The WhatsOnStage Podcast
By Sarah Crompton & Alex Wood
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Episodes: 118
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WhatsOnStage managing editor Alex Wood and chief theatre critic Sarah Crompton host a weekly podcast on all things theatrical. News, views, frank exchanges and lists offer an unmissable guide to what’s happening on stage (and in film and on television) now, in the past and in future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Special guest Sir Tim Rice talks Chess returning to Broadway, writing songs with Elton John - and what it’s like to be working with Andrew Lloyd Webber again
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Special guest Samantha Barks talks Les Mis, Frozen on Disney Plus and Oliver!
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Special guest James Graham on Gareth Southgate, male role models and why his next play is about the collapse of the global economy
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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What’s hot on Broadway?
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Bonus episode: the cast of Operation Mincemeat on their Broadway debuts
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Why are there never enough loos in theatres and do shows close in previews?
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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We need to talk about the Oliviers nominations
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Are stars ruining - or saving - the theatre?
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Bonus episode: Interviews with Jonathan Bailey, Hayley Atwell, Tom Hiddleston, Mason Alexander Park and Jamie Lloyd in a Shakespeare bonanza!
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Why is everyone obsessed with awards?
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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How to solve a problem like Ophelia
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Bonus episode: Imelda Staunton, Andrew Lloyd Webber and more talk WhatsOnStage Awards wins
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Can critics spoil shows?
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Bonus episode: Cameron Mackintosh, Matthew Bourne and more talk Oliver! in the West End
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Special guests Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey on the RSC's gigantic plans for the year
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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The greatest stage disasters
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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The future of West End musicals, AI reviews and Michael Sheen's next move
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Britain’s most haunted theatres, ghost lights, the future of the National and stage size headaches
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Bonus episode: Sigourney Weaver and Jamie Lloyd talk Tempest
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Will 2025 be a game-changing year for theatre?
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Top tips for shows to see in 2025 - part one
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Is Wicked the best stage-to-screen movie? What might beat it?
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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The best movies about theatre
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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What are the best stage shows of 2024?
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Bonus episode! Wilde women Sharon D Clarke, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ and Eliza Scanlen discuss the National Theatre's Importance of Being Earnest
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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The ultimate theatre stocking fillers
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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The Sex Education effect
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Santa vs Scrooge: top Christmas shows for all tastes
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Bonus episode! The Wicked movie costume designer Paul Tazewell spills his spellbinding secrets
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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164 years, 70 characters. Three actors. Three hours
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Special guest Mason Alexander Park on The Tempest, The Sandman and The Emcee
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Noël Coward was an angry young man
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Return of the Actress
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Will the West End rule over Broadway in 2025?
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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London theatre enters its tragic era
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Look back in anger - or dismay?
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Special guest James McArdle talks Tom Stoppard, Macbeth and how to save regional theatre
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Ghastly or a joy? End of an era at the National Theatre
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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The wonder of Ian McKellen
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Special guest Carrie Hope Fletcher talks love, motherhood and taking a new show on the road
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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What happens when critics get it wrong?
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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What are the unmissable shows this autumn?
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Special guest Francesca Moody talks Fleabag, Fringe and the secret to stage success
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Our favourite musical revivals
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Who wins at Edinburgh?
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Bernadette Peters: the Broadway legend on Sondheim, solo concerts and sharing a dressing room with dames
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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From Edinburgh Fringe to world domination?
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Is Death of England the great state of Britain play? Ft Roy Williams and Clint Dyer
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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What happens when a show loses its star?
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Is Andrew Lloyd Webber cool now?
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Are musicals manipulative?
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Tonys special: Light in a troubling time for Broadway + Sondheim's supremecy cemented
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Performing rights, Operation Mincemeat and amateur theatre
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) And it's goodbye from Nancy
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) Tom Holland's Romeo and Ian McKellen's Falstaff
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May 30, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) Food on stage - and guests for the dream dinner party
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May 20, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) The secrets of learning lines - plus Machinal and Love's Labour's Lost
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May 03, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) Last word on the Oliviers - and two new plays about friendship
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) Brian Cox, Patricia Clarkson, the Brontes - and why cutting the creative arts is mad
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) What's the point of critics if they can't agree?
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) Faith Healer, Keir Starmer and the arts, and the popularity of podcasts
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) A final word on the Oscars
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) Family sagas from Dear Octopus to The Simpsons
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) Hadestown, Matt Smith and the importance of speaking out
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) One Day and the appeal of romcoms
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) Is British theatre in crisis?
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway ft Jonathan Groff
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) Oscar nominations - and the wonder of Jodie Foster
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) Putting up a fight ft Kombat Kate
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) The appeal of Father Brown
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) Looking ahead in 2024
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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(ATASTTC) Six top feel-good films to watch at Christmas
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Love , music and the cold war. Plus the appointment of Indhu Rubasingham to the National Theatre
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Technical Rehearsals and the power of women on stage
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) What makes a Christmas show feel good?
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) What makes a classic?
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Hurrah for the National Theatre!
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Noel Coward and Private Lives - ft Patricia Hodge
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Good news on star ratings - and thoughts on Andrew Scott's Vanya
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Can star ratings be improved?
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Feel-everything musicals and why they work
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) End of summer catch up
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Before and after Brideshead- ft Diana Quick - part two on women and great roles
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Before and after Brideshead - ft Diana Quick - part one
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Groundhog Day, Tom Stoppard - and why actors make art
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Succession and acting on screen vs stage
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) The power of Puppets - ft Finn Caldwell
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May 22, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Dancing at Lughnasa and Brian Friel - ft Jo Stone-Fewings
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May 10, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Richard Burton and the appeal of Hamlet
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Violence on stage
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) In praise of the matinee
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Losing - and finding - your voice
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Putting Women Centre Stage
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) Dog poo, creatives and critics
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) What happens in rehearsals?
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) A visit to the Circus ft Luke Hallgarten of Revel Puck Circus
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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(ATASTTC) What makes a great Christmas show?
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) Why the arts deserve government support
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) Best of Enemies ft Jeremy Herrin
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) Theatre for kids
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) First Nights - the triumphs and disasters
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) Food for thought ft Sarah Hemming
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) A life in theatre - ft David Hare
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) The funny thing about comedy
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) Much Ado About Much Ado
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) The Queen on stage and screen
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) Previews - what's the point?
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) Theatre in the open air - and on the road
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) The Edinburgh Festival
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) Closer 25 Years On - ft Patrick Marber
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) All about Christopher Marlowe
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) What's the point of theatre awards?
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) Do critics have to weigh their words?
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) The Ian Charleson Awards
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May 22, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) Company, Oklahoma! and other great musicals - ft Rosalie Craig
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May 14, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) Donald Trump and real people on stage
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May 06, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) The Corn is Green
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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(ATASTTC) What's it like to get a no-star review?
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Apr 05, 2022 |