S1 E8: Lily Mollgaard, Props Supervisor

In this episode of the Bridge Theatre Podcast, host Pauline Fallowell sits down with Lily Mollgaard, legendary props supervisor and long-time friend of The Bridge. Lily has been working in theatre for over 35 years, joining The Bridge in 2018 for Julius Caesar and returning for production after production, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Guys & Dolls, alongside an extraordinary career across the West End, dance, musicals and plays. Lily talks about falling in love with theatre as a child on trips with her dad to see shows like Oliver! and Peter Pan, discovering the magic of backstage at the Savoy Theatre, and how working with designer Bob Crowley at the Almeida led her into prop supervision. She explains what a props supervisor actually does – from engineering a smashable mirror for Jonathan Bailey to creating 49 indestructible chairs for Guys & Dolls – and why detail, collaboration and audience safety are at the heart of it all. She also shares her fantasy production: a Harold Pinter play in a classic West End house, revisiting the short, razor-sharp Party Time with a dream cast drawn from some of the great actors she’s worked with over the years. Hosted by Pauline Fallowell, Director of Marketing and Audiences at the Bridge Theatre. Follow the Bridge Theatre Podcast wherever you get your podcasts, watch on YouTube, and discover more at bridgetheatre.co.uk. New episodes every Friday. Bridge Theatre Podcast is produced for the Bridge Theatre by Jonny Bunyan at Pardon Our French Productions, with Executive Producer Pauline Fallowell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.