The WhatsOnStage Podcast
Episodes
(ATASTTC) The funny thing about comedy
01 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Nancy and Sarah went to the Old Vic to see Eureka Day - a comedy about a serious subject. One scene makes the audience collapse with helple...
(ATASTTC) Much Ado About Much Ado
24 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy and Sarah discuss recent theatrical outings at the Globe, the National Theatre and elsewhere to see multiple versions of Much Ado About Nothing....
(ATASTTC) The Queen on stage and screen
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the week after Queen Elizabeth's death, Nancy and Sarah find themselves talking about the way she had been portrayed on stage and screen and how th...
(ATASTTC) Previews - what's the point?
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy has been watching All's Well that Ends Well at the RSC in preview on her travels, and Sarah has been to see a sensational and long-running produ...
(ATASTTC) Theatre in the open air - and on the road
13 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After a visit to the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre to see 101 Dalmatians together, Nancy and Sarah talk about the effects of theatre in the open air ...
(ATASTTC) The Edinburgh Festival
06 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As thousands flock to the Edinburgh Festival over the next few weeks, we decided to devote this week's podcast to the joys of being in a city which is...
(ATASTTC) Closer 25 Years On - ft Patrick Marber
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Marber's Closer is 25 years old. As a new version opens at the Lyric Hammersmith, Nancy - who was in the last London revival - and Sarah are...
(ATASTTC) All about Christopher Marlowe
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy has been part of a project performing all Christopher Marlowe's plays so we took the opportunity to have a chat about the mysterious life and di...
(ATASTTC) What's the point of theatre awards?
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, as the awards season comes to its end with the announcement of the Tony Awards in New York, we talk about theatrical prizes - ...
(ATASTTC) Do critics have to weigh their words?
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Carroll and Sarah Crompton begin by discussing how critics write about actors on stage - and the difficulties of intensely personal descriptions...
(ATASTTC) The Ian Charleson Awards
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Carroll and Sarah Crompton discuss the value of the Ian Charleson Awards - invented by a critic to honour a great actor - and their remarkable s...
(ATASTTC) Company, Oklahoma! and other great musicals - ft Rosalie Craig
14 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Nancy, Sarah and their special guest Rosalie Craig talk about Stephen Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein and the great musicals they l...
(ATASTTC) Donald Trump and real people on stage
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Carroll and Sarah Crompton talk about what it's like to play a real person - Nancy has - and about Bertie Carvel as Donald Trump at the Old Vic....
(ATASTTC) The Corn is Green
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Actress Nancy Carroll and critic Sarah Crompton discuss what plays should be revived- and what it's like to work at the National Theatre. Hosted on ...
(ATASTTC) What's it like to get a no-star review?
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of our theatrical encounters, we introduce ourselves and discuss the role of the critic and how it feels as an actress when you get a bad...