The Show People Podcast With Andrew Keates
Episodes
056: Marina Sirtis (Part One)
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Andrew Keates for The Show People Podcast, recorded live from The Two Brewers in Clapham.This episode features an extraordinary conversation...
057: Marina Sirtis (Part Two)
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Andrew Keates for The Show People Podcast, recorded live from The Two Brewers in Clapham. This episode is the second part of a conversation ...
055: Pearl Mackie (Part Two)
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Andrew Keates for The Show People Podcast, recorded live from The Two Brewers in Clapham.This episode features part two of our extraordinary...
054: Pearl Mackie (Part One)
31 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Andrew Keates for The Show People Podcast, recorded live from The Two Brewers in Clapham.This episode features an extraordinary conversation...
053: Sir Ian McKellen (Part Two)
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Andrew Keates for The Show People Podcast, recorded live from the Two Brewers in Clapham. In this second half of an extraordinary convers...
052: Sir Ian McKellen (Part One)
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Andrew Keates for The Show People Podcast, recorded live from The Two Brewers in Clapham.This episode features an extraordinary conver...
051: JP McCue aka Mary Mac (Part Two)
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Andrew Keates for The Show People Podcast, recorded live from The Two Brewers in Clapham.In Part Two of this unmissable conversation, ...
050: JP McCue aka Mary Mac (Part One)
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Andrew Keates for The Show People Podcast, recorded live from The Two Brewers in Clapham. This episode features an unmissable conversatio...
049: Sir Stephen Fry (Part Two)
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Andrew Keates for the second part of a very special relaunch of The Show People Podcast, recorded live from The Two Brewers in Clapham. This...
048: Sir Stephen Fry (Part One)
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Show People Podcast is back! Join host Andrew Keates for a very special relaunch of The Show People Podcast, recorded live from The Two Brewers in...
047: Peter Polycarpou went from a convent to Christian Slater’s flat (Fourth Anniversary Special).
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded in January 2020 - before Covid-19 changed everything. Andrew shares an explanation about where The Show People Podcast has b...
046: Show Peep - All Matthew Wright needed was a global pandemic (Coronavirus Special).
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger Warning: this episode includes discussions about mental health struggles, suicide and death. If you find yourself becoming upset during the ep...
045: Show Peep - Financial support advice from Theataccounts (Coronavirus Special).
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew chats with Alex Dyer, who runs Theataccounts - a specialist accountancy firm looking after performers and theatremakers in the performing arts ...
044: Show Peep - Coronavirus is a drag! With Divina De Campo & Robi Hager (Coronavirus Special).
03 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew chats with Owen Farrow aka Divina De Campo about life post RuPaul’s Drag Race, whether they admire Geri Halliwell and finds out how the drag ...
043: Monday in the supermarket with George (Coronavirus Special).
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We open up the Show People Podcast answering machine and we hear from and AJ O’Neill and Emily Clare about what they’re doing to use their craft t...
042: Show Peep - The Show People Podcast & the Covid-19 pandemic.
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Keates explains how The Show People Podcast is responding to the Covid-19 pandemic.
041: Pauline McLynn is too old for Jesus (Christmas Special).
22 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Merry Christmas from The Show People Podcast! Listen to our Christmas special and last episode of 2019 with actor and author Pauline Mclynn. We make ...
040: Kurt Kansley is Cape coloured.
15 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Director, Andrew Keates is joined by actor, singer, composer, writer and musician Kurt Kansley. Kurt was born in Cape Town, South Africa and due to ap...
039: Rosalind James was a quiet child.
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew is joined by Rosalind James just before she performs a showcase of her new musical Stigma – a piece about HIV/AIDS. In one of the most emotio...
038: Daniel York Loh is a bit rough and ready.
17 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew is joined by actor, writer, director and musician Daniel York Loh. The two discuss how their friendship was forged during a protest against The...
037: Paul ‘Paulus’ L. Martin Loves Marmite.
03 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Halloween from The Show People Podcast! Today’s guest may be best known for being the Marmite judge on the BBC reality series All Together Now...
036: Stephen Mear uses a harness and a swing.
20 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Show People Podcast welcomes world renowned and Olivier Award winning choreographer Stephen Mear as our special guest between rehearsing for both ...
035: Danny-Boy Hatchard blagged it all the way.
15 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back for series three of The Show People Podcast! Andrew sits down with actor Danny-Boy Hatchard and the two discuss Danny-Boy’s working cla...
034: The 98% & The Show People Podcast Xmas Special (Dedicated to Hamleys’ Elves).
16 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Christmaaaaas! And The Show People Podcast has teamed up with Alexa Morden and Katie Elin-Salt of The 98% Podcast to bring you a very special C...
033: Sam Spencer-Lane is wonderful.
02 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew is joined by Choreographer and former Head of Dance at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts – Sam Spencer-Lane.Just some of Sam’s credits ...
032: Jamie Chapman-Dixon loves spreadsheets.
25 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Theatre Director and host of The Show People Podcast, Andrew Keates interviews Producer Jamie Chapman Dixon all about his life and career, including b...
031: Daniel Bolton From Bolton (1990 – 2018).
06 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In memory of Daniel ‘Dani’ Bolton (1990 – 2018)To donate to the Daniel Bolton Memorial Fund, please visit https://www.gofundme.com/raising-funds...
030: Simon Lipkin has funny bones.
09 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our special guest has been top of our wish list since we started and we’ve finally managed to have him – the one and only Simon Lipkin!Our i...
029: Scott Garnham is too working class (1st Birthday Episode).
09 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We’re one years old! That’s right The Show People Podcast celebrates one year of bringing you special theatre guests every fortnight and shining a...
028: Oliver Savile sings Go The Distance for everything.
26 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Oliver Savile may be best recognised for playing Fiyero in the West End production of Wicked. He speaks with Director Andrew Keates all about his life...
027: Frances Ruffelle broke her Tony Award.
12 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Frances Ruffelle is a Tony Award winning actor and recording artist. She caught up with Andrew Keates to discuss growing up as the daughter of Sylvia ...
026: Josh Boyd-Rochford takes 10%.
29 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Josh Boyd-Rochford, Chief Operating Officer and an agent at Simon and How Associates, who also teaches, produces and is forever gen...
025: Marie McCarthy is turning into Clapham’s theatrical mum.
15 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our special guest on the Show People Podcast is Marie McCarthy – Artistic Director of the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham. Marie goes into great deta...
024: Cassie Compton likes to dress as a crow.
01 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Cassie Compton talks with director Andrew Keates about growing up in Crouch End, London in a home filled with music and her supportive teachers during...
023: Julie Atherton wants little girls to be powerful.
17 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Atherton joins us shortly after completing the West End run of The Grinning Man at Trafalgar Studios and shares her experiences of working with ...
022: David Bedella is not from Mexico.
03 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host and Director Andrew Keates is joined by two-time Olivier Award winner David Bedella. David talks about growing up in Gary, Lake Country, Indiana ...
021: Paul Taylor Mills has never been to Pride.
20 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our host Andrew Keates spent the afternoon with Director, Producer and Artistic Director of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Other Palace - Paul Taylor Mil...
020: Alistair Brammer buys cheap biscuits.
06 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the hottest day of the year and we’ve got a leading man to match! Actor, Alistair Brammer joins host and director Andrew Keates for today’s...
019: Dominic Keating is coming home.
22 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Dominic Keating who is a British actor who has spent the past 25 years in Los Angeles. He caught up with his friend and host of the...
018: Mark Shenton is an addict.
08 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode of the Show People Podcast is with world-renowned Theatre Critic and Journalist Mark Shenton – Associate Editor and New York Theat...
017: Annie Rowe CDJ - Casting Director extraordinaire!
25 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Annie Rowe CDG is a Casting Director for theatre, film, television, commercials, and more. Fresh from casting Not Talking by Mike Bartlett at the Arco...
016: It’s quite exhausting being John Barr.
11 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John “Jonny” Barr is our very special guest on the Show People Podcast. He’s currently touring the UK playing iconic composer Lionel Bart (Olive...
015: Science Fiction (Triple Feature) with Jerome St. John Blake, Gary Graham & Terry Farrell.
25 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guests all share two things in common. They’re all actors and they’ve all appeared in iconic Science Fiction franchises. They’ve worn ...
014: Liam Tamne is our winner.
11 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On The Show People Podcast, host Andrew Keates is joined by West End leading man, Liam Tamne shortly before he appeared on Eurovision: You Decide. Sad...
013: Rufus Hound loves Five Guys.
28 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On the Show People Podcast, host and director Andrew Keates is joined by actor, comedian, presenter and polymath Rufus Hound. Rufus discusses how impa...
012: Bill Deamer Breeds Dalmatians.
14 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Deamer joins host Andrew Keates to discuss his time choreographing Stephen Sondheim’s Follies at the National Theatre, growing up in North Lond...
011: A Christmas mouthful from West End Producer.
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Christmaaaaaaaaaas! And we’ve released a festive edition of the Snow People… We mean the Show People Podcast with our host and director, An...
10: Pete Gallagher’s Fanny is gorgeous.
10 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
He’s 6’7” and one of the best bass-baritones in the business. Pete Gallagher discusses growing up and playing Jesus numerous times in school ass...
009: Andrew Keates is HIV+.
01 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew charts the history of HIV & AIDS, discusses how he discovered he was HIV+ and who gave it to him, creating both the Finborough and West End...
008: Kumiko Mendl hasn't seen The King & I.
19 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kumiko Mendl has worked as an actor, teacher, storyteller and director and is Artistic Director of Yellow Earth, the award winning British East Asian ...
007: Anna Jane Casey - Be kind, be kind, be kind.
05 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
oin host Andrew Keates as he and Anna Jane Casey cover her extraordinary career from leaving Lancashire to joining the West End production of Cats at ...
006: Rob Houchen's patronus is a hedgehog (Within Reach Album Special).
23 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Houchen joins the Show People Podcast just days before the launch of his brand new EP, ‘Within Reach’ an album of his own writing influenced b...
005: Kim Ismay #ghostcat.
09 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Ismay joins The Show People Podcast almost immediately after stepping off a plane and getting back to the UK after appearing all over the world as...
004: Steve Furst always pleasures himself.
24 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Furst joins director and host Andrew Keates. Steve Furst is an actor, comedian, voice-over artist and cabaret artist. Just some of his cred...
003: Annette Badland, but you can call me blon.
12 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Show People Podcast we are joined by actress and national treasure Annette Badland. Annette trained at East 15 and is known for...
002: Fra Fee eats guinea pigs.
09 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode comes from a very hot dressing room at the Gielgud Theatre occupied by our host Andrew Keates and his special guest Mr. Fra Fee. Fra is c...
001: Opening night with Cassidy Janson.
08 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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