Tea And Tonic

Musical Theatre Director, Dean Johnson, from Belfast, chats about studying at Guildford School of Acting, his realisation that he preferred rehearsing to performing, being nominated for an award directing Godspell at Cadogan Hall with Ramin Karimloo, turning Tony Macaulay's memoir 'Paperboy' into a musical and nurturing talent in young people at the British Theatre Academy; all over an Assam tea.

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Dance School owner, Lindsey Shelley, chats over a gin and tonic about training for 3 years at Laine Theatre Arts in Surrey, opening her dance school aged 21, gaining the Mayflower Theatre's panto contract and the benefits of dance on our wellbeing.

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Theatre Director, Sean Turner from Oxfordshire, chats about training at ALRA, grafting and crafting, how unearthing the script of Arthur Miller's first play and bringing it to audiences in London brought him worldwide media attention, directing The Play That Goes Wrong around the globe and organising open air arts festival, The New Normal Festival, following lockdown. All over a flat white!

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Technical Director at RUG, Lee Batty, chats about how his love of theatre began in his teens working at his local theatre, The Civic, in Barnsley, his first paid job on a London tour, learning his craft and working on the Olivier Awards - all over a peppermint tea.

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Business owner and teacher, Louisa Hart, from Southampton, chats about her time at drama school in London, the audition circuit, getting into the Soap Awards and how her film school for youngsters has given her a sense of fulfilment; all whilst sipping a green tea.

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Company Manager on Book of Mormon, Neil White, chats about his thirty year career working with some of the greats in theatre, including Joan Rivers and Sir Ian McKellen, and the influence Producers Sir Cameron Mackintosh and Sonia Friedman have had on him, all over a green tea.

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Theatre producer, Michael Rose from Dorset, chats about the shows he has brought to the stage over the last 40 years, getting his production, Sleepless The Musical, safely open for audiences again and why film producer Barbara Broccoli OBE has been such an influence - all over a gin and tonic.

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