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A fortnightly theatre bookclub hosted by Nancy Netherwood and Sam Webber. Every other Thursday we take a deep dive into a different play from a range of genres, writers, times and places - join in the conversation over on Instagram @playground_pod

  1. 17. Juni

    R.U.R. Rossum's Universal Robots by Karel Čapek

    Send us Fan Mail The distant future. The year 2000. Robots have been invented, subjugated, and produced in the millions. And they're very angry. This play not only invented the word 'Robot' (near enough), it's also an absolute banger of a comedy about industrial greed, workers revolutions, and the pitfalls of being just a simple girl. We talk robots, incredibly metal (as in hardcore) stage directions, and the impeccable timing of the 1940s mail system. Content Warnings: Death/Murder/Slavery/War/Sexism/Gore/A.I./Nazis Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Find us @playground_pod on Instagram Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat to host Sam @Samwebbercool2 on Instagram

    55 Min.

  2. 21. Mai

    A Table Tennis Play by Sam Steiner

    Send us Fan Mail An underground bunker filled with a thousand ping pong balls (which are actually other things) and a table tennis table (which is itself). 3 days, 3 characters, and some very rapid dialogue make this fringe play by Sam Steiner the perfect companion piece to his other play (podcast favourite) 'You Stupid Darkness!' We talk 'Table Tennis Play' as it's own subgenre, our love of ephemera, and how everything is a game. Content Warnings: Death/Dementia Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Find us @playground_pod on Instagram Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat to host Sam @Samwebbercool2 on Instagram

    53 Min.

  3. 22. Apr.

    The Frogs by Aristophanes

    Send us Fan Mail In the ancient play The Frogs, which has survived 2.5 thousand years and been a lynchpin of many hundreds of academic careers, Dionysus and his slave (eesh) Xanthius go in desperate search of funny bits they can do. Some good funny bits include: spanking, calling the audience idiots, and slagging off the guy who once gave the author a bad review. We talk ancient Greek theatre funding, the looming threat of (Spartan) war, and which writers we would bring back from the dead. Content Warnings: War/Slavery/Death/Execution/Murder/Sexism Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Find us @playground_pod on Instagram Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat to host Sam @Samwebbercool2 on Instagram

    51 Min.

  4. 8. Apr.

    No Particular Order by Joel Tan

    Send us Fan Mail A 300 year epic told through 17 minute portraits, Joel Tan's No Particular Order is a very heavy going, incredible piece of writing detailing the rise and fall(?) of an unnamed despot in an unnamed country in an unnamed time.  We talk war, dictatorships, and whether ART can ever do justice to the atrocities that so many must suffer. Content Warnings: War/Fascism/Sexual Assault/Murder/Seeking Asylum/Racism/Sexism/Death/Child Death/Animal Death/Gore/Most Other Traumatic Events Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Find us @playground_pod on Instagram Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat to host Sam @Samwebbercool2 on Instagram Theme music this time: Monk in the wind - Drums Ethno Choir Monk Voice Drone World Hum Action Dark Cinematic Music Surround.wav by szegvari -- https://freesound.org/s/609034/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

    49 Min.

  5. 26. März

    Design for Living by Noël Coward

    Send us Fan Mail Noël Coward has a legendary reputation - and this play lives up to it! Otto, Gilda and Leo all love each other, but due to the world's boring machinations they must keep trying out monogamy - can they, as a three, discover a new... design for living???? We talk throuples, flouncy theatre comedy, and the timelessness of trying to find a new... design for living. Content Warnings: Homophobia/Conservatism. Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Find us @playground_pod on Instagram Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat to host Sam @Samwebbercool2 on Instagram

    42 Min.

  6. 5. März

    American Psycho the Musical - book by Roberto Aquirre-Sacasa, Music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik, based on the novel by Brett Easton Ellis

    Send us Fan Mail We're doing a musical! And trying our very best to discuss the published script rather than the four thousand different live shows that Nancy has obsessively watched. This 2013 show is an adaptation of the controversial book (and cult film) American Psycho, but infused with synth and backflips. Strongly recommend listening to the soundtrack for this one as well as reading the play - although for reasons discussed these will! not! match! We talk psychology, stock markets, and the relevancy of this kind of guy today. Content Warnings: Murder/Death/Sexual Assault/Sex Work/Racism/Child Death/Drug Use/Podcast Bros Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Find us @playground_pod on Instagram Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat to host Sam @Samwebbercool2 on Instagram The theme music this time is SON OF PSYCHO by MadGravityStudio -- https://freesound.org/s/832440/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

    56 Min.

  7. 19. Feb.

    The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe

    Send us Fan Mail Football! Wait no soccer - Soccer! This Pulitzer-nommed play from 2016 follows an U17s indoor girls soccer team as they warm up for various games. Very little happens, and it's one of the most devastating plays we've ever read. We talk teen archetypes, coming of age, and (unfortunately) whether or not certain play-structures are mimicking of the male bedroom experience. Content Warnings: Death/racism/bullying/sports Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Find us @playground_pod on Instagram Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat to host Sam @Samwebbercool2 on Instagram

    50 Min.

  8. 5. Feb.

    Spider's Web by Agatha Christie

    Send us Fan Mail 'The trashiest play we've ever done.' Content Warnings: Murder/Drugs/Classism Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat to host Sam @Samwebbercool2 on Instagram (and go find @rootlingtheatre for his puppet antics) Theme music this episode: Spooky music by Victor_Natas -- https://freesound.org/s/560181/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

    46 Min.
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A fortnightly theatre bookclub hosted by Nancy Netherwood and Sam Webber. Every other Thursday we take a deep dive into a different play from a range of genres, writers, times and places - join in the conversation over on Instagram @playground_pod

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    Nancy Netherwood & Sam Webber
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    2020 - 2026
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