Episodes

  • Return of the Actress

    Return of the Actress
    Nov 1 2024

    Nancy’s back! Former co-host of the WhatsOnStage Podcast’s predecessor As An Actress Said to the Critic returns to talk adapting and starring in the critically acclaimed new staging of The Cabinet Minister at the Menier Chocolate Factory, and a plethora of exciting upcoming projects - including a very exciting Hamlet at the RSC…



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    31 mins
  • Will the West End rule over Broadway in 2025?

    Will the West End rule over Broadway in 2025?
    Oct 25 2024
    This week, Sarah and Alex turn their attention to the Great White Way – something that a whole raft of West End productions seem to be doing at the moment. With Operation Mincemeat, Stranger Things: The First Shadow and Tammy Faye set to join Sunset Boulevard and The Hills of California over in New York this Tony Awards season, all the signs are there… Closer to home, The Lion King’s 25th anniversary provided a poignant moment of reflection.

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    32 mins
  • London theatre enters its tragic era

    London theatre enters its tragic era
    Oct 18 2024
    As Robert Icke tackles Oedipus and Alexander Zeldin reinterprets Antigone as The Other Place, Alex and Sarah talk about the ways Greek tragedies speak to our modern age - and why great actors such as Mark Strong, Lesley Manville, Emma D’Arcy and Tobias Menzies are signing up to star. Plus: And what does it all have to do with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’ new musical?

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    31 mins
  • Look back in anger - or dismay?

    Look back in anger - or dismay?
    Oct 11 2024
    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

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    31 mins
  • Special guest James McArdle talks Tom Stoppard, Macbeth and how to save regional theatre

    Special guest James McArdle talks Tom Stoppard, Macbeth and how to save regional theatre
    Oct 4 2024
    Sarah sits down for a wide-ranging conversation with James McArdle, currently starring in The Real Thing at the Old Vic. He talks about returning to the stage, his new film, playing opposite Saoirse Ronan as the Macbeths, what he learnt from Kate Winslet - and why an actor should always be able to make you laugh. Plus a radical idea to help regional theatre.

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    36 mins
  • Ghastly or a joy? End of an era at the National Theatre

    Ghastly or a joy? End of an era at the National Theatre
    Sep 27 2024

    Sarah and Alex report from behind the scenes of the press conference at which the retiring artistic director announced his final season of work. What was the mood - and what do we think of his choices of work as he reaches the end of a decade in the hot seat?



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    28 mins
  • The wonder of Ian McKellen

    The wonder of Ian McKellen
    Sep 20 2024
    The release of The Critic, a new film starring Ian McKellen and written by Patrick Marber prompts Sarah and Alex to discuss McKellen’s passion for theatre, the fortitude of his generation of actors - and the changing face of critics. Are they really this nasty?

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    26 mins
  • Special guest Carrie Hope Fletcher talks love, motherhood and taking a new show on the road

    Special guest Carrie Hope Fletcher talks love, motherhood and taking a new show on the road
    Sep 13 2024
    In this week's special episode, Alex talks to musical theatre sensation Carrie Hope Fletcher about her career so far, her dream roles and the changes in her life and thinking since she gave birth to her daughter. Plus what makes her Love Letters tour so unique.

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    35 mins