This week Tim Howar popped into our studio to chat about being a rock star and his new role as the Phantom in the hit musical Phantom of the Opera ..read more

Due to the current situation, The Olivier Awards 2020 with Mastercard have been postponed. At the moment we hope the awards will take place in the Autumn. This podcast will return when the theatres re-open with new interviews with the best stars of the Westend and national Theaters. We will then pick up this Olivier podcast series in the Autumn - featuring exciting interviews with the nominees, and backstage interviews from the awards themselves. In the meantime, have a listen to the our extensive archive – which includes interviews with Olivier nominees Wendell Pierce and Sharon D. Clarke, th ..read more

Due the recent government advice the Olivier Awards has sadly been cancelled, the Society of London Theatre are currently trying to find a way to properly honour and announce this year’s winners. We still wanted to honour the nominees so on this weeks episode of the Olivier Awards Podcast – the official podcast of The Olivier Awards with Mastercard, Alice Arnold is sitting down with Chief Executive of the Society of London Theatre and producer of The Olivier Awards Julian Bird to talk about the biggest news story of the awards in the Plays and Opera categories. They are chatting about the thre ..read more

As the Olivier Awards approach, Alice Arnold sits down with Chief Executive of the Society of London Theatre and Producer of the Olivier Awards Julian Bird to get an in depth look at this years musical and dance nominations. The pair talk about the biggest news story of the awards, 9 time nominated musical & Juliet, as well as taking a look at choreography from Evita and the wonderful orchestration of Amélie the Musical. They also hear from stars of the nominated productions, including Jason Donovan, Miriam Teak Lee and Sara Barellis, as we count down to the big night. Don't miss next week ..read more

This week Alice was joined in the studio by Matthew Morrison, star of Glee, numerous Broadway productions and a judge on The Greatest Dancer. They chatted about his career from the stage to screen and his new album Disney Dreamin ..read more

In a special Musicals and Theatre podcast Alex Baker has taken over and is chatting to Peter Cattaneo, director of The Full Monty about his latest film Military Wives. Peter talks about making the film, working with Kirstin Scott-Thomas and Sharon Horgan and his other career highlights ..read more

As the Olivier Awards nominations were announced yesterday Alice Arnold sat down with Julian Bird the Chief Executive of the Society of London Theatre and Producer of the Olivier awards to get an instant reaction to the nominations in this little bonus podcast. They chatted about the most nominated show, & Juliet, as well as other top-nominated musicals such as Dear Evan Hansen, Amélie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Evita. They also unpicked the play nominations, including Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt, Death of a Salesman – which earned nominations for its two leads Wend ..read more

This week Alice is immersed in the world of the new hit musical Be More Chill when she was joined in the studio by two of the lead members of the cast, Scott Follan who plays Jeremy and Miracle Chance who plays Christine. They chatted about this new musical phenomenon that sees a young boy implant a super computer in his head in an attempt to be cool! Be More Chill is currently on at The Other Palace ..read more

This week Alice was joined in the studio by actress Michelle Collins. They chatted about her career on screen including her time in EastEnders and Coronation Street and her time on the stage starring in musicals like Daddy Cool and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. They also talked about the tour of Pinters The Birthday Party which she is about to embark on ..read more

This week on the Musicals and Theater Podcast Alice is joined in the studio by the legendary lyricist and composer Stephen Schwartz. They chat about his career inducing, his work on Pippin, Godspell, Rags, Wicked, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame as well as Prince of Egypt which is had just been turned into a musical and is currently on in London’s Westend ..read more