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117 - Oscar® Winner Olivia Colman Feb 26, 2019

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This week, it's a little mini podcast. One that shows just how manic it can be backstage before a show during one of our visits and one that you can listen to in between stations on the London Underground. Just about as long as an Oscar® speech.

So why not let us celebrate the genius that is Olivia Colman. Not only is she a delight to watch on stage and screen. But as we found out this award season, she's exceptionally good at an acceptance speech. Raspberries and all.

We had the absolute pleasure in meeting and chatting to Olivia while she was on stage at the National Theatre performing in Mosquitoes. So you will hear us referencing another Olivia, and that would be friend of the show Olivia Williams. She talks about their on stage sisterly bitterness as well as her fondness for the National Theatre. Hopefully we see her back there soon.

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116 - Rachel Tucker Comes From Away Feb 18, 2019

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A couple of weeks ago, we brought you right into the heart of the launch party for "Come From Away" held at Canada House. The Broadway transfer was just about to start rehearsing before heading off to Dublin for an "Off Off Off West End" run.

And this week, we return to Canada House to the official press event before tonight's official opening.

And just one of the many, many reasons you should go watch this show is to see the powerhouse performance of this week's guest, Rachel Tucker. Rachel is a West End and Broadway star, appearing in "We Will Rock You" and others here in London as well as Sting's "The Last Ship" on Broadway… and she played Elphaba in "Wicked" on both sides of the Atlantic. This girl can absolutely sing! And what's more, she's just lovely to meet in person.

We got the opportunity to talk to her about her role as "Beverley / Annette and others". It's a marvellous track, and we sat down to talk about just what it meant to be part of this amazing story that is SO much more than a 9/11 musical.

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115 - Surviving Actors, Part 2 Feb 15, 2019

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Earlier this week we brought you the first part of our "Get the Most Out of Your Next Job" panel at Surviving Actors London 2019.

If you haven't listened to episode 114, take the time to download it and then you can listen to this episode. Or do the absolute opposite and listen to this one first. It doesn't really matter, but whatever you do, you don't want to just listen to one part. That would be like watching Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part 2 only… Nobody needs that to happen to them.

In any case, I was joined by director Bruce Guthrie, casting director Sarah Jane Price, producer Kimberly Thomas-Currie, movement director Amaia Mugica and lovely actor Sam Marks making there at Surviving Actors London 2019.

Have a listen as we open up the panel to the actors in the audience.

114 - Surviving Actors 2019 Part 1 Feb 12, 2019

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Curtain Call had the opportunity to host a panel at Surviving Actors London 2019. If you don't know about it, Surviving Actors was set up by actors for actors.

Since there were already panels about getting auditions, audition technique, self-taping and the like, we thought it would be good to have a panel that discussed what happens when you get the job and how to get the most out of the opportunity you've been given.

I was joined by director Bruce Guthrie, casting director Sarah Jane Price, producer Kimberly Thomas-Currie, movement director Amaia Mugica and lovely actor Sam Marks making there at Surviving Actors London 2019.

113 - Horrible Histories Feb 05, 2019

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Coventry City is currently looking forward to its status as City of Culture, its tenure beginning 2021. To ring in the celebrations, the ever-popular Horrible Histories team visited the city to film some sketches that revolved around local historical figures including Lady Godiva and Ira Aldridge…

Curtain Call's Theo Bosanquet takes the reins this week when he sat down with the Horrible Histories team to talk about the project with Director Adam Jenkins, followed by writer Greg Jenna. You'll then hear from actors Jessica Ransom, Tom Stourton and Javone Prince before Mark Burnham, Costume designer, brings it home.

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112 - Jenna Russell and John Schwab Talk Musicals Jan 29, 2019

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Curtain Call has recently published a couple of pieces about the top Broadway Musical transfers and the top musical revivals for 2019. It is by no means an extensive list, but just something to put in your pipes to smoke.

And we thought we would talk to someone who KNOWS about musicals...to go straight to the source…the amazing Jenna Russell. Urinetown, Merrily We Roll Along, Doctor Faustus, Grey Gardens, Di and Viv and Rose, Fun Home… These are just some of the more recent shows. She's been in far, far more. Les Mis, Follies, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, As You Like It, Anthony and Cleopatray…. The gal never stops…

We sat down with Jenna to speak about the musicals coming to town in 2019, and also a bit about her concert on the 3rd of February at the Leicester Square Theatre.

111 - Tracie Bennett Returns to Follies and The National Theatre Jan 22, 2019

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Anyone who caught Dominic Cooke's production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies at the National Theatre during the 2017/2018 season were witness to a sensational performance by today's guest. And for those of you who didn't get to see it...you're in luck, because Tracie Bennett is reprising her role of Carlotta Campion this Spring in what promises to be a very popular return run.

The opportunity to hear Tracie sing "I'm Still Here", absolutely nailing Sondheim's masterpiece of a song, should have punters racing to get tickets.

We had the chance to speak to Tracie during the last run about what it means to sing Sondheim's classic tunes, holding the stage at the Olivier and what it means to return to The National to perform.

108_1 - The full episode and not just intro (Sorry!) with Oliver Tompsett and Simon-Anthony Rhoden Jan 05, 2019

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This is the full episode and not just the intro! Sorry

One of the West End's biggest shows will be bringing the curtain down one last time in a couple of weeks as this episode drops. And London's Strand will be just a little bit more dull without the sparkling red footwear that currently hangs over one of London's busiest streets. Of course I am talking about Kinky Boots.

Crowds have loved this show...and so have we at Curtain Call. And we couldn't let the show close without one last visit to have a chat to the Charlie and Lola closing the show.

And before we kick off, I just want to say that this is going to be a two-parter, with part two coming out this Friday, so listen out for that...but to start it all off, Simon-Anthony Rhoden and Oliver Tompsett sat down with me just before Christmas to talk about all things Kinky from their first experience of Kinky Boots, to stepping into the big boots of those who went before them to just what it means to be playing in such a loved (and socially important) show.

109 - Kinky's Final Curtain Call, Simon-Anthony Rhoden & Oliver Tompsett Jan 04, 2019

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In part one of this double-header, Simon-Anthony Rhoden and Oliver Tompsett talked about their first experience of Kinky Boots and what it means to be playing in such a loved (and socially important) show.

In this episode, we dig a little deeper and get a little more personal as the boys relate how close to their hearts this show has grown, how important they believe the show's message is and what they will individually take away from their time in Kinky Boots.

108 - A Fond Farewell to Kinky Boots , Simon-Anthony Rhoden and Oliver Tompsett Jan 01, 2019

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Crowds have loved this show...and so have we at Curtain Call. And we couldn't let the show close without one last visit to have a chat to the Charlie and Lola closing the show.

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