afield. Welfare will run at Derby Theatre from 28 September to...2024-09-1720 min
NHR Sunday Morning InterviewsNovelist and playwright Steve Orme about his second novel "Storm Bodies"Novelist and playwright Steve Orme chats to Kev Castle on Nottingham Hospitals Radio about his second novel, "Storm Bodies"2024-07-1516 min
Sound Chaser Progressive Rock PodcastSound Chaser 272The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time I have new music from Jaymz Dare, Enigmatic Sound Machines, and Fughu. I also have an In Memoriam tribute to the late John Hawken. Additionally, there is plenty of music from the times and places of prog. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser. Playlist1. Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - The Light, from Brian Auger's Oblivion ExpressIN MEMORIAM JOHN HAWKEN2. Illusion - Beautiful Country, from Out of the MistE...2024-06-013h 16
RootsUp Podcast#229 - Roots-Up Approach: Finding Your Core Identity with Jason Orme + Jonathan LawrenceThis week, we're doing a deep dive into the core of identity and purpose. Steve sits down with Jason Orme and Jonathan Lawrence, co-founders of PROPER, a design club jazz firm based in Atlanta, to explore how their approach to brand strategy mirrors the journey of personal discovery we undertake with our clients at Greenhouse. Discover how unraveling your core essence, whether in branding or in life, can lead to clarity, alignment, and fulfillment. (00:00) Intro(04:58) Jason and Jonathan(49:40) TakeawaysPROPER's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com...2024-05-0855 min
The Progressive Rock Psychedelic BeatlesPop Show!Episode #143- "Collectables #2" Ultra Rare and $$$ Vinyl and CDsAn extremely Diverse 1-hour podcast covers the music of physical “Collectables” of music (Vinyl and CDs) that are valued starting at over $110. One of the Heaviest Hard Rock songs ever recorded as well as one of the most bizarre psychedelic “Mindbender” releases are presented. Full stereo “Outer Limits” music from 1963 will be heard. Stretch your imagination on this one… The List of Bands and Their Album Releases are Tabulated Below:
Klaatu- “Sun Set: 1973-1981”
Le Orme- “Felona E Serona”
Brainstorm- “Smile Awhile”
Atlas- “Blå Vardag”
St. John Green- “St. John Green”
Le Orme- “Collage”
Sir Lord Baltimore- “Kingdom Come”
Kenso...2024-03-2959 min
Ride With Us#004 Bill Pierce Pt. 2 - The Making of Junior BonnerBill Pierce sat on the Arizona Motion Picture Development Commission in 1971, the year Junior Bonner was shot in Prescott, AZ. "The film starred Steve McQueen, was produced by Joe Wizan, directed by Sam Peckinpah and based on an original screenplay by screenwriter Jeb Rosebrook, who was raised locally at The Orme School from 1945-1953. The location manager William "Bill" Pierce worked side by with Wizan, Peckinpah, McQueen and Rosebrook all summer and was key to the movie company's successful production during the World's Oldest Rodeo and the Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. Pierce was also the JayCees Rodeo C...2024-03-0135 min
Live From Progzilla Towers – Progzilla RadioLive From Progzilla Towers – Edition 508Proving that Prog isn’t just for dinosaurs!
I’m delighted to announce that the podcast for edition 508 of Live From Progzilla Towers is now available.
In this edition we heard the following music:
Galahad – Guardian Angel (Euphoria Version)
Kula Shaker – Gaslighting
Albion – Arthurian Overture
The Ullulators – Don’t Thump The Hampster
Dirty Sound Magnet – Insomnia
IQ – It All Stops Here
Igra Staklenih Perli – Igrac
Le Orme – Sospesi Nell’incredibile
Franck Carducci – Alice’s Eerie Dream
Can – Halleluwah
The Tangent – Steve Wright In The Afternoon
Soft Machine – Hazard Profile, Pt. 1
Steven Wilson – Luminol
Rush – Natural Science
Kristoffer Gi...2024-02-153h 01
The Point 99 (Running) PodcastS4 - E1: Inspirational Turned Up To 11, Carl Orme (@fighting_the_dadbob) (34)S4 - E1: Inspirational Turned Up To 11, Carl Orme (@fighting_the_dadbob) - We're kicking things off with the goodist egg you could ever meet, Carl Orme! Carl is a 40+ marathon finisher, mental health public speaker and ambassador, charity / fundraising superstar and all round great guy. Join us as we have a whirlwind chat about all of it, including news on mental health literature! Steve will also be catching you up on the happenings since season 3 and looking ahead to another jam packed season! If you enjoy the episode please consider dropping us a review, rating or follow at...2024-01-2650 min
Sick Psych WorldLot Radio 12.01.231. Le Orme - Ad Gloriam
2. King Tubby & Prince Tubby - Breaking Up Dudwise
3. La Düsseldorf - Rheinita
4. Joe Bataan - Fuego
5. Marie Et Les Garçons – Rien A Dire
6. Os Novos Baianos - Mistério Do Planeta
7. Steve Monite - Only You
8. Esmeray - Ayrılık Olsa Bile
9. Grauzone - Raum
10. Junior Murvin - Tedious
11. Los Saicos - Los Saicos – Demolición
12. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - Se Ba Ho
13. Can - Vier (live '76)2023-12-0659 min
British Theatre Guide podcastAs You Like It matured at the RSCAs You Like It is one of William Shakespeare’s most popular comedies. Omar Elerian, who is directing his first show for the Royal Shakespeare Company, was keen to explore it from a “fresh and new perspective”, so he has cast a company of actors who are mostly over 70. BTG’s Midlands editor Steve Orme spoke to two of the actors, 73-year-old Malcolm Sinclair and Maureen Beattie who’s 69. He asked them what it’s like performing in a company of mature actors and whether there’s still age discrimination in the industry. As You Like It continue...2023-07-1422 min
Gocce di storiaCaterina II di Russia: il trono inaspettatoUna nobile prussiana diventa zarina
La Russia del ‘700 era un luogo tutt’altro che tranquillo, colpi di stato e congiure avevano rovesciato zar e mietuto numerose vittime. È in questo contesto che si inserisce Caterina II di Russia, una giovane prussiana che, per sfuggire al convento, costrinse il marito all’abdicazione divenendo, quindi, zarina.
Caterina fu una donna libera, liberale e molto erudita. In questa puntata ripercorriamo le sue orme dalla nascita fino alla morte avvenuta, per sua fortuna, per cause naturali.
Fonti bibliografiche
“Caterina la Grande e la Russia del suo tempo” di I. de Ma...2023-05-0244 minGocce di storiaCaterina II di Russia: il trono inaspettatoUna nobile prussiana diventa zarina
La Russia del ‘700 era un luogo tutt’altro che tranquillo, colpi di stato e congiure avevano rovesciato zar e mietuto numerose vittime. È in questo contesto che si inserisce Caterina II di Russia, una giovane prussiana che, per sfuggire al convento, costrinse il marito all’abdicazione divenendo, quindi, zarina.
Caterina fu una donna libera, liberale e molto erudita. In questa puntata ripercorriamo le sue orme dalla nascita fino alla morte avvenuta, per sua fortuna, per cause naturali.
Fonti bibliografiche
“Caterina la Grande e la Russia del suo tempo” di I. de Ma...2023-05-0244 minGocce di StoriaCaterina II di Russia: il trono inaspettatoUna nobile prussiana diventa zarina
La Russia del ‘700 era un luogo tutt’altro che tranquillo, colpi di stato e congiure avevano rovesciato zar e mietuto numerose vittime. È in questo contesto che si inserisce Caterina II di Russia, una giovane prussiana che, per sfuggire al convento, costrinse il marito all’abdicazione divenendo, quindi, zarina.
Caterina fu una donna libera, liberale e molto erudita. In questa puntata ripercorriamo le sue orme dalla nascita fino alla morte avvenuta, per sua fortuna, per cause naturali.
Fonti bibliografiche
“Caterina la Grande e la Russia del suo tempo” di I. de Ma...2023-05-0244 min
British Theatre Guide podcastJekyll and Hyde divided between Derby and HornchurchDerby Theatre and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch are to stage a co-production of a new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde. Neil Bartlett has brought the story up to date and introduced some female characters. BTG Midlands Editor Steve Orme spoke to two of the actors, Nicholas Shaw and Polly Lister, about the show while Derby Theatre’s Sarah Brigham who’s directing and Mathew Russell from Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch talk about the benefits of their collaboration. Jekyll and Hyde will run at Derby Theatre from 30 September until 22 October and at Queen’s Th...2022-09-2022 min
British Theatre Guide podcastAdrian Scarborough adapts Alan Bennett for NottinghamNottingham Playhouse is presenting a new play, The Clothes They Stood Up In, which is described as a “bittersweet exploration of marriage, dreams and lives unlived”. Adrian Scarborough appears in the production and adapted the script from a story by Alan Bennett. Scarborough spoke to BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme about writing the script, getting the go-ahead from Bennett himself and how his career has developed over two-and-a-half decades. The Clothes They Stood Up In runs at Nottingham Playhouse from 9 September until 1 October 2022.2022-09-1322 min
Constructive VoicesFOOTPRINT+ Special 2 With Interviews From The EventPete the Builder and Steve Randall along with this special’s guests are transporting you back to Footprint+! And if you weren’t there, this is a great way to be in the know!Pete the Builder spoke to Wendy Bishop of Architype about retrofitting and the Entopia BuildingWendy Bishop is an associate of Architype and Passivhaus designer. She was a keynote speaker at the event. Her talk was entitled Retrofitting a historic building: CISL’s Entopia Building." What might work for a 1930’s building like the Entopia Building in Cambridge won’t work for a...2022-06-2152 min
Transmusic AirwavesTransmusic Airwaves Presents: (From The Archive) Fresh Air on WKSU from January 17, 1980 (with Paul Ciminero - host) February 18, 2022 PodcastThis week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES I’ve decided to take a short break from producing a new program and instead will play another excerpt from the groundbreaking freeform college radio program, FRESH AIR, recorded on tape by a listener on January 17, 1980. I was a host on the Thursday night/Friday morning edition of WKSU-FM's "Fresh Air," the late night, freeform/progressive radio show during one of the most prolific periods in Northeastern Ohio musical history. The area had gained a national and international reputation for it’s groundbreaking work in exposing enthusiastic audiences to an array music...2022-02-182h 51
The Ordinary, Extraordinary CemeteryEpisode 71 - Black Cowboys of the American WestSend us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne visit the gravesites of two heros of the American west, Bose Ikard and Nat Love. Both men were born into slavery, but became cowboys after the end of the American Civil War. They faced the dangers of cattle drives and life on the frontier proving themselves to be the best of the best. They were both highly trusted and respected. Their Ordinary Extraordinary lives were full of adventure that has been often over looked by history...2022-02-1728 min
SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCASTSIX-GUN CONVERSATIONS—STUART ROSEBROOK / HOLIDAY GIFT IDEASJoining Rich for this Six-Gun Justice Conversations segment—which is especially designed with holiday gift giving in mind—is the editor of True West magazine, Stuart Rosebrook. A son of the American West, Stuart grew up in North Hollywood, California, but spent most of the summers of his youth at the Orme’s Quarter Circle V-Bar Ranch Camp in northern Arizona. He has been a featured writer for Arizona Highways, Ranch and Reata, American Cowboy, and Camera & Darkroom. He was also a commentator for the John Wayne 100th Birthday DVD Edition of True Grit. Most recently, he assisted his late f...2021-11-2428 min
Do JusticePutting Truth & Reconciliation into Action with Leah Gazan and Steve Henirichs | Season 3 Ep. 5This episode two guests--Leah Gazan, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre and Steve Heinrichs, Director of Indigenous-Settler Relations of Mennonite Church Canada-- join host Chris Orme. Leah and Steve share the story of how they connected, where their work both overlaps and is unique to their respective identities as indigenous and white settler, and ways folks can participate in enacting the resolutions established in the passing of United Nation Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
Show Notes:
Transcript: https://dojustice.crcna.org/article/putting-truth-reconciliation-action-leah-gazan-and-steve-henirichs
Leah Gazan on Instagram: https://www.i...2021-08-1036 min
A sit down with Tony P and Matty B22. Highlands Basketball 2021 KHSAA State ChampionsA Sit Down welcomes the 2021 KHSAA Basketball State Champions, the Highlands Bluebirds. Head Coach Kevin Listerman brings two coaches in Scott Blasingame and Kevin Orme along with two players in Zack Barth and Luke Muller. With a special call in guest, Steve Fromeyer. Enjoy!2021-04-222h 31
Old Tunes Fresh TakesThe Wife of Usher's Well // Anna RG - pt 2We’re back with Anna Roberts-Gevalt to listen through your takes. Anna set us the challenge of interpreting The Wife of Usher’s Well, a ghostly story of a mother’s grief as she’s visited by her three departed sons. If you haven’t already, we recommend you listen to part 1 where she introduces the tune and the major themes. Listen: Part 1 of The Wife of Usher’s Well /// YOUR TAKES /// LISTEN to the full takes here. We were once again bowled over by the incredible sensitivity and variety of submissions. A huge thanks to ev...2021-04-121h 05Live From Progzilla Towers – Progzilla RadioLive From Progzilla Towers – Edition 386
I’m delighted to announce that the podcast for edition 386 of Live From Progzilla Towers is now available.
In this edition we heard the following music:
Anna Meredith – Sawbones
A.C.T – The Breakup
Caravan – In The Land Of Grey And Pink
Blind Guardian – To France
Petra Haden – Frame By Frame
Gaspard – Ascension
Kansas – Point Of Know Return (Live)
Laughing Stock – Nighttime
The Mighty Handful – The Signal
Elliott Millman – Broken Soul
Stevie Wonder – Living For The City
Tonto’s Expanding Head Band – Tranquillium
Steve Hillage – Radio
Frost – Terrestrial
Checking For Echo – Saline
Checking For Echo – The Big Issue
Jethro Tull – Songs From T...2021-04-013h 00
Frankenstein con Marco ed EduardoFRANKENSTEIN PT 20 con Marco ed Eduardo 25-02-20211. Ozzy Osbourne & Dweezil Zappa (UK) - Staying Alive (Under Cover, 2005) 4’41”2. The Grass Roots (USA) - The Runway (Move Along, 1972) 2’51”3. Karthago (GER) - I Give You Everything You Want (Karthago, 1972) 3’21”4. Journey (USA) - Anyway (Look Into The Future, 1976) 4’14”5. Affinity (UK) - I Am And So Are You (Affinity, 1970) 3’33”6. Scorpions (GER) - Action (Lonesome Crow, 1972) 3’56”7. Lucifer's Friend (GER) - Ride The Sky (Lucifer's Friend, 1970) 2’55”8. Joe Cocker (UK) - Midnight Rider (Joe Cocker, 1972) 4’02”9. Leaf Hound (UK) - Stray (Growers Of Mushroom, 1971) 3’49”10. Climax Blues Band (UK) - Hey Mama (Tightly Knit, 1971) 3’32”2021-02-251h 30
History GemsThe Cromwells: with Stuart OrmeIn this episode of History Gems, Nicola is joined by Stuart Orme, the curator of the Cromwell Museum, in Huntingdon, to discuss the life of Elizabeth Cromwell, wife of the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell - and of course, her jewels.
They also explore a very unusual recipe book with an even more unusual essay inside which, according to Stuart is akin to "a cookery book by Michelle Obama containing an essay by Donald Trump criticising Barack Obama"!
Intrigued? You should be. Listen to find out more!
To see images of the jewels and other items discussed in this episode, check...2021-02-1736 min
ORMe - Storie di SportORMe, il racconto sulla vita di Steve Prefontaine "La maggior parte delle persone corre una gara per vedere chi è il più veloce. Io corro una gara per vedere chi ha più coraggio". Ci sono diversi modi di affrontare la vita. Il protagonista di questa storia era uno che sfidava il mondo con la testa sempre alta, il busto eretto, il petto in fuori. Come se nulla gli facesse paura, come se nulla potesse fermarlo. E sembrava potesse essere davvero così. Finché una curva carogna non fece uscire di strada la sua auto, mentre viaggiava tra le colline di Eugene, in Oregon, in una notte...2020-10-1410 min
SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCASTSIX-GUN JUSTICE CONVERSATIONS—STUART ROSEBROOKStuart Rosebrook, Ph.D is a true son of the American West. Currently the editor of True West magazine, he grew up in North Hollywood, California, but spent the summers of his youth at the Orme’s Quarter Circle V-Bar Ranch Camp in northern Arizona. He has been a featured writer for Arizona Highways, Ranch and Reata, American Cowboy and Camera & Darkroom. He was also a commentator for the John Wayne 100th Birthday DVD Edition of True Grit. Most recently he assisted his late father Jeb Rosebrook publish his memoir, Junior Bonner: The Making of a Cl...2020-09-2314 min
British Theatre Guide podcastNew Perspectives presents all-star recordings of David Rudkin piecesNew Perspectives Theatre Company has teamed up with writer David Rudkin to produce a ten-part audio series called PlacePrints. Rudkin has written stories set in different locations around the British Isles and they’ve been recorded over the past four years. The cast includes Michael Pennington, Toby Jones, Juliet Stevenson and Stephen Rea. In this episode, Steve Orme speaks to Jack McNamara from New Perspectives about how the series came together and how the company’s work has changed since its tours were called off due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo of Jack McNa...2020-06-2116 min
The Deep Purple PodcastEpisode #56 - Ian Gillan Band - Clear Air TurbulenceThe Deep Purple Podcast
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Episode #56
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The Leadership Hacker PodcastThe Human Edge with Greg OrmeGreg Orme is an Award winning author and business keynote speaker and is our special guest on Episode 14. Find out why we should stop competing with AI but to instead start to differentiate ourselves. Explore the superpowers you’ll need to future-proof your value in the workplace: Consciousness, Curiosity, Creativity and Collaboration. We talk about Greg’s, “Dance Steps”. You can learn one-step and put them together in any order. You’ll learn:
How do you create a culture of creativity?
Consciousness gives us the motivation and the time.
Curiosity is the fuel for creativity.
Why having an experimental app...2020-05-1147 min
British Theatre Guide podcastLong John Silver sets sail for Derby Theatre for EasterFor the second successive year, Derby Theatre is producing a major show featuring fully integrated British Sign Language and captioning. In 2019, the theatre presented Neil Duffield’s adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book; in 2020 Treasure Island will get similar treatment. For this episode, BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme chats to Derby Theatre’s artistic director Sarah Brigham about the show and what the theatre is doing regarding the coronavirus outbreak. He also interviews Beth Hinton-Lever who plays Long John Silver and T J Holmes, taking the role of Israel Hands. Trea...2020-03-1400 min
British Theatre Guide podcastBTG podcast reaches 200: hear from our reviewersFor our 200th episode of the British Theatre Guide podcast, we decided to turn the microphone onto some of our longest serving reviewers to find out about how they joined BTG and some of their highlights from their time as reviewers. However this isn’t all about us, as we also asked them about the current state of theatre in their areas, how it has changed during their time reviewing and how they think it will change in the future. As our reviewers are scattered around the country, it gives an interesting picture of theatre around the UK...2020-01-131h 20
British Theatre Guide podcastScrooge flies into Derby for ChristmasDerby Theatre is bringing back a show it produced in 2014, Neil Duffield’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. For this episode, BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme chats to Oliver O’Shea who was associate director on the theatre’s last two Christmas productions, former Flying Pickets singer Gareth Williams who plays Scrooge and Aimée Kwan, taking her first professional roles as Belle and Beth. A Christmas Carol will run at Derby Theatre from 29 November until 4 January 2020. (Photo of Oliver O’Shea, Aimée Kwan and Gareth Williams, credit Steve Orme)2019-11-0800 min
British Theatre Guide podcastA gender-switched Enemy of the People in NottinghamNottingham Playhouse’s latest production is a new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People. It features Alex Kingston in the lead role of Dr Teresa Stockman. For this episode, BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme spoke to two of the actors in the play, Deka Walmsley and Donna Banya, about working with Alex Kingston, the effect gender-swapping has had on the play and how the theatre has been revitalised since Adam Penford took over as artistic director. (Photo of Deka Walmsley and Donna Banya, credit Steve Orme)2019-09-2819 min
Animation Podcasts | SkwiglySkwigly Podcast 93 (19/09/2019) - Lauren Orme, David Hutchinson, Connor Heaney & John WalshPresenting the 93rd episode of the Skwigly podcast!
In this episode we welcome:
•Lauren Orme, director of 'Creepy Pasta Salad'
•David Hutchinson, creator of the Wildbrain YouTube series 'Boy & Dragon'
•Connor Heaney & John Walsh of The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation
Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson
Interviews conducted by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson
Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell and Connor Heaney
Music by Ben Mitchell2019-09-192h 02
British Theatre Guide podcastNew management team at the RepBirmingham REP has made three major appointments and they’ve all taken up their new positions at a theatre recognised as one of the most important in the country. They’re Artistic Director Sean Foley, Deputy Artistic Director Amit Sharma and Executive Director Rachael Thomas. For this episode, BTG Midlands Editor Steve Orme spoke to the three of them about their aim to enhance the REP’s reputation as a theatre that’s relevant to all of its local communities but with a national and international outlook. (Image of Sean Foley, Rachael Thomas and Amit Sharma b...2019-09-1221 min
British Theatre Guide podcastOne Man, Two Theatres: Richard Bean's comedy in Derby and HornchurchDerby Theatre and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch are collaborating for the second time on their major autumn show and in 2019 they’ve chosen to stage Richard Bean’s One Man, Two Guvnors. For this episode, BTG Midlands Editor Steve Orme spoke to Derby Theatre’s artistic director Sarah Brigham about why she wanted to direct the farce, David O’Reilly who’s playing Francis Henshall, the part played initially by James Corden at the National Theatre in 2011, and Samantha Hull, who takes the role of Pauline Clinch. One Man, Two Guvnors will be at Derby Theatre from...2019-08-2921 min
British Theatre Guide podcastClassic Thrillers return to Nottingham Theatre RoyalThe Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season has been a regular feature at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal since 1989. An ensemble performs four plays over the space of four weeks, a short rehearsal period proving quite a challenge. In 2019, the season features plays by Frederic Knott, Francis Durbridge, Brian Clemens and Dennis Spooner and N J Crisp. In this episode, BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme speaks to Thriller Season regulars Anna Mitcham and David Martin about their experiences and what audiences can expect from the different plays. The Classic Thriller Season 2019 runs at the Theatre Royal from 30 Ju...2019-07-2818 min
BLUE HARVEST: A STAR WARS PODCASTEpisode 200: With a Little Help From Our FriendsThis week Hawes and Will celebrate four years and two hundred episodes of Blue Harvest!
Peter Mayhew, the actor responsible for bringing the mighty Chewbacca to life has passed away.
Was the synopsis for an unannounced Kylo Ren novel accidentally released?
News about the Cassian Andor series and the next Star Wars movie.
We put out the call for participation from our Blue Harvest friends and family and you guys went above and beyond! Take a journey with us as we respond to almost thirty emails and voice messages.
Featuring:
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Criss Fresh from The...2019-05-042h 22
British Theatre Guide podcastDerby Theatre takes BSL to the JungleDerby Theatre is preparing for a new adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, in an adaptation by Neil Duffield, which will be the theatre’s first ever production to full integrate BSL signing into the production. BTG’s Midlands Editor Steve Orme speaks to director Sarah Brigham about the production, followed by Ivan Stott, who wrote the songs and will play Baloo, and Caroline Parker MBE, who will play Tabaqui and be signing for other characters in the play. The Jungle Book runs from Friday 5 to Saturday 20 April 2019. Photo: Caroline Parker (Tabaqu...2019-03-3019 min
British Theatre Guide podcastNew consortium for theatre for young people stages Blackman's Noughts and CrossesA new consortium has been formed to produce new theatre for young audiences, including Pilot Theatre, Derby Theatre, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Mercury Theatre Colchester and York Theatre Royal. The first production to come out of this collaboration will be a new adaptation of former Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman's hard-hitting YA novel Noughts and Crosses, which raised issues or racism and forbidden love in an alternative version of our own world. For this episode, director Esther Richardson of Pilot Theatre spoke to BTG Midlands Editor Steve Orme on the process of adapting this popular novel to...2019-01-2725 min
British Theatre Guide podcastChristmas Crimes in LichfieldLichfield Garrick is presenting an alternative show as well as its panto this Christmas as New Old Friends will be staging the latest in its "Crimes of..." series: Crimes of the Christmas Pudding. BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme speaks to director Nel Crouch and Jill Myers who plays Belgian detective Artemis Arinae. Crimes of the Christmas Pudding runs at Lichfield Garrick from Wednesday 5 December 2018 until Saturday 5 January 2019.2018-12-0815 min
British Theatre Guide podcastHansel and Gretel follow the trail to Derby for ChristmasDerby Theatre's Christmas show for 2018 is Mike Kenny's adaptation of Hansel and Gretel from the tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. BTG Midlands Editor Steve Orme talks about the show to Derby Theatre Artistic Director Sarah Brigham, who is directing the production, and actors Craig Anderson and Yana Penrose, who play the title roles of Hansel and Gretel. Hansel and Gretel runs at Derby Theatre from Friday 30 November 2018 to Saturday 5 January 2019.2018-11-2416 min
Gareth Jones On SpeedGareth Jones On Speed #352 for 25 Oct 2018#352 Wales Rally GB in A VW Camper Pt2. Gareth records the car at Myherin then is joined by Steve and Carol Summers to watch the cars blast around The Great Orme and make history as public roads are closed to allow the cars to race right into Llandudno.2018-10-251h 00
British Theatre Guide podcastRankin's Inspector Rebus embarks on first UK tourIan Rankin's Edinburgh detective Inspector Rebus, the star of many of his novels and short stories, is about to make his first ever stage appearance in a brand new story from Rankin with playwright Rona Munro. BTG Midlands Editor Steve Orme spoke about the production to Ian by phone from his home in Edinburgh, then in person to actors Charles Lawson (Jim McDonald in Coronation Street) and John Stahl (Rickard Karstark in Game of Thrones), who play, respectively, John Rebus and his nemesis, the Edinburgh gang boss 'Big Ger' Cafferty. The world première of R...2018-09-2227 min
Digital Production BuZZDigital Production Buzz - July 26, 2018The media industry is amazingly vast. Tonight we look at creating a script, a new way to update script notes, low-cost, high-quality audio products and an in-depth look at a new media workflows using IP and how it affects broadcast, post-production and distribution. Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Maxim Jago, Steve Vitolo, Dave Willard, Tony Orme and James DeRuvo. Script-writing Software that Works Scriptation – Faster Script Revisions Great Audio at a Great Price Migrating from SDI to IP means Changes The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update 2018-07-271h 00
British Theatre Guide podcastBringing the thrills back to the Royal in NottinghamThe Theatre Royal in Nottingham is preparing for its annual Classic Thrillers Season featuring four different plays over four weeks: Peter Gordon’s Sleighed to Death, A Touch of Danger by Francis Durbridge, a new adaptation of Baroness Orczy’s The Scarlet Pimpernel by Louise Page and John Goodrum’s adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Nightmare Room. In this episode, BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme talks to Karen Henson from Tabs Productions about being back at the Theatre Royal after a year at Nottingham Playhouse due to refurbishments, and also to actors David Callister and Susan Ea...2018-07-2614 min
Digital Production BuzzDigital Production Buzz – July 26, 2018The media industry is amazingly vast. Tonight we look at creating a script, a new way to update script notes, low-cost, high-quality audio products and an in-depth look at a new media workflow over IP and how it affects broadcast, post-production and distribution.
Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Maxim Jago, Steve Vitolo, Dave Willard, Tony Orme and James DeRuvo.
Script-writing Software that Works
Scriptation - Faster Script Revisions
Great Audio at a Great Price
Migrating from SDI to IP means Changes
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update
The post Digital Production Buzz – July 26, 2018 appeared...2018-07-251h 00
Digital Production BuZZDigital Production Buzz – July 26, 2018The media industry is amazingly vast. Tonight we look at creating a script, a new way to update script notes, low-cost, high-quality audio products and an in-depth look at a new media workflow over IP and how it affects broadcast, post-production and distribution.
Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Maxim Jago, Steve Vitolo, Dave Willard, Tony Orme and James DeRuvo.
Script-writing Software that Works
Scriptation - Faster Script Revisions
Great Audio at a Great Price
Migrating from SDI to IP means Changes
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update
The post Digital Production Buzz – July 26, 2018 appeared...2018-07-251h 00
DYB PodcastEP32 Matt Orme: From Zero to $1M in just 1 Year!EP32 Matt Orme: From Zero to $1M in just 1 Year! SUMMARY: In this episode of DYB, Steve gets the chance to chat with Matt Orme of PR Painting, a company focusing mainly on commercial painting in the Philadelphia area. In his career, Matt has risen from the bottom the ranks as a painter to project manager, and eventually setting out on his own. Steve and Matt cover a wide variety of subjects applicable to any growing painting company; from mindset, starting out, and establishing infrastructure. -------------- 2018-07-0949 min
British Theatre Guide podcastFilament Theatre brings Space Rabbit down to EarthFilament Theatre's latest production is Rufus Longbottom and the Space Rabbit, which was created after the production team collaborated with more than 600 schoolchildren on ideas for characters for the new show. At the start of the show's UK tour in Derby, BTG's Midlands editor Steve Orme spoke to Filament co-founder Osnat Schmool, who co-created the project and wrote the music and lyrics, and performer and sound artist Lula Mebrahtu, who plays the titular Space Rabbit using innovative music technology. Rufus Longbottom and the Space Rabbit opened at Derby Theatre on 21 May 2018, after which it tours...2018-05-2221 min
Animation Podcasts | SkwiglySkwigly Podcast 80 (03/05/2018) - Isle of DogsPresenting the 80th episode of the Skwigly podcast!
In this episode we report from the first Cardiff Animation Festival and chat with key members of the team behind "Isle of Dogs":
•Kim Keukeleire, lead animator
•Josh Flynn, fabricator
•Kerry Dyer, head of puppet hospital
•Tim Allen, key animator
Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson with Lauren Orme and Dani Abram
Interviews conducted by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley
Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell
Music by Ben Mitchell2018-05-032h 07
RockomotionEpisodio #9El recorrido quincenal que les preparamos los llevará a disfrutar de una buena música medieval, lo mismo que una guitarra instrumental, cultura Stoner, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, un poco de Blues y para rematar Rock clásico, progresivo, Power Progressive y claro, Metal Progresivo para los más macisos.
ARK - Just A Little
Grand Mexican Warlock - It Kills Me
UFO - Rock Bottom (live) (feat. Laurence Archer)
Circus of Power - Mama Tequila
Rainbow - Fire Dance
Andromeda - Lies Are Us
Steve Vai - Celluloid Heroes
Queen - We Are The Champions (alt. take.)
Le Orme - Co...2018-03-031h 45
British Theatre Guide podcastMcKenzie and Mousley are Cartwright's Two in DerbyMidlands editor Steve Orme speaks to actors Sean McKenzie and Jo Mousley about performing Jim Cartwright's popular two-hander Two at Derby Theatre. The play, which premièred at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton in 1989, focuses on a single evening in a Northern pub, with the same two actors playing the feuding landlord and landlady as well as an array of customers who visit their establishment. Two will run at Derby Theatre from 2 to 24 March 2018. For more information.2018-03-0121 min
British Theatre Guide podcastAdam Penford on taking over Nottm PlayhouseAdam Penford has taken over as artistic director of Nottingham Playhouse. The 37-year-old had been working as a freelance director and replaces Giles Croft who had been at the helm of the Playhouse for the past 18 years. Penford tells BTG's Midlands editor Steve Orme that he was thrilled to have been given the job. (Photo of Adam Penford is by Creative by Wren)2017-10-1424 min
British Theatre Guide podcastGreat Expectations: Dickens in DerbyDerby Theatre is to produce Neil Bartlett's adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations directed by artistic director Sarah Brigham. BTG's Midlands editor Steve Orme spoke during rehearsals to Sarah about the production and about her choice of cast, before chatting to Geoffrey Breton who plays Pip and Kate Spencer who plays Estella about their roles. The production runs at Derby Theatre from 29 September to 21 October 2017.2017-09-2928 min
Brooklands Radio Surrey Business AffairsSurrey Business Affairs 6th July 2017Jackie Mitchell talks to Delia Orme, chartered account and tax advisorat Alliotts www.alliotts.com, Steve Coburn, Managing Director, Project Five, IT support for businesses www.projectfive.co.uk, Janet Shell voice coach, Talking Voice, helping business people www.talkingvoice.net and Philip Cox-Hynd from Harley Young, business consultant, author and mindfulness expert www.harley-young.co.uk2017-07-0654 minBrooklands Radio Surrey Business AffairsSurrey Business Affairs 6th July 2017Jackie Mitchell talks to Delia Orme, chartered account and tax advisorat Alliotts www.alliotts.com, Steve Coburn, Managing Director, Project Five, IT support for businesses www.projectfive.co.uk, Janet Shell voice coach, Talking Voice, helping business people www.talkingvoice.net and Philip Cox-Hynd from Harley Young, business consultant, author and mindfulness expert www.harley-young.co.uk2017-07-0654 min
British Theatre Guide podcastPinter's Betrayal in DerbyMidlands editor Steve Orme talks to Lekan Lawal, who is making his main stage directorial debut at Derby Theatre with Harold Pinter's Betrayal, and cast members Ben Addis (Robert), Kemi-Bo Jacobs (Emma) and Philip Correia (Jerry).2017-03-1222 min
British Theatre Guide podcastNew Perspectives on rural touring of classic ghost storyBTG Midlands editor Steve Orme speaks to director Theresa Keogh and artistic director Jack McNamara of Nottingham-based New Perspectives Theatre Company about their new rural touring production of M R James's classic ghost story Oh Whistle and I'll Come To You adapted by David Rudkin and also about recently working with best-selling crime writer John Harvey on Darkness, Darkness with Nottingham Playhouse.2016-11-2731 min
British Theatre Guide podcastHugh Maynard and Sophie-Louise Dann on Sweeney Todd at Derby TheatreStephen Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd—the Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a co-production between Derby Theatre and Mercury Theatre Colchester directed by Daniel Buckroyd. In this episode, BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme speaks to the two lead actors in the production: Hugh Maynard who plays Sweeney and Sophie-Louise Dann who is Mrs Lovett. Sweeney Todd is at Derby Theatre from Friday 30 September until Saturday 22 October. It then transfers to the Mercury Theatre Colchester from Wednesday 26 October until Saturday 12 November. (Rehearsal image of Hugh Maynard and Sophie-Louise Dann by Robert Day)2016-09-2423 min
British Theatre Guide podcastClassic Thriller Season at Nottingham Theatre RoyalThe Classic Thriller Season has been running at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham since 1988, produced by Colin McIntyre until his death in 2012. The season has been kept up by Tabs Productions, which has continued the format of presenting four plays over a four-week period. Karen Henson and John Goodrum of Tabs talk to Midlands Editor Steve Orme about this year's season, about continuing a long-running tradition and about their contribution to keeping the rep system alive.2016-08-0417 min
British Theatre Guide podcastVicky McClure & new John Harvey adaptation for Nottingham's Sweet VengeanceAs the Nottingham Playhouse Sweet Vengeance season is announced, BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme talks to Artistic Director Giles Croft about the season, titled "Sweet Vengeance". Also, actress Vicky McClure and director Matt Aston talk about their revival of Stephen Lowe's Touched and crime writer John Harvey discusses his experiences of creating his first work for the theatre, an adaptation of his 2014 novel Darkness, Darkness featuring his jazz-loving detective Charlie Resnick.2016-06-2026 min
British Theatre Guide podcastThe Glass Menagerie at Nottingham PlayhouseNottingham Playhouse is part of a consortium of regional theatres across the UK that are putting disabled artists and audiences at the centre of their programming in a six-year project called Ramps on the Moon. Wheelchair user Amy Trigg is to play Laura Wingfield in Nottingham Playhouse’s production of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. In this episode, BTG Midlands Editor Steve Orme speaks to Amy along with Susannah Harker, who will play her mother Amanda in the production. The Glass Menagerie, directed by Giles Croft, runs at Nottingham Playhouse from 11 to 26 Ma...2016-03-1313 min
British Theatre Guide podcastLook Back in Anger's 60th at Derby TheatreA new revival by Derby Theatre and Octagon Theatre Bolton will mark the 60th anniversary of John Osborne’s ground-breaking work Look Back in Anger. BTG Midlands Editor Steve Orme speaks to director Sarah Brigham and actor Patrick Knowles, who will play the role of Jimmy Porter, about the new production. Look Back In Anger will be at Derby Theatre from 7 to 23 March and then at Octagon Theatre in Bolton from 7 to 30 April 2016.2016-03-0618 min
British Theatre Guide podcastRobert Powell on playing King Charles III and his 50-year careerBTG Midlands editor Steve Orme talks to actor Robert Powell, who has taken over the title role in Mike Bartlett's King Charles III from Tim Pigott-Smith for a UK tour which began in September 2015. Powell talks about taking on the most difficult role he has ever played as well as looking back on his 50-year acting career, including his iconic TV performance as Jesus of Nazareth in 1977, an uncharacteristic 6-year run in hospital soap Holby City, playing comedy with Jasper Carrott and the loneliness of touring. For more information about the tour of King Charles...2015-09-2033 min
Flight Through Entirety: A Doctor Who PodcastComedy Accents (The Highlanders, The Underwater Menace, The Moonbase)Our flight through Season 4 continues, plunging underwater and crash landing on the moon with The Highlanders, The Underwater Menace and The Moonbase. Nothing in ze vorld can stop us now!
Buy the stories!
Yet again, no episodes of The Highlanders exist. However, the audio survives, of course, and has been released by the BBC with a linking narration by Frazer Hines. (Audible US) (Audible UK)
Things get even more complicated with The Underwater Menace. Episode 3 was included in the Lost in Time box set. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK). Episode 2 was rediscovered in 2011, and...2014-10-261h 10
British Theatre Guide podcastActors Shobna Gulati and Joe McGann on touring in John Godber's April in ParisActors Shobna Gulati and Joe McGann speak to BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme about touring in John Godber's two-hander April in Paris, directed by the author. Shobna Gulati is best known for playing Anita in Victoria Wood’s Dinnerladies and Sunita Alahan in Coronation Street from 2001 to 2006, a role to which she returned at the end of 2009 and departed again in 2013. Since then she has been a panellist on Loose Women. Joe McGann was Charlie Burrows, the “housekeeper”, in the hit TV comedy series The Upper Hand, which ran for six years. His major stage roles...2014-07-0519 min
British Theatre Guide podcastSarah Brigham on taking over at Derby Theatre and director Mark Babych and actor Jack Lord on its first productionSarah Brigham talks to BTG Midlands Editor Steve Orme about taking the reigns of Derby Theatre as its first artistic director since University of Derby took over the lease of the troubled former Derby Playhouse and succeeded in obtaining Arts Council funding for it in 2012. The first homegrown production from the new Derby Theatre is Lee Hall's Cooking With Elvis, and Steve talks to director Mark Babych and actor Jack Lord about the production. Babych, who was artistic director of the Octagon Theatre in Bolton for ten years, also talks about his recently-announced appointment as...2013-05-0535 min
British Theatre Guide podcastTara Fitzgerald talks about her RSC debut playing Hermione in The Winter's TalMidlands editor Steve Orme talks to actress Tara Fitzgerald, known to TV viewers as Dr Eve Lockhart in Waking the Dead and The Body Farm and for the US TV series Game of Thrones, about her Royal Shakespeare Company debut playing Hermione in The Winter's Tale.2013-02-0617 min
Spannered Radio podcastagent2 - Le OrmeWe've been trying to squeeze a mix from Lawrence (aka agent2) of London's Rebel Intelligence collective for some time now. Le Orme (meaning footprints) rocks out the kind of lush electronic tackle you'd expect from this exceptional connoisseur of early Chicago house, Detroit techno and deep dancefloor electro. If you've ever caught one of Lawrence's flawlessly programmed DJ sets, you'll be all over this.
The fledgling Rebel Intelligence label has a couple of great electro 12"s out by Matt Whitehead. Snap them up if you haven't already.
Tracklisting:
Submersible Machines - Blue Hole
Steve Summers - Dreaming in...2011-04-2359 min