The Stagey Place

Episode 85 I Clementine (Vault Festival 2023)

Heading to The Vault Festival from 3rd - 4th March 2023, Rosalie Minnitt brings her Lockdown-Inspired character, Lady Clementine, to The Network Theatre. From shipwrecks to guillotines, bad luck has plagued Lady Clementine's love life from day one, and when her latest beau, Sir Bradley, goes missing, she sets off on a quest to solve the mystery of her ill-fortune.
 
In today's podcast, we are joined by Rosalie Minnitt, the Writer and Performer of Clementine,  who discusses the show with this week's host, Eliott Sheppard.
 
You can purchase tickets for Clementine at The Vault Festival here.
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Episode 84 I Rob Madge

Currently playing at The Ambassadors Theatre in the West End, My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?) is a triumphant celebration of the ups and downs of raising a queer child, and today on The Stagey Place, we are joined by the creator of the piece, the wonderful Rob Madge, who chats to Emmie about what it was like creating the show, the influence of their parents, and what they hope audiences take away from the show.
To book tickets for My Son's a Queer, at The Ambassadors Theatre, click here.
You can follow Rob Madge over on Instagram and Twitter.
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Episode 83 I Joshua and Me (Vault Festival 2023)

Heading to The Vault Festival from 25th - 26th February 2023, Rachel Hammond brings'Joshua and Me' to The Studio, a One-woman show about being a sibling to someone who’s autistic; giving a voice to young people with responsibilities of care.
 
In today's podcast, we are joined by Rachel, who discusses the show with this week's host, Sam Pout.
 
You can purchase tickets for Joshua and Me at The Vault Festival here.
 
You can follow Joshua and Me on Instagram and Twitter.
 
You can follow this week's host, Sam Pout, on Instagram and Twitter.
 
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Episode 82 I Haley McGee

Heading to The Soho Theatre from 14th February - 11th March, Age is a Feeling is a production where you are in control of the story, with every performance charting a unique series of stories, and here on The Stagey Place, we have the writer of the piece, Haley McGee, in the studio this week, talking with Joseph about the story, and what makes writing a one person so exciting!
To book tickets for Age is a Feeling at The Soho Theatre, click here.
You can follow Haley McGee over on Instagram and Twitter.
You can follow this weeks host, Joseph Martin, over on Instagram and Twitter. 
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Episode 81 I How We Begin (Vault Festival 2023)

Heading to The Vault Festival from 14th - 19th February 2023, Surfacing Acts Theatre and Antonia Georgieva bring 'How We Begin' to The Pit, a new play about love, queerness and trying to make enough room in your calendar to sleep with your best friend.
In today's podcast, we are joined by the Director and Producer of the show, Elizabeth Benbow and Antonia Georgieva, who talk about why it's so important that bisexuality is so important to be staged as Women, as focused on in How We Begin.
 
You can purchase tickets for How We Begin at The Vault Festival here.
 
How We Begin is one of the plays published as part of this year's Vault Five anthology, which can be purchased from Nick Hern Books here.
 
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Episode 80 I Mahad Ali

This week on The Stagey Place, Emmie is joined by Mahad Ali, the Writer behind My Brother's Keeper, which is being staged at Theatre503 from 14th February - 4th March 2023!
Written at a time when Brexit was the main cause of concern for this country, Mahad gives some real insight into what it was like creating this story, and what inspired him to write such a powerful and personal story.
My Brother’s Keeper explores the politics of immigration, religion and sexuality as a small British town tries to find its place at a time of great change in the world.
You can book tickets for My Brother's Keeper here.
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Episode 79 I Right Dishonourable Friend (Vault Festival 2023)

Heading to The Vault Festival from 14th - 18th February 2023, Enough Helen Productions brings 'Right Dishonourable Friend' to The Cage, a play that centres around Perdita, a newly appointed MP for the fictional Lancashire town of Ardenton, where she thinks that her wealth of social experience and the fact that she’s the former Home Secretary’s Daughter, are all the qualifications that she needs, but how wrong she is.
In today's podcast, we are joined by the Writers of the performance, Phoebe Batteson-Brown and Eoin McKenna, who talk about the origins behind writing the show, with just how modes of transport played such a vital component in their inspiration...
 
You can purchase tickets for Right Dishonourable Friend at The Vault Festival here.
 
You can learn more about Enough Helen, the company bringing the show to the festival, on Instagram and Twitter.
 
Right Dishonourable Friend is sponsored by charity partnership, Stonewall Housing, and you can find out more about them here.
 
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Episode 78 I Polina Kalinina & Júlia Levai

A modern adaption of August Strindberg’s ground-breaking play, Miss Julie, Smoke is a sharp and provocative piece that is making its London Premiere at The Southwark Playhouse from 1st - 25th February 2023, and in this episode, we are joined by the Co-Directors of the play, Polina Kalinina and Júlia Levai.
 
Hosted by Sam Pout, there are some really thought-provoking topics on today's show which involves topics such as on-stage intimacy, with real life married couple Oli Higginson and Meaghan Martin taking on the roles of newly-met Julie and John in the production.
 
You can purchase tickets for Smoke at The Southwark Playhouse here.
 
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Episode 77 I All By Myself (Vault Festival 2023)

Heading to The Vault Festival from 7th - 12th February 2023, All By Myself tells the story of a D-I-Y Influencer at the end of the world, with a show that is being described as 'Bo Burnham’s Inside meets Zoella' in this movement-led solo show featuring onstage video editing.
In today's podcast, we are joined by the director of the performance, Jessica Bickel-Barlow, who talks about how she storyboards the play when it uses very minimal dialogue, plus what audiences should expect from the show... 
 
You can purchase tickets for All By Myself at The Vault Festival here.
 
You can learn more about Part of The Main, the company bringing the show to the festival, here.
 
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Episode 76 I Zaynah Javed

Currently playing at The Hope Theatre, IPHIGENIA; or, the sacrifices of a young woman in nine movements, tells the tragic tale of the forces behind a young girl’s demise and the mother who feels she must allow it to happen, and we have the Video Designer of the production, Zaynah Javed, onto the podcast this week, to tell us about how she creates imagery to heighten the production!
 
You can purchase tickets for Iphigenia at The Hope Theatre here.
 
You can follow this week's host, Emmie, over on Instagram and Twitter.
 
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