On THURSDAYS we wear pink… and talk Mean Girls, Heathers, Legally Blonde AND handling the internet when it’s doing the most…

This week I’m joined by my friend – and actual real-life Regina George – Vivian Panka. We met doing the Heathers movie together (she was Heather Duke, I was New Wave Party Girl…), and now she’s leading the UK & Ireland tour of Mean Girls as Queen Bee herself.

Vivian takes us inside the *wild* audition process: going in for Gretchen, asking to be seen for Regina, last-minute recalls, and finding out she’d booked it while on holiday listening to the cast album on repeat.

We also get into some big stuff:

- Being the first black Regina George and what it means to see yourself in roles you weren’t “traditionally” cast in
- Why colour ≠ “type”, and how she’s gone from 9 to 5 to Mean Girls
- Learning English from a bootleg of High School Musical 2 (yes, really) and why everyone thinks she’s American
- The reality of Stage Door – vocal health, boundaries, safety, weird encounters and why sometimes it *is* okay to slip out the back

Hope you love this one – it’s stagey, sooo fetch and a little bit therapeutic 🫶🏼

New episodes every Thursday at 7am! 
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🎟️ See Vivian in Mean Girls (UK & Ireland Tour) – https://meangirlsmusical.com/

🎧 Watch us together in Heathers: The Musical – now streaming on Amazon Prime Video

🎟️ See me in Legally Blonde on tour!!
Book your tickets 👉🏼 https://legallyblondeshow.com

💌  Want to send your hotlines, dilemmas or questions? 
Email [email protected] or slide into the DMs @howvery_hannah

And make sure to follow the pod EVERYWHERE!
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BUY MY BOOK - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/476785/les-quizerables-by-lowther-hannah/9781529978964

Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️
Music by Joe Truscott 🎵

If you’ve watched Good American Family and found yourself obsessed with Natalia Grace… this is the girl behind her. 👀

This week I’m joined by my friend – and fellow theatre girly – Imogen Faith Reid. We met doing Panto years ago, and now she’s leading a huge drama series playing Natalia Grace. No big deal!!!

Imogen talks about going from Panto and body-double gigs to landing her first major TV role, and what it actually takes to transform into Natalia: prosthetic hands, a padded bodysuit to hide her curves, fake baby teeth, and learning to act for camera after years of big, stagey musical theatre faces.

We also get into stunt work – including the motorway car-door moment – living in LA for months, and the utterly wild day she found out Ellen Pompeo was going to play her mum(!!) plus there’s SO much more, so dive in drama queens!!

Follow Imogen on platforms: IG - https://www.instagram.com/imogenfaith__/?hl=en TT - https://www.tiktok.com/@immifaith?lang=en-GB

🎟️ Come see Legally Blonde on tour!! Book your tickets 👉🏼 https://legallyblondeshow.com/⁠

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New episodes every Thursday at 7am! Hit FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to never miss an ep ✨

💌 Want to send your hotlines, dilemmas or questions? Email [email protected] or slide into the DMs @howvery_hannah

And make sure to follow the pod EVERYWHERE! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/howvery_hannah TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@howvery_hannah

and… BUY MY BOOK https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/476785/les-quizerables-by-lowther-hannah/9781529978964

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Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️ Music by Joe Truscott 🎵

Week three of Legally Blonde rehearsals nearly finished me (🤪)… so let’s have a little debrief, shall we?! 💖

In this solo ep I’m giving you a full life update – how rehearsals are actually going, why week three is always chaos, and what it’s like setting the whole show!

Plus, I’m answering YOUR questions - like my favourite numbers from the show, the joy and pain of learning choreography, and I get really honest about stage door, nerves and boundaries. We talk about cover life, why I’m not off-book for Elle yet (and why that’s normal!), feeling shy in week one rehearsals, and the pressure of proving I’m there for more than just TikTok.

Plus: dog rehearsals with Bruiser (Sprout, the tiniest king), what happens when your acting has to make sense to a puppy, my skipping-rope trauma, and how it feels living in Leicester for seven weeks with a whole year of touring ahead…

EEK! So much to discuss… Hope you love it! 💕

🎟️ andddd come see Legally Blonde on tour!! Book your tickets 👉🏼 https://legallyblondeshow.com/⁠

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New episodes every Thursday at 7am! Hit FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to never miss an ep ✨

💌 Want to send your hotlines, dilemmas or questions? Email [email protected] or slide into the DMs @howvery_hannah

And make sure to follow the pod EVERYWHERE! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/howvery_hannah TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@howvery_hannah

and… BUY MY BOOK - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/476785/les-quizerables-by-lowther-hannah/9781529978964

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Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️ Music by Joe Truscott 🎵

West End besties on the pod alert !!

This week I’m joined by actual West End royalty and on-stage power duo Lucie Jones & David Hunter... the iconic pairing from Waitress and the world premiere of 13 Going On 30 The Musical !

We get into all of it: how they first ended up opposite each other, what makes on-stage chemistry actually work, and why generosity is the secret sauce when you’re sharing the stage.

They talk corpsing on stage and get nostalgic about the Waitress company being absolute MENACES for giggles - and I hear how you keep a show feeling fresh when you’re on performance number 247 of the week.

Lucie takes us through the long road to playing Elphaba on Wicked, whilst David spills on an iconic Jason Donovan moment.

We also talk cover life, first-day-of-rehearsals fear, the cursed “fun fact” circle, parasocial friendships, and the very real responsibility that comes with people watching everything you do online and on stage.

Hope you love it… and don’t forget to FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE wherever you’re watching and/or listening!!

📩 and email me your confessions & hotlines to: [email protected] 💌

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🎟️ SeeDavid in Beautiful Little Fools at Southwark Playhouse – tickets via https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/beautiful-little-fool/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23391641016&gbraid=0AAAAAosxaonhMUaLXhq2aOgiKX-AMJshv&gclid=Cj0KCQiA4eHLBhCzARIsAJ2NZoKeYUHkL6x6jk-dDwvhjr6c-LlW1xUsRc60UCH4hfwJYowr_KDAJxMaAkqqEALw_wcB

🎤 Grab tickets for Lucie Jones Live at the London Palladium on 16th February – https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/lucie-jones-tlp/

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🎟️ Come see Legally Blonde on tour! Book your tickets 👉🏼 https://legallyblondeshow.com/⁠

📚 BUY MY BOOK https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/476785/les-quizerables-by-lowther-hannah/9781529978964

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Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️

Music by Joe Truscott 🎵

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All You Wanna Do... is hear about Katherine Howard, right?! 💅

Well you are in LUCK because I’m getting all the SIX West End scoop from none other than stagey icon and my friend Leesa Tulley!!

Leesa’s just been announced as the new Katherine Howard in SIX in the West End (I KNOW), so we’re getting the inside story on her stage debut award, the diner dash of actual dreams (she left the Theatre Café mid-shift and was on stage an hour later), and what it’s like returning to a show you’ve lived, breathed and belted in for years – but this time as the full-time lead.

We also get into the madness of Why Am I So Single?, press night nerves, award-season awkwardness, and what happens when confetti gets stuck in your you know where. Plus: the fly that toured with us. Yes, really.

Hope you love it!

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🎟️ See Leesa in SIX from February on the West End!

https://sixthemusical.com/london/

Follow Leesa!

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🎟️ Come see Legally Blonde on tour!

Book your tickets 👉🏼 https://legallyblondeshow.com/⁠

Don’t forget to FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE wherever you’re watching and/or listening!!

📩 Email me at [email protected] 💌

📚 BUY MY BOOK https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/476785/les-quizerables-by-lowther-hannah/9781529978964

SOCIALS

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Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️

Music by Joe Truscott 🎵

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We’re so backkk! It’s my first guest ep of 2026 – and I’ve dragged the icon, the legend, the gleek supreme that is MAX BALEGDE into the How Very Hannah hot seat! 💅✨

Max is one of the funniest people on the internet (no, I won’t be taking questions at this time), and today he’s bringing pure chaotic energy as we dive into his childhood dreams, some not so pretty tour bus tales, a very niche Glee awakening… and yes, a bogey confession that will haunt me (and maybe you?!) forever 🫣 😂

We chat:

New year, same unhinged chaos. You’re welcome… 🤭✨

Follow Max

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The Useless Hotline Podcast: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@theuselesshotlinepod⁠

🎟️ Come see Legally Blonde on tour! Book your tickets 👉🏼 ⁠https://legallyblondeshow.com/⁠⁠

Don’t forget to FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE wherever you’re watching and/or listening!!

📩 Email me at ⁠[email protected]⁠ 💌

📚 BUY MY BOOK ⁠https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/476785/les-quizerables-by-lowther-hannah/9781529978964⁠

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Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️

Music by Joe Truscott 🎵

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dream role? Unlocked...💖

In this very special solo episode of How Very Hannah, I’m finally revealing my next job – and it’s a biggie.

I’ve been keeping this secret for months but the time has come… I’m joining the UK & Ireland tour of Legally Blonde the Musical as Margot, and alternate Elle Woods (!!!).

From manifesting moments in the Museum of Broadway, to self-taping “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” to crying outside my final audition - I’m spilling everything about the road to pink 🎀

I’m diving into the (slightly chaotic) audition journey, including kids accidentally watching my entire audition 👀  and talking what it means to me to be stepping into this world (hello, Thursday matinee Elle!!) 🤭

I’m so excited to take you behind the scenes of this next chapter.

🎟️ Come see Legally Blonde on tour! Book your tickets

👉🏼 https://legallyblondeshow.com/⁠

Don’t forget to FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE wherever you’re watching and/or listening

✨ New episodes every THURSDAY at 7AM!! ✨

📩 Email me at ⁠[email protected]⁠ 💌

📚 BUY MY BOOK⁠

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/476785/les-quizerables-by-lowther-hannah/9781529978964⁠

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Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️

Music by Joe Truscott 🎵

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Hannah the Elf, what’s your favourite Christmas song?!

It’s the final How Very Hannah episode of the year - and we’re going out in festive style 🎄

In this solo Christmas special, I’m reflecting on a big year of podcasting (from launching How Very Hannah to 29 episodes!?) and I’m getting well and truly in the festive spirit. Expect sleigh bells, chaotic costumes, festive phone-ins with friends, and school play flashbacks that might make you cry (with laughter).

From being a fairy in A Special Kind of Present to a rumoured voice transplant in Year 6 (true story), this ep is packed full of hilarious throwbacks, seasonal confessions, and heartfelt reflections.

There’s a listener dilemma about last-minute gift panic, a few surprise calls (yes, even from Santa), and a look back at all the wild, warm, and wonderful moments from Season 2/forever!!

Don’t forget to FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE wherever you’re watching and/or listening this christmas 🤭

✨ And we’ll be back SO SOON in 2026!!! In the meantime, I’d love for you to go back and watch (or rewatch) any eps you’ve missed and let me know which you picked ✨

📩 Email me at [email protected] 💌

AND JOIN US ON SOCIALS

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Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️

Music by Joe Truscott 🎵

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Christmas chaos INCOMING… and this one is totally unhinged in the best way 🎄💅

This week, I’m joined by the iconic (and hilarious, as this episode proves)… Rob Madge!!

You might know them from My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?), their viral childhood theatre TikToks, or from the annual Christmas madness of London’s Palladium panto – and today we’re covering all of the above and more!!

We throw it all the way back to child star days (we met in Oliver aged 11 ?! 😭), from Gavroche at the O2 to Capri Suns at house parties (don’t ask). Rob spills on how their family home videos turned into viral fame, West End leads, and a stage show that made it to BROADWAY…… No big deal 🤭🎭

We also answer a festive Hotline call about how to survive a Christmas contract (spoiler: it involves naps, pigs in blankets, and minimal socialising).

PLUS a confession about a spotlight-stealing jazz hand that had us in stitches.

Truly one of the funniest, most heartwarming chats I’ve ever had. Rob, you’re a STAR.

🎟️ GET TICKETS to the Palladium Panto: https://palladiumpantomime.com/

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Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️

Music by Joe Truscott 🎵

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It's a musical masterclass this week, because my guest is the wonderful Ore Oduba – presenter, performer, West End leading man and all-round delight! 🎤💃

From Newsround to winning Strictly Come Dancing (in 2016?!)… Ore’s spent the last decade carving out a glorious stagey path, from Grease to Rocky Horror, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Pretty Woman: The Musical, and most recently, Young Frankenstein!

And in this episode, we’re chatting:

We get deep (but also giggly), swap backstage stories, and honestly, I left this chat feeling sooo wholesome!!

Whether you’re a Strictly fan, a stagey soul or just love hearing people talk passionately about what they do – this one’s for you.

Don’t forget to FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE wherever you’re watching and/or listening 🤭 ✨

📩 Email me your confessions & hotline questions (and anything else you think we should cover on the pod!!) to [email protected] 💌

And join us on the How Very Hannah socials!!

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Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️

Music by Joe Truscott 🎵

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.