So, here we are. Flying solo, albeit hopefully temporarily. In this first episode of series 3 we welcome actor, writer, producer and director Lucinda Sinclair to Two Lines. We talk about her short film "Pretty" and the questions it raises about body image. We also talk about her new web series "Tea One Sugar".

Lucy, as we call her because we're familiar, also talks about the time she took out of acting when she started a family and the struggles that she faced to get back in, why she specialises in film and television, her role in a pivotal episode of Coronation Street and she answers the all important question as to whether she has ever had Two Lines in Doctors.

Lucy can be found on Twitter @LucindaSinclai1 and on Instagram @Lucinda.Sinclair. Her production company can be found on Twitter @FilmPretty

Two Lines in Doctors can be found on Twitter @twolinesdoctors, on Instagram @twolinesindoctors and on Facebook at Two Lines in Doctors

We're back after a small layoff and Prue has an announcement to make. After which, we interview Julie Root and Prue Griffiths.....? Hang on......

Yes, we interview Julie and Prue about Root & Branch Productions next play, In The Bones, as well as the genesis of the theatre company and theatre in Huddersfield in general.

We also discuss whether we will ever get a listener in Stratford-upon-Avon. And there is a mention about the closing of 53Two.

We can be found on social media on:

Facebook: Two Lines in Doctors

Instagram: twolinesindoctors

Twitter: @twolinesdoctors

Root & Branch can be found at:

Facebook: Root & Branch Productions

Instagram: rootandbranchproductions

Twitter: @root_branchprod

DON'T PANIC!!!! We're not going anywhere. However, we are scaling back Two Lines in Doctors a little. To learn why, give us a quick listen.

This week we are delighted to be joined by Jen Banks who has founded Monologue Mondays in Salford. You can go and join in Monologue Mondays at The Eagle Inn in Salford on the first Monday of each month. Details here: https://twitter.com/MonMonManc

Jen also discusses her acting and writing career, her earlier career as a stand up and journalist in that there London, performing two multi character roles AT THE SAME TIME and what she is planning to do in the future. Clue: If you internet date, this may be for you.

Steve and Prue did discuss what they have been up to but for reasons that will become quickly apparent, you won't get to here any of this.

And we've beeped out our first swear word. Potty mouthed Steve.

This week we travel to Huddersfield (well, technically Steve travelled to Huddersfield. Prue already lives there) to interview Emily Brown of Make, DO and Lee Martyn and Jake Pratt of Off The Cuff Theatre Company, two Huddersfield based theatre companies committed to putting on their own shows and championing new work. They discuss the pitfalls of aiming too high too soon, of the work that they are creating and if there is any difficulty in getting your name out there when you are based in a provincial city. Although there is nothing wrong with provincial cities.

Prue and Steve also moan about being fifty or over, as they usually do, and discuss what they have been up to over the past fortnight.

We've talked about him a lot on the podcast and this week we are delighted to say that we are joined by Daniel Bradford. He talks about his career, the classes that he runs and their ethos, the physical journey that led him to Manchester and what the future holds for Play With Fire Productions now that Hope Studios is closing.

And he also confirms whether he has ever had 'Two Lines in Doctors'.

Prue and Steve also talk about Prue's involvement in Off Cut - The Short Play Festival and Steve's almost involvement in it as well as Steve's leaky toilet. It's not all glamour you know.

Play With Fire Productions can be found at:

https://www.playwithfireproductions.com/

Twitter: @playwithfiremcr 

Instagram: playwithfireproductions

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playwithfiremanchester/

We are back, back, back with our first episode of the year. Our guest is Daniel Brennan who talks to us about his Off Cut Festival which will be at 53Two next week. He also talks about his time living in London where he originated the festival, about his move to Manchester and whether he has ever had Two Lines in Doctors. He also name drops Sandi Toksvig.

Prue and Steve also talk about what they have been up to since the last episode, including how Steve got over a pre Christmas crisis in confidence.

Tickets for Off Cut can be found here….

http://53two.com/offcut/4593511979

In this episode, our Christmas episode, Prue and Steve are joined by a number of creatives behind 'Fight Like A Girl' which will be performed at The Kings Arms in Salford between December 20th and 22nd. Inspired by the fights of two brave women these are three nights of new writing, old writing, short plays and poetry to raise dosh for cancer research. They also discuss how some of their guests will be making some money for themselves creatively over the festive period.

Your hosts also talk about what they've been up to over the past two weeks. Steve has mostly been sat in theatres, which explains his sallow complexion, whilst Prue has been completing another scene study course with 'Lovely' Daniel Bradford. They also discuss their hopes for the next season of Two Lines. Hopefully to make the title of the podcast come true.

Both of us wish you Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year and we will see you in January!

It's Series One, Episode Four this week (we don't say Season...we're not American). We sat down on actual chairs in our favourite room at Hope Studios (still near the toilet door) and spoke to Andy Pilkington and John Tueart about leaving their professional positions and becoming actors, writers and directors.

Both Andy and John worked in the legal profession and Steve also has a law degree (actually he has two, but he doesn't speak about it much) so there was a common frame of reference around the table. Prue was there as well......

Prue and Steve have been busy over the past fortnight doing personal stuff (slackers) so haven't had time to get together to record their usual banter (or 'bantz' as we believe the kids say) so you've been spared that. They have recorded a separate intro and outro though, so you're not deprived.

Episode Three. Steve has hit an age milestone. He doesn't want to talk about it. It's 50\. Don't let on you know. But this episode is not about that. It's about the one hundredth anniversary of the end of the First World War. In this episode, Steve and Prue remember their fathers, who both fought in World War II, both as fathers and as ones who served. They also talk to Parissa Zamanpour whose play Somme Men has its premiere at the King's Arms in Salford this coming weekend. It is a story based on the experiences of Parissa's great, great grandfather Harry Hayes, who fought and died in the Great War. It's a long episode, but we think it's worth it. Lest we forget.