Stagey Chat Ep. 4

Irvine Iqbal. Luke Latchman. Simon Sladen. In this episode I chat to West End performers Irvine Iqbal and Luke Latchman with Simon Sladen, Founder of Panto Day, Pantodatabase and Editor for British Theatre Guide. We discuss panto casting and systemic racism within the industry. As well as Aladdin The RSC The Boy in the Dress Lyric Hammersmith The National Theatre St Helens Theatre Royal Forum Theatre Billingham Jacob McIntosh Jack in Jack and the Two Metre Beanstalk The Stag Theatre Sevenoaks Yonah Higgins Otterspool Adventure Dick Whittington The Pompey Panto The King’s Theatre Portsmouth Marrlene Little Hill The Stage Theatre Royal Stratford East Hackney Empire Nottingham Playhouse Oldham Coliseum Liam Mellor Jamie Alexander Wilson The Marlow Theatre Royal Academy of Music The Oscars Bafta Yara Shahidi Arts Ed Equity Race Equality Committee Hope Mill Theatre Pearson Casting Southwark Playhouse Everybody’s Talking About Jamie DEM Productions Amara Okereke The Barn Theatre Ryan Carter Jaymi Hensley Simon Sladen’s article Pantoland: Let's Talk About Race was published 12th June 2020 https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/features/pantoland-let-s-talk-about-ra-359