In this week's episode, Gigi and Olivia discuss which musicals would pass the Bechdel Test - often with surprising results. 

The Bechdel test has become a benchmark of positive female respresentation in various forms of art over the years. The test has only three tenets to it, but despite this many items of work fail it. It requires:

- At least two women to talk to each other

- They talk to each other about any other topic apart from a man/romantic interest

- The women are named characters.

Often applied to Films and TV, Gigi and Olivia discuss the various popular musicals such as Hamilton, Les Mis, and Phantom, to see which pass. As well as this, we have our usual recorder segment, Shuffle of the Day and our reccomendations. These can be found on our Spotify playlist 'Act One Beginners Call Playlist' or through the link in our Instagram description: @Act1beginnerscall