WEMC Talks

Katie and Olly talk with WEMC veteran Mark Hunter about his involvement with choir - including Angel'ing - and how it has given him the confidence to get involved with amateur dramatics over the last few years.

He also shares with us a brilliant list of shows that he has seen over the years and the varied geographical locations he has seen them in.

Not to mention some great anecdotes featuring some of the most notable names on the West End!

All of this prompted us to ask a double barrelled WEMC Loves question about Mark's potential show tally and where our members have been to outside the UK to see musical theatre shows - you'll see that they are a well travelled bunch!

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For the middle of your choir summer holiday we have made sure to have extra content for you to listen to until it's the start of the Autumn Term!

We speak with our wonderful MD Ashley Jacobs about all manner of things, but namely his love of ABBA, his barbershop quartet and show tune sea shanties - trust us, they're a thing and you're gonna love them.

Katie and Olly go through your responses to our latest WEMC Loves question/request, which features term/year highlights from choir and some shout outs for fellow members.

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On this episode we have the final instalment of our Meet the Team segment - for now - where we chat with WEMC veterans Maxine Haher and Lyn Whiston about their time with choir and how they ended up as Production/Social Angel and Choir Leader respectively.

We also spoke with the wonderful Jack Gregson about his recent run in 'The Producers', which was a real treat and covered all kinds of topics from musical theatre dream roles, Adam Sandler movies, to the fledgling Daniel Craig Casting Agency... and some gentle bonhomie from Jack and Olly to Katie about songs featuring Canada...

Katie and Olly talk through the results of this edition's WEMC Loves question 'What would be your dream role in any musical'? - which feature some great answers and a very clear winner from the choir members.

Lastly, Maxine talks about the upcoming WEMC Winter Ball and there's even some bonus content at the end of the episode for you to enjoy, seeing as it's the summer break and all that jazz!

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The second half of our bumper episode on Disney - you all know it's a firm favourite of WEMC!

The star of our show, the wonderful Lauren van Kempen tells us all about the many (many) strings to her bow, including our workshops with her in London and Paris.

A veritable tale of two cities, from an American in Paris.

To round off the Disney bonanza, we find out the answers to our WEMC Loves question - Who is your favourite Disney Princess?

The answers are wide-ranging and we loved them, so thank you for sending them in.

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There was so much Disney to talk about that we couldn't fit it all into one episode!

So, we've made it into two parts, with this first one being an extended version of our regular Meet the Team segment.

We speak with Angels Vicki Astbury & Katie Lou Dunkerley about their WEMC history and then delve into their deep knowledge and love of all things Disney.

The second part of this Disney Princess episode will be out in a few days time, where we speak with an amazing MD and find out the responses to our WEMC Loves question.

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On a Platinum Jubilee extended episode, Katie and Olly reminisce about their London meet up, particularly all things Canadian-music-legend related.

We have a chat with freshest angels, Matt Fortune and Amy Kimberlin - discussing favourite musicals, what they get up to when not choir'ing and most importantly the Elizabeth Line...

Then our main chat is with Kevin Lent and his journey into musical theatre production and his involvement with the 2022 national tour of Disney's Beauty & the Beast.

Lastly, we find out which songs from Beauty & the Beast WEMC Loves the most; it's fair to say, it's a choir favourite Disney production.

And as a special long bank holiday treat, there's a little bit of bonus material at the end of the episode...!

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This month, Katie and Olly get to know a little more about Angels Amelia and Molly - and realise they all share an adoration of West End leading ladies and real life Disney Princesses - as well as discussing the exciting (and undoubtedly eclectic) summer term repertoire.

They also circle back to discuss which Easter bank holiday musical films WEMC Loves; along with sharing details about Mental Health Awareness Week and the Concert for Ukraine hosted by friend of the choir, Kieran Brown.

Lastly, it's revealed that Katie and Olly are finally going to meet in person - we know, we're as dumbfounded as you are that they haven't properly met IRL...!

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In this episode Katie and Olly discuss the Disney Performing Arts WEMC trip as well as the choir's favourite park rides.

We meet our lovely Manchester Angels, Em and Lou.

And we talk all things Kinky Boots with Enrico.

We hope you enjoy it.

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On this episode of WEMC Talks, we're introducing new hosts of the choir podcast, talking about your favourite love songs in musical theatre and chatting with some experts about how West End Musical Choir creates its amazing repertoire.

Katie and Olly are joined by Choir Founder Charlie Morrison and the creative maestro that is Ben Dovey.

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