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Shaping the Future by Regent Street

Elizabeth Day + Regent Street

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Launched to celebrate Regent Street’s 200th anniversary year, Shaping The Future is a cultural podcast brought to you directly from this iconic London street that has hosted and helped shaped so many of the cultural milestones over the years. Host Elizabeth Day will take you on a journey across fashion, wellness, art and design, sustainability and more, speaking to experts who are helping to mould the future of these cultural forces today.
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The HBO Original series House of the Dragon is back for Season 2 – and so is The Official Games of Thrones Podcast. Join hosts Jason Concepcion and Greta Johnsen every week for exclusive interviews with the show’s writers, cast and crew, and a whole lot of thoughts and opinions. It’s the only podcast with the inside scoop on all things House of the Dragons. The Official Game of Thrones Podcast is produced by Max Podcasts and Pineapple Street Studios.
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Moa Gammel and Henrik Björn talk about their new show. Jordskott is a gripping Nordic crime thriller that sees police investigator Eva Thörnblad drawn into a haunting mystery with dark forces at work. Hosted by Boyd Hilton at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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BAFTA winning and Academy Award® nominee Kenneth Branagh (Thor, Hamlet), Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) and Holliday Grainger (The Borgias) discuss their latest film Cinderella. Hosted by Chris Hewitt at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Multiple-award-winning visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin (Inception, Dark Knight Trilogy) discusses his work on Interstellar, for which he won the 2015 Academy and BAFTA Awards for best visual effects. Hosted by Chris Hewitt at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Stephen Fry and Will Gompertz discuss the Penguin YourFry project. Using text, audio and images from Stephen’s books The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me, a global audience were challenged with reinterpreting his work in a myriad of bold and innovative ways. Hosted by Will Gompertz at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington, writer Steven Moffat and producer Sue Vertue discuss the new series of hit BBC TV programme, Sherlock. Hosted at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London by Boyd Hilton.
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Comedian, actor and writer David Mitchell discusses Back Story - his frank and funny memoir in which he reveals how to become a comedian, how to buy underpants, the danger of lobsters, and much more. Moderated by Boyd Hilton at the Apple Store Regent Street.
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American comedian and No. 1 New York Times bestselling author David Sedaris discusses his new book, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls. David discusses the complexities of Chinese food and working with monkeys with Jonathan Ross at the Apple Store Regent Street in London.
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Actor Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones) and writer/director Simon Blake discuss their latest film. In the atmospheric thriller Still, a man's life starts to unravel as he becomes involved in a feud with a teenage gang. Hosted by Tom Huddlestone at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Actor Hugh Bonneville and director Paul King discuss their latest film, Paddington. The film follows the comic misadventures of a young Peruvian bear who travels to London in search of a home. Hosted by Chris Hewitt at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Actor Taron Egerton discusses his new film. Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organisation that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into their ultra-competitive training programme just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. Hosted by Chris Hewitt at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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CEO & Founder of ASAP54 Daniela Cecilio, CEO at farfetch.com, Jose Neves, Editor of Glamour Magazine, Jo Elvin and co founder of lastminute.com & Made.com, Brent Hoberman, discuss the growth of fashion in the social media space at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Daniel Radcliffe discusses his new film. What If is the feel-good story of medical school dropout Wallace who’s been repeatedly burned by bad relationships and decides to put his love life on hold. Hosted by Edith Bowman at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Gabriela Cowperthwaite talks about her new documentary psychological thriller Blackfish, which has the killer whale Tilikum at its centre. Blackfish highlights the often devastating consequence of keeping killer whales in captivity. Moderated by Chris Hewitt at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Academy Award and BAFTA-winning special effects supervisor Neil Corbould (Black Hawk Down) and Framestore visual effects producer Richard Graham (Iron Man 3) discuss making the visual effects behind the BAFTA-winning film, Gravity. Hosted by Chris Hewitt at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Join Cameron Diaz, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Tom Courtenay and director Michael Hoffman as they discuss their upcoming film, Gambit at the Apple Store Regent Street. In Gambit, art curator Harry Deane (Firth) enlists a Texas rodeo queen (Diaz) in a plot to con his abusive boss (Rickman) into purchasing a fake Monet painting.
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Actor Jon Hamm (Mad Men) discusses his latest film, Million Dollar Arm - an inspirational true story packed with funny moments which celebrates teamwork, commitment and what it means to be a family. Hosted by Anna Smith at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Amanda Seyfried (Letters to Juliet, Mamma Mia!), Shiloh Fernandez (Skateland), Max Irons (Dorian Gray) and director Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Thirteen) discuss the making of Red Riding Hood. Moderated by TV presenter, Jenni Falconer, at the Apple Store, Regent Street, in London.
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Actor Lennie James (The Walking Dead) discusses his new Sky 1 show. Critical follows a team of highly skilled doctors and nurses as they fight to save patients during the most life-threatening hour of their treatment. Hosted by Boyd Hilton at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Legendary Indian film actor Amitabh Bachchan discusses Eros International’s latest film and his prolific and influential career. Shamitabh tells the story of the birth of a star and the smokescreen created to fulfil a dream. Hosted by Asjad Nazir at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Renowned designer and hat maker Philip Treacy — whose creations have been worn by everyone from Grace Jones and Lady Gaga to the Royal family and the late Isabella Blow — discusses his life and career with Kinvara Balfour. Hosted at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Writer and actor Jonny Owen and actor Vicky McClure discuss their new film. Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a small-town dreamer from Wales, who moves to London with his girlfriend Michelle to pursue his dream of managing The Premature Congratulations, a talented but unsigned band. Hosted by Edith Bowman at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Musician Charlie Simpson discusses his latest album Long Road Home. Charlie has released 8 albums in 3 different guises over 12 years – from Busted to Fightstar. His recent solo work has already hit the UK Top 10. Hosted by Ian Roe at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman, hosts of the runaway hit BBC One quiz show Pointless, discuss the series and their new book The Very Pointless Quiz Book which lets you put your knowledge to the test and battle it out against your friends and family for Pointless glory. Hosted by Richard Herring at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Kinvara Balfour and award winning fashion designer Christopher Kane discuss his work at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London. Since graduating in 2006, Kane's brand, run in partnership with his sister Tammy, has become a firm fashion favourite creating collections that embody boundless creativity and innovation.
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EA SPORTS Executive Producer, Dan Box, and Arsenal midfield maestro, Aaron Ramsey, celebrate the release of FIFA 15 Ultimate Team. Aaron unveils his FIFA Ultimate Team and discusses his selections with former Arsenal legend and FIFA 15 commentator, Alan Smith, at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Comedian, actor and author Russell Brand discusses his first ever stand-up world tour, Messiah Complex. Bringing his unique, outspoken and, above all, funny observations to his latest stand-up show, Russell continues to ask the questions that nobody else does. Moderated by Boyd Hilton at the Apple Store, Regent Street.
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Comedian Kevin Hart (This Is The End, The Five Year Engagement, 40 Year Old Virgin) discusses his new film which includes performances from his sold out tour, Let Me Explain. Moderated by Craig Stevens at the Apple Store Regent Street in London.
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Jason and Greta discuss the unrest in King’s Landing as they break down the sixth episode of the season. They talk with executive producer/co-head writer Sara Hess about Rhaenyra and Alicent reckoning with the patriarchy and later, they talk with Sonoya Mizuno (Mysaria) about her character’s evolving relationship with Rhaenyra. Learn more about you…
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2024 marks twenty years since Just the Tonic venues first appeared at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, although founder Darrell Martin had been putting on shows at the festival since 2002 and started the company by running Sunday night comedy clubs in 1994. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Darrell before the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe about 20 years o…
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Jason and Greta take stock of all the key players at this point in the season and analyze the aftermath of the Battle at Rook’s Rest. They talk with Ewan Mitchell (Aemond Targaryen) about his character’s rise to power and how he was influenced by 80’s horror icons. Then director Clare Kilner shares behind-the-scenes stories of shooting the episode …
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Jason and Greta break down the epic fourth episode of the season. They talk with Eve Best (Rhaenys Targaryen) about her character’s fateful decision and later, with director/executive producer Alan Taylor on balancing the magic and horror of a battle between dragons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Jason and Greta dive into the third episode of the season. They talk with Bethany Antonia (Baela Targaryen) about dragon riding and Baela’s growing role on Team Black. Then director Geeta Vasant Patel shares how they approached shooting that final scene and offers her take on Daemon’s next moves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic…
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Writer-director Paul Hendy brings back three comedians through performers Bob Golding, Damian Williams and Simon Cartwright. Every year, the Edinburgh Fringe programme features solo performances about real people, which in the past have included Bob Golding as Eric Morecambe in Tim Whitnall’s Morecambe from 2009, Damian Williams as Tommy Cooper in …
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Hosts Jason Concepcion and Greta Johnsen discuss the explosive Season 2 premiere. They talk with Olivia Cooke (Alicent Hightower) and Phia Saban (Helaena Targaryen) about their tenuous position in King’s Landing and the crushing duties of being a mother and queen in this world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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For the last podcast episode before the Season 2 premiere, hosts Jason Concepcion and Greta Johnsen are joined once again by showrunner Ryan Condal. Together, they break down all the loose threads and shaky alliances from the end of Season 1. Jason and Greta also look ahead to Season 2 and make some predictions about where we may be headed—and who …
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Hosts Jason Concepcion and Greta Johnsen explore the greater world of Westeros. They discuss how George R.R. Martin took real history and “turned it up to 11” to create the bloody family feud in House of the Dragon. Then Jason and Greta are joined by Medieval Historian and Curator Charles Farris who consulted on Season 2 and helped bring that real …
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Hosts Jason Concepcion and Greta Johnsen go deep on the dragons of Westeros. Which team has which dragons? Which dragons are battle tested? And how much are they extensions of their riders? Jason and Greta also talk with Sound Designer Paula Fairfield, who creates the dragons’ voices using the sounds of dolphins, bison, birds, and whales. Then Jaso…
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In the first podcast episode of the new season, hosts Jason Concepcion and Greta Johnsen are joined by showrunner Ryan Condal who teases where we’re going in Season 2 of House of the Dragon. Our hosts then analyze the latest trailer and casting news. And in revisiting key moments from Season 1, they ask: what went so wrong between Rhaenyra and Alic…
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Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Scotland and The New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich are co-producing a new production of the stage musical Footloose, based on the ‘80s film of the same name that starred Kevin Bacon. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to New Wolsey Artistic Director Douglas Rintoul, who will direct the production, and Pitlochry’s Artistic D…
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The HBO Original Series House of the Dragon is back with Season 2 and so is The Official Game of Thrones Podcast. Join hosts Jason Concepcion and Greta Johnsen as they dive into the world of Westeros, break down every episode, and get behind-the-scenes intel from the show’s writers, cast, and crew. New podcast episodes launch May 22nd to get you up…
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Guildford Shakespeare Company began with an outdoor production of Much Ado About Nothing in Guildford Castle Grounds in 2006. Eighteen years on, the company is celebrating its coming of age with a production of Romeo and Juliet which mostly takes place along Guildford High Street. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to the company’s founders, Matt Pi…
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The 2024 summer season at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in London will open with a new production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night Or What You Will directed by Owen Horsley, an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company and an Associate Director for Cheek by Jowl. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Owen at a break during rehearsals …
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Actor, writer, choreographer and film-maker Lanre Malaolu’s play Samskara had a sell-out run at London’s Yard Theatre in 2022 and was subsequently published by Nick Hern Books. Now, I See is the second play of what has become a trilogy which, like the first part, examines family relationships through a modern black, British lens. BTG Editor David C…
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Actor Greg Hicks has played many leading roles at the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company over the last forty years, as well as starring on the West End and appearing on screen in films including The Mercy and Snow White and the Huntsman. He is about to perform a one-man show, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, based on a short story by …
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Danish theatre company fix+foxy premièred Dark Noon at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe which “explores one of the great American myths—the Wild West” through seven South African actors. The production will be restaged at Manchester’s Aviva Studios this spring. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to co-directors Tue Biering and Nhlanhla Mahlangu ab…
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Following Night of the Living Dead—Remix and Dracula: The Untold Story, imitating the dog is again collaborating with Leeds Playhouse, this time on a new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein co-created by Pete Brooks, Andrew Quick and Simon Wainwright. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Andrew Quick during rehearsals at Leeds Playhouse about…
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For Christmas 2023, there were two new stage adaptations of stories by Roald Dahl in the UK: The Witches at the National Theatre in London and The Enormous Crocodile at Leeds Playhouse, the first to be co-produced by the Roald Dahl Story Company. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to the company’s Artistic Director of Theatre, Jenny Worton, about wh…
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Pilot Theatre, a York-based touring company that creates theatre for young people is to tour England in February and March 2024 with an adaptation of David Almond’s book A Song for Ella Grey, written by Zoe Cooper and directed by Pilot’s Artistic Director, Esther Richardson. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Esther while the production was still…
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Physical theatre company Gecko, based in Ipswich, was founded in 2001 by Amit Lahav, who is still its Artistic Director. The company’s latest production, Kin, toured the UK in 2023 and will be at the National Theatre in London in January 2024. Amit spoke to BTG Editor David Chadderton about the origins of the production in the story of his grandmot…
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Mark Thomas is a stand-up comic whose work for stage and TV has frequently crossed over into theatre and into political activism, in some cases resulting in changes in the law. He is currently performing a show he hasn’t written himself for the first time, England & Son by award-winning playwright Ed Edwards. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Ma…
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The Prince of Egypt, the DreamWorks animated film from 1998, was brought to the West End stage in 2020 at the Dominion Theatre but had to take a break due to the COVID lockdown. It completed its run the following year when it was filmed for a cinema release. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to the show’s composer and lyricist, multi-Grammy and Aca…
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Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre and Tamasha will present Tanika Gupta’s adaptation of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens set during the Indian partition in Bengal, directed by Pooja Ghai, Artistic Director of Tamasha BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Pooja during rehearsals about the production, the history and concept behind Tamasha and …
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Dublin Theatre Festival in Ireland has been running since 1957, and Willie White has been its Artistic Director and Chief Executive since 2011. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Willie about the 2023 festival and the history and general focus of the festival. Dublin Theatre Festival runs from 28 September to 15 October 2023. After the Silence, i…
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Glasgow-based writer Nat McCleary’s play Thrown for National Theatre Scotland is set in the world of backhold wrestling and is concluding its tour of Scotland with a run at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh International Festival. It is directed by Johnny McKnight, who spoke to BTG Editor David Chadderton at the mid-point o…
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Towards the end of its summer season, Pitlochry Festival Theatre will present the world première of a new play by Peter Arnott, Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape, set in a Perthshire country house during the Scottish Independence referendum of 2014, directed by David Greig in a co-production with Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre. The main charac…
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Kimber Lee’s provocatively titled winner of the first International Award from the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2019, untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play, opened in June 2023 at the Royal Exchange Theatre as part of the Manchester International Festival and will transfer to the Young Vic in London later in the year. In the lead role of Kim is Mei …
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As 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 …
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Jenny Sealey has been artistic director of Graeae since 1997, a theatre company, which, according to its web site, “boldly places Deaf and disabled artists centre-stage in a diversity of new and existing plays”. In that time, she has directed many productions, including co-directing the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympics in London with Bradle…
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The Greenhouse is billed as the UK’s first zero-waste performance space, holding up to 50 audience members in its in-the-round venue made from found and recycled materials. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Oli Savage, Artistic Director of The Greenhouse about the challenges and joys of making theatre of all kinds in a zero-waste way. The summer…
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Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Scotland has announced a repertory season for 2023 featuring a 19-strong ensemble of actors performing in 8 different productions, starting with the musical Gypsy. While the show was still in rehearsal, BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to the two lead actors: Blythe Jandoo who plays Louise, and Shona White, who plays …
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Cornwall’s popular and highly acclaimed theatre company Kneehigh shut down in 2021, the year after its 40th anniversary. When the company closed, the Kneehigh Cookbook, an online educational resource, also closed, but it has become the basis for an ongoing archive of all of the company’s work, This is Kneehigh, hosted by Falmouth University and sup…
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David Wood OBE, described by the late great Times theatre critic Irving Wardle as “the national children’s dramatist”, has written more than 70 plays, including adaptations of books by Judith Kerr, Michelle Magorian, Philippa Pearce and Roald Dahl, as well as original plays of his own. From 1959 until 2005, David kept up regular correspondence with…
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Factory International announced the 2023 edition of the biannual Manchester International Festival at an event at New Century Hall in Manchester on 14 March. After the announcement, BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Manchester International Festival’s Artistic Director and Chief Executive John McGrath, Adam Szabo from Manchester Collective about…
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David Greig is a leading Scottish playwright and Artistic Director of Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. In 2016, he adapted The Suppliant Women, the only fully extant play in a trilogy by Aeschylus, and is now adapting the other two plays in the trilogy, even though only fragments of the originals still exist, the first of which, The Egyptians, op…
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Joe O’Byrne has been producing his own work for stage around the North West, often to great acclaim, for some years, but recently, he has been taking more work further afield than ever. This year, he will again tour his ghost story The Haunting of Blaine Manor and four of his Tales from Paradise Heights, a series of plays that share characters and …
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Jonathan Cake is an actor who has worked extensively on stage, film and television in the UK and the US, but his first love has always been theatre, and many of his friends in the business feel the same. In order to investigate what it is about theatre that keeps drawing them back, he has started a podcast, Stage Door Jonny, where he talks to some …
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During the pandemic, Peter Duncan kept the panto magic alive with his online pantomimes Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella. This year, he has created his third streamed pantomime: Pantoland. BTG’s Panto Editor Simon Sladen spoke to Peter about his foray into film-making and turning a very live genre into one that can work equally well on screen.…
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Jason and Greta host the first ever Game of Thrones Fan Convention where they speak to stars from Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. Then they’re joined by Kit Harington (who plays Jon Snow -- ever heard of him?) for a live podcast episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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London’s VAULT Festival was founded in 2012 by Andy George and Mat Burtcher in the tunnels under Waterloo Station. The lockdown due to the COVID pandemic came during the 2020 festival and resulted in the cancellation of the 2021 and 2022 festivals, but the programme has now been announced for a big return in January 2023. BTG Editor David Chadderto…
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This week, Jason and Greta reminisce about some of their favorite characters from the world of Game of Thrones who may have had a short tenure, but made a big impact. They speak to Ryan Corr (Ser Harwin Strong), Gavin Spokes (Lord Lyonel Strong) and Nanna Blondell (Lady Laena Velaryon) to discuss their time in Westeros. Learn more about your ad cho…
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Join Jason and Greta as they discuss what goes into creating the visual world of Westeros. First, they chat with hair and make-up supervisor Amanda Knight about transforming the actors into their characters. Then, production designer Jim Clay discusses how he brought his vision for creating the Realm to life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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Since 2005, Manchester-based property company Bruntwood has worked with the Royal Exchange Theatre to present the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. The 2022 ceremony was held at the Royal Exchange on 14 November. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to the three of the winners—International Award winner Rochelle Fong, North West Original New Voice winn…
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This week, Greta and Jason examine the music that shapes the world of Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. Then, they speak with the artist behind the score, Composer Ramin Djawadi to discuss the decisions that go into designing the iconic soundscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Jason and Greta still have a lot to say after the finale. In this episode, they discuss what they think could happen to Rhaenyra’s and Alicent’s relationship, their favorite characters, and negroni sbagliatos. Plus, they reflect on how the show was created behind the scenes as depicted in ‘The House that Dragons Built’ docu-series on HBO Max. Learn…
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This week Jason and Greta take on the season 1 finale and the consequences of installing someone new on the Throne. Plus, co-creator Ryan Condal returns to the podcast to discuss the struggles of power and decision-making, creating harmony between the book and the show and, of course, dragons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.…
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The new Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot, Merseyside is an Elizabethan-style theatre which opened in July 2022. However, its first production of a play by Shakespeare came later with A Midsummer Night’s Dream produced by Warrington-based associate company Not Too Tame. The production will transfer to Newcastle for a run in the Epic Space at N…
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