Act One Beginners Call

The second part of a two-episode dive into Olivia and Gigi's favourite musicals. This week, Gigi discusses her favourite musical: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. 

Whilst in no means comprehensive, the show's plot, music, history and more are discussed. If you would like to hear more about our other favourite musicals and thoughts on theatre, make sure you are following the Podcast wherever you listen from, and follow the show on Instagram: @Act1BeginnersCall. 

There is also an accomaponying playlist on Spotify called 'Act One Beginners Call Playlist' which has all the songs mentioned each week, availble for you to listen to!

All episodes and our playlist will be linked in our Instagram bio!

In this bonus episode, Gigi and Olivia discuss the recent screening of NBC's Hairspray Live! covering everything from the set to the acting to the book itself, they share their thoughts on the latest of the recent live recordings to be shown on ALW's 'The Shows Must Go On' channel. 

If you would like to access all the songs mentioned in this podcast episode, all previous and future episodes as well, then follow the 'Act One Beginners call Playlist' on Spotify. We are also on Instagram @act1beginnerscall where you can keep up-to-date with the podcast.

We hope you enjoy this episode, Welcome to the 60s!

This week Gigi and Olivia discuss various mishaps that have occured during their time doing theatre, sharing various experiences ranging from tech issues to injuries on stage. As well as various mishaps, they discuss the idea of miscasts - discussing what male roles they would want to play if possible. As well as this, they both miscast two Starkid shows with current actors that they think would suit the roles.

Moreover, this week has seen the introduction of the 'Act One Beginners Call Playlist' on Spotify, which contains all the songs/musicals mentioned in the Podcast thus far, and will be updated each week. To keep up-to-date with the podcast, don't forget to follow us on Spotify and on our Instagram: Act1beginnerscall

In this special boozy bonus episode, Gigi and Olivia discuss the experience that was the 1998 filmed version of Cats the Musical by Andrew LLyod Webber. Fresh after viewing it, they discuss their thoughts on the show and discuss potential future shows ALW could stream. 

This episode was recorded and edited under the influence of alcohol, so contains a small amount of explicit language. This episode may also make less sense than normal episodes (if that is possible).

It also contains discussion about topics some may find challenging, including the topic of humanoid cats.

We hope you enjoy this bonus episode and will tune back in on Saturday for Episode 3. To keep updated with the podcast, please subscribe to us on your podcast platform of choice, and follow our Instagram: @act1beginnerscall

In an attempt to keep self-isolation at bay, Gigi and Olivia bring you another episode of their podcast. In this episode, they discuss the shows that Andrew Lloyd-Webber has streamed on Youtube so far. As well as touching on controversial opinions about hits like Phantom of the Opera and Gethsemane, they also compare and discuss the works of both ALW and Sondheim. 

Episode two brings you mildly better audio and editing and a brand new section called 'what on earth is Gigi playing badly on the recorder today' in which Gigi tortures Olivia by playing recorder versions of hit musical theatre songs despite Olivia definitely not wanting this to be a thing.

We hope you enjoy this episode and please follow us on Instagram: @act1beginnerscall, to stay up to date with the podcast.

The Musical Theatre ramblings of two friends stuck in self-isolation in different houses - who normally spend their time together seeing shows in the West End. Instead, they have decided to beat the cabin-fever by attempting a podcast where they talk about the only subject they could talk for hours about - theatre!

In this first attempt at the thing called podcasting, Gigi and Olivia discuss several topics from their first and last musical theatre memories and their thoughts on the West End cast recording of Heathers.

We hope you enjoy this taste of more to come! In the mean time, please bear with us in regards to any technical issues/sound mishaps! We hope that over time, things will start sounding smoother!