The WhatsOnStage Podcast

By: Sarah Crompton & Alex Wood
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  • Summary

  • 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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    Sarah Crompton, Alex Wood & Augusto Koschak
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Art Entertainment & Performing Arts Social Sciences
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Episodes
  • Is London theatre in rude health?

    Is London theatre in rude health?
    Apr 16 2025
    In a bonus episode, editor-in-chief Alex Wood chinwags his way around the Olivier Awards winners' room discussing the state of London theatre, new writing and emerging talent – featuring chats with the creators of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the team behind the record-breaking Fiddler on the Roof and the three Olivier Award-winning creatives in Giant – John Lithgow, Elliot Levey and Mark Rosenblatt. As subsidised venues reduce their programming output, what does the future of British theatre look like?

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    16 mins
  • Everything you didn't see at the Olivier Awards

    Everything you didn't see at the Olivier Awards
    Apr 11 2025
    Alex returns from sabbatical to report from behind the scenes at the Olivier awards where Giant, Fiddler on the Roof, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Years were among the big winners. He and Sarah discuss what the prizes reveal about London theatre, the artistic directors making waves - and announce a couple of shows that might be in the running for awards next year

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    38 mins
  • Bonus episode: Michael Sheen and Russell T Davies discuss their latest collaboration

    Bonus episode: Michael Sheen and Russell T Davies discuss their latest collaboration
    Apr 7 2025
    In a special bonus episode, Alex Wood has a chat with the Welsh National Theatre's artistic director - none other than stage and screen legend Michael Sheen. Sheen will kick off the company's programming with a new, relocated production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town - joined by the award-winning Doctor Who show runner and creative associate Russell T Davies.

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    15 mins
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