Your weekly stagey catchup! Join West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins, and industry co-hosts for a round-up of the latest theatre news and reviews. Special guests include West End performers, producers, journalists, creatives and more!
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Catchup Episode (ft. Lisa Martland): Allegiance, Idina Menzel's documentary, West End Besties, Mandela, Sylvia + more!
Before we kick off a new season of The West End Frame Show, we've recorded a catchup episode to bring you up-to-speed about all the shows we've seen since our last episode in December...
The Emergency Wicked Episode: Alexia Khadime & Lucy St Louis make Wicked history (ft. Lisa Martland)
On Tuesday 7th March, Alexia Khadime and Lucy St Louis made WICKED history as the first two black performers to play Elphaba and Glinda opposite each other in the long-running musical.
Summing up the night in a five-minute slot within The West End Frame Show would be impossible, so in this emergency episode, journalist Lisa Martland joins Andrew to delve into Alexia and Lucy's magnificent performances and discuss why this was such a momentous moment for theatre...
BONUS (ft. Amy Trigg): Medea at @SohoPlace
We're bringing you a bonus episode with Amy Trigg who is currently part of the chorus, playing 2nd Woman of Corinth, in the West End revival of Medea.
Amy is performing alongside Sophie Okonedo and Ben Daniels in Dominic Cooke's production which runs at @SohoPlace.
Amy most recently received huge acclaim for Reasons You Should(n't) Love Me (Kiln Theatre) which she wrote and starred in, winning The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2020...
BONUS (ft. Josh St. Clair & Amy Di Bartolomeo): Glory Ride at the Charing Cross Theatre
Josh St. Clair and Amy Di Bartolomeo are currently starring in the world premiere of Glory Ride at the Charing Cross Theatre, playing the roles of Gino Bartali and Adriana Bani.
Directed by Olivier winner Kelly Devine, Glory Ride has book, music and lyrics by Victoria Buchholz and Todd Buchholz.
Glory Ride reveals the secret wartime heroics of Gino Bartali, one of the most beloved athletes of all time...
BONUS (ft. Jo Servi & Dominic Anderson): Witness For The Prosecution & Eugenius! at the Turbine
We're kicking off the week with a bonus episode, featuring Jo Servi (Dreamgirls / The Colour Purple) and Dominic Anderson (Mrs Doubtfire / Heathers).
Jo Servi is currently playing Wyatt and Carter in Agatha Christie’s Witness For The Prosecution at London County Hall.
Witness For The Prosecution is in its seventh year and Jo recently joined as part of the show’s ninth cast, making Witness For The Prosecution London’s longest running site specific theatre production...
BONUS (ft. Rhashan Stone & Elexi Walker): Tambo & Bones and Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written
We're back with a bonus episode featuring Rhashan Stone (All About Eve / Into The Woods) and Elexi Walker (I Think We Are Alone / She Ventures and He Wins ).
Rhashan Stone is playing Tambo in the UK premiere of Tambo & Bones. Written by Dave Harris and directed by Matthew Xia, the show is running at the Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Tambo & Bones laughs through our past, blows the roof off our present and imagines an explosive future for our world.....
BONUS (ft. Jon Brittain & James Howard): Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder! and Harry Potter & the Cursed Child
In today's bonus episode we're joined by Jon Brittain and James Howard.
First up we're joined by Jon Brittain who has written the book, co-written the lyrics and co-directed Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder! which is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it was a huge hit last year. The new expanded version will also tour to Bristol and Manchester.
Jon Brittain is a playwright, comedy writer and director...
The EdFringe Episode: Boy Out The City, Public, Kathy and Stella, Annabel Marlow's Is This Okay, Four Felons and A Funeral & Chriskirkpatrickmas
In this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival round-up, West End Frame Editor Andrew Tomlins discusses Boy Out The City, Public, Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder, Annabel Marlow: Is This Okay, Four Felons & A Funeral and Chriskirkpatrickmas.
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The Theatre Camp Episode (ft. co-director Nick Lieberman)
We're back for a special episode about Searchlight Pictures’ brand new feature film Theatre Camp which is released in UK cinemas this Friday 25th August.
Created by Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman and Ben Platt, Theatre Camp started life as a short film. The movie follows what happens when the owner of an upstate New York Theatre Camp falls into a coma, leaving her non-stagey son to run the camp which is going through financial difficulties...
episode 1: S8 Ep1: Assassins, No Limits, Chichester, New Heathers Tour, Les Mis Casting, Jesus Christ Superstar + more!
We're back for a new season of stagey catchups!
On this week's episode, Andrew discusses No Limits (Turbine Theatre) and Heathers (UK Tour) as well as the latest news about the WhatsOnStage Awards, Chichester's new season, Les Mis casting and lots more.
Other shows mentioned include The Lion King, Pretty Women, Jesus Christ Superstar, Once On This Island and My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do?).
Hosted by Andrew Tomlins...