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161. The Best Plays of the Century Part Four: the years 2006/7
In part four of the series, Sarah and Alex discuss the mighty War Horse, sublime new work from Complicité, incredible Scottish writing and blistering…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
160. Bonus episode: What is the future of new musicals?
Alex Wood comes to you from the Musical Theatre Conference 2026 at the Soho Theatre Walthamstow - a huge event that saw writers, producers and venue …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
159. Are retooled classics muscling out new work?
A new version of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House gets Sarah and Alex thinking about new writing. Plus a stage musical of Thelma and Louise has been announced.…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
158. Bonus episode: Behind-the-scenes at the Olivier Awards with Rachel Zegler, Elaine Paige, Rosamund Pike and the Paddington team
It was a huge night at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday as the Olivier Awards took place – with seven awards going to the much-loved Paddington The Mu…
6 months ago
157. Inter Alia and legal drama on stage, and Man Utd and Leeds teams made up of actors
Sarah and Alex are inspired by Rosamund Pike’s starry performance in Susie Miller’s Inter Alia to think of other great dramas about the law. And ahea…
6 months ago
156. Bonus episode: Calam Lynch and Noah Ritter discuss the Fifth Beatle in Please Please Me
On this bonus episode, we talk to Calam Lynch and Noah Ritter, two of the stars of Please Please Me, Tom Wright's play about Brian Epstein, often kno…
6 months, 1 week ago
155. It was a tragic week for love on stage
Sarah has been hither and thither this week reviewing very long plays (with some very late endings) – with Romeo and Juliet starring Sadie Sink and N…
6 months, 1 week ago
154. Bonus episode: Sadie Sink, Noah Jupe, Clare Perkins and Clark Gregg talk time-hopping Romeo and Juliet
Two rising stars in the acting world, Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe, are headlining a brand new production of Romeo and Juliet. We sit down to chat to the…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
153. Bonus episode: Bumper interview bonanza with Hayley Atwell, Bryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Rebecca Lucy Taylor
Welcome to this bonus episode of the WhatsOnStage Podcast! Our brilliant deputy editor Tom Millward has been busy recently, interviewing the great an…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
152. What kind of plays win prizes?
Awards season is trundling along with the Standard Theatre Awards and the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards all happening in the same week. If that's no…
6 months, 2 weeks ago