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| 01 Sep 2022 | A Very Expensive Poison by Lucy Prebble | 00:44:45 | |
We're baaccckk!! And we bring you puppets, poison and dancing girls emerging from bags in this our first episode of Season 4! We're discussing the epic Lucy Prebble and her most recent play A Very Expensive Poison based on the book of the same name by Luke Harding. A wildly theatrical retelling of the heartbreaking poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, this play has everything. Genuinely. Time Out Review The Litvinenko Inquiry BBC Newsnight Documentary A Luke Harding Guardian article on the Inquiry Lucy Prebble Interview 2 Spitting Image Sketch on Putin Putin Kukli puppet Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 08 Sep 2022 | Reasons You Should(N't) Love Me by Amy Trigg | 00:43:36 | |
Reasons you should love this episode are numerous, but number one on the list has to be that we had the playwright herself Amy Trigg join us to talk all about her award winning play! With Kazoos, Oxo Cubes, sparkly sleeves and DnD, this play has everything - and you are forewarned there will be a full Lexie/Amy nerd out over Dungeons and Dragons whilst Meg looks on amused. Join us as we join Juno who is making her way through her 20s in a relatable haphazard manner. EPISODE BIO Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me Tour Schedule 2022 Women’s Prize for Playwrighting Interview with Director Charlotte Bennett London Theatre Review The Stage Review Broadway World Review Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 15 Sep 2022 | The History Boys by Alan Bennett | 00:49:29 | |
We're revving up our motorcycles (though perhaps that's not the most appropriate form of transport given what happens in this play), and gearing up to talk about The History Boys by Alan Bennett. Voted Britains Favourite Play of all time (it beat Macbeth, Meg is furious), we're ready to dive into what makes a character an anti-hero, how many boys are too many boys -and just how do women fare in The History Boys? The French Brothel Scene from the Broadway Production Full Alan Bennett Bio English Touring Theatre Britain’s Favourite Play Poll British Theatre Guide Review New York Times Review The Guardian Review Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 22 Sep 2022 | The Funeral Director by Iman Qureshi | 00:37:46 | |
So, you want to be a funeral director? Then step right up because Papatango Prize Winner The Funeral Director has got you covered! But when the past starts to encroach on Ayeesha;s present and she's inherited the business from her mum - can she really separate her work life from her personal life? And how long can she hide away her true self amongst the dead bodies she surrounds herself with? Plus Meg and Lexie discuss how at the end of the day, tea is Always the right choice. Theatre Show Trailer for ETT English Touring Theatre Interviews for Tour Iman Qureshi Interview with Culture Calling Whats on Stage article about the Papatango winner Asian Culture Vulture Review Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 23 Sep 2022 | Teaser Announcement- Bonus Ep incoming! | 00:02:52 | |
What's this you say? An unexpected bonus vignette of something from Script In Hand? Why not listen immediately to hear the news hot off the press! Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 29 Sep 2022 | Squad Goals by Michelle Payne | 00:51:31 | |
You say Squad, We say Goals! Squad! Goals! Squad Goals! Directing Credits:To Have & To Hold, New musical Mind Over Matter, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dear Dead Jason by Jen Moss (NDT Broadgate), The Liberators by Michelle Payne, My Three Sisters by Holly Rose Hawgood (The Bush), Jess (The Space UK Online which received an ONCOMM for Digital Theatre - The Offies), and she co-directed Squad Goals which she also wrote and which we are talking about today. In her writing capacity, Michelle was one of the 15 Mercury Playwrights in 2020/21 working on a new play, and is currently being commissioned to write a full length dance play for IE productions. Writing credits include ;Chelsea for the End of the Line Podcast (InkJockey), Enthusiastically, Yes! A New Musical (Long List: ALP & Aria Entertainment Chamber Musical Competition) at The Garrick, West End. Memory Box (winner: Mercury Monologues), The Liberators, Squad Goals and Sad About the Cows at Tristan Bates Theatre. Episode Bio Guardian Review The Stage Review BroadwayWorld article Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 13 Oct 2022 | Playwright Interview: Iman Qureshi on The Funeral Director | 00:36:27 | |
Ooh do we have a treat in store for you Scripties! After discussing The Funeral Director on episode 4 of this series we are over the moon to be bringing you this very special interval interview episode of the pod, with the playwright herself, Iman Qureshi. Getting to hear Iman talk so openly and honestly about her work was a real privilege - AND she got to settle The Great Tea Debate between Lexie and Meg. Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 06 Oct 2022 | Antigone by Roy Williams. Inspired by Sophocles | 00:45:12 | |
The fates already know what we say in this episode...but unless you are a ye olde Greecian soothsayer and weave maker, you will probably still to listen. Your family life is already pretty complicated when your parents are also mother and son; so Tig already has a world of drama to deal with before her uncle Creo forbids her from covering her dead brother to pay respect. Throw in some pop culture references from Lexie & Meg, (Top Model, Black Mirror, and much more) and the podcast is set for some epic tragic conflict in this modernised adaptation of Antigone. A Younger Theatre Feature Interview with Roy Williams for York Mix British Theatre Guide Review GCSE Pearson Set Text Accompanying Guide Whats On Stage feature Roy Williams writing for The Guardian Pearson announce Antigone to be added to GCSE syllabus Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 20 Oct 2022 | Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike | 00:34:30 | |
Whisper it...but we may have finally found a comedy Meg and Lexie agree on! What happens when the playwright self describes their work as "Chekhov in a blender"? Well we're about to find out as we discuss Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang! We're also going to talk brand recognition (does anyone not know who Snow White is?) and condom marketing - yes this episode really does have it all! Behind the Scenes interviews Christopher Durang Interview Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 03 Nov 2022 | Amsterdam by Maya Arad Yasur | 00:55:57 | |
Who should pay a gas bill for a flat no-one was living in at the time of the usage? Who gets to tell the stories of history? And should Lexie & Meg go to Eurovision in 2023?
Youtube , Insight into the Play Interview with Maya Arad Yasur for The Jewish Chronicle Israeli News Article on the play Theatre Treffen Guardian Review London Theatre 1 Review Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 27 Oct 2022 | Peerless by Jiehae Park | 00:35:04 | |
We're sharpening our number 2 pencils, applying to colleges....and quite literally killing off the competition as we discuss PEERLESS by Jiehae Park. Shortform synopsis; Macbeth with killer twins and an all important college early admission to die for, and we are obsessed! Now, just how do we activate those Wonder Twin Powers...? Jiehae Park bio Theatre Mania Interview with Jiehae Park Off Broadway Sept 2022 Production Trailer Playwright Interview Yale Theatre Trailer Marin Theatre info https://www.marintheatre.org/productions/peerless New York Times Review Arts Fuse Review Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 10 Nov 2022 | how to clean your room by j. chavez | 00:40:32 | |
Spencer is cleaning their room, but how easy is it to tidy up people and memories? And did we mention....this play has PUPPETS! Trailer from a production of How To Clean Your Room Drama&Theatre article Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 17 Nov 2022 | Chewing Gum Dreams by Michaela Cole | 00:40:31 | |
Ever wonder what the radioactive spider bite of a playwright could be? We think we may have a superhero/star origin story for Michaela Cole in her play Chewing Gum Dreams. Meg & Lexie debate what makes someone the heroine in a one person show - Plus what song does make the best accompaniment to a teenage make out session? National Theatre at Home (it’s available to rent) Guardian Review WhatsonStage Review Exeunt Magazine Review Monologue clip from NT Archive Preview from Yard Theatre Dream Interprepet - Chewing Gum The meaning behind chewing gum in dreams Michaela Coel Full Bio Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 01 Dec 2022 | Playwright Interview: J Chavez on how to clean your room | 01:00:07 | |
We are thrilled here at Script In Hand HQ to be welcoming our first guest from the across the pond, playwright, pupeteer and all-round fabulous human being, J.Chavez! Author of our S4.Ep10 play 'how to clean your room,' Jay joins us to talk all things 'clean,' but also about their obsession with puppets, back and future catalogue of work, and just what is the meaning behind the mysterious cycles?! Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 24 Nov 2022 | We Know Now Snowmen Exist by Michael Spencer | 00:44:08 | |
It's our final play of season 4! And in a bid to keep it seasonal, we're covering WE KNOW NOW SNOWMEN EXIST, a play with buckets of snow AND a snowman....(and a horror edge inspired by a creepy urban myth, but that's okay right?) London Theatre Reviews Stagey Lady Review Everything Theatre Review Carlisle Fringe Trailer Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 08 Dec 2022 | Season 4 Wrap Up! | 00:23:20 | |
For the final time this season, Lexie and Meg sit down to discuss the 12 plays of Season 4 all together - pondering questions such as Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 07 Apr 2020 | Script in Hand-Coming Soon! | 00:06:59 | |
Hello! We are Lexie and Meg, and this is our brand new podcast Script In Hand. We're here with our trailer to whet your appetite for some tantalising theatre talk, as each week we will be picking a new play text to read, discuss and dissect. We’ll be lusting over punctuation choices, pulling characters intentions apart, and generally trying our darndest not to pronounce anything incorrectly.... Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 15 Apr 2020 | Ross and Rachel by James Fritz | 00:41:25 | |
In episode 1 we take an in-depth look at Ross and Rachel by James Fritz, and chat lobsters, the patriarchy and happily ever afters. Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 22 Apr 2020 | Little Baby Jesus by Arinzé Kene | 00:33:37 | |
It's episode 2 and we're talking teenagers in Little Baby Jesus by Arinzé Kene. Meg waxes lyrical about the performance she saw last year of this and Lexie tests her school day R.E knowledge. Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 29 Apr 2020 | Skylight by David Hare | 00:53:16 | |
Crack open a window it's time to delve into David Hare's timeless classic, Skylight! Lexie and Meg talk fancy breakfasts, the challenges of spaghetti and the enigma that is Kyra. Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 06 May 2020 | The Nether by Jennifer Haley | 00:34:59 | |
As we have launched this podcast during the global pandemic and lockdown of 2020, we find out just how relevant a text The Nether feels at this time. Containing just your average amount of time talking The Sims, Louis Theroux and the 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony. Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 13 May 2020 | Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner by Jasmine Lee Jones | 00:33:55 | |
Hear our minds be blown by Jasmine Lee Jones' electric debut play that completely rips up the rule book on script format. And just how do you make a big blue bird expand on stage...? Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 20 May 2020 | The Flick by Annie Baker | 00:35:38 | |
Grab a bucket of popcorn, throw it all over the floor - it's time to hunker down in a cinema seat for Annie Baker's The Flick. Lexie is delighted with the word Guggenheim, we find out just what snacks our hosts have snuck into cinema screens, and Meg tells us what she really thinks of the movie Avatar. Pulitzer Website Prelude to ‘The Naked and The Dead’ by Bernard Herrmann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htKa6dzfgcs The Wild Bunch Opening Credit Scene (6min) by Jerry Fielding - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ_hSyUCSOI Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 27 May 2020 | Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov | 00:35:14 | |
Grab your Samovars, set your spinning tops awhirl - we're off to 1900 Russia! But sadly Moscow will remain just out of our reach, as it does for our titular Three Sisters. Just like in the Russian equivalent of The Brady Bunch, this episode has a heavy focus on Masha from Meg, and Lexie does her best not to butcher the Russian language. What’s On Stage Review of Almedia Production Original Production History Anton Checkhov Bibliography Anton Checkhov and Olga Knipper Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 03 Jun 2020 | Sweat by Lynn Nottage | 00:35:24 | |
It's time to start a revolution and have a revelation with SWEAT. This prescient text saw Nottage win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the second time (becoming the first female playwright to do so!) and it's a play that definitely packs a punch. Lynne Nottage Website link The New Yorker review Guardian review
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| 10 Jun 2020 | The Play That Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields | 00:37:34 | |
We are so ready to laugh in this week's episode as we serve up a slice of out of control comedy with Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, a.k.a Mischief Theatre! We discuss just exactly what makes us laugh, our own goes wrong shows....and why it sometimes helps to be a Russian Acrobat. Sunday Telegraph Review Guardian Interview on West End Transfer Jonathan Sayer Interview with WhatsonLive Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 17 Jun 2020 | Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare | 00:32:48 | |
We're donning our ruff collars, grabbing our poison bottles and heading off to the balconies of Verona. In this episode we decide that Shakespeare was the first Anti-Spoiler writer, and that actually Romeo and Juliet is a riproaring comedy that has been entirely misrepresented over the years! Hip Hop Shakespeare “Am I King” from Richard II Stage History Origins https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/romeo-and-juliet-not-shakespearean-tale-after-all-003155 Arthur Brooke’s The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet Daniel Kramer’s RSC Production Audience Reaction Trailer Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 24 Jun 2020 | A Museum in Baghdad by Hannah Khalil | 00:30:54 | |
We're crossing a continent and a century, getting out our history book, and are ready to brush the sand off A Museum in Baghdad. Make no bones about it (pause for archeological pun), this play has a fascinating story to tell - and did we mention it comes with SO. MUCH. SAND! National Museum of Baghdad Reopens RSC Production In Rehearsal Guardian Review of RSC Production The Stage Review Hannah Khalil Website About the Iraq Museum National Portrait Gallery Pic of Gertude Bell
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| 01 Jul 2020 | Emilia by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm | 00:41:15 | |
"Ladies- are you ready to SLAY!" The Guardian Review AL Rowse Obituary - New York Times Giving Emilia Lanier her own voice Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 08 Jul 2020 | Season 1 Wrap Up! | 00:35:41 | |
Lexie and Meg sit down to discuss the 12 plays of Season 1 all together - pondering questions such as Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 26 Aug 2020 | I RUN by Line Morkeby | 00:54:25 | |
Grab a cinnamon swirl, put on your running shoes, and enjoy this Mid Season BONUS EPISODE of Script in Hand, as we talk all about I RUN by Line Morkeby, adapted from the book by Anders Legarth Schmidts. We discovered this brilliant Danish play courtesy of the Plays by Post project from Cut the Cord Theatre (which you will hear all about in the episode), and we are super excited to be talking about this play with our Special Guest, Theatre Director, Artistic Director of Cut the Cord Theatre,and director of the UK Premiere of I RUN, Camilla Gurtler Cut the Cord is a London-based theatre company which focuses on exploring social change on stage and on international collaborations in the UK, particularly Nordic. They work with organisations and charities in relation to our productions and also have strong relationships with the Nordic embassies in London. They champion international voices and promote inter-cultural collaborations, while also challenging how theatre can create positive social change Cut the Cord Theatre Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 07 Oct 2020 | Posh by Laura Wade | 00:46:00 | |
We're back chaps! And we're getting stuck in with a ten bird roast of an episode on POSH by Laura Wade. Things get political as we discuss just power, class, Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging - and just what is up with the ghost in the corner of the room...? With Special Guest, Theatre Director and JMK Runner Up 2019 Oscar Toeman. Previous Productions include The Sugar Syndrome at the Orange Tree Theatre (nominated for 4 Off West End Awards and One Olivier, results currently pending) Actually at Trafalgar Studios, and After October at the Finborough (nominated for 3 Off West End Awards). As an assistant or associate director he has worked on such acclaimed productions as Oslo and Waste at the National Theatre, The Merchant of Venice at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and Twelfth Night at The Globe. You can check out his full CV here.
Bullingdon Club - an inside look The Week- Bullingdon Club; behind the elite society Tatler-Inside the club Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 14 Oct 2020 | ear for eye by debbie tucker green | 00:37:14 | |
A play in three parts about systemic racism which speaks with brutal eloquence. We discuss debbie tucker green and ear for eye (we promise our eschewing of capital letters is relevant!), Lexie makes way with some truly ludicrous metaphors, and somehow the power rangers sneak in here...? Original Production Photos 2005 Interview with Debbie Tucker Green The British BlackList review Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 21 Oct 2020 | A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare | 00:36:04 | |
We're back with Shakespeare's experimental phase (Meg will explain all), so strap on your fairy wings, grab your play script and elopement partner, and let's head into the woods. Prepare for us to blown your mind as we argue just how anti-romance Dream really is; and once more for the fairy kings in the back - down with the patriarchy! Shakespeare Documented -The Palladis Tamia Ovid’s Metamorphasis & Shakespeare Royal Shakespeare Co-Noteable Performances Clips from Peter Brook’s 1970 Production The Bridge Theatre’s 2019 production Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 28 Oct 2020 | A Hundred Words for Snow by Tatty Hennessy | 00:30:47 | |
Put on your snow shoes and your warmest winter woolies- we're heading to the North Pole on the adventure of a lifetime with our protagonist Rory. Bring your travel diaries because we have lots of fun facts about the Arctic for you, as well as an absolutely brilliant one woman (and an urn!) show to discuss. Exeunt Magazine Review A Younger Theatre Review Discover Magazine - 20 Things You Didn’t Know About the North Pole National Geographic - Magnetic North Pole Just Changed Wanny Woldstad BadAss of the Week - Freuchen Incredible Pic of Freuchen and his wife Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 30 Oct 2020 | Playwright Interview: Tatty Hennessy on A Hundred Words for Snow | 00:32:45 | |
We are uber excited to be joined by Playwright Tatty Hennessy to discuss her play A Hundred Words for Snow. If you've not yet listened to Season 2 Episode 4 on the text then we suggest you listen to that first. This is such a treat of a conversation as Tatty talks about how she got into writing, what influence her own trip to Svalbard had on the piece - and just what she'd risk frostbite for. In 2018 Tatty wrote F* OFF for the National Youth Theatre directed by Paul Roseby, exploring the first digitally native generation, which played throughout the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Previously she has adapted THE SNOW QUEEN for Theatre N16, developed her first play ALL THAT LIVES about Henrietta Lax at the Ovalhouse Theatre and is currently developing new work. She has also completed her first script for television, KITTY KITTY, which explores women and violence and the obsessive consumption of true crime stories. Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 04 Nov 2020 | Mr Burns by Anne Washburn | 00:43:12 | |
Get ready for an Apocalypse telly special as we look at Mr Burns - the play that asks "Just what TV would survive in the event of the end of the world as we know it?" If you're looking for a podcast episode that manages to reference such classics as Sister Sister, Keenan and Kel and America's Next Top model, then you've come to the right place. Also, Meg has a shocking revelation....
NY Premiere at Playwrights Horizon (includes snippets of the show) New York Times Review Washingtonain Review of Original Wolly Mammoth Run Where to watch/rent/buy The Simpsons episode The Simpsons Archive - Cape Fear ep Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 11 Nov 2020 | The Hoes by Ifeyinwa Frederick | 00:36:15 | |
Stock up on your suntan cream and party clothes because we're going to Ibiza! Unpack (ha! see what we did there?) your woes as we look at Ifeyinwa Frederick's vibrant and oh so relatable play about a girly holiday and the worries that we just can't seem to leave behind at home. Ifeyinwa’s Nigerian Tapas restaurant Chuku’s Hampstead Theatre - Whats On 2018 Digital Programme The Hoes - in Pictures / Standard Review Ifeyinwa Frederick Interview Guardian Review British Theatre Guide Review Words of Colour Review The Hoes - Audience reaction twitter feed Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 18 Nov 2020 | One Man Two Guvnors by Richard Bean | 00:37:55 | |
Tune up your washboard, get your name changed to Alan and most importantly, dont forget to EAT! We're jumping on the London to Brighton line and getting ready to wrap our head around the hilarious One Man Two Guvnors; just don't forget who you're working for. Also, Meg poses a question so huge that it rips the fabric of farce space and time apart and leaves Lexie in someone of an existential crisis..... Oliver Chris (Original Stanley Snubbers) Interview Cal McCrystal’s Website Interview with Richard Bean Guardian Review Telegraph Review New York Times Review Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 25 Nov 2020 | Guards at the Taj by Rajiv Joseph | 00:47:12 | |
It's time to discuss one of the Seven Wonders of the World - this podcast. As an Assistant Director he has worked across numerous productions at the Octagon Bolton, Theatre By The Lake, dir. Liz Stevenson), Freedom Studios for. Alex Chisholm), (Freedom Studios and West Yorkshire Playhouse.
British Theatre Guide Review of 2019 TBTL Production Broadway World Interview with Playwright Background on the original production/cast and the trip to Taj Mahal Whats On Stage Review - Bush Theatre Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 09 Dec 2020 | Foxfinder by Dawn King | 00:33:52 | |
Pull on your wellies, prepare to count the crops - and just ignore the propaganda from the neighbours about those sneaky foxes. Dawn King's Papatango winning play Foxfinder is definitely a nail biter with a lot to say. Keep your eyes peeled though, because there are signs everywhere in nature if only you know where to look- Oh and did we mention....everything is wet? The Guardian 2011 Review Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2012/3 Finalists 2018 Revival Trailer Theatre Chemnitz, Germany Trailer Iwan Rheon Interview Dawn King Interview 2011 Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 02 Dec 2020 | Pride and Prejudice* (*Sort Of) by Isobel McArthur after Jane Austen | 00:34:11 | |
We're booting up the karaoke machine, struggling into our ballgowns and decanting the party rings as we go on a very important husband hunt this week as we discuss Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of). Meg takes a shining to the regency era bad boys whilst Lexie obsesses over sneaky clever servants. The Scotsman Review On Yorkshire Review / Show Photos Whats On Stage Review Show Teaser Trailer Audience Reaction The Politics of 18th Century Dating (behind the scenes from the 2005 film) Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 23 Dec 2020 | The Last Noel by Chris Bush | 00:41:49 | |
Merry Christmas Eve Eve Scripties! We are so ready to put on the Christmas tunes, argue over the snacks, decorate the house and bask in some seasonal goodwill. And what better play to bring to the party than The Last Noel by Chris Bush! With the audience peeling sprouts in the kitchen, and the tales of The Lighthouse Keeper, The Three Best Men and The Night Before Christmas to keep us feeling festive, we definitely feel the the Christmas spirit in this episode. Chris has won awards at the UK Theatre Awards two years in a row, the National Young Playwrights’ Festival, Perfect Pitch, Sunday Times Edinburgh Competition, and a Brit Writers’ Award. Behind The Scenes Rehearsal Footage Chris Bush Script Foreword Guardian Review Exeunt Magazine Review Broadwayworld.com Review Unusual Christmas Facts Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 16 Dec 2020 | The God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza | 00:36:21 | |
Two sets of parents sitting down for a civilised discussion about how to handle their offsprings' fight. What could be simpler? Get your clafoutis out of the fridge, spruce up the lounge and puke proof the art books - things are about to get messy as we discuss The God of Carnage. We assure you nothing superfluous was added in the making of this podcast. Carnage Film Trailer (2011) The Guardian Review Interview with Yasmin Reza British Theatre Guide Review Interview with Reza and Christopher Hampton Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 30 Dec 2020 | Drunk Special: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde | 01:06:26 | |
Happy New Year's Eve Eve Scripties! A little while back we promised you a Bonus Drunk Episode.....and here it is! We poured ourselves a glass (and a shot or two!) and gathered round the zoom with Friends of the Pod Oscar Toeman & Alasdair Hunter to discuss (or get very distracted discussing) The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Prepare yourself for set designs of cucumber sandwiches, an influx of RuPauls Drag Race, and the literary qualities of cotton candy.....Please forgive us; this episode may not contain the deep dive analysis you were hoping for (well certainly from Lexie & Meg!), but hopefully it is the perfect capstone to the year that has been 2020. The Quiz we took on which character were were William Archer’s review of the original production V&A Museum Exhibition on Noteable Productions The full 1952 film Definitive History of revivals Lady Bracknell Actors reflect on the part Edith Evans iconic “A Haaaandbaaagg?!” 5min 30secs Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 06 Jan 2021 | Season 2 Wrap Up! | 00:30:58 | |
Lexie and Meg sit down to discuss the 12 plays of Season 2 all together - pondering questions such as Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 31 Mar 2021 | Little Wimmin by Figs in Wigs | 00:39:19 | |
We're baaaaccckkkk! And what better way to kick off series 3 that with a play that is absolutely tearing up the rule book on form; LITTLE WIMMIN by Figs in Wigs! We're talking coloured fonts, comic sans, text in the shape of a Christmas Trees - it's all in this startling adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's OG Novel. Also, we delve into Meg's love of astrology and what Lexie did for her GCSE Drama piece; all the banter. Guardian Review Exeunt Magazine Performance In Motion Review Comprehensive Little Women adaptations list Tales of Little Women 1988 Intro Theme (the oddly chipper anime one!) Salamander Street Script Feature on Figs in Wigs from Feb 2021 Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 02 Apr 2021 | Bonus Interview - George Spender of Salamander Street Publishers | 00:25:20 | |
We are delighted to welcome George Spender to the podcast this week! As the Head Honcho of theatre publishers Salamander Street, George joined us to talk us through the world of play publishing, and to tell us just what drew him to Little Wimmin; the epic illustrated play script we discussed in our first episode of Season 3. Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 07 Apr 2021 | Noughts and Crosses by Sabrina Mahfouz, based on the novel by Malorie Blackman | 00:34:50 | |
We're heading to the barely dystopian world of Albion today in the newest play adaptation of Malorie Blackman's 2002 powerful award winning YA novel Noughts and Crosses. Meg relives her teenage years devouring the original novels and Lexie gives a TED talk on the history of skin coloured bandages. Sabrina Mahfouz website Whats on Stage Review Production Trailer Exeunt Magazine Review and thoughts on YA Theatre Malorie Blackman Penguin Feature Malorie Blackman Q&A Tru-Colour Bandages Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 14 Apr 2021 | A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen | 00:32:57 | |
Never before on this podcast has a character provoked such a long rant... Ibsen Bio 2 What inspired Ibsen to write A Dolls House Laura Kieler & Henrik Ibsen Adaptations for other languages Project Guttenberg; copy of the script Sequel’s written to A Dolls House Mabou Mines Dollhouse Trailer Jamie Lloyd Co Digital Theatre Hattie Morahan version Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 21 Apr 2021 | Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti | 00:32:33 | |
We're feeling rather meta today as we are looking at a play that is focussed on theatre - specifically the pivotal career moment of Ira Aldridge, the first black actor to play Othello in London. Lexie and Meg have also brought all the fun facts to the podcast to kick start the episode, so there's lots of trivia to be had this ep - most importantly of all being the year Meg passed her driving test. Listen now and all shall be revealed! Chicago Reader What happened to the real Ira Aldridge Lolita Chakrabarti Interview on Red Velvet Guardian Review 2012 production Ira Aldridge Bio Ohio State News article on Roy Bowen Theatre’s performance Aldridge & Othello Evening Standard 2016 revival review Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 05 May 2021 | Scenes With Girls by Miriam Battye | 00:39:31 | |
Okay, we admit it - we may both be a little bit obsessed with Miriam Battle after reading this intoxicating play about female friendships (ooh, and toxic may be a very apt word-you'll see what we mean). Lexie & Meg talk hooptedoodles the myth and mystery behind "The Bathroom" and just what does it mean when someone sends you the tongue emoji???? Fran, any ideas?! Whats On Stage Review Time Out Cast Interview on all female creative team Miriam Battye talking about her Women’s Prize for Playwrighting finalist play Exeunt Magazine Review The bechdel test Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 28 Apr 2021 | Sweet Like Chocolate Boy by Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu | 00:52:33 | |
It's time to lay down a beat, fling those records on the turntables and head back in time to the 1990s.....as well as staying in the present day. That's because we're discussing Sweet Like Chocolate Boy, which follows Mars and Bounty in two timelines on their journey of identity in the mythical Obsidian Borough of London. Did we also mention there is a ghost? And God is a DJ! So much to love in this epic play, and we knew just who we wanted to discuss it all with, which is why we are stoked to have playwright Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu joining us for this episode! Previous work includes creating Sweet Like Chocolate Boy (Jack Studio & London Tour), directing Little Baby Jesus (Orange Tree Theatre), The Spalding Suite (LAMDA) & The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About The Shivers (The Unicorn Theatre’s Online Grimm’s Tales Project). EPISODE BIBLIOGRAPHY Sweet Like Chocolate - Shanks & Bigfoot Tristan on Sweet Like Chocolate Boy for Kings Head Theatre Interview with Tristan for The British Black List The Blog of Theatre Things Review Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 02 Jun 2021 | Since U Been Gone by Tabby Lamb | 00:49:22 | |
Prepare yourself Scripties for an episode containing all of the most amazing pop culture references ever! We're bringing you copious Kelly Clarkson, tons of Top Model, a bountiful supply of Broadway's Legally Blonde and unparalleled amounts of Ursula the Sea Witch. All will become clear as we discuss Since U Been Gone, with Special Guest, Playwright Tabby Lamb Tabby is an associate writer with Middle Child, she’s on attachment at the Oxford Playhouse via their Playhouse Playmaker scheme 2021 and she’s developing new work on the Wild Child’s Oli Lansley mentor scheme, mentored by Sarah Sol-eh-mar-ni. She has previously been part of the Soho Theatre Writers Lab and the LGBTQ Arts Review #RaisingOurVoices scheme for queer and trans writers. Current commissions include the Unicorn Theatre, The Place, Kilter and Pentabus. Alongside their passion for writing, Tabby is a facilitator and runs creative arts projects for young people from the LGBTQ+ community. She is developing various stage and TV projects including a new trans musical. EPISODE BIBLIOGRAPHY Northern Stage Scroll Project; Love Letter To Us by Tabby Lamb Guardian 12 Shows to see at Vault Festival 2020 Broadway Baby Review Trailer for Edinburgh Fringe Producti Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 12 May 2021 | Teenage Dick by Mike Lew | 00:40:14 | |
Now is the podcast of our discontent.....well hopefully not! This week we're talking about Teenage Dick (not a sentence to be taken out of context :P) - the play that takes the themes and narrative of Shakespeare's Richard III and puts it in an even more challenging setting than the battlefields of England....an American high school. This play is a champion of representation on stage and we loved discussing that in this episode. Also you can play along as Lexie gives Meg a quiz on teen film adaptations of Shakespeare works! Interview with Mike Lew on Disability representation - Alan’s Accessible Adventures Meet the Candidate Promo Video British Theatre Review Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 19 May 2021 | Black Men Walking by Testament | 00:52:28 | |
"We Walk." - AND we talk; All about this play that treads the ground of identity and landscape, with Special Guest, Writer/Director/Actor Dermot Daly. EPISODE BIBLIOGRAPHY Dermot Daly Website - www.dermotdaly.co.uk Eclipse Theatre - https://eclipsetheatre.org.uk Orpheus in the Record Shop - iPlayer Interview with Testament Interview with Maxwell Ayamba, one of the founders of the Sheffield Black Men Walking Group - https://www.thestar.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/sheffield-walking-group-take-steps-reclaim-black-peoples-place-british-history-2895714 Ave Vivas in Deo - Origin https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/41Z57bgYcy2KZG3WmzzkXp8/black-history-month Guardian article on the Black Men Walking group Exeunt Magazine Review - http://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/review-black-men-walking-royal-court/ A Younger Theatre Review - https:// Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 26 May 2021 | Noises Off by Michael Frayn | 00:41:45 | |
Be prepared to either laugh your head off OR, be completely triggered by Michael Frayn's seminal Noises Off - depending on whether you're on Team Lexie or Team Meg! As well as directing the intricate formatting of this iconic farce script, we discuss which fish is the funniest, what we've done to make sure that the show goes on. NY Times Review 1982 Michael Frayn Interview New Yorker Interview Sept 2020 Noises Off 1992 Film Clip Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 09 Jun 2021 | P'yongyang by In-Sook Chappell | 00:35:42 | |
We're clicking our heels together three times and travelling to a completely unknown land. In-Sook Chappell's Bruntwood Prize shortlisted play lifts a curtain to show us the reality of life in North Korea in this heartbreaking yet somehow hopeful love story. In-Sook Chappell interview for Bruntwood Financial Times Review Evening Standard Review Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 16 Jun 2021 | Home, I'm Darling by Laura Wade | 00:46:29 | |
We're jiving our way into the final episode of Season 3! Doesn't time fly when your mixing up cocktails and maintaining the perfect 50s lifestyle homespun dream. And we're delighted to be joined by our final special guest of the season, Artistic Director of Theatre by the Lake Liz Stevenson, to talk all about this play; which will also be the first TBTL production on stage post the pandemic in October 2020 - exciting times! Work as a Director includes: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Theatr Clwyd), LANCASTRIANS (Lancashire tour, Junction 8 Theatre), THE SECRET GARDEN (York Theatre Royal, Theatre by the Lake), UNDER THE MARKET ROOF (Chorley Market, Junction 8 Theatre), HANDBAGGED (Theatre by the Lake), HOW MY LIGHT IS SPENT (Royal Exchange Theatre, Sherman Theatre, Theatre by the Lake), MACBETH (Dukes Theatre, Lancaster), BARBARIANS (Young Vic). EPISODE BIBLIOGRAPHY Bolton Octagon Theatre by the Lake About the Show with Cast & Creatives Interview with Wade, Harcey & Parkinson The Guardian Review Exeunt Magazine Review Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||
| 23 Jun 2021 | Season 3 Wrap Up! | 00:44:34 | |
For the final time this season, Lexie and Meg sit down to discuss the 12 plays of Season 3 all together - pondering questions such as Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. | |||