EP.1 - Amy Golding chats about Curious Monkey's 'HERE' This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we have a conversation with Curious Monkey's Artistic Director Amy Golding about 'HERE', a powerful new play about finding sanctuary in the unlikeliest of places. Expand Mark and Louie have a conversation with Curious Monkey's Artistic Director Amy Golding about 'HERE', a powerful new play about finding sanctuary in the unlikeliest of places. LISTEN HERE EP.1 - Podcast transcript available here.
EP.2 - Melody Sproates This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we caught up with cabaret maker and binary breaker Melody Sproates. Expand Mark and Louie caught up with cabaret maker and binary breaker Melody Sproates about their work not just on-stage but also off stage and how they have been working out how to live and work in our current situation. LISTEN HERE EP.2 - Podcast transcript available here.
EP.3 - BonBons Cabaret: The House of Love This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we chat to the House of Love, the creative force behind the BonBons Cabaret. Expand Northern Stage's Associate Director's Mark Calvert chats to the House of Love, the creative force behind the BonBons Cabaret. LISTEN HERE EP.3 - Podcast transcript available here.
EP.4 - Tales from the Smog: Scott Turnbull This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we chat with the super talented Scott Turnbull the maker behind, 'Where Do All The Dead Pigeons Go' and 'Tales From The Smog'. Expand Mark and Louie have a chat with the super talented Scott Turnbull the maker behind, 'Where Do All The Dead Pigeons Go' and 'Tales From The Smog'. LISTEN HERE EP.4 - Podcast transcript available here.
EP.5 - Where Do We Go Now? A conversation with Young Company This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we talk to some of the creative voices from Northern Stage’s Young Company. The conversation spans a number of different topics centred around the trilogy of work Young Company have been creating. Expand Mark chats to Louie Ingham, Wambui Hardcastle, Elizabeth Doyle, Mark Melville and Lee Mattinson some of the creative voices from Northern Stage’s Young Company. The conversation spans a number of different topics centred around the trilogy of work Young Company have been creating from the 2018 sell out show Where Do We Stand to the hugely successful Where Do We Belong in 2019 and this year’s production of Where Do We Go Now which was due to be welcoming an audience this week at Northern Stage. LISTEN HERE EP.5 - Podcast transcript available here.
EP.6 - These Hill Are Ours: Daniel Bye This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we have a conversation with theatre maker Dan Bye about activism, process and running really long distances. Expand Mark & Louie have a conversation with Dan Bye – a theatre maker, writer, director and ultra runner. They chat to Dan about activism, process and of course running really long distances. They also chat about his latest show These Hills Are Ours, which would have been at Northern Stage this month. LISTEN HERE EP.6 - Podcast transcript available here.
EP.7 - Shandyland part 1: Hannah Banister This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Broadcast, we speak to theatre maker Hannah Banister about directing our new co-production Shandyland. Expand Mark and Matt chat to director an theatre maker Hannah Banister about taking time, how to navigate the ups and downs, ins and outs of the theatre industry and Shandyland, our new co-production which Hannah was directing and would have been on at Northern Stage this month. Hannah is at all times funny, honest and full of clarity. It’s such a great listen… we hope you enjoy. LISTEN HERE EP.7 - Podcast transcript available here.
EP.8 - Shandyland part 2: Gareth Farr This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we chat to the Bruntwood Prize-winning Gareth Farr, the writer of Northern Stage's latest co-production Shandyland, Expand This week, we've got the sequel to last week's Shandyland episode as Mark and Matt chat to Gareth Farr, the writer of Shandyland, Gareth also wrote The Bridge, The Quiet House and Britannia Waves the Rules. It's a corker with Gareth giving a great insight into his writing process, teaching, the nerves of press night and winning the Bruntwood Prize. LISTEN HERE EP.8 - Podcast transcript available here.
EP.9 - Amsterdam: Matthew Xia This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we talk to Matthew Xia the Artistic Director of Actors Touring Company about process, rehearsal rooms and music. Expand This week, Mark & Louie talk to Matthew Xia the Artistic Director of Actors Touring Company. Matthew is a director, composer, broadcaster, journalist and DJ and one fo the first DJ’s on Radio 1 Extra and in this conversation we talk with Matthew about process, rehearsal rooms, opportunity and of course music. This is a great hour, which we hope will make you feel really energised and eager to get into a rehearsal room and make something afterwards. LISTEN HERE EP.9 - Podcast transcript available here.
EP.10 - A boss night out with Vici Wreford-Sinnott This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we have an extraordinary, funny and life-affirming conversation with Vici Wreford Sinnott, Artistic Director of Disability Art organisation Little Cog, Expand This week, Mark and Louie had an extraordinary, funny and life-affirming conversation with director, writer, teacher, activist and rebel punk rocker Vici Wreford Sinnott. Vici is the Artistic Director of Little Cog, an exciting arts organisation specialising in Disability Art, theatre, and training and in this episode we discover more about the being on the edges of the status quo, trying to bring about change with engaging and exciting work, and having a boss night out. Warning: this episode may make you cry (in a good way). LISTEN HERE EP.10 - Podcast transcript available here.
EP.11 - 'What are you prepared to give?' a conversation with Martin Hylton This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we have a conversation with Martin Hylton, Artistic Director of Gateway Studios about the stark realities and experiences of racism. Expand This week, we move to a series of conversations that explore where we find ourselves as a country, and as an interconnected world. We’re examining the role the arts, and artists, have in reflecting that world, and in making and shaping it. This conversation is between Louie and Martin Hylton, Artistic Director of Gateway Studios – joined by writer, theatre maker in the making, and Executive Assistant Humira Imtiaiz and of course, our Podcast Producer, Johnny Rothwell. This episode is an emotionally honest expression and exploration of the stark realities and difficult experiences that racism in all its forms and causes, and how we are more than ever overdue the change that we are seeking. LISTEN HERE EP.11 - Podcast transcript available here.
EP.12 - Theatre of the Oppressed a conversation with Rosa Stourac McCreery This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we speak to activist, director, writer, actor, aerialist and change maker Rosa Stourac McCreery. Expand This week we have our first international guest as Louie speaks to activist, director, writer, actor, aerialist, change maker and enabler Rosa Stourac McCreery who is all the way in Canada. Our conversation takes us through theatrical forms of Theatre of the Oppressed, community theatre, legislative theatre. Rosa also speaks about her work making theatre for social change with Cardboard Citizens and as a founding member of social enterprise skate park Dynamix. A fascinating insight into the application of theatre in different cultural and creative settings. LISTEN HERE EP.12 - Podcast transcript available here.
EP.13 - Curious Arts with Phil Douglas This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we get curious with Phil Douglas, Artistic Director of Curious Arts - a producer, curator, leader and change maker. Expand This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we get curious with Phil Douglas, Artistic Director of Curious Arts - a producer, curator, leader and change maker. In this conversation Mark talks with Phil about enabling change, following an idea that is driven by heart and moving a festival on line. Hope you enjoy. Listen here EP.13 - Podcast transcript available here.
EP.14 - Sound design with Matt Tuckey This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we talk to sound designer and artist, Matthew Tuckey. In this conversation, we talk to Matt about sound, its complexities, its abilities, and its infinite possibilities to shape stories. Expand This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, Mark and Humira talk to sound designer and artist, Matthew Tuckey. In this conversation, we talk to Matt about sound, its complexities, its abilities, and its infinite possibilities to shape stories. There are some really exciting opportunities that sound offers for the future of the theatre industry by offering other platforms to showcase the work made within the region. So please do check out Matt's webinars from the 13th to the 20th and the 27th of July - find out more here. Listen here EP. 14 Podcast Transcript available here.
EP.15 - Harambee Pasadia: Hannabiell Sanders & Yilis Suriel This week's episode is a full-on happiness injection. Mark and Louie speak to the Ambassadors of positivity and fun Hannabiell Sanders & Yilis Suriel. Expand This week's episode is a full-on happiness injection. Mark and Louie speak to the Ambassadors of positivity and fun Hannabiell Sanders & Yilis Suriel. We talk about the Harambee Pasadia festival a 4-day family camping extravaganza in celebration of diverse cultures, foods, music, artists, and fusions of the African diaspora, in a conversation packed full of great thinking, positivity and laughter, something we all need right now. Have a listen it will lift your soul Listen Here EP. 15 Podcast Transcript available here.
EP.16 - Kitchen Zoo: Hannah Goudie-Hunter and Bob Nicholson This week on the Northern Stage podcast we have a conversation with the Hannah Goudie-Hunter and Bob Nicholson the magical folks behind Kitchen Zoo. Expand This week on the Northern Stage podcast we have a conversation with the Hannah Goudie-Hunter and Bob Nicholson the magical folks behind Kitchen Zoo. Bob, Hannah & Mark chat about making processes, the demands of doing every job to get something in front of an audience and the value of family work and how it’s viewed. This is a great chance to look behind the curtain and delve into Kitchen Zoo's rehearsal room to find out just how they make their incredible shows. Special thanks to Katie Doherty and Jeremy Bradfield for the original compositions heard within this recording. Listen here EP. 16 Podcast Transcript available here.
EP.17 - The Royal Shakespeare Company's Erica Whyman This week we talk to the phenomenal Erica Whyman once of Northern Stage and now the Deputy Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Expand This week we talk to the phenomenal Erica Whyman once of Northern Stage and now the Deputy Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Erica talks to us about her experience of last 18 weeks: from closing shows while having symptoms to how she sees the future for our industry all delivered with a healthy dose of idealism. Hope you enjoy. Listen here Download the transcript here.