The WhatsOnStage Podcast

By: Sarah Crompton & Alex Wood
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  • WhatsOnStage managing editor Alex Wood and chief theatre critic Sarah Crompton host a weekly podcast on all things theatrical. News, views, frank exchanges and lists offer an unmissable guide to what’s happening on stage (and in film and on television) now, in the past and in future.

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Episodes
  • Special guests Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey on the RSC's gigantic plans for the year

    Special guests Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey on the RSC's gigantic plans for the year
    Jan 29 2025
    Joined by two famed artistic leaders, podcast hosts Sarah Crompton and Alex Wood discuss the RSC's exciting plans for the coming year - including a new stage version of The BFG, the transfer of Broadway hit Fat Ham, a football-focussed Much Ado About Nothing, Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife (boldly reimagined by Laura Wade) and a deluge of tantalising productions. Oh, and, a large amount of chat about Chiltern Railways.

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    35 mins
  • The greatest stage disasters

    The greatest stage disasters
    Jan 24 2025
    Sarah and Alex look back at some terrible theatrical fails and ask what they have in common. What unites Peter O’Toole’s Macbeth and Shogun:The Musical? Are there lessons that can prevent shows failing? And what did Anthony Hopkins learn from an early nightmare?

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    42 mins
  • The future of West End musicals, AI reviews and Michael Sheen's next move

    The future of West End musicals, AI reviews and Michael Sheen's next move
    Jan 17 2025
    Sarah and Alex blast away the January blues by battling through a deluge of theatre news – from the West End transfer of Stereophonic to Michael Sheen's new Welsh National Theatre. Beyond that, Sarah has thoughts on the freshly opened hit shows Titanique and Oliver!, leading to discussions on the future of new musicals in the West End. Alighting briefly on the subject of artificial intelligence and AI reviews, they also discuss some of their favourite screen openings of the month - including Adrien Brody-led The Brutalist and Robbie Williams monkey musical biopic Better Man. Who said January started slowly?

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    40 mins

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