Putting it Together

Fresh from taking the lead in the acclaimed People, Places and Things on its first national tour, Lisa made time to talk to me in between performances of Twelfth Night. We get to grips with being in the bubble, coming out of the bubble and not forgetting your real life whilst in the bubble. There’s... View Article

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Musical director for such productions as The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, The James Plays and more recently Midsummer and Twelfth Night, Aly describes his discovery of music and drama in deepest Ayrshire, how a night out at Kelso Folk Club turned into one of the most famous pieces of theatre to come out Scotland... View Article

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It’s been a year since I released episode 1, and in celebration of that, I’ve made a special episode which looks back over the year and highlights a few favourite moments. Please share as widely as you can! Here’s to the year ahead!

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The brilliant Katie joins me this week for episode 51 and we discuss growing up on a diet of musical theatre soundtrack albums, being an introvert and anxiety in the life of the performer. Thanks for all the retweets and lovely comments for last week’s 50th episode! Long may it continue!

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Collectively known as Noisemaker, they’re the team behind the music and lyrics of “My Left/Right Foot”, and the currently in development, “My Name is Ben”. They joined me for episode 50(!) to talk all things writing and musical theatre before they set off for the states where their new show has its premiere early next... View Article

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A prolific director of radio, TV and stage, but more importantly a pal, Marilyn joins me to share her take on art: what it’s about, what it’s for and why she loves it. Yet another hour I spent completely fascinated by one of the greats of our industry. Thanks for listening!

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Creator and performer of Hitch and Heads Up, co-writer of the recent Square Go and writer of the upcoming Mouthpiece at Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre, Kieran Hurley’s CV can’t fail to impress. But how does he do it? What is the process of actually getting the thing written. We chat about collaboration, daydreaming, discipline and the... View Article

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Fresh from a sell-out run with Birds of Paradise and National Theatre of Scotland’s “My Left Right Foot’, Richard Conlon joins me backstage at the Lyceum to chat about his work and process. How does he approach Shakespeare? Why does he relish the time between jobs just as much as the jobs themselves? And just... View Article

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Brought up in Kuwait, Colette found creativity to be the key to understanding the world, so when drama appeared as a school subject, she grabbed it with both hands. What a pleasure to share a stage with her in Twelfth Night, where she gives a powerful and magnetic performance, and to share an hour with... View Article

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The first female artistic director of Dundee Rep, not to mention director of Oliver Emanuel and Gareth Williams’ “306: Dawn”, Jemima Levick chatted with me for an hour about all things directing, casting and even the joy of the model box. Come and have a wee listen in, why don’t you? Thanks for listening!

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