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34. Will 2025 be a game-changing year for theatre?
With Stephen Sondheim’s last musical, Michael Shannon and Ruth Wilson teaming up, Evita returning to the West End, a bumper year at the National Thea…
1 year, 5 months ago
33. Top tips for shows to see in 2025 - part one
From a new Hamlet to Jonathan Bailey as Richard II, or from Cate Blanchett and Emma Corrin in Chekhov to Brie Larson and Rami Malek in contrasting Gr…
1 year, 5 months ago
32. Is Wicked the best stage-to-screen movie? What might beat it?
As the musical Wicked becomes a big screen sensation, Sarah and Alex talk about the challenges and pleasures of transferring a stage show to a movie …
1 year, 5 months ago
31. The best movies about theatre
With the release of Sing Sing, a film about the power of theatre in prison, in time for the awards season, Sarah and Alex chose their top three backs…
1 year, 5 months ago
30. What are the best stage shows of 2024?
As the theatrical year comes to an end with The Tempest, Sarah and Alex look back on the hits of the last 12 months from The Years to Fiddler on the …
1 year, 5 months ago
29. Bonus episode! Wilde women Sharon D Clarke, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ and Eliza Scanlen discuss the National Theatre's Importance of Being Earnest
In a fantastic additional episode, WhatsOnStage's intrepid deputy editor Tom Millward hopped to the National to meet three of the stars of The Import…
1 year, 5 months ago
28. The ultimate theatre stocking fillers
Al Pacino, Hadestown, Sunset Boulevard, a new Sondheim deepdive, Lin-Manuel Miranda and more are among Sarah and Alex’s top books and vinyls for Chri…
1 year, 5 months ago
27. The Sex Education effect
In a new episode, Sarah and Alex mull on the National Theatre's bold new take on Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest led by Sex Education a…
1 year, 6 months ago
26. Santa vs Scrooge: top Christmas shows for all tastes
Alex takes the role of Santa and Sarah finds her inner Scrooge to round up the top Xmas fare whether your mood is full of joy or melancholy - or a bi…
1 year, 6 months ago
25. Bonus episode! The Wicked movie costume designer Paul Tazewell spills his spellbinding secrets
In this bonus episode of the WhatsOnStage Podcast, Features Editor Tanyel Gumushan sits down with the award-winning designer Paul Tazewell, who has w…
1 year, 6 months ago