Episode 8: Esther Malkinson - Stage Manager

09/30/20 • 66 min

This week we are joined by Esther Malkinson. Esther is a freelance stage manager who has worked on many shows including The Railway Children, A View from the Bridge and Hamlet, with companies such as York Theatre Royal, Royal and Derngate Northampton, Iris Theatre and Mercury Theatre in Colchester.
In this week's episode we chat about all things stage management (including the various job roles and what they mean), building your CV, and Esther provides some hilarious anecdotes from backstage mishaps to memorable set changes.
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Episode 7: Layla Bradbeer and Ali Taie - Designers, Opsis Theatre

This week we are joined by Layla Bradbeer and Ali Taie, co-founders of Opsis Theatre Company. Layla is a designer and theatremaker who has worked on Robert Icke's The Doctor at the Almeida, and Ali is a composer and sound designer who is currently studying Theatre Sound at Central. The pair both met on the National Theatre's Young Technicians course.
In this episode we chat about what design-lead theatre is, the National Theatre's Young Technicians course, and some of the amazing theatre designs we've seen over the last year or so.
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Episode 9: Kwami Odoom - Actor, Theatremaker and Writer

This week we chat to actor, theatremaker and writer Kwami Odoom. Kwami trained with the National Youth Theatre's REP company in 2016, before going on to star in The Barbershop Chronicles, Half God of Rainfall, and BOYS. He is also a founding member of phyiscal theatre company The PappyShow.
In the episode we chat about training with NYT REP, how The Pappy Show work as a company, and collaborative working.
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