Northern Stage Theatre Podcast

This week on the Northern Stage’s podcast. we talk to theatre director and actor Maria Crocker. Maria tells us about the transition from actor to director, working at the National Theatre, getting boxer as a career option, and making theatre like Gogglebox. It's a thoroughly whizzy hour.

Recorded on Monday 12th October 2020.

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Notes

Maria Crocker on Twitter: twitter.com/maria_crocker

Rachel Chavkin: http://theteamplays.org/about/core-company/rachel-chavkin/

The Team: http://theteamplays.org/

JMK Trust: https://www.jmktrust.org/

Hadestown: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/hadestown

Greyscale Theatre Company: https://www.greyscale.org.uk/

Pinocchio: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/pinocchio

John Tiffany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tiffany

Mood Music: https://www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2018/mood-music

Headlong: https://headlong.co.uk/

The Letter Room: http://www.theletterroomtheatre.co.uk/

This week we talk to writer, performer, and water drinking human Luca Rutherford. We chat about being a solo maker and how many people that requires, reading and not reading books and apple and cinnamon pancakes. It’s a properly great hour with a properly great person. Give it a listen.

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Notes

Audre Lorde - https://alp.org/about/audre

Linda Bloomfield blog - https://www.lindajbloomfield.com/news-and-blog/the-value-of-theatre-and-some-other-thoughts

Tanuja Amarasuriya - http://sleepdogs.org/

Melanie Wilson - https://melaniewilson.org.uk/

Bethany Wells - http://cargocollective.com/bethanywells

Jenni Jackson - https://www.jenniferjackson.net/

Maria Crocker - https://twitter.com/maria_crocker

Lizzie J Klotz - https://www.lizziejklotz.co.uk/

Camisado Club: https://www.camisadoclub.co.uk/ 

Luca's details: twitter: LucaRutherford | Instagram: luca_rutherford | website: www.luca-rutherford.co.uk

This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we talk to Bethan Kitchen from BRASH Theatre. BRASH make bold educational theatre for teenagers and make sex education relevant, political, and unafraid. Bethan & Mark discuss creating noise around issues that regularly get ignored, empowering young people to make decisions for themselves, the juggling act of running a company, and Married at First Sight Australia. It’s eclectic and that is a wonderful thing. Give it a listen.

Recorded on Monday 21st September 2020. 

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Notes

BRASH Theatre website: https://www.brashtheatre.co.uk/

Raising Shame: https://www.brashtheatre.co.uk/raising-shame

Streetwise: https://www.streetwisenorth.org.uk/

Roma Yagnik: https://www.romayagnik.co.uk/

Byker Audio Stories: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/Pages/FAQs/Category/byker-audio-stories

Married at First Sight Australia: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/married-at-first-sight-australia

The Northern Stage Theatre Podcast is back, back, back! This week, we talk to Anna Robinson a freelance Stage Designer/Sceneographer.  We talk about the myriad of skills needed to take an idea from a director's head and fully realise it with time constraints, multiple relationships to manage and all of the time making sure that you produce something remarkable for audiences to enjoy. 

Anna also talks about working on Scene Change - a community of theatre designers taking action for theatre - and setting up the North East Theatre Creative Network.

It’s a totally fascinating hour. Give it a listen.

Download the transcript here.

Notes

Anna Robinson: https://arobinsonscene.com/ 

Young Company: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/Pages/Category/young-people-16-21

Hackney Empire: https://hackneyempire.co.uk/ 

Peter Brooks 11 & 12: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/feb/11/11-and-12-review 

The Secret Theatre: https://secrettheatre.com/

A Streetcar Named Desire: https://lyrictheatre.co.uk/event/a-streetcar-named-desire/

Rhys Jarman: https://rhysjarman.com/

Gecko Theatre: https://www.geckotheatre.com/

The Wedding: https://www.geckotheatre.com/the-wedding 

Peter Brook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Brook

Scene Change: https://www.scene-change.com/

Scene Change at Northern Stage: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/news/designers-continue-to-wrap-theatres-in-message-of-hope

You're Dead To Me Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07mdbhg/episodes/downloads

National Geographic Tutankhamoon: https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/tuts-treasures-hidden-secrets/3vX7PKSXJd09

Disney Plus Imagineering Story: https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/the-imagineering-story/6ryoXv1e1rWW

Malcolm Gladwell's Talking To Strangers: https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Strangers-Should-about-People-ebook/dp/B07NDKVWZW

This week's episode of the Northern Stage Podcast is a must-listen for any cultural freelancers, or anyone looking to get into freelancing, or anyone who just likes a really good podcast chat. The amazing Leila D'Aronville talks about setting up the community group Tyne & Wear Cultural Freelancers, how she got into freelancing herself, her work at Sage Gateshead, and with many other great cultural initiatives, as well as appearing in front of the House of Lords, and a top tip for a great Vegan Cheesecake.

It's a simply marvelous hour of podcast goodness. Have a listen.

Download the transcript here.

Notes

Tyne & Wear Cultural Freelancers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/culturalfreelancers

Leila D'Aronville on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dangerville?s=20

Bretton Hall: https://www.bretton-hall.com/

Sage Gateshead: sagegateshead.com

Mongrel UK: https://www.facebook.com/MongrelUK/

Bridge North East: http://www.bridgenortheast.com/

Northern Roots: https://northern-roots.org.uk/

Asunder: https://www.1418now.org.uk/commissions/asunder/

Freedom City: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/archive/2018/04/freedomcityexhibition/

Jumpin Hot Club: http://www.jumpinhot.com/

Journal Culture Awards: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/journal-gazette-culture-awards-2020-17668227

Wor Culture: https://forms.ncl.ac.uk/view.php?id=8390560

Arts Council: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/

Department of Culture Media & Sport (DCMS): https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-digital-culture-media-sport

What's Next? Young Vic: https://www.whatnextculture.co.uk/chapters/young-vic/

The Cumberland Arms: http://www.thecumberlandarms.co.uk/

Simply Cheesecake: https://www.facebook.com/simplycheesecake.co.uk/

Mean Eyed Cat: https://www.meaneyedcat.co.uk/

The Cluny: https://thecluny.com/

Dynasty: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80179394

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/buffy-the-vampire-slayer

This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we have a conversation with two members of the Artistic & Creative Team behind theatre company The Six Twenty - Artistic Director Melanie Rashbrooke and Project Coordinator Steven Blackshaw.  Melanie & Steven talk about setting fire to what theatre can be by turning it into an experience that begins well before the curtain rises and long after it drops and making head-banging new theatre for a good night out.

Transcript available here.

Notes

The Six Twenty: https://thesixtwenty.com/

The Six Twenty Current Shows: Redcoat, Busy, Mixtape, The Breakfast Club & Club Six Twenty: https://thesixtwenty.com/current/

The Six Twenty Past Shows: Fans, Breakfast Heart/Choirplay & Hamlet: https://thesixtwenty.com/past-shows-events/

The Newbridge Project: https://thenewbridgeproject.com/

Live Theatre: https://www.live.org.uk/

gobscure: https://gobscure.wixsite.com/info

Coracle: https://mattjamie1.wixsite.com/coracle

Alphabetti: https://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/

The Paper Birds Theatre Company: https://www.thepaperbirds.com/

Summer Streets Festival: https://www.facebook.com/SummerStreetsFestival/

GIFT Festival: https://www.giftfestival.co.uk/

The Sims: https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims

The Awkward Yeti: https://theawkwardyeti.com/

Story of my F******* Life: https://www.instagram.com/storyofmyfuckinglife/?hl=en

GrownUpLand: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05ys9yl

Off The Menu: https://www.offmenupodcast.co.uk/

Louis Theroux Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p089sfrz/episodes/downloads

This week on the Northern Stage Podcast we talk to Annie Rigby of Unfolding Theatre. Annie talks about figuring out how to make the theatre you want to make, trying to remember the words for Talking Heads songs, and her love of darts. It’s a proper good conversation, packed full of great thinking, laughter and one that will pick you up if you need a little pick me up. Have a listen and a much needed laugh.

Download the transcript here.

Notes:

Unfolding Theatre: https://www.unfoldingtheatre.co.uk/ 

Hold On Let Go: https://www.unfoldingtheatre.co.uk/hold-on-let-go

Best In The World: https://www.unfoldingtheatre.co.uk/best-in-the-world 

Putting The Band Back Together: https://www.unfoldingtheatre.co.uk/putting-the-band-back-together

Multiverse Arcade: https://www.unfoldingtheatre.co.uk/multiverse-arcade

Clore Leadership Programme: https://www.cloreleadership.org/

Phelim McDermott: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phelim_McDermott

Improbable Theatre: https://www.improbable.co.uk/

Open Clasp Theatre Company: https://www.openclasp.org.uk/

Dodgy Clutch Theatre Company: http://dodgyclutch.com/home/

Theatre Sans Frontier: https://www.tsf.org.uk/

North East Theatre Guide: http://www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/

Amy Golding: https://curiousmonkeytheatre.com/about-us/

Curious Monkey: https://curiousmonkeytheatre.com/

Kate Craddock: https://www.britishcouncil.us/programmes/arts/generate/participants/kate-craddock

Once In A Lifetime – Talking Heads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=5IsSpAOD6K8

Paul Smith: https://twitter.com/paulsmithmusic

Battersea Arts Centre: https://www.bac.org.uk/

Richard Duffy: http://everything-theatre.co.uk/tag/richard-duffy

Ross Millard: https://twitter.com/rgtmillard

Alan Lyddiard: https://twitter.com/alanlydd

Erica Whyman: https://twitter.com/ericawhyman

Selina Thompson: https://selinathompson.co.uk/

Mariam Rezaei: https://twitter.com/mariamrezaei

Becky Owen: https://beccyowen.bandcamp.com/

Brendan Murphy: http://www.brendanmurphy.me/

Imogen Cloet: https://www.imogencloet.com/

Luca Rutherford: http://www.luca-rutherford.co.uk/

Woodhorn Museum: https://museumsnorthumberland.org.uk/woodhorn-museum/

The Quest of Missing Questions: https://museumsnorthumberland.org.uk/news/woodhorn-museum-marks-reopening-with-the-quest-of-missing-questions

Bethan Maddox: http://www.bethanmaddocks.com/

Ruth Johnson: https://www.ruthmaryjohnson.com/

Alphabetti Theatre: https://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/

Seven Stories: https://www.sevenstories.org.uk/

Dance City: https://www.dancecity.co.uk/

North East Culture Social: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/ne-culture-social

Mortal Fools: https://www.mortalfools.org.uk/

Fuel Theatre: https://fueltheatre.com/

Alison Carr: https://alisoncarr.co.uk/

Flights: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flights-WINNER-BOOKER-INTERNATIONAL-PRIZE/dp/1910695432

Drive Your Plow Over Bones: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drive-Your-Plow-over-Bones/dp/1910695718

Primeval and Other Times: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Primeval-Other-Times-Olga-Tokarczuk/dp/8086264351

Girl Woman Other: https://www.waterstones.com/book/girl-woman-other/bernardine-evaristo/9780241984994

I May Destroy You: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000jyxy/i-may-destroy-you

Gardeners World: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006mw1h/gardeners-world

GoggleBox: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/gogglebox/on-demand/62780-001

This week, Mark catches up with Alphabetti Theatre's creator and Artistic & Executive Director, Ali Pritchard. Ali tells us about wanting to be the UK's Jack Black and nearly singing for the UK at Eurovision, his skills as a plumber and accountant, and we find out more about the incredible and game changing grassroots theatre that is Alphabetti.

A truly joyous listen from start to finish, with extra special guest appearances from Rex the dog and Paula Penman. It's eclectic.

Transcript available to download here.

Notes

Alphabetti Theatre: https://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/

BETTi Recommends: https://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/bettirecommends

Alphabetti Online Performances: https://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/online-performances

Inua Ellams: http://www.inuaellams.com/

Holy Moly and the Crackers: https://www.holymolyandthecrackers.com/

'Theatre that made us' article in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jul/10/theatres-that-made-us-sophie-stone-suzi-ruffell

The Tin Ring: https://www.thetinring.com/

Academy of Contemporary Music: https://www.acm.ac.uk/

Northumbria University Theatre & Performance BA: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/study-at-northumbria/courses/ba-hons-theatre-and-performance-uustpe1/

Madlug: https://www.madlug.com/

Bonnie & the Bonnettes: https://www.bonnieandthebonnettes.co.uk/

The Dog & Parrot: http://thedogandparrot.co.uk/

Live Theatre: https://www.live.org.uk/

ARC Stockton: https://arconline.co.uk/

Woven Nest: https://www.facebook.com/wovennesttheatre/

Sunday for Sammy: https://www.sundayforsammy.org/

The Ballinger Charitable Trust: https://www.ballingercharitabletrust.org.uk/

This week, we caught up with playwright, director, Open Clasp Associate Director and clown doctor Laura Lindow. We talk to Laura about how she went from making virtuoso hot chocolates to writing such Northern Stage smash hits as The War of the Worlds and The Snow Queen and Cap-a-Pie's Woven Bones, the need for wine budgets, and the stages of the writing process including the Formless Hunch and Active Mulling. Enjoy.

Transcript available to download here.

Resource links:

Laura Lindow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tantaloupe?lang=en

Open Clasp Theatre Company: https://www.openclasp.org.uk/

Theatre Workshop Stocksbridge: https://www.edinburghguide.com/venue/theatreworkshopformer

Northumbria University Theatre & Performance BA: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/study-at-northumbria/courses/ba-hons-theatre-and-performance-uustpe1/

Live Theatre: https://www.live.org.uk/

The Empty Space: https://www.esonline.org/

Heartbreak Soup: https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/heartbreaksoup-rev

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: https://www.edfringe.com/

Leighton Live: https://www.facebook.com/leightonhall.live/

Cap-a-Pie: https://www.cap-a-pie.co.uk/

Woven Bones: https://www.cap-a-pie.co.uk/woven-bones/

Credit: https://www.cap-a-pie.co.uk/credit/

The Adam Buxton Podcast: https://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts

Spoonface Steinberg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonface_Steinberg

Key Change: https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/key-change

Writers Group - Royal Court: https://royalcourttheatre.com/playwriting/writers-groups/

The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud5jsvC1x4g

NORTH The War of the Worlds: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/feb/02/the-war-of-the-worlds-review-hg-wells

The Snow Queen: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/news/cast-and-creative-team-announced-for-the-snow-queen

A Play, A Pint and A Pie:  https://playpiepint.com/

Traverse Theatre: https://www.traverse.co.uk/

Playwrights' Studio Scotland: https://www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/

Sea Window Craster: https://twitter.com/seaskycraster?lang=en

Caroline Bird: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/caroline-bird

This week we talk to the phenomenal Erica Whyman once of Northern Stage and now the Deputy Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Erica talks to us about her experience of last 18 weeks: from closing shows while having symptoms to how she sees the future for our industry all delivered with a healthy dose of idealism. Hope you enjoy

Transcript available to download here.

Resource links:

Royal Shakespeare Company: https://www.rsc.org.uk/

The WInter's Tale: https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-winters-tale

The Comedy of Errors: https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-comedy-of-errors

Matilda: https://uk.matildathemusical.com/#coronavirus-modal

The Other Place: https://www.rsc.org.uk/your-visit/the-other-place

Shakespeare's Stratford: https://www.rsc.org.uk/your-visit/shakespeares-stratford

Southwark Playhouse: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/

Swan Theatre: https://www.rsc.org.uk/your-visit/swan-theatre

Maria Aberg: http://www.mariaaberg.com/

Project Europa: https://www.rsc.org.uk/news/projekt-europa

Gate Theatre: https://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/

The Whip: https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-whip/

Juliet Gilkes Romero: https://www.julietgilkesromero.co.uk/

The Mill Art Centre: https://www.themillartscentre.co.uk/

Scene Change: https://www.scene-change.com/

The Crucible Sheffield: https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/

Tarek Iskander: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/dec/21/new-artistic-director-of-battersea-arts-centre-is-tarek-iskander

Battersea Arts Centre: https://www.bac.org.uk/