Spieling The Beans

Spieling The Beans
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A podcast in which storytellers tell stories about telling stories. Comedians, writers, journalists, politicians, and activists discuss what makes a good story, how they get audiences hooked and how powerful stories can be. (Theme music: 'Up Kilkenny' by Josh Woodward)

  1. 13 FEB

    Inua Ellams MBE FRSL

    My guest this episode is the globally-renowned, multi-award-winning playwright, poet, and performer, Inua Ellams MBE FRSL, whose work has been produced by the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and BBC / Disney+'s Doctor Who, to name just three. Research Producer: Eileen Gbagbo

    1h 6m

  2. 22 JAN

    SAIPAN Special: Glenn Leyburn & Lisa Barros D’Sa

    Tomorrow, the Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke starring SAIPAN opens in UK cinemas. In October, at the London Film Festival, I got to talk to its directors, Glenn Leyburn & Lisa Barros D’Sa. This is that. Producer: Farah Sadek.

    8 min

  3. 20 JAN

    Daniel Bailey

    My guest this episode is Daniel Bailey: award-winning director, writer, dramaturg, former Associate Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre, Chair of Judges for the Alfred Fagon playwriting awards, and all-round theatre-making phenomenon. Recorded at ID Studios, Hackney, December 2025. Research Producer: Eileen Gbagbo.

    54 min

  4. 29/12/2025

    Sir Salman Rushdie

    For the finale of season seven, my guest is the Booker Prize winning author Sir Salman Rushdie. Recorded at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2024.

    5 min

  5. 16/12/2025

    Sir Rufus Norris

    In the longest interview we've ever done on Spieling The Beans, my guest is the sixth Artistic Director of the National Theatre (2015-2025), Sir Rufus Norris.

    1h 29m

  6. 23/11/2025

    Gary Gulman

    Dom speaks to the globally revered comedian Gary Gulman (The Great Depresh, Born on Third Base), on constructing masterful stand-up, working with directors, and effability of the word 'ineffable'.

    1h 8m

  7. 03/11/2025

    Simon McBurney OBE

    Dom talks to Simon McBurney OBE, the co-founder and artistic director of the monumentally consequential theatre company Complicité, and an actor you’ll recognise from his roles in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Duchess, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, and Rev, to name just a few. His latest show is FIGURES IN EXTINCTION, a co-creation with the Olivier Award winner Crystal Pite; a collaboration between Complicité and Nederlands Dans Theater. The conversation ranges from what it's like to direct Al Pacino in a play, to being directed by Robert Eggers and Christopher McQuarrie, to humanity’s relationship with mortality and how to convey that through physical theatre. With special thanks to Sadler's Wells, Will Ferreira Dyke, and Farah Sadek.

    1h 3m

  8. 28/10/2024

    Rupert Goold CBE

    My guest today is Rupert Goold - the double-Olivier-winning, Tony-nominated director behind such shows as Dear England, Enron, Ink, King Charles III, Tammy Faye, Patriots, and Cold War. His screen career includes directing Ben Whishaw in the BBC adaptation of Richard II, James Franco and Jonah Hill in the movie True Story, and perhaps most notably directing Renée Zellweger’s Oscar winning performance as Judy Garland in 2019’s Judy. This summer, we met in the boardroom of the Almeida (of which he's Artistic Director), to talk about directing film vs theatre, when to give an actor a note, his early inspirations, what he looks for in emerging talent, how to cast Hamlet, and so much more.

    42 min
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A podcast in which storytellers tell stories about telling stories. Comedians, writers, journalists, politicians, and activists discuss what makes a good story, how they get audiences hooked and how powerful stories can be. (Theme music: 'Up Kilkenny' by Josh Woodward)

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  • Creator
    Spieling The Beans
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    51
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Dom Stephens
  • Show Website
    Spieling The Beans

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