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Episode 796: Standing at the Sky's Edge with The Temptations, Sylvia, Barry and Paul. Apr 25, 2023

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Nick is joined by Robert as they talk about STANDING AT THE SKY'S EDGE and SYLVIA plus tributes to Barry Humphries and Paul O'Grady.

Nick and Harrison share live thoughts on AIN'T TOO PROUD - now playing at The Prince Edward Theatre.

Episode 795: Roman Around The Polka Theatre Apr 18, 2023

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Carrying on with our tribute to the Polka Theatre for Children - Nick sits down with associate director Roman Stefanski. Hear his thoughts on the show he's directed over the years, writing and directing for children and how important this theatre is to him and everyone else!

Episode 794: Ginger Rogers – Musical Film Icon Part 2 Apr 04, 2023

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As the BFI retrospective of the wide career of Gingers Rogers continues, here's a chance to hear the second part of a conversation between Thos and Miles Eady as they discuss the series of ten Ginger and Fred musicals – in particular the Gershwin masterpiece, Shall We Dance (1937), and their last "reunion" film, the Barclays of Broadway (1949) – and exactly why Ginger was a creative force in her own right.

Episode 793: Ginger Rogers – Musical Film Icon Part 1 Mar 25, 2023

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As the BFI launches a major retrospective of the career of Gingers Rogers, Thos talks to film writer, Miles Eady, to discuss this versatile and talented actress who became legendary in the 1930s for working with Busby Berkeley, Fred Astaire, George Gershwin, Dorothy Fields, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern and many others in the most important musical films of the first musicals golden age, the 1930s.

0792: The Polka Theatre: It's more than a Theatre! Mar 21, 2023

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Nick talks to Helen and Lynette from the Polka Theatre for Children and takes you on a virtual guided tour discussing its history, future and re-development. Hear what makes this theatre so important for so many children in London!

Episode 791: A Pair of Curtains – Part 2 Mar 14, 2023

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Join Thos and Tim for an in-depth conversation about the wonderful 2019-20 UK National Tour of Curtains and what precisely makes this show so impressive. You could say that it's the Kander & Ebb show that's about Cioffi - but not in a cardboard cup!

Episode 790: A Pair of Curtains – Part 1 Mar 07, 2023

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It's time to join Thos as he surveys one of the best musical comedies of the last two decades – Kander & Ebb's wonderful Curtains. This week he chats to the people behind the fantastic production which could be seen at last summer's Edinburgh Fringe to get a sense of not just the nuts and bolts of putting on a demanding spectacle of a show but also how they interpret the text in hand: In short, it's a show that shows what show people know about this show with its show within a show. Simple!

0789: Jonathan Rockefeller on Winnie The Pooh Feb 28, 2023

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Nick talks to Jonathan Rockefeller about his production of Disney's Winnie the Pooh that's soon to open at the Riverside Studios before embarking upon a UK tour!

0788: Creating Operation Mincemeat Feb 21, 2023

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Nick chats to Natasha Hodgson, Zoe Roberts, David Cumming and Felix Hagan about their musical "Operation Mincemeat" that will soon be opening at the Fortune Theatre in London's West end. Hear how a show about a young group of people taking a risk was created by a young group of people taking a risk!

0787: Kit Hesketh-Harvey Remembered Part 2 Feb 14, 2023

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Thos again pays tribute to the late Kit Hesketh-Harvey, one of Britain's most talented and eclectic theatrical personalities. In this episode, we hear Kit talking about the more serious, passionate and romantic side of his nature as he discusses his modernised version of La Traviata which wowed the critics in 2012.

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