The Jammy Podcast James

In episode 21 of the podcast, I will be chatting to the marvellous Heidi Steel and Matthew Barker from the play 'The Fish Bowl' at Summerhall during the Edinburgh Fringe. 'The Fish Bowl' is a moving and emotional piece of theatre about the impacts of dementia on those who have it, and those surrounding them. Based on real people and true events, Matthew collected notes from his journal when working at a memory unit in an Australian care home, collating and adapting them into this magnifi...

The podcast is back! After nearly a year away, we're back. After visiting the Edinburgh Fringe in the summer, I emailed my absolute favourite creatives to see if I could have a quick chat - thankfully, my absolute favs said yes! First up is Linus Karp - writer and star of "Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story". Linus is a theatre maker, actor, and all round icon. He is the artistic director and founder of Awkward productions, currently starring in his fabulous show ‘Diana: The Un...

For the 19th episode of the podcast, James chats to half of the incredible theatre group “SPITLIP” David Cumming and Natasha Hodgson. Spitlip are The amazing creators of the hit London musical 'Operation Mincemeat' which is based on a true story about a secret WW2 operation involving a corpse being dumped on the Spanish coast. Since opening at the New Diorama theatre in London 2018 and returning twice to different venues since then, Operation Mincemeat has won countless awards...

For the 18th episode of the podcast, James is chatting to thriller author Phoebe Morgan.Phoebe has written 4 incredible thrillers - "The Doll House", "The Wild Girls", and "The Babysitter". Not only is Phoebe a hugely successful author she is also an editorial director currently at HarperCollins, working on Thriller, Crime, Women's Fiction, and Saga.During lockdown, Phoebe organised an auction which raised over £60,000 for the charity 'Care International'. In this interview, J...

For the 17th episode of the podcast, James is chatting to musical theatre star Joel Montague. Joel is currently playing the role of King George III in the smash hit musical Hamilton in London's West End. Joel has a massive list of theatrical credits to his name, including playing Eddie in Funny Girl at the Menier Chocolate Factory (for which he was nominated for a Whatsontage award for), Mendle in Falsettos London, and Ogie in Waitress London.Joel also runs his own theatre c...

For the final episode of the trilogy, James is sitting down with actor, director, and lecturer Nick Hutchison. Nick lives in Suffolk and his work covers theatre, television, film, voiceover and radio. He has worked with the BBC, ITV, the RSC, the Royal National theatre, and does a lot of work for Shakespeare’s Globe. Directing wise, Nick has directed many many brilliant productions, notably he devised and directed “Noel Cowards’ Christmas Spirits” at the St James’ theatr...