Stephen Mear: Dancing Through Dyslexia into the Spotlight

Stephen Mear CBE has choreographed for Broadway, the West End, the Royal Albert Hall, Rhys Ifans in an Oasis video, a dancing dog-head Goldfrapp video, and Victoria Wood's Christmas specials — and he only found out he was dyslexic somewhere in the middle of all of it.Stephen Mear CBE is one of the UK's most celebrated choreographers and directors, with credits spanning five Broadway shows, multiple West End productions including Mary Poppins, Chess, Sunset Boulevard, and Shoes, television work with Victoria Wood, and a decades-long career that has taken him from Sheffield to LA to the Metropolitan Opera.What it was like opening The Little Mermaid on Broadway with the New York press already against Disney before a single rehearsalHow he got Rhys Ifans through the entire Oasis All Around the World video by standing next to him and counting throughoutThe Goldfrapp dog-head video — why the heads could only turn certain ways, and why the whole thing would take ten minutes with AI nowWhat it was like getting the cast back on stage at the Royal Albert Hall for the first post-COVID show — everyone drenched in sweat behind masks, praying nobody rang in sickMiriam Margolies discussing OnlyFans around the dinner table — and why she is the funniest person in any room she walks intoConnect with Stephen here:InstagramFacebookOriginally released under the podcast's former name: Television Times.Find us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.