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Backstage With...
by Mikey Worrall
Conversations with your favourite theatre actors and creatives. Industry secrets, eyebrow raising stories and behind the scenes access. Hosted by Mikey Worrall. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Sharon Sexton (Bat Out of Hell: The Musical)
Sharon Sexton reflects on her time playing Sloane in Bat Out of Hell: The Musical including her single audition for the part, creating the show ("Please can we have a shower in the set?") and how the company celebrated the life and legacy of Meatloaf after his death in January 2022. Follow Sharon...
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Peter Hannah (Into the Woods, Waitress)
Peter Hannah talks about playing the Wolf and Cinderella's Prince in the first major UK production of a Stephen Sondheim musical since the composer/lyricist's death in November 2021. Into the Woods is playing at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, until Sunday 27th February 2022. For tickets:...
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Carly Mercedes Dyer (A Chorus Line, Anything Goes, Six, West Side Story)
Carly Mercerdes Dyer on playing Cassie in A Chorus Line at Leicester Curve, being on the Beeb at Christmas in Anything Goes (Boxing Day at 6.40pm, on BBC2), and if she'd ever go back to Six after Covid-19 ended her run before it had even begun. #poweredbypastry Support this show...
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Savannah Stevenson (Little Women, Wicked, Mary Poppins)
Savannah Stevenson is currently playing Marmee in Little Women at the Park Theatre in north London. Find out which song she was fearful of, why she wants people to leave Little Women wanting to call their mum, and the scene in which she'd love to make a cameo appearance in the film adaptation of...
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Oli Higginson (The Last Five Years, Bridgerton, The Pursuit of Love)
The Last Five Years' Jamie on bringing the show to the West End, whether it should be categorised as new or a revival in awards season, and trying to straddle a model building atop a grand piano whilst playing a clock. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast.…
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Quincy Brown & Kevin Bianchi (Sentimental Men Podcast)
What better way to mark International Podcast Day and the week of Wicked UK's 15th anniversary than with a conversation with Wicked podcasters Quincy and Kevin. They are the Broadway connoisseurs behind Sentimental Men, a must-listen for any Wicked fan. Follow them at @SentMenPod. Support this…
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Samuel Edwards (Anything Goes, Ghost, Wicked)
Samuel Edwards (Billy Crocker in Anything Goes) is here to talk about being back on stage after the pandemic, playing opposite Broadway star and two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster, and why he'll always feel sentimental about Ghost. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith.…
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Francesca Moody (Producer of Leopards, Mum, Fleabag)
Francesca Moody is best known as the original producer of the multi-award-winning Fleabag by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, which she has produced globally on behalf of DryWrite, most recently in London’s West End at the Wyndham’s Theatre, where it was also recorded and broadcast by NT Live, playing in...
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Lara Martins (The Phantom of the Opera)
Lara Martins played Carlotta in Phantom in the West End for a record-breaking six years. She's here to talk about her new album, Canção, which is available to stream now. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Christina Bianco (Diva impressionist, Funny Girl, The Ballad of Anne and Mary)
Two-time Drama Desk award nominee Christina Bianco joins us to talk about starring in the musical podcast series The Ballad of Anne and Mary, playing Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, in Paris, just before lockdown, and how she became Broadway's original YouTuber and Diva Impressionist. Support this…
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Stephen Oremus (Frozen, Kinky Boots, Wicked, The Book of Mormon)
Two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Oremus talks about creating some of the biggest musicals of the last two decades, conducting the orchestra for the Frozen movies, and arranging and conducting Lady Gaga's performance at the Academy Awards. Stephen's credits include: On Broadway and worldwide: As...
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Giles Terera (Hamilton)
The Olivier award-winning star of Hamilton talks about what it was really like in The Room Where It Happened. Giles's book, Hamilton & Me: An Actor's Journal, is available now. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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We All Look the Same But We're Different Than We Were
Reflecting on the reopening night of Come From Away in the West End. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Kayi Ushe (The Lion King, Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon)
It sure feels good to be back in your podcast feed. Are you ready for a new series of conversations with your favourite theatre people? First up is Kayi Ushe who's preparing to play Simba in The Lion King when the show reopens in the West End. You may have seen him as Lola on the UK tour of Kinky...
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Gavin Spokes (Hamilton, Company, Quiz)
Gavin Spokes was playing King George III in the London production of Hamilton when the West End went dark the week before the UK went into lockdown in March. You might have recently seen him wrestling with Mel Giedroyc as Harry in Marianne Elliot’s West End revival of Company, working his way up…
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Susie McKenna (Associate Director, Kiln Theatre)
Susie McKenna was creative director at Hackney Empire for seven years and wrote, produced and sometimes starred in its pantomimes for 22 years. She is now an associate director at Kiln Theatre, in north west London. Susie's many stage credits include Follies, Cats, The Witches of Eastwick, Woman…
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Kiruna Stamell (Cyrano de Bergerac, Great Britain, Moulin Rouge!)
Kiruna Stamell was working as an extra on the film Moulin Rouge in Australia twenty years ago when the director created the part of La Petite Princess just for her. She used her pay check to come to the UK where she’s worked across television, film and theatre. At the start of this year she was…
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Gavin Lee (Mary Poppins, SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical, Top Hat, Beauty and the Beast)
Gavin Lee is an Drama Desk award winner, Olivier award nominee, and two-time Tony nominee. He's best known for creating the role of Bert in the original West End, Broadway and U.S. touring productions of Mary Poppins, and originating the role of Squidward in SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical on...
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Melanie La Barrie (& Juliet, Matilda, Wicked, Mary Poppins)
Chances are you've seen Melanie La Barrie in at least one show in the last 20 years. She's developed and appeared in a number of shows including the original productions of Mary Poppins, Matilda and & Juliet. She also played Ursula in the London pre-Broadway workshop of The Little Mermaid and on...
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Daisy Maywood (Company, A Chorus Line, Phantom, Les Mis)
Daisy Maywood has been in some of the most high profile productions of the last decade such as the Les Mis 25th anniversary concert at the o2, The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary performance at the Royal Albert Hall, and the 2013 revival of A Chrous Line at the London Palladium. She was…
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Flavia Cacace (Midnight Tango, Dance 'Til Dawn, Strictly Come Dancing)
This week’s guest lifted the Strictly Come Dancing glitterball alongside the Olympic Gymnast Louis Smith back in 2012. Over the last eight years Flavia has co-created, co-choreographed and starred in four theatre productions with her professional dance partner, Vincent Simone. They've clocked up...
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Stephen Crockett (Casting Director: Mamma Mia!, Chicago, Jerry Springer The Opera)
Stephen has worked in casting for over 20 years. During that time he’s been the casting director for Mamma Mia! London and UK Tour productions, and has been casting consultant on productions in Germany, Holland, Norway, Italy, Spain and Russia. His many other shows include Jerry Springer – The...
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Sophie-Louise Dann (Lend Me a Tenor, The Girls, Made in Dagenham)
Two-time Olivier award nominee Sophie-Louise Dann is best known for originating roles in West End musicals such as Lend Me a Tenor, Bend it Like Beckham, The Girls (the Calendar Girls musical) and Made in Dagenham. She’s also been in the musical pastiche productions of Forbidden Broadway and...
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Harry Francis (Cats, A Chorus Line, Wicked)
Harry Francis is an actor, singer and dancer, and a huge theatre fan. He's done five shows at the London Palladium and been in musicals such as A Chorus Line, Cats, The Book of Mormon, Hairspray and Wicked. He’s currently in rehearsals to play Lewis/Theo in Pippin at The Garden Theatre, at The...
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Louise Dearman (Wicked, Side Show, Guys and Dolls)
Louise Dearman is only person in the world to have been cast as Elphaba and Glinda in Wicked. So far in her career she’s starred in shows including Evita, Side Show, Guys and Dolls, Jekyll and Hyde, Grease and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. You can watch her Umbrella Rooms live...
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Phantom Special Part Two with Josh Piterman
In the second part of our Phantom of the Opera special, Mikey speaks to Josh Piterman who was playing the Phantom when the West End went dark. He joined the London cast last autumn and is hoping to return to the when the show reopens at Her Majesty's Theatre with a brand new physical production…
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Phantom Special Part One with Kelly Mathieson
150 days after the chandelier fell, we're talking about what the future holds for The Phantom of the Opera after the announcement the original production will not reopen after lockdown. A new physical production of the original will reopen at some point in the future, after major renovation work…
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Jenna Boyd (Come From Away)
Jenna Boyd is an original cast member of the Olivier award-winning musical Come From Away. Follow Jenna online, on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Click here to sign the petition to support the four pillar plan for recovery in the performing arts & entertainment. Follow Backstage With... online,...
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Andrew Lippa (Big Fish, The Addams Family, The Wild Party)
Andrew Lippa is a Drama Desk award-winning composer, lyricist, writer, actor and teacher. His vast body of work includes the off-broadway productions of John and Jen and The Wild Party; new songs for the Broadway version of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, the show for which Kristin Chenoweth won...
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Frank DiLella (New York Theatre Journalist)
The host of New York 1's On Stage joins Mikey to compare what's happening in the theatre industries in the UK and US. Follow Frank online, on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can see his work at ny1.com. Follow Backstage With... online, on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can send Mikey...
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Alexia Khadime (The Prince of Egypt, The Book of Mormon, Wicked)
Alexia Khadime was the first woman of colour in the world to be cast as the principal Elphaba in Wicked. She's also known for playing Nabalungi in the original London cast of The Book of Mormon, Eponine in Les Miserables, and Nala in The Lion King. This episode was recorded prior to the...
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Kerry Ellis (Wicked, Cats, Oliver, My Fair Lady)
Best known as the first British Elphaba in Wicked, Kerry Ellis made her name as the one of the most popular actors in musical theatre. Follow Kerry on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Follow Backstage With... online, on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can send Mikey your guest requests and...
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Kara Lily Hayworth & Charles Hagerty (Cabaret)
This week's guests are currently touring the UK in Rufus Norris's production of Cabaret. Kara Lily Hayworth (Sally Bowles) is best known for playing the title role in Cilla the musical on tour in 2017. Charlie Hagerty (Cliff Bradshaw) has worked extensively in the US, Europe and in the UK where…
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Miriam-Teak Lee (& Juliet, Hamilton, On the Town)
Miriam-Teak Lee is the WhatsOnStage award winning, Olivier nominated star of & Juliet the musical. The show won six WhatsOnStage awards and has been nominated for nine Oliviers. Mikey Worrall chats to Miriam-Teak in her dressing room at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Subscribe to the podcast for more...
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Stephen Schwartz (The Prince of Egypt, Wicked, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Stephen Schwartz is an Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe and Honorary Tony award winning composer and lyricist. His work has spanned six decades and includes Wicked, Godspell, Pippin, The Baker’s Wife, and London’s newest musical, The Prince of Egypt, which is based on the 1998 Dreamworks animated…
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Rachel Tucker (The Pirate Queen, Come From Away, Wicked)
Rachel Tucker is flying off to New York next week to join the cast of Come From Away on Broadway. Before that she's starring in a one-off charity performance of The Pirate Queen (by Les Mis writers Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg) in aid of Leukaemia UK. You can get tickets here. Rachel...
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Carley Stenson (Curtains, Les Miserables, Legally Blonde)
This week's guest is Carley Stenson who's currently starring the UK tour of Curtains, the musical comedy. After 10 years in Hollyoaks, Carley moved into theatre where she's remained ever since. She's played Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, Princess Fiona in Shrek, The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot as...
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Sara Bareilles & Gavin Creel (Waitress)
Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel are getting ready to join the cast of Waitress the musical in London's West End for six weeks from 27th January. Sara Bareilles wrote the music and lyrics for the show and has previously played Jenna for three engagements on Broadway, most recently alongside Gavin...
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Rachel John (Girl from the North Country, Hamilton, Memphis)
Rachel John is currently playing Mrs Neilsen in Girl from the North Country at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End. You may have previously seen her as Angelica in the Original London Cast of Hamilton, for which she received an Olivier nomination. Her other credits include The Bodyguard, Memphis,...
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WhatsOnStage Awards 2020 Nominees
In this episode we meet some of the 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards nominees from shows including &Juliet, Waitress and Dear Evan Hansen at the awards launch in the West End. Mikey Worrall went along to the reception at The Hospital Club in Covent Garden where he spoke to &Juliet's Miriam-Teak Lee,...
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Oliver Ormson (High Fidelity, Cats, The Addams Family)
Oliver Ormson is currently playing Rob in High Fidelity at the Turbine Theatre in south London. The theatre was recently founded by its Artistic Director, Paul Taylor Mills. High Fidelity is the theatre’s second production and its first musical. The show originally opened on Broadway in 2006…
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Melissa Jacques (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Mamma Mia!, Wicked)
It’s 25 years since Melissa Jacques left Sheffield to pursue her musical theatre dreams in London. A year-long course at the London School of Musical Theatre led her to summer seasons, pantomimes and rep work where she cut her teeth before she joined the original cast of Mamma Mia. That’s where...
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Daniel Boys (Falsettos, Avenue Q, Any Dream Will Do)
Daniel Boys is currently playing Marvin in Falsettos at The Other Palace, just around the corner from where he saw his first West End musical as a child, Starlight Express, at the Apollo Victoria. After graduating from Guildford School of Acting, Daniel appeared in Rent, Sunset Boulevard and…
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Jon Robyns (Hamilton, Les Misérables, Memphis)
Jon Robyns is about to take on the role of Jean Valjean in the new production of Les Misérables which is due to open at the newly renamed and renovated Sondheim Theatre in December. Jon is currently playing King George III in the West End production of Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre. He...
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Lucie Jones (Waitress, Les Misérables, Legally Blonde)
Lucie Jones is currently playing Jenna in the West End production of Waitress. Since appearing on The X Factor in 2009, Lucie has played Cosette in Les Misérables (West End), Elle in Legally Blonde (Curve and national tour), Molly in Ghost (Chinese tour), Maureen in Rent (UK tour) before…
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Caroline Sheen (9to5, Mary Poppins, Les Misérables)
Caroline Sheen is currently playing Violet in 9 to 5 the musical in the West End. She joined the original cast of the production after Louise Redknapp injured her wrist, giving her only a week to learn the show before having to perform it. Over the years Caroline has starred in Mary Poppins (UK…
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Andy Mientus (The View UpStairs, Spring Awakening, Smash)
Andy Mientus is currently playing Patrick in The View UpStairs at the Soho Theatre in London. Andy is thrilled to be making his London theatre debut, it’s something he’s wanted to do for a long time. You might know him from the TV shows Smash, The Flash and Gone. He also played Marius in the…
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Jamie Armitage (Co-director of SIX)
Jamie Armitage is the co-director of the the hit musical, Six. He took a break from rehearsing with new cast members to chat about his most recent project, Southern Belles, which is currently running at the King’s Head Theatre, in London. You can buy tickets to see Southern Belles on the King’s...
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Whose Mind is it Anyway? (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)
Whose Mind is it Anyway? is a theatrical experience combining hypnosis, improv and movie musicals. My guests this week are the creators of the show, Michelle and Simon. They’ve taken the show to the Edinburgh Festival where it’s running at Gilded Balloon’s Patter Hoose. We recorded this episode…
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Ricardo Afonso (Jesus Christ Superstar, We Will Rock You, Top Hat)
Ricardo Afonso is currently playing Judas Iscariot in Jesus Christ Superstar, a reincarnation of the 2016 Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production at the Barbican. The show had a second run at Regent’s Park in 2017 after it won the Olivier Award for best musical revival, played Chicago in 2018,...
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Conversations with your favourite theatre actors and creatives.
Industry secrets, eyebrow raising stories and behind the scenes access.
Hosted by Mikey Worrall.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/backstagewith.
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