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59. (ATASTTC) What's the point of critics if they can't agree?
The reviews of Opening Night, a new Rufus Wainwright musical starring Sheridan Smith, have ranged from utterly brilliant to absolutely abysmal. Sara…
2 years, 2 months ago
58. (ATASTTC) Faith Healer, Keir Starmer and the arts, and the popularity of podcasts
It's been a busy time for Nancy and Sarah, with Nancy recording a new audio drama that builds on new ways of listening to plays and visiting the Roya…
2 years, 2 months ago
57. (ATASTTC) A final word on the Oscars
Nancy and Sarah have been watching the Oscars - and the Oscar-nominated films. Although Oppenheimer won most of the prizes, all this year's best pict…
2 years, 2 months ago
56. (ATASTTC) Family sagas from Dear Octopus to The Simpsons
As Dodie Smith's Dear Octopus is revived at the National Theatre, Sarah and Nancy talk about family sagas they have loved. Does Star Wars count? Is…
2 years, 2 months ago
55. (ATASTTC) Hadestown, Matt Smith and the importance of speaking out
This week Nancy and Sarah discuss criticism itself, inspired by a new, updated version of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People starring Matt Smith which en…
2 years, 3 months ago
54. (ATASTTC) One Day and the appeal of romcoms
Nancy and Sarah are hooked on One Day, the Netflix adaptation of David Nicholls' best-selling novel. What is it that makes it so great and why are r…
2 years, 3 months ago
53. (ATASTTC) Is British theatre in crisis?
As the Young Vic's Kwame Kwei-Armah becomes the latest in a list of artistic directors to announce they are leaving the theatres they have run with g…
2 years, 3 months ago
52. (ATASTTC) Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway ft Jonathan Groff
In this special episode from the US, Nancy and Sarah talk to the legendary Jonathan Groff, currently starring on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim's Merri…
2 years, 4 months ago
51. (ATASTTC) Oscar nominations - and the wonder of Jodie Foster
As the Oscar nominations are announced, Sarah and Nancy ask whether 13 nominations for Oppenheimer, the treatment of Barbie and the omission of Greta…
2 years, 4 months ago
50. (ATASTTC) Putting up a fight ft Kombat Kate
Nancy and Sarah talk to their special guest Kate Waters, aka Kombat Kate, one of a handful of female fight directors working in the UK today. She's …
2 years, 4 months ago