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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

In this episode, Dr James Lovelock chats to Jessica Aubrey and Joshua Clemetson from Wicked about their experiences as queer people in the musical theatre industry. We discuss Jessica's work on But I'm A Cheerleader and Joshua's ambition to be the first octagenerian Lola in Kinky Boots.

TW: Conversion therapy

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This episode was funded by the University of Wolverhampton.

In today's episode, Dr James Lovelock talks to Elizabeth Ayodele (Standing At The Sky's Edge) and Madeline Charlemagne (Hadestown) about the representation of black, working class women in musical theatre and the importance of diverse education in drama schools.

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Find out more about Open Door here.

Standing At The Sky's Edge is at the Gillian Lynne theatre until Saturday 3rd August - tickets are available here.

Hadestown is playing at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue - tickets are available here.

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This episode's guest is director Tania Azevedo. Tania has directed several new musicals with LGBTQ+ characters including But I'm A Cheerleader, Mayflies and A Mother's Song as well as working as an associate director on & Juliet and Heathers.

In this episode, we discuss Tania's work along with LGBTQ+ representation in the musical theatre industry.

The podcast is hosted by Dr James Lovelock.

You can find Tania's website here.

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In this episode, I am joined by David Cumming and Zoe Roberts from Spitlip to discuss the fabulous smash-hit West End musical Operation Mincemeat. We talk about how the show has been shaped by the perspectives of its creative team (and actors) to represent women and LGBTQ+ people in a story that is dominated by male characters, and we explore how the real life characters and their legacies have inspired a new generation of musical theatre fans.

Operation Mincemeat

The year is 1943 and we’re losing the war. Luckily, we’re about to gamble all our futures on a stolen corpse.

Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, Noel Coward meets Noel Fielding, Operation Mincemeat is the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II. The question is, how did a well-dressed corpse wrong-foot Hitler?

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In this episode, I chat with Roshani Abbey (& Juliet, Hamilton) and Flora Leo (Show & Tell, The Lightning Road, Stiles and Drewe Best New Song winner) about female queer representation in musical theatre and television. We discuss Triangularity, one of Flora's current writing projects as we explore new ways to tell queer stories that challenge the harmful tropes and stereotypes in queer representation.

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Find out more about Triangularity on Flora Leo's Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@FloraLeoProductions

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Today's guests are Robin Simões da Silva and Teddy Hinde from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We chat about audition processes, the opportunities for trans men in industry and Robin's musical Brother as well as the importance of queer-led companies and shows in musical theatre.

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This episode features Jo Foster, Jaz Terry and Aaron Shales, the three actors who most recently played and covered May in & Juliet in the West End. We discuss their different experiences of playing a character who is exploring gender throughout the musical, and how each actor connected with this iconic role. We also touch on different intersections with race and sexuality, and imagine a future for queer characters in musical theatre post-Juliet.

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