StageDoorCast

Finally ! and not before time we hear you say we launch Season 2 of StageDoorCast. Well we have been waiting for things to perk up and today we talk Carousel at Regents Park Open Air Theatre, South Pacific at Chichester Festival Theatre as well as a discussion about when does re-imagining a show actually create a completely new piece of work.BIG WARNING !!! THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS. If you are waiting to see either of the above maybe wait until you have seen them and then joi...

It's our Christmas Show! And the official end of Season 1.No show reviews this time but a discussion about how we can restart our lives after the Pandemic and how our beloved Musical Theatre comes back to us. Richard shares some of his Christmas activities and Cliff recalls a cinema visit a lifetime ago. Plus we chat about what to look forward to over the Christmas period.Season 2 will start as soon as we can see a sign that Theatre can get up and running again. When that will be i...

We're half way through "Lockdown Two The Sequel", so we turn our attention to what is available as streamed content and review three recent offerings and we have suggestions for more. We think about the possibilities that may come if an effective vaccine is available and look forward to a time when real theatre is available to us all again. Cliff is brave enough to mention the C word as our next show will be early in December and we talk about the sad loss of Bobby Ball and Des O Conner who b...

Richard and Cliff are thinking about tiers this week and talking about allocation of much needed funds to artistic organisations. They look back at the long life of Herbert Kretzmer acclaimed songwriter, and best known perhaps as the lyricist for Les Miserables although his artistic output is far greater than simply that, and discuss the exciting news about the Les Mis Concert being staged in London over the Christmas period, although sadly even at the time of recording tickets are sold out.&...

We are back with a bang and we are delighted to welcome as our special guest Susie Winkworth. Susie is a professional Cellist and Arranger whose tweet streams over the past couple of weeks @winkmusicuk have garnered more than 75 thousand shares and retweets and highlight perfectly the dilemma facing the creative sector and it's mostly freelance staff of world class performers and technicians. Susie joins us to discuss the current situation and tell us about an initiative on 6th Oc...

We are still in lockdown, well mostly, so we present another special and yes eagle eyed listeners will notice that Episode 26 appears to have gone missing in action but in truth we started production on that a few weeks ago and couldn't get logistics sorted so Episode 27 it is!We review all of the current news theatrical and beyond with regard to the current crisis, discuss how we are going to get back to normality and we are delighted to welcome as our Special Guest Alistair Woodgate of Gree...

So while you are socially distancing and responsibly going out for your daily exercise may we present just about thirty minutes for your listening pleasure.We talk about the challenges that are facing the theatre world both now and in the future as hopefuly we emerge from the Corona crisis, We reflect on the problems for the amateur theatre business in the week when most spring seasons would be starting and we think about how the future might look in a few months. We also talk about the wide ...

We're in lockdown so from our respective locations we bring you a quick news update. And we need your help. We want to do a special show next time and we need a good subject being as news and reviews are currently non existent.Send your ideas and suggestions to us at [email protected] stay safe !Cliff and Rich

As you can imagine things are now a bit different here at StageDoorCast HQ but we are doing our best to bring you a show with news, views and something hopefully to take your mind off the troubles that we are all currently facing. So with appropriate Social Distancing we carry on with a couple of reviews, some news and opinion and thoughts on the future.We will return with a planned recording on April Fools day and we hope you all keep safe and well until then. Don't forget "Wash Your Hands"B...

Normally when I write these show notes I try and find a silly joke for the title but this really is a serious reflection on the state of UK Musical Theatre. Richard brings us several reviews, we talk about the sad demise of what was meant to meant to be a bright new shining light and our talking point is the end of the Epic Musical! As always we are really interested to hear your views, email us at:[email protected] a small request, if you listen to us via Apple Podcasts it would re...