S3 Ep11 (ft. Marianka Swain): Hamilton on Disney+, Government £1.57bn Investment, Into The Unknown, Every Little Step + more!
07/06/20 • 48 min
In this episode, Andrew & Marianka dedicate an entire segment to the Hamilton film (Disney+) and also discuss Into The Unknown: The Making of Frozen II (Disney+) & Every Little Step (A Chorus Line documentary - Amazon Prime).
This week there is news about the Government's £1.57bn one-off investment in UK culture and the launch of a new UK Theatre Fund headed up by The Society Of London Theatre & Sam Mendes with a £500,000 donation from Netflix to help theatre workers who have been unable to support themselves through the pandemic, particularly those who have been ineligible for Government aid and have not been able to work since theatres closed.
There's also lots of news about Songs For A New World, The Mousetrap, Turn Up & Alice Fearn's garden!
Marianka Swain is a London-based arts journalist and editor. She is the UK Editor-in-Chief of BroadwayWorld, writes a popular Strictly Come Dancing blog for Dancing Times magazine, and contributes to outlets such as The i Paper, the Telegraph, theartsdesk, the Ham & High, and TodayTix. Marianka returns to The West End Frame Show, having previously co-hosted S1 Ep11.
Follow Marianka on Twitter: @mkmswain
Visit Marianka's website: www.mkmswain.com
Hosted by Andrew Tomlins.
Thanks for listening!
Visit www.westendframe.co.uk to stay up-to-date with our podcasting adventures.
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In this episode, Andrew & Marianka dedicate an entire segment to the Hamilton film (Disney+) and also discuss Into The Unknown: The Making of Frozen II (Disney+) & Every Little Step (A Chorus Line documentary - Amazon Prime).
This week there is news about the Government's £1.57bn one-off investment in UK culture and the launch of a new UK Theatre Fund headed up by The Society Of London Theatre & Sam Mendes with a £500,000 donation from Netflix to help theatre workers who have been unable to support themselves through the pandemic, particularly those who have been ineligible for Government aid and have not been able to work since theatres closed.
There's also lots of news about Songs For A New World, The Mousetrap, Turn Up & Alice Fearn's garden!
Marianka Swain is a London-based arts journalist and editor. She is the UK Editor-in-Chief of BroadwayWorld, writes a popular Strictly Come Dancing blog for Dancing Times magazine, and contributes to outlets such as The i Paper, the Telegraph, theartsdesk, the Ham & High, and TodayTix. Marianka returns to The West End Frame Show, having previously co-hosted S1 Ep11.
Follow Marianka on Twitter: @mkmswain
Visit Marianka's website: www.mkmswain.com
Hosted by Andrew Tomlins.
Thanks for listening!
Visit www.westendframe.co.uk to stay up-to-date with our podcasting adventures.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S3 Ep10 (ft. Jenny Gayner): SIX drive-in tour, Falsettos, The Last Five Years, Ian McKellen, TKTS ticket booth + more!
To celebrate one year of The West End Frame Show, original co-host Jenny Gayner returns for another stagey catchup!
In this episode, Andrew & Jenny discuss The Last Five Years (Lambert Jackson Productions) & Falsettos (BroadwayHD) as well as the latest news about Oliver Dowden's roadmap to reopen theatres, the return of SIX, The Phantom of the Opera, Hamlet at the Theatre Royal Windsor starring Ian McKellen, Sleepless at Troubadour Wembley Park and Lin-Manuel Miranda's new Disney movie.
Last year Jenny toured the UK as Lily in the UK touring production of Annie. Her theatre credits also include Gangsta Granny (West End/UK tour), Miss Wilson in Gary Barlow & Tim Firth’s musical The Girls (West End), Lina Lamont in Singin’ in The Rain & Brooke Windham in Legally Blonde (Kilworth House Theatre), Hunyak/cover Roxie Hart in Chicago (West End), Kristine Urich in A Chorus Line (Lowry Theatre), Laker Girl in Spamalot (West End), Ginny in Alan Ayckbourn’s Relatively Speaking (International tour), Janet in The Rocky Horror Show (European tour), Chloe in Sophie Kinsella’s Sleeping Arrangements (Landor), Lorraine Flemming in 42nd Street (Octagon Theatre) and she performed in her sell out one woman show All About The Girl at (The Pheasantry).
Jenny discusses how she has adapted into lockdown life, how she got into the industry, saying goodbye to Annie and lots more.
Follow Jenny on Instagram/Twitter: @jennygayner
Hosted by Andrew Tomlins.
Thanks for listening!
Visit www.westendframe.co.uk to stay up-to-date with our podcasting adventures.
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S3 Ep12 (ft. Fred Smiley): #TurnUpLondon, History Has Its Eyes On You, Wicked, Book of Mormon, Godspell + more!
Performer Fred Smiley (The Book of Mormon) joins us to co-host The West End Frame Show!
In this episode, Andrew & Fred discuss Turn Up (Cadogan Hall) and History Has Its Eyes On You (Disney+), as well as the latest news about outdoor theatre, Godspell, Showstoppers, Wicked and The Southwark Playhouse.
After touring the UK as Simon Senior in Kinky Boots, Fred recently made his West End debut in The Book of Mormon. He’s one of the hosts of "The TBH Podcast".
Follow Fred on Twitter: @Fred_Smiley
Follow Fred on Instagram: @FredSmiley
Hosted by Andrew Tomlins.
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