Sir Richard Eyre is a cornerstone of contemporary British theatre, who has given us Jonathan Pryce and Daniel Day Lewis as Hamlets, Ian Holm as King Lear, Mary Poppins in the West End and 5 Olivier awards along the way. In the first part of his chat with Jonathan, he charts his rise from a country boy with no knowledge of the form whatsoever to becoming director of the National Theatre. Along the way, we discover which legend he saw playing Hamlet on his first ever trip to see a proper play, why he got drunk on stage performing with Stephen Frears at university, how his complex relationship with his father may have informed much of his greatest work and plenty more besides ... <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Sir Richard Eyre is a cornerstone of contemporary British theatre, who has given us Jonathan Pryce and Daniel Day Lewis as Hamlets, Ian Holm as King Lear, Mary Poppins in the West End and 5 Olivier awards along the way. In the first part of his chat with Jonathan, he charts his rise from a country boy with no knowledge of the form whatsoever to becoming director of the National Theatre. Along the way, we discover which legend he saw playing Hamlet on his first ever trip to see a proper play, why he got drunk on stage performing with Stephen Frears at university, how his complex relationship with his father may have informed much of his greatest work and plenty more besides ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Richard Eyre is a cornerstone of contemporary British theatre, who has given us Jonathan Pryce and Daniel Day Lewis as Hamlets, Ian Holm as King Lear, Mary Poppins in the West End and 5 Olivier awards along the way. In the first part of his chat with Jonathan, he charts his rise from a country boy with no knowledge of the form whatsoever to becoming director of the National Theatre. Along the way, we discover which legend he saw playing Hamlet on his first ever trip to see a proper play, why he got drunk on stage performing with Stephen Frears at university, how his complex relationship with his father may have informed much of his greatest work and plenty more besides ... Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Sir Richard Eyre (Act I)

Hosted by actor Jonathan Cake, Stage Door Jonny is a podcast about theatre ... and life ... and life in the theatre. Jonathan has appeared in countless plays around the world - and made a fair few celebrated acquaintances along the way. So it is that he's assembled a formidable cast of actors, directors and writers to share their memories, reflections, discoveries, triumphs and disasters relating to this most alluring and mysterious and visceral of art forms. And because you'll be privy to conversations among great pals with a mutual passion, this is more akin to drinking at the Dress Circle Bar with some of the finest theatre artists of a generation than waiting for their autographs on a chilly rainswept backstreet in the depths of night.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

TV & Film

Arts

After Shows

Performing Arts

Hosted by actor Jonathan Cake, Stage Door Jonny is a podcast about theatre ... and life ... and life in the theatre. Jonathan has appeared in countless plays around the world - and made a fair few celebrated acquaintances along the way. So it is that he's assembled a formidable cast of actors, directors and writers to share their memories, reflections, discoveries, triumphs and disasters relating to this most alluring and mysterious and visceral of art forms. And because you'll be privy to conversations among great pals with a mutual passion, this is more akin to drinking at the Dress Circle Bar with some of the finest theatre artists of a generation than waiting for their autographs on a chilly rainswept backstreet in the depths of night. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by actor Jonathan Cake, Stage Door Jonny is a podcast about theatre ... and life ... and life in the theatre. Jonathan has appeared in countless plays around the world - and made a fair few celebrated acquaintances along the way. So it is that he's assembled a formidable cast of actors, directors and writers to share their memories, reflections, discoveries, triumphs and disasters relating to this most alluring and mysterious and visceral of art forms. And because you'll be privy to conversations among great pals with a mutual passion, this is more akin to drinking at the Dress Circle Bar with some of the finest theatre artists of a generation than waiting for their autographs on a chilly rainswept backstreet in the depths of night. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Share Sir Richard Eyre (Act I)

Sign up to save your podcasts

Sir Richard Eyre (Act I)

Sir Richard Eyre (Act I)

More shows like Stage Door Jonny

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

The Moth

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

Up First from NPR

SmartLess

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

The Rest Is Politics

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

The Rest Is Entertainment

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Wanging On with Graham Norton and Maria McErlane

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

We Have Notes with Liv Little and Miranda Sawyer