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The Standard Theatre PodcastCreators of Six on Why Am I So Single? and our pick of the top shows to see this year…Joining us from the launch of their new musical, Why Am I So Single?, Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow talk to our chief theatre critic Nick Curtis.Nick and Nancy Durrant line up the shows they’re really excited about this year, and the ones you should totally be booking or pinning in your diary…In news they discuss the hot topics of the week: Tickets for Jamie Lloyd’s Romeo and Juliet starring Tom Holland (who’s playing Juliet?), and Trigger Warnings from Ralph Fiennes.Get in touch with us at theatrepod@standard...2024-02-1840 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastFelicity Huffman on Hir; Our Hills of California review, Tom Holland & Cara Delevingne newsOur chief theatre critic Nick Curtis meets former Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman to discuss her role in Hir at the Park Theatre.They also discuss:-Why she chose a play at one of London’s smallest theatres-Her early career, Desperate Housewives, and studying at RADA-Living in London again, how the city has changed since Huffman’s twenties, spotting celebrities-What she hopes audiences will think after seeing Hir-Will Huffman ever play a character audiences don’t hate?Nancy and the Nicks review...2024-02-1137 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastPlaza Suite, Till The Stars Come Down, Ola Ince on Othello🍰Happy birthday to The Standard Theatre Podcast! Coming up in this very special first anniversary episode, we review Plaza Suite at the Savoy theatre, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick (who also tell us about what they discuss post-show).Our chief theatre critic meets director Ola Ince at The Globe for her new revival of Othello and she tells him why she decided to relocate the Shakespeare tragedy from 16th century Venice to the Metropolitan Police of the present day.Plus, the Nicks review Till the Stars Come Down at the National Theatre, a sho...2024-02-0438 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastCruel Intentions: The 90s Musical, Six the musical, Charlie Josephine on CowboisPacked with Nineties hit music, we review the musical take on Cruel Intentions at The Other Palace, which is based on the 1999 blockbuster movie that starred Reece Witherspoon and Buffy actress Sarah Michelle Gellar.Plus, we revisit Six the musical as the show celebrates its sixth year on stage, and is now on at the Vaudeville theatre.Hear Nancy’s interview with writer Charlie Josephine, who’s also co-directing Cowbois at the Royal Court.In news, the National Theatre's summer 2024 season, Frozen the musical lets its London run go and there’s some exciti...2024-01-2835 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastAnaïs Mitchell on Hadestown's return to London [plus music]; Cowbois & The Good John Proctor reviewsAnaïs Mitchell, the creator of Hadestown, joins us to chat the musical's return to London. In a very special first for our podcast, Mitchell plays two songs from the show: Way Down Hadestown and We Raise Our Cups.Saddle up as Nancy and the Nick's ride into town (well Sloane Square) to review Cowbois at the Royal Court, and The Good John Proctor at the Jermyn Street Theatre.Elsewhere in news, we discuss the RSC’s inaugural season under Tamara Harvey and Daniel Evans, as well as the casting announcement that Adrian Dunbar, star of...2024-01-2145 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastThe Enfield Haunting and Kagami reviews; the West End's best post-show pubsThe Enfield Haunting, starring Catherine Tate and David Threlfall. Does this story of things that go bump in the night have the audiences screaming, or just the critics?The Evening Standard’s going out editor, David Ellis, pops in to tell us about the pubs you can find near West End theatres.Nick, Nick and Nancy also discuss the latest news, including Prince’s Purple Rain being adapted into a Broadway show, and Mr Bates vs The Post Office’s debt to the theatre.They also donned VR headsets to experience the mixed realit...2024-01-1436 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastStranger Things, Tuppence Middleton on playing Elizabeth Taylor, David Tennant's MacbethFrom the Noël Coward Theatre, we join Tuppence Middleton to chat about her role as Elizabeth Taylor in The Motive and the Cue, directed by Oscar-winner Sam Mendes. Middleton, who stars opposite Johnny Flynn and Mark Gatiss, tells us about being in a play about putting on a play (Hamlet on Broadway in the Sixties), her experiences with obsessive compulsive disorder, and her new memoir. Nancy and the Nicks review Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which is now on at the Phoenix Theatre, and Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse, starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo....2024-01-0739 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastThe best of London theatre in 2023, and what to expect in 2024!Indulge us please, as we look back at a year of amazing London theatre. From Nicole Scherzinger in Sunset Boulevard to Andrew Scott in Vanya, plus Guys & Dolls and Crazy for You. And of course, Joseph Fiennes in Dear England, as well as The Motive and the Cue, A Streetcar Named Desire...just to name a few.Plus, we talk about the West End shows arriving in 2024, that we are very excited about, including Plaza Suite with Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, and Charlie Josephine’s Cowbois.Many of the stars mentioned in this ep...2023-12-2436 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastJared Harris & Joe Cole for The Homecoming. Plus, our reviews of Ulster American and Cold WarThis episode discusses themes some listeners may find distressing.Jared Harris (Mad Men, Chernobyl) and Joe Cole (Gangs of London, Peaky Blinders), join us at the Young Vic to talk about their time in Harold Panter’s The Homecoming, directed by Matthew Dunster.For our reviews this week it’s Ulster American at Riverside Studios, by David Ireland and directed by Jeremy Herrin, starring Woody Harrelson, Louisa Harland and Andy Serkis. Plus for our second review, Cold War at the Almeida theatre, adapted by Conor McPherson from Pawel Pawlikowski’s award-winning 2018 film, starring Anya Chalotra and Lu...2023-12-1738 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastHattie Morahan for Ibsen’s Ghosts - plus The Homecoming & Infinite Life reviews!We’re joined by Hattie Morahan at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Hattie stars in Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts, directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins. This play is a first for Shakespeare’s Globe...And our reviews this week are:Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, directed by Matthew Dunster and stars Jared Harris (Chernobyl, Mad Men), Joe Cole (Gangs of London, Peaky Blinders), and Lisa Diveney (Call the Midwife), at the Young Vic.Infinite Life, at the National Theatre. This is by American playwright Annie Baker and directed by James Macdonald.Plus in our news portion of the show we discuss th...2023-12-1036 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastPatrick Vaill on Stranger Things - The First Shadow, & our reviews of the week!Oklahoma! star Patrick Vaill, who’s starring as Dr Brenner in the new stage production of Stranger Things - The First Shadow, joins us to discuss everything from the upside down.We review Alice Birch’s adaptation of Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, starring Dame Harriet Walter and Isis Hainsworth, directed by Rebecca Frecknall.And for our second review it’s Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer at the Orange Tree theatre in Richmond. This is a Christmas set version of the play, but is it a festive treat or a load of baubles...2023-12-0340 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastThe Witches! Luke Thallon! Two Strangers’! We’ve got it all on this week’s show…Actor Luke Thallon joins Evening Standard chief theatre critic Nick Curtis to discuss his role in Cold War at the Almeida Theatre, his fourth play at the north London venue.Nancy and the Nicks review Roald Dahl’s The Witches at the National Theatre, and Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) at the Kiln Theatre.They sprinkle in more of the goss from The 67th ES Theatre Awards – two words: Elton John – and offer their top picks of the Christmas shows to see this year.Visit standard.co.uk/cultureGet...2023-11-2639 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastSusan Wokoma, Backstairs Billy, and animals on stage!Peckham-born actress, writer, director - and contestant on the current series of Taskmaster - Susan Wokoma, joins us this week.Susan is hosting the 67th Evening Standard Theatre Awards and we get the inside scoop on how she’s feeling ahead of London theatre’s big night, whichtakes place at Claridges this Sunday.Nancy and the Nicks discuss news that Ian McKellen will play Falstaff in Robert Icke’s new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry IV parts I and II, plusCharlie Josephine’s Cowbois which is heading for the Royal Cour...2023-11-1927 minThe Standard Theatre Podcast Kenneth Branagh's King Lear, Robert Bathurst on new play, & The Time Traveller’s Wife! Robert Bathurst, star of Toast of London and Cold Feet, joins us to talk about his play Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell at the Coach & Horses pub. In conversation with Nick Curtis, they discuss James Hillier’s one-hour adaptation of the play made famous by Oscar-winner Peter O’Toole. The play focuses on the writing and wit of late Spectator journalist Jeffrey Bernard, a “notorious drinker” in the Soho journalists’ haunt, which is where the play is staged. In one episode of pub lore involving Bernard, desperate gamblers propping up the bar allegedly established a cat racing syndicate.We review...2023-11-1238 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastJenna Russell on Flowers for Mrs Harris, plus Lyonesse & The Confessions reviewsWest End stalwart Jenna Russell joins us to discuss her star role Flowers for Mrs Harris.Jenna tells us about her close relationship with late composer Stephen Sondheim, her journey into the arts when her parents struggled with money, memories of Guys & Dolls and Sunday in the Park.In this week’s reviews, Nick Curtis and Nancy Durrant discuss Penelope Skinner’s Lyonesse at the Harold Pinter Theatre - and mull on why Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James signed up for the show.Our second review features The Confessions at the National Thea...2023-11-0536 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastBernadette Peters & Lea Salonga on Sondheim’s Old Friends, plus Hamnet & Clyde’s reviewsFrom London’s Theatreland, we’re joined by Broadway and West End stars Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga at the Gielgud Theatre. The duo are performing in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, devised by Cameron Mackintosh, and directed by Matthew Bourne.Nick Curtis and Nick Clark review Hamnet, which is now on at the Garrick theatre. Then, Nancy Durrant and our chief theatre critic review Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s at the Donmar Warehouse.We join tributes to acclaimed West End producer and stage impresario Bill Kenwright, who has died.Our hosts also discuss th...2023-10-2938 minThe Standard Theatre PodcastNicole Scherzinger in Sunset Boulevard, Charlie Brooks on West End debut, Clint Dyer on the National's 60th …This week, we talk to Clint Dyer, deputy artistic director of the National Theatre, about the organisation’s 60th anniversary and how it is looking to the future.Charlie Brooks joins us at the Noel Coward theatre to talk about her role in The Ocean at the End of the Lane – the former EastEnders star’s first time on a West End stage.Nancy, Nick and Nick go to see Nicole Scherzinger in Jamie Lloyd’s Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre. Plus, Nick Curtis and Nancy review Portia Coughlan, starring Alison Oliver, at theAlm...2023-10-2243 min
TheatrePodTheatrePod COVID-19 SpecialWelcome to TheatrePod! Your number one destination for everything Theatre. Join Mark, Emily, Chris, Jacob and Elowen as they discuss local theatre, interstate theatre as well as theatre around the world. In this episode we talk about the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has affected the whole industry, theatre reviews, international theatre and online dancing platforms. Welcome to our new panel members: Emily, Jacob and Elowen!www.theatrepod.com.au@theatrepodfacebook.com/theatrepodinstagram.com/theatrepod2020-04-2350 minTheatrePodMovies, Musicals and more. Welcome to 2020!Welcome to TheatrePod! Your number one destination for everything Theatre. Join Mark, Mahalia, Chris and Josh as they discuss local theatre, interstate theatre as well as theatre around the world. Welcome to 2020! In this episode we talk movies, musicals and more. As well as our review on Cats The Movie.www.theatrepod.com.au@theatrepodfacebook.com/theatrepodinstagram.com/theatrepod2020-01-0641 minTheatrePodChristmas Special - Interview with Aaron JohnsWelcome to TheatrePod! Your number one destination for everything Theatre. Join Mark, Mahalia, Chris and Josh as they discuss local theatre, interstate theatre as well as theatre around the world. In this episode we wrap up the year that was 2019 and interview Aaron Johns on being accepted into Patrick Studios Australia in Melbourne.www.theatrepod.com.au@theatrepodfacebook.com/theatrepodinstagram.com/theatrepod2019-12-2339 minTheatrePodEpisode 7Welcome to TheatrePod! Your number one destination for everything Theatre. Join Mark, Mahalia, Chris and Josh as they discuss local theatre, interstate theatre as well as theatre around the world.www.theatrepod.com.au@theatrepodfacebook.com/theatrepodinstagram.com/theatrepod2019-12-1126 minTheatrePodBawdy Panto and More!Welcome to TheatrePod! Your number one destination for everything Theatre. Join Mark, Mahalia, Chris and Josh as they discuss local theatre, interstate theatre as well as theatre around the world. This week we caught up with Adrian and Darryl to chat about Bawdy Panto Hobart.www.theatrepod.com.au@theatrepodfacebook.com/theatrepodinstagram.com/theatrepod2019-11-1829 min
TheatrePodTasmanian Theatre Company - OleannaJoin Mark and Mahalia as they interview cast members Guy Hooper and Karen Ireson for their upcoming production of Tasmanian Theatre Company's Oleanna.Oleanna by David Mamet7th - 16th Novemer 2019Pop Up Theatre #12Coogan's Theatre79 Collins Street, HobartTickets available from: www.tastheatre.com/oleanna www.theatrepod.com.au@theatrepodfacebook.com/theatrepodinstagram.com/theatrepod2019-11-0722 minTheatrePodEpisode 4Welcome to TheatrePod! Your number one destination for everything Theatre. Join Mark, Mahalia, Chris and Josh as they discuss local theatre, interstate theatre as well as theatre around the world.www.theatrepod.com.au@theatrepodfacebook.com/theatrepodinstagram.com/theatrepod2019-11-0426 minTheatrePodMy Fair Lady and Be More ChillJoin Mark, Mahalia, Chris and Josh as they discuss local theatre, interstate theatre as well as theatre around the world.This week we interview Karen, Jack and Naarah about their upcoming production of My Fair Lady in Hobart.Fortnight Recap of local theatre.Saturation of theatre in Hobart.Hobart Repertory Theatre Society - Speaking in Tongues.Shrek The Musical Australia.Jekyll and Hyde 25th Anniversary Melbourne.Worldwide Theatre news.We interview Jacob, Elowen and Jorgia from the cast of Be More Chill coming to Hobart February 2020.www.theatrepod.com.au@theatrepodfacebook.com/theatrepodinstagram.com/theatrepod2019-10-2139 min
TheatrePodThe Rocky Horror Show Hobart 2020Damit Janet! One of the world’s favourite musicals is set to make a long awaited return to Tasmania for the first time in 34 years. John X Presents - The Rocky Horror Show in Hobart 2020. This will be the only season of Rocky Horror Show in Australia in 2020. Producers say people will be flying down to Tasmania to come and see it in the historic Theatre Royal.The story revolves around squeaky-clean sweethearts Brad and Janet knock on the door of an eerie house to use the phone after their car breaks down in the rain on a dark an...2019-10-1120 minTheatrePodPremiere PilotWelcome to the premiere of TheatrePod. Join Mark, Mahalia, Chris and Josh as they discuss local theatre, interstate theatre as well as theatre around the world.2019-10-0634 min