St Albans Podcast: Theatre Show

A family outing to the theatre, and a catch up with Black Box Theatre. It’s all happening this week.

Join us to to hear all about Peter Pan which is showing at The Alban Arena until 11th January. Hear the thoughts not only of Susie, but hear what the children thought too (hint – Captain Hook was a hit)

We’re also joined again by Emily from Black Box to hear about their next virtual read through, Listen in to see how you can get involved.

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Merry Christmas!

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There has already been a Christmas explosion at my house so what better time to get all festive in theatreland as well!

This week I’m joined by Adam Nichol to hear about how Ovo is bringing Peter Pan to the Alban Arena and also by Karen Thomas to hear about the festive show from Company of Ten at the Abbey Theatre The Secret Garden (live streamed and in person).

Don’t forget to get in touch with us if you want to share what you are up to or thoughts on what you have seen or done [email protected]

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We’re just over halfway through lockdown 2.0 but this time it hasn’t put a full stop on the theatre scene in St Albans. Just a few days into the restrictions we were able to sit back and watch Company of Ten’s show Relatively Speaking which was filmed beforehand in front of an audience and streamed nightly.

Emily from Blackbox theatre joins us on this weeks show to tell us about their lockdown friendly project “The Rehersal Room”. Get in touch with the team here if you want to participate this month or in the future.

There’s also a lot to look forward to as the festive period approaches. Company of Ten is planning to take us on a journey to The Secret Garden (live streamed and in person) and Maltings Theatre with Alban Arena is going on a flight of fancy with Peter Pan.

Don’t forget to get in touch with us if you want to share what you are up to or thoughts on what you have seen or done [email protected]

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Ben (and his Mum!) go down to the Maltings Theatre to watch The Regina Monologues, interviews the director, friend of the show, Anna Franklin.

The show enjoyed a sell out run!

Please note – this episode was recorded before the 4th November lockdown restrictions were announced. But if you want to enjoy some theatre from the comfort of your own home, Company of Ten is streaming its latest offering Relatively Speaking

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What a joy it is to be back at the theatre, and safely so. But for those who aren’t yet comfortable going back in person, we spoke to Company of Ten about their hybrid show programme for the new season.

In this show we also review the recent offering from Company of Ten at the Abbey Theatre, Building the Wall.

Get in touch with your plan and theatre experiences [email protected]

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Bitesize episode straight from the minds and mouths of Ben and Susie, talking about the Maltings Theatre’s grand reopening post (the first) lockdown!

Hear from Adam Nichols, Creative Director of The Maltings Arts Theatre, as he talks about what putting on the play means for him, as well as from Ben what it’s like to be watching theatre… with PEOPLE. IN A ROOM. He gives his review of ‘The 39 Steps’ from Ovo.

Tickets for ‘The 39 Steps’ are available here, til the 10th of October

Contact us on [email protected] to tell us about any upcoming shows!

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The pure joy of being back to the actual theatre could not be dampened by the rain!

Hear all about The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry V, both produced by Ovo as part of the Maltings Open Air Theatre Festival which runs until Monday 31st August. You can get tickets here.

And there’s still more to come as we talk to Jo Emery about her show Rough Sleeper which is coming to The Inn on The Park on 3 and 4 September. And tickets are available here.

Join us again for more news of shows and reviews as we enjoy getting back to the theatre again!

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Here is our first collaboration with The Company of Ten; an audio drama that is very much of our time!

Cast:
Mark: Matt Hughes-Short
Laura: Jenny Kilcast 

Sound Design – Ian Crawford 

Thanks to Philip Reardon from the Abbey Theatre for helping this exciting new project come to life.

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Words cannot express how delighted we are to bring you this show where we are able to talk to you about getting back to theatre!

Maltings Theatre is putting on a socially distant outdoor theatre festival from 14-31 August with 34 performances over the festival. We talk on this show to Adam Nichols, artistic director for Maltings Theatre about his campaign to get open air theatre approved by the government. And we hear about the show he is directing for Ovo, Merry Wives of Windsor. We are also joined by Matthew Parker, director of Ovo’s other in-house show which forms part of the festival, Henry V. As always, both have a very Ovo twist on the Bard. Tickets available by clicking HERE

If you want your drama a little closer to hom, Philip Reardon talks to Susie as well about the radio play he has directed Love in Lockdown which will air exclusively on the St Albans Podcast network from next week! Make sure you hit subscribe and it will come to you!

If you have anything you’d like to talk to us about then do get in touch: [email protected]

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Well live theatre may not yet be back on the table, but our local community theatre groups are still really active and there’s plenty to hear about in this episode of the St Albans Podcast Theatreshow.

Tune in to hear from Breakaway and their lockdown antics as well as Trestle and their #TrestleChallenges

If you want to get in touch to talk to us about your theatre activity in lockdown – running it or joining in, we’d love to hear from you!

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