Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)

RHLSTP #134: Peter Serafinowicz - Brian Blessed and the Big Foot. It's the final episode of Series 10 of RHLSTP and Rich meets a bearded man who has married to find a partner (find out how he did it nerds). His guest is the laid-back and yet also intense (and rather beautiful) Peter Serafinowicz. They talk about how it's almost impossible to parody the new President of the United States, but the effective way that Peter managed it and his fears and plans should there be repercussions from the thin-skinned bellend. Also lots of chats about the two Brian Bs (Blessed and Butterfield) and how a stellar cast does not always lead to a commission. Plus behind the scenes at Guardians Of The Galaxy and Parks And Recreation and the Pudsey The Dog movie. Incredibly Adam Sandler's The Cobbler and the strange ego of Mr Tumble come up without Richard even mentioning them.

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.uk

See details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigs

Buy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com

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

RHLSTP #133: Lucy Porter - Altercation With A Shepherd. Richard is worried that he's been experimented on by aliens and about whether a litigious Egghead will be coming for him. His guest this week is pocket dynamo, Lucy Porter. They chat about their varying success on quiz shows, how Danny Dyer saved 2016, what it's like being married to a Queen-loving giant and what it's like performing in front of a room full of babies. Also, how Kitchen Karaoke and Rich with his top off led to romance and how a sheep-shearer incensed turned a comedian into a heckler.

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.uk

See details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigs

Buy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com

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

RHLSTP #132: Simon Munnery - Don't Die. Richard quizzes his audience to find how little they have done with their lives, before introducing the comedian's comedian and avant garde comedy genius, Simon Munnery. In a frank interview Simon reveal the unwritten truth of Steve Coogan's 1992 Edinburgh Fringe hospital visit, how Mark Lamarr did the bravest thing ever witnessed on stage, how Simon met his wife as a voice in the darkness during a gig that was spiralling out of control, setting up a restaurant that doesn't serve food, and what it was like to play Malcolm Hardee's legendary Tunnel Club. There's a bit where he looks like he might try to punch Richard to the floor, but instead they settle the battle of the aged Alpha males in the most manly way possible. Munnery is the comedy god, but who is the strongest? It's a thrilling podcast in many ways, and some of it maybe better watched than listened to, but luckily you can do both.

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.uk

See details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigs

Buy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com

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

RHLSTP #131: Sarah Millican - Old Man's Pants Under The Bed. Rich has just had to stand impassive in a stranger's guff for fear of looking like the one who smelt it and thus dealt it and it's been a bad day all round, but everything should be OK as it's round 5 of the verbal boxing match (that threatens to become a naked wrestling match) with Sarah Millican. They chat about Daniel Craig's bum, who invented the lifeboat, whether we only remember the times we were bullied and not the time we were the bullies, who is the bigger workaholic, whether they should both chuck in their marriages and give it a go together and the brilliant Standard Issue magazine and podcast - http://standardissuemagazine.com/. Plus stuff about snoring and dirty hotel rooms and the usual fizzling sexual tension which has everyone asking will they or won't they? And Sarah answering, 'No they won't' and Rich saying, 'Oh go on.'

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.uk

See details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigs

Buy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com

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

RHLSTP #130: Jess Thom - Biscuit. Rich meets some people who have never tried sushi before introducing Tourettes Superhero (though that's a secret) Jess Thom. It's a battle to see who will say the most inappropriate thing, but for once Richard is given a run for his money as the pair discuss the facts about Tourettes, the positive effects in terms of creativity, the gatekeeper of the brain and what it's like to be able to inadvertently create brilliant emergency questions. Plus discussion of the new Leicester Square Theatre Stair Robot (which is a real thing, though in this conversation it is sometimes tricky to tell fact from fiction), why not-yet-disabled people are so idiotic and self-defeating when it comes to access and equal rights in general and who it is who needs to a magic drug to cure them. It's a fascinating and hilarious chat with some of the best emergency question answers you are ever going to hear. For Jess' tour dates, amazing questions and brilliant non-sequiturs and according to her much much more head to http://www.touretteshero.com/.

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.uk

See details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigs

Buy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com

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

RHLSTP #129: Susan Calman - Milk Tart. Weeks have passed for you in the Donald Trump President Elect alternate universe, but this was recorded less than a week after the result and Richard and the world are trying to process what he means. He makes a bold prediction that we can only hope has come to pass, before introducing the never efficiently researched Susan Calman. There's chat about the loneliness of touring, the terror of the new world order and what it might mean for minorities and whether we need more diversity on television. It gets pretty serious in places, but there's lots of fun chat about filthy Miriam Margolyes, having a drink with Cliff Richard, eskimo rolls, Princess Anne's bun and whether it's really necessary to apologise to everyone for absolutely every joke. Support live comedy - more important now than ever. Check out Susan's tour dates at http://www.susancalman.com/tour-dates/

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.uk

See details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigs

Buy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com

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

RHLSTP #128: Tom Davis - Nervous Lord's Prayer. You have us at an advantage this week, as you know who the next US President will be and we don't. What terrible future are you in? Either way. But let's forget about that and welcome the smiling man-mountain that is Tom Davis. Suddenly he is appearing in everything, most notably the brilliantly fun Murder In Successville, but we'll find out about how he made it and what he was doing before. Are Scaffolders really the craziest of all the tradesmen? Are footballers good at anything other than football? What if Paddington was 6ft 7 and from Croydon? How healthy is Romesh Ranaganathan's poo? And how badly can you mess up a chance to play a Biblical figure in a movie? There's also another addition to the forthcoming volume, 'Stories about meeting Brian Blessed'.

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.uk

See details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigs

Buy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com

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

RHLSTP #127: Dawn French - Mmmmm Yes, Do It That Way. Rich is giddy with fanboy excitement at having one of his childhood (and adulthood) comedy heroes in the off-white seat, it's the loveliest person in the United Kingdom, Dawn French. They discuss what it is like to be in a double act where you actually like your partner, on stage vertigo, the Queen Mother's teeth, whether it's worse to lose a pet or be an orphan and a choice between getting students through their exams and international comedy fame. Richard risks derailing everything by asking the Vicar of Dibley some very inappropriate questions, but she is more than equal to them. Witches and ghosts and West Country and intergenerational rivalry feature, but can Richard make Dawn cry or reveal her evil side? Only one way to find out. If you need a Slough based chartered accountant then head to Harsh Singh's website - http://www.hfsinghandco.uk/.

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.uk

See details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigs

Buy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com

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