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Seats On The Aisle

Theatre Lawrence

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Go beyond the show and be in the know when you attend Theatre Lawrence. Each episode will feature behind-the-scene information and interviews relating to the show all to equip you to enjoy the production even more. Think of it like attending a personal pre-show talk, only you don’t have to leave your car, or the treadmill, or wherever you are listening. New episodes drop opening week of regular season Theatre Lawrence productions (and for some of our non-season events too!).
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From school dinners to sofa snacks – food has a huge part to play in shaping our story - and your favourite celebs have some delicious tales to tell. Join Grace Dent and celebrity guests as she throws the cupboard doors open and chats life through food. Expect to hear from guests (actors from TV, movie, theatre and film; sportspeople, comedians, chefs…) such as: Katie Price, Jamie Laing, Natalie Cassidy, Kathy Burke, Jon Ronson, Shirley Ballas, Nadiya Hussain, James Norton, Graham Norton, Ja ...
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'Our Family' is a three-part audio drama exploring the differences of living life at various points in history through a group of orphans in three distinct times of their life: the second World War, the seventies and the 2020 lockdown. A Prop Box Youth Theatre starring our students, produced in association with Isaac Lawrence Films and Hayden Davey Audio Production.
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Miss It Appears We’ve Hit Some Turbulence

Somebody’s Daughter Theatre Company

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Somebody’s Daughter Theatre Company presents: Miss, It Appears We’ve Hit Some Turbulence Podcast - ‘Miss It Appears…’ is a weaving of an original play, music and songs from women inside an Australian maximum security prison alongside commentary from five women who have lived experience of incarceration. The play follows the journey of Matilda a young Maori woman who ‘crash lands’ into prison. Produced with the assistance of The Australia Council for the Arts, Victorian Department of Justice ...
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Writers at Woody Point: As I Begin to Tell This

Writers at Woody Point | Joel Burton | Folktale Studio

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As I Begin to Tell This is an oral history podcast celebrating 20 seasons of literature and music at Woody Point Heritage Theatre, with production by Avery Moore Kloss, Folktale Studio, additional recording by Olivia Ball, and music by Kyleigh Brisson and Duane Andrews. Recorded at Max’s shed, owned by the celebrated Max Simms, behind the festival live sound, the podcast features long-form interviews with festival founders discussing the event’s origins. The result is a wide-ranging oral his ...
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Follow the journey of a new musical from concept to premiere. By George is a comedy set in a Yorkshire chip shop with Pauline, a wife and mother, struggling to keep her family together. 18 new songs and a sparkling script are ready to be performed at Huddersfield's Lawrence Batley Theatre. Auditions, rewrites, set builds, promotion - all the ups and down of putting on a show for the first time are featured in this regular podcast hosted by Matt Ogden with writer Richard Sykes.
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It's the podcast you never knew you needed, but would never admit listening to! Jay Tilley, Becca Harney and Tice Rust are friends through the Washington, DC area theatre, improv and copslay scene. This new podcast will explore things they have in common - theatre, improv, cosplay, fitness, comics, movies and TV, and a wide variety of other nonsense. There will even be some fun games and special guests. We hope our podcast will be your new guilty pleasure! Tom Foolery and shenanigans will de ...
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Behind the Curtain: Broadway's Living Legends collects the wit, wisdom, and anecdotes of musical theatre's greatest artists from the Golden Age to Now. From actors to directors, designers to playwrights, press agents to general managers, this podcast is a celebration of the giants who helped shape the American Musical Theatre. Hosts: Robert W. Schneider & Kevin David Thomas
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We Need New Stories

Fifth Word Theatre

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We Need New Stories is a series of 9 short new audio stories inspired by oral history interviews of Zimbabwean-born residents living in Nottingham. Everyone featured in the oral histories were interviewed on camera in October 2022 by young people from the African diaspora. The resulting stories have been dramatised by playwright Zodwa Nyoni and recorded by actors. You can view the original oral history interviews on each of the episode pages on Fifth Word's Website and in person at Nottingha ...
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TV presenter Rob Rinder joins Grace in her east London home to share his comfort food. Rob has been on our TV screens for a decade as Judge Rinder on the hit ITV show and, more recently, making documentaries. His 2020 BBC documentary My Family, The Holocaust and Me, about his Jewish heritage, garnered him an MBE for services to Holocaust education …
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch Rock musical. Headlined by genderqueer and jilted rocker Hedwig Schmidt, in this groundbreaking musical they recount their journey from East Germany to Kansas and the loves and losses they suffered along the way. In this episode we talk with Louise ImMasche who plays Hedwig. The show runs one week only, Oct. 24, 25, 26 at …
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Joining Grace for a big serving of Comfort Eating is Bafta nominated actress Leila Farzad. Leila is best known for her performance alongside Billie Piper in I Hate Suzie, her Netflix hit show KAOS, and is set to star in the next Bridget Jones film. Grace and Leila ruminate on the moot question of batter versus breadcrumbs, travel back to the Iran o…
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Maisie Adam joins Grace in her east London home to share her ultimate comfort food. Maisie is a comedian, writer and actress and one of the most exciting rising stars on the UK comedy circuit. Her critically acclaimed comedy sells out theatres across the land, and has bagged her a regular spot on the TV quiz show circuit. Maisie shares memories of …
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Rag’n’Bone Man joins Grace for a new serving of Comfort Eating. Rag’n’Bone Man, AKA Rory Graham, shot to fame in 2016 with his song Human. A couple of albums later, he’s collaborated with an incredible roster of stars, from Gorillaz to P!nk, and his back catalogue has been streamed billions of times. He and Grace discuss how oven chips are always e…
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YOUNG FRANKESTEIN It’s alive! Throw the switch and prepare for monstrous laughs in this high-energy adaptation of the Mel Brooks comedy classic. When the grandson of infamous scientist, Victor Frankenstein, inherits the family estate he must choose between a respectable life or joining the family monster-making business. Filled with laughs and catc…
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The Comfort Eating team is taking a break. So for the next few weeks, we’re looking back at a few of our favourite episodes. In this episode of Comfort Eating, double Bafta winner Big Zuu goes round to Grace’s house for a plate of his ultimate comfort food. They talk about his ‘scandalous’ mother, growing up between extreme wealth and poverty, and …
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The Comfort Eating team is taking a break. So for the next few weeks, we’re looking back at a few of our favourite episodes. In this episode of Comfort Eating, Eastenders actor and all-round hun Natalie Cassidy pops over for a chat with Grace. She and Grace remember the 90s London club scene, discuss the perils of having a fitness DVD, and how bein…
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This special soundscape episode from the twentieth season captures the festival’s unique blend of music, literature, and community spirit, all set against the breathtaking backdrop of Woody Point and the warmth of its people. We highlight the communal atmosphere of the festival, which allows it to stand out among other similar events in music. This…
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The Comfort Eating team is taking a break. So for the next few weeks, we’re looking back at a few of our favourite episodes. In this episode of Comfort Eating with Grace Dent, comedian Nish Kumar tells Grace about some of the most important moments in his life – and the comfort food that saw him through them. They lament the ‘golden years’ of Pizza…
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How does a small community in Newfoundland and Labrador become a literary and musical powerhouse? Hear the heartwarming journey of Charlie Payne, the visionary who transformed the old Orange Lodge into the Woody Point Heritage Theatre, bringing to life the early community events that turned the lodge into a local gem. The accordion enthusiast, whos…
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Acclaimed author Lawrence Hill joins us to recall memories of the storytelling traditions passed down by his parents and how the Woody Point festival has transformed his own approach to sharing stories, blending humour and tragedy in ways that resonate deeply with audiences. In this episode, we dive into the pressures and triumphs of writers steppi…
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Join us as we explore the magic and history of the Writers at Woody Point Festival, an event that blends storytelling and community in the enchanting setting of Woody Point, Newfoundland and Labrador. Listen in as we discuss the festival's humble beginnings with Stephen Brunt, whose serendipitous purchase of a property in the area sparked the creat…
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What makes a community so tightly knit and a festival so unforgettable? Join in as we peel back the layers of Writers at Woody Point, with festival host Shelagh Rogers. This episode highlights where storytelling weaves the threads of community life. Shelagh takes us on her personal journey from her first heartwarming encounter with locals like Char…
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What draws writers and readers to the heart of Newfoundland year after year? Join celebrated Newfoundland writers Michael Crummey and Des Walsh as they recount their time at the cherished event that has brought together storytellers and their communities for two decades - Writers at Woody Point. We explore how this festival has become a cornerstone…
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The Comfort Eating team is taking a break. So for the next few weeks, we’re looking back at a few of our favourite episodes. In this episode of Comfort Eating, the pop star Rebecca Lucy Taylor, AKA Self Esteem, drops into Grace’s kitchen. Their riotous afternoon includes ‘northern women eating carbs’, the joy of buying expensive jumpers, and some u…
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This week, Grace takes us on a trip down memory lane to hear some of the best bite-sized tidbits of food tales from seven glorious seasons of Comfort Eating, featuring the likes of Rafe Spall, Scarlett Moffatt and Russell T Davies. We hear the stories of Jay Blades’ school pudding obsession and Russell Tovey’s teenage love of brussels sprouts, and …
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This week, Grace is joined by east London’s plant-based princess Bimini who shot to fame in 2021, after the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, where they captivated the BBC audience with quippy one liners, high fashion runway looks, and death drops. Although Bimini didn’t snatch the crown, they remain the most-followed UK contestant. Since fil…
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Grace welcomes the legendary DJ, producer and founder of Soul II Soul, Jazzie B, to the podcast. Over a bowl of ‘yellow’ – one of his childhood comfort foods –Jazzie takes Grace on a journey from playing his sound system, aged 12, at a silver jubilee street party for the Queen, to finding inspiration on tour in Japan and Korea, and on to Buckingham…
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What makes a literary festival thrive for two decades in the charming town of Woody Point? Join host Joel Burton as we commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Writers at Woody Point festival, an event that has become a cultural gem in Newfoundland and Labrador. This show is an oral history over six episodes, features heartfelt reflections from the …
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Joining Grace this week is actor and director David Harewood, who found global fame in the hit CIA-thriller Homeland 13 years ago and hasn’t stopped working since. David was born and raised in Small Heath, Birmingham, where he lived with his older siblings and Barbadian parents. He tells Grace about how his mum kept the flavours of the West Indies …
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Allan Mustafa joins Grace to share the dish he turns to for comfort food. Allan shot to fame playing MC Grindah in People Just Do Nothing, his Bafta award-winning, semi-autobiographical mockumentary, which was inspired by his early life in south-west London. Allan talks about growing up with his Czech mum and Kurdish dad and eating the ultimate fus…
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Actor Golda Rosheuvel joins Grace this week to share what she eats when the wigs are off. Golda is best known for her role as the formidable Queen Charlotte in the record-breaking Netflix series Bridgerton. Before Bridgerton fame, Golda’s breakthrough role was playing a female Othello at the Liverpool Everyman, rooting herself as an actor who chall…
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Joining Grace this week is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed comics and host of the award-winning podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me, Joanne McNally. With a number of sell-out shows and tour dates in the US later this year, they discuss how Joanne uses comedy to process difficult periods in her life, how her mum is her favourite cocktail buddy, and what…
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Katherine Ryan joins Grace this week to share her favourite comfort foods. The Canadian comedian, writer, presenter and actor is best known for her deliciously wicked comedy, delivered with a side dish of couture. Katherine shares memories from her past, including her father’s attempts to bring Indian food to Canada via Ireland, her difficult early…
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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF A musical theatre tradition! This is a tale of Tevye and his family in a changing Russia. The plight of traditional values in the face of changing social mores and ethnic prejudice cuts across barriers of race, class, nationality and religion to touch audiences on a universal level with laughter, sadness and joy. In this episode…
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Joining Grace this week is the multi-talented actor, comedian and rapper, Kiell Smith-Bynoe. Long before becoming a household name as the exasperated boyfriend in the hit series Ghosts, Kiell (AKA MC Klayze Flaymz) tells Grace how, as a teenager, he combined his performance skills in the ultimate London arena: the chicken shop. With the taste of su…
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I HATE HAMLET A young and successful television actor relocates to New York where he is offered the opportunity to play Hamlet onstage. The problem: He Hates Hamlet. His dilemma deepens with the entrance of John Barrymore’s ghost, who arrives intoxicated and in full costume to the apartment that once was his. The contrast between the two actors lea…
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In our new sub-series, The Scene will be chatting to various folks in the know about all things New Writing, audio, theatre, distribution, Production..... to see what we can learn from people who've been doing it all much longer than us. In the FIRST of this interview series, Julia Sowerbutt tells us all about her experience of running one of the U…
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Welsh standup, podcast host and panel show queen, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, brings her finest bowl of scran to Grace’s house. Over this steaming ultra-value concoction, she reveals how her upbringing on a Welsh sheep farm led to a hankering for performance, humour and cheap noodles. Cutting her teeth on the Manchester comedy circuit and finding solace…
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Comfort Eating’s culinary standards might have been permanently raised after two-Michelin-star chef Tom Kerridge’s visit. But he’s not exactly one to show off. Growing up in Gloucester, Tom always wanted to recreate the homely meals he’d find at his local pub or at his mum’s on Sundays. With a brief detour on to the acting stage, Tom started his ca…
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Platinum-selling singer songwriter Cat Burns cosies up with Grace for a warm plate of nosh and some deep chats. The biggest-selling British female artist of 2022, who won three Brit award nominations after her single Go went viral on TikTok, reveals how she went from shy schoolgirl to stadium gigs in just a few years. While Covid put an end to busk…
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Sliding into Grace’s sitting room this week is rising star and multitalented comedian, playwright and musical theatre creator, Daniel Foxx. Bringing his concoction of gunk meant only for solo consumption in the small hours, there’s nowhere left to hide. Buckle up and join Grace and Daniel as they go on a tour of the ins and outs of life in the fast…
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It’s tough presenting BBC radio’s top morning news programme, hosting the nation’s brainiest quiz show and being a devoted dad to four young children. But someone’s got to do it. And that person is none other than the broadcaster Amol Rajan. Having risen through the ranks of the Independent newspaper to be its youngest editor at the age of 29 and n…
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Dropping by this week for a spot of comfort eating is the legendary glamour model turned reality TV star, Katie Price. One of the most photographed and filmed women of our times, splashed across page 3 and lads mags as Jordan 30 years ago, then in six of her own TV series, multiple documentaries and reality shows, everyone thinks they know her. But…
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This week, the world learned of the sad passing of a true British icon, TV cook and hairy biker, Dave Myers. To celebrate his life, we wanted to bring you this episode from January 2022 where Dave tells Grace about – ironically – losing all his hair aged eight, his years as a makeup artist, working in the steelyards of Barrow-in-Furness, and the co…
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A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED An announcement in the local paper states the time and place of an imminent murder. When an unknown visitor to Miss Blacklock’s Victorian home dies under the prescribed circumstances, Miss Marple turns up to solve the case in a classic Christie puzzle of mixed motives, concealed identities, twists and turns. In this episode we…
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One of the UK’s most loved and versatile actors, Kathy Burke, lands in Grace’s sitting room this week. Transitioning from punk teenager, to award-winning actor and then taking on comedy, Kathy has loved almost all of it. She talks to Grace about her career highlights and when her personal life sometimes got in the way, recounting the food that got …
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Model-turned-standup Michelle De Swarte knows how to make an entrance. And arriving at Grace’s with her eat-it-or-climb-it comfort snack of choice, she doesn’t disappoint. For the woman who left school at 14, signed as a model at 19, fell on the Gucci catwalk a month later, modelled for years in New York afterwards and then changed tack to become a…
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A humdinger of an episode featuring a truly multiskilled guy. In our seventy-fifth episode, Jay, Becca and Tice are entertained by actor and trainer Marcus Lawrence. He tells us about Capitol Fringe shows with Jay, singing metal in Grethor, developing his character for In the Next Room (The Vibrator Play), doing nude scenes, fitness training for th…
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Pulling up a pew at Grace’s house to launch a new season of Comfort Eating is the legendary comedian and author, David Baddiel. With a career spanning 40 years on TV, stage and radio, not to mention coining anthemic football songs and writing multiple bestselling books for adults and children, David has a unique place in our nation’s popular cultur…
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In the final podcast of the series Matt and Rich discuss the show, the reaction to it and what happens next. There are spoilers, so please if you haven't watched 'By George' yet, head to richsykes.com and grab a digital download OR when the spoiler warning flashes up fast-forward to 43:26. You can watch all of the previous podcasts by subscribing t…
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Dead Man's Cell Phone A ringing cell phone in a quite cafe leads one woman on an unexpected journey. In this episode we talk to Natalie Crandall who plays Jean, the woman who answers that fateful cell phone. "Dead Man's Cell Phone" runs Jan. 19-21, 25-28. Tickets available by calling 785-843-7469 or online at www.theatrelawrence.com…
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Come back with us to September 2023 when Tice, Jay, and Becca took stock of their summer adventures. Jay is riding high in his new Jeep and getting in touch with Jeep culture through the extremely wholesome phenomenon of "ducking". Tice is taking his first shots at stand-up paddleboarding, re-assessing his gym goals and STILL taking tentative looks…
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A Christmas Story: The Musical BB guns, leg lamps, and flag poles mark this holiday favorite, now a musical on stage at Theatre Lawrence. In this episode we talk to Sadie and Nolan Shannon, real life mother and son who play Mother and Ralphie in the show. "A Christmas Story: The Musical" runs Dec. 1-3, 7-10, 14-17. Tickets available by calling 785-…
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