Big Diva Energy

Whooooo Divas!

It's nearly Hallowe'en and, as you all know, 31st October is a Diva's best friend! Dressing up, scaring children, backlighting...the list goes on.

As mentioned, we've got a very special Hallowe'en bonus episode coming out, but, until then, there's some Little Diva Energy to get to.

This episode, Holly has a breaky-d trying to compare Camden Lock to something in New York, our sweet Jade from Little Mix got her bumbum out and Holly presents her Top 3 spooky bitches (with accompanying sound board).

And of course, as per, we've got all the usual features: Excellent or Fine, Holly Reads from Mariah Carey's autobiography, Rich's Bitch and Chris' Coincidence.

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Spooky Love XOXO

Three is the magic number, Divas!

In the mould of all the great trilogies (Star Wars, the Godfathers, Mighty Ducks), not only must this third instalment tie up all remaining narrative strands, but also bring to an emotional climax the relationship between its key characters.

And that is exactly what we present here:

One hour-long climax from Holly, Tom and pod-superguest and all-round championship diva, Robert Madge.

Having just got through the flashbacks from Fosse/Verdon in Part II, we're on the home stretch as we cover the purple patch of Gwen's work with Bobby ("I wanna do Chicago"), all the way up to Fosse's untimely(?) death and the lights dimming on Broadway as the Great, White Way loses the incomparable Gwen Verdon.

Along the way, we cover the deep river of diva that flows through Chicago, discover that Shirley MacLaine was married to a clone and an actual Chris's Coincidence happens in real time.

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Kisses Three xxx

Behold, Divas!

We bring you good tidings of joy, which shall be to all divas.

But, before that, much movement has there been in the diva-verse.

Amongst other things, Little Mix's search continues and we talk about an even bigger fan than us.

The Voldemort of Culture Wars gets roundly whooped by - in her words - a "Z-List ex-soap actress".

And we debut brand-new segment: "Holly Morgan Reads from Mariah Carey's Autobiography".

Strap in.

Then, finally, we get to announce the greatest addition to the Diva of the Week canon ever. Listen up to find out who it is.

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Love you all

XOXO

Who's got the pain, Divas?

Turns out, almost everyone involved in Gwen Verdon's life.

Welcome then, to the second-act dream ballet of her story.

Doing our due diligence and making Poor Nicole proud, we continue our deep-dive into Gwen's life and find her on the cusp of meeting the most important creative and romantic partner in her life, the absolutely dreadful Bob Fosse.

Joining Holly and Tom once again is the most important creative and romantic partner in Big Diva Energy's life: the in-no-way-dreadful, double-diva, Robert Madge!

Working as a team, your hosts this week chart Verdon and Fosse's work together, from their meeting on Sweet Charity and subsequent love affair, through the personal fallout from that entanglement, all the way up to...the end of Sweet Charity. (Well, Redhead, technically. Ever heard of it?)

Along the way, we pitch a Serial-style, investigative one-man show - Dating Mariah - as well as a minute-by-minute Courtney, Take Your Break podcast.

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Kisses xx

Thank you, Divas, for joining us today,

This year’s AGM is now open.

Holly rattles through the agenda this week, mainly so she and Tom can wax lyrical about Little Mix: The Search, because Mariah’s autobiography isn’t arriving until tomorrow!!

As usual Rich has a bitch, Chris has a coincidence, and this week sees the return of new feature, “Excellent or Fine”. Who will it be? And will they be excellent? Or just fine?

Any Other Business?

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He’s been, Divas! He’s been!

That’s right, we promised you Madgic and that’s what you get, as we present this week’s guest, Their Madgesty himself - the only other two-time recipient of Diva of the Week (apart from Actual Madge) - Robert Madge is in his house!

We welcome Robert via Zoom, to talk about all things Gwen Verdon: one incredible half of the Fosse-Verdon collaboration that changed the face of musical theatre forever!

Nicole might have gone to a farm, but we’re here to guide you through the Fastest Little Tapper’s days in burlesque houses, her tutoring Marilyn Monroe on how to be sexy, all the way up to the faithful meeting with one Robert Fosse.

Along the way, we form a panel of the great and good of British Theatre to save the world, we live Julie and we are presented with the most meticulously planned rider in BDE history.

Strap in Divas, because this is a lively one!

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Mwah xx

Oops Divas,

We did it again.

We were so busy trying to celebrate our anniversary - whilst also battling a twister of a personal shitstorm - that we’ve dropped this week’s serving of husband-and-wife ramblings on all things diva really quite late. Sayeee.

There is a lot of diva news and we distractedly got around to telling you all about it eventually. But, really, we just wanted to make predictions about Madonna’s self-penned, self-directed biopic. So there’s basically a lot of that: pointless, Madonna-based conjecture. No change there then.

We thought we had a lot of structure, but really we’ve got little to none.

Hope you’re all well. Be safe, be kind, stay diva.

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Call the midwife, Divas!

We’re giving birth to our TWENTIETH full episode. The big 2-0. Blimey, hasn’t it just flown by?

…ahem.

But this week is an absolute treat. A much-requested Diva is the subject, and Holly and Tom are joined by an icon of pre-corona stages, from Soho to Stirling: the fabulous Nancy Clench is here to discuss the truly unique Madame Miriam Margolyes!

Come with the threesome on a journey through the Margolmaze and learn of Miriam’s ascent from Footlights, to the Beeb and eventually Hollywood, as well as her sexual exploits with soldiers/park wardens and her penchant for making people call her characters something a bit like her own name.

Along the way, we’ll cover such essential issues as how to wank in a tree and the perils of doing housework in the nude, as well as giving Bill Oddie a thorough verbal thrashing.

[Note: This episode was initially recorded before the end of lockdown, so apologies for some sound issues (seems those shares in Zoom were useless after all!) and some references are slightly out of date.]

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Prynhawn da, Divas,

Huge apologies for the delay in this week’s LDE, we’ve been a-tripping across the United Queendom, all the way to sunny, socially-distanced Wales and were missing a vital piece of equipment needed to bring you your regular little slice of something extra.

But, better late than never say never!

It’s not our finest week, admittedly, so, apologies. But, whilst there was not a huge amount of positive news to report this fortnight, Gaga and Ariana did burn another icon-sized hole in the Divaverse, with a banging set beamed straight from Chromatica into our liiiives.

We cover the goings on from that ceremony, as well as the latest fallout from Jim Corr being fully mad.

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xx

Hey Big Divas!

From the late sixties all the way up to present day, this week we broach the second half of DSB’s incredible life story.

Welcoming back the profoundly fabulous Paul Joseph, the gang delve into The Dame’s second and third Bond themes, her post-Propellerheads comeback and THOSE Glasto wellies.

(Trigger-warning: things get a little dark at one point, with themes of suicide.)

Along the way Holly & Tom are treated to Paul’s collection of Diva toys, the threesome bond over a shared obsession with (of course) Aldi and Tom reveals his tragic, lifelong case of “Michael Blindess”.

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