Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast.

My name is Dr. James Lovelock, and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan, exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry.

Our guests today are the effervescent Joshian Angelo Omaña and the fabulous Finton Flynn, who both appeared in the UK tour of Everybody's Talking About Jamie in 2024.

We explore Joshian and Finton's experiences in the industry, including Joshian's performance as a fridge, a double-denim-wearing museum curator, and a bee in Why Am I So Single, and Finton's concert appearances as one of Lola's angels in Kinky Boots, and as a porn star in Shooting Star, a new musical.

As always, you can follow us on your favourite podcast platform, and don't forget to share this episode on social media.

Links

Joshian's instagram

Finton's instagram

James Lovelock's instagram 

Represent podcast instagram and website

New Musicals

Everybody's Talking About Jamie website Spotify Apple Music

Why Am I So Single? website, instagram, Spotify and Apple Music

The Parent Agency website

Shooting Star website  excerpts

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast.

My name is Dr. James Lovelock and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry.

Our guest today is the wonderful and versatile actor, dancer and superstar swing Owen McHugh, who recently appeared in the fabulous Why Am I So Single? at the Garrick Theatre.

We discussed what the show means to us and how it created an inclusive space for its sparkling ensemble and we also explore some of Owen's other projects including But I'm a Cheerleader and Like a Rat.

There's also a very detailed analysis of how to gender bins and curtains when rehearsing for a West End show.

As always you can follow us on your favourite podcast platform and don't forget to share this episode on social media.

Links

Owen McHugh's instagram

James Lovelock's instagram 

Represent podcast instagram and website

New musicals

Why Am I So Single? website, instagram, Spotify and Apple Music

But I'm A Cheerleader instagram and YouTube channel

'Wrestling' from But I'm A Cheerleader

Like A Rat - workshop promo

Television Shows

What It Feels Like For A Girl on BBC3

Love and Rage: Munroe Bergdof on Apple TV

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast. My name is Dr. James Lovelock, and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry.

Links

Jordan Cambridge-Taylor's instagram

Olivia O'Connor's instagram and TikTok

Dr James Lovelock's instagram

Podcast instagram and website

2008 Stuttgart production of Wicked

'For Good' - Willemijn Verkaik and Jana Stelley

'Popular' - Jana Stelley

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast.

My name is Dr James Lovelock and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan, exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry. My guests today are the fabulous writer and director Robyn Grant and her astoundingly versatile collaborator Allie Dart, who is currently appearing in the comedy about spies at the Noel Coward Theatre. Robyn and Allie are the Victoria Wood and Julie Walters of our time, appearing together in the hit musical parodies Unfortunate, The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch and Wolverine, among many other productions. Today we discuss the art of collaboration, creating inspiring rehearsal rooms and Robyn's current project, Medusa.

Links

Robyn Grant's Instagram and website

Allie Dart's Instagram

Dr James Lovelock's Instagram

Series Instagram and website

New Musicals

Unfortunate the untold story of Ursula the Sea Witch - a musical parody Trailer Instagram Spotify Apple Music

Shipton: A New British Folk Musical Instagram MT Spotlights

Tickets

Buy tickets for Unfortunate the untold story of Ursula the Sea Witch - a musical parody at the Lowry Theatre in December

Find out more about The Comedy About Spies.

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast.

My name is Dr. James Lovelock and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan, exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry.

My guest today is the iconic River Medway, star of RuPaul's Drag Race season three in the UK, and more recently a leading lady as Ariel in the outrageous musical parody Unfortunate, the untold story of Ursula the Sea Witch. We discuss River's unique pathway to representing their authentic self in musical theatre and talk about their upcoming role as Jem in Here and Now, the Steps musical.

Links

River Medway's Instagram

Represent - the queer musicals podcast Instagram

New musicals

Unfortunate the untold story of Ursula the Sea Witch - a musical parody Trailer Instagram Spotify Apple Music

House of Cleopatra - Instagram Spotify (original version) Apple Music (original version)

Here and Now - The Steps Musical - Trailer Website Instagram

Tickets

See River in the UK tour of Here and Now - The Steps Musical

See Unfortunate the untold story of Ursula the Sea Witch - a musical parody at the Lowry Theatre in December

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast. My name is Dr James Lovelock, and I’m an academic and a huge musical theatre fan exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry.

My guest today is the extraordinary actor and writer Lauryn Redding. Lauryn appeared as Nikki in the gorgeous West End musical Standing At The Sky’s Edge, and was the first writer and performer to open a show at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester after the pandemic with the wonderfully titled Bloody Elle. We discuss Lauryn’s current project Jack, based on the diaries of Anne Lister, and recent television role as Mel in Smoggie Queens, as well as exploring our hopes for female queer representation in musical theatre in the future.

Links

Lauryn Redding - Instagram Tiktok 

Dr James Lovelock - Instagram

Represent the queer musical theatre podcast - Instagram

Lauryn performs 'Open Up Your Door' from Standing at the Sky's Edge 

Standing at the Sky's Edge album and script

Bloody Elle album, script and 2021 trailer

Smoggie Queens on BBC iPlayer

Signal Musicals YouTube channel

Otherland script and trailer

I Kissed A Girl on BBC iPlayer

The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs script and trailer

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast. My name is Dr James Lovelock, and I’m an academic and a huge musical theatre fan exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry.

My guests today are the extraordinary writer Chris Bush and the fabulous actor and workshop queen Beth Hinton-Lever. Beth recently appeared in Chris’ play Otherland at the Almeida Theatre, which follows the post break-up relationship between Harry, who has recently come out as a trans woman, and Jo, who is preparing to be a mother. We talk about trans, queer and disability representation as well as exploring Chris’ beautiful musical Standing At The Sky’s Edge, Beth’s West End debut in Hadestown and an epic community musical called The Doncastrian Chalk Circle.

Links

Chris Bush's instagram

Beth Hinton-Lever's instagram

James Lovelock's instagram 

Standing at the Sky's Edge website

Buy the Standing at the Sky's Edge script from Nick Hern Books

'As the Dawn Breaks' and 'Tonight the Streets Are Ours' from Standing At The Sky's Edge (press preview)

Listen to the Standing at the Sky's Edge soundtrack on Spotify or Apple Music

Otherland website

Buy the Otherland script from Nick Hern Books

The Doncastrian Chalk Circle website

Other new LGBTQ+ theatre / musical theatre discussed in this episode

After the Act website

Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2018 production of Oklahoma! - website

One of Them Ones website

One of Them Ones script

In this week's episode from Podstream Studios in New York, Dr James Lovelock talks to actors Evan Kinnane and Ben Jackson Walker about LGBTQ+ representation on Broadway and beyond. We talk about Evan's role as Marc Hall in the 2020 production of The Louder We Get at Theatre Calgary in Canada, and about Ben's current role as Romeo in & Juliet as well as our hopes and dreams for queer musical theatre in the future.

Follow Evan on Instagram here.

Follow Ben on Instagram here.

Follow James on Instagram here.

'This Dance Is For You' from The Louder We Get

www.queermusicals.com

This episode was recorded at Podstream Studio in New York and engineered by Desta Wondirad (thanks Desta!)

In this episode, Dr James Lovelock is joined by Oliver Houser, the writer of XY and She Reached For Heaven. We talk about intersex representation in musical theatre, and the writing and development process of XY as a queer musical.

Oliver's website is here and you can follow him on Instagram here.

You can follow James on instagram here.

www.queermusicals.com

This episode was recorded at Podstream Studio in New York and engineered by Desta Wondirad (thanks Desta!)

This week's episode comes from New York's Podstream Studios, where James Lovelock chats with the amazing L Morgan Lee about her recent performance as Nina-Mae in A Complicated Woman at Goodspeed Musicals and her involvement in workshopping the new musical version of The Danish Girl.

You can find out more about L Morgan on her website and her instagram page.

James Lovelock's instagram page is here.

www.queermusicals.com

This episode was recorded at Podstream Studio in New York and engineered by Desta Wondirad (thanks Desta!)