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09/07/2023

Our 2023 Theatre highlights so far...

To mark the halfway point of 2023, join Nick Clark and Nancy Durrant for this special episode showcasing the finest shows that have impressed them this year so far. You can find all the links to the full shows below, but theatrical amuse-bouches to tempt you with the best of the West End and beyond include: Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Interview with the cast and creators Our review Sheridan Smith in Shirley Valentine Shirley Valentine review The Lehman Trilogy The Lehman Trilogy cast interview Our review Accidental Death of an Anarchist Interview with Daniel Rigby Our review Groundhog Day Interview with Tim Minchin and Danny Rubin Our review Dear England Dear England at the National Theatre review Sleepova Our review Sir Lenny Henry and Lynette Linton on August in England Interview with Lenny & Lynette Our review Find all our latest reviews over at standard.co.uk/culture/theatre Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

09/07/2023

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29 min
18/06/2023

Daniel Rigby on Accidental Death of an Anarchist in the West End, plus Groundhog Day and Romeo & Juliet reviews!

We're joined by the star of the hit BBC TV series' Eric and Ernie, award-winning comedian and actor, Daniel Rigby. He tells us about his new role in Accidental Death of an Anarchist, a play by Dario Fo and Franca Rame. He shares what it was like stepping away from comedy and how it felt to beat the likes of Matt Smith and Benedict Cumberbatch for a BAFTA. Our review of Groundhog Day is in and let's just say, it’s worth seeing again, and again, and again. To hear our interview with Tim Minchin and Danny Rubin click here. We discuss Romeo and Juliet at the Almeida in Islington, which stars Ted Lasso’s Toheeb Jimoh as Romeo, Metal Lord’s Isis Hainsworth as Juliet, and is directed by Rebecca Frecknall. Plus in our weekly theatre news, Rufus Norris steps down from the National Theatre, and we pay tribute to Oscar- winning actress and politician, Glenda Jackson, following the news of her death at the age of 87. To read our reviews and find the latest news visit standard.co.uk/culture/theatre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

18/06/2023

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36 min
07/03/2023

Episode 20 trailer

Lawrence Dallaglio looks ahead at what’s to come in this week’s special episode of the Evening Standard Rugby Podcast, recorded live in front of an audience in partnership with QBE Business Insurance and out on Thursday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

07/03/2023

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1 min
24/09/2023

The Little Big Things creators; Pygmalion & Beautiful Thing reviews

Nick Butcher and Tom Ling, two of the creators behind the hit new show The Little Big Things running at @sohoplace, join us in the studio. They reveal how they adapted Henry Fraser’s inspirational memoir – about how a diving accident changed the sportsman’s life forever and what happened next – into an inspirational new musical, which has been given the seal of approval by Andrew Lloyd Webber. We review Pygmalion at the Old Vic, which stars Bertie Carvel as Henry Higgins and Patsy Ferran as Eliza Doolittle, and Beautiful Thing at Theatre Royal Stratford East, a 30th anniversary revival of this classic coming-out and coming-of-age story. And finally we discuss Starlight Express steaming back into London next year, ask if you would pay £395 to see Plaza Suite and celebrate another 30th anniversary – of our chief theatre critic’s first review for the Evening Standard. Listen now… For all the latest visit standard.co.uk/culture/theatre Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

24/09/2023

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42 min
31/08/2023

A lacklustre England performance and The Boys of Winter

Ahead of the new season, Lawrence catches up with Steve Cording from the Evening Standard to discuss what’s gone wrong with the England team and who he thinks is to blame. Plus, Lawrence also talks about his new book, The Boys of Winter, in which he revisits every member of the 2003 Rugby World Cup winning squad and coaching team to ask them how did it change your life? And was it worth it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

31/08/2023

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14 min
08/08/2019

Replay: Isabel Garvey, Abbey Road Studios

On the day the world celebrates 50 years since the Beatles' iconic 'Abbey Road' album, we revisit an episode from series 1 with Isabel Garvey, MD of Abbey Road Studios. This episode was first published on 22nd April 2019 -- When services like Napster began to shake up the music industry, EMI called on Isabel Garvey to project how their business could prepare for the digital revolution. 15 years later Isabel continues to lead the music world's future focus as the MD of world-famous Abbey Road studios, leading their incubator for digital music technologies, Abbey Road RED. In this episode Isabel and Anne-Marie discuss how digital technologies are shaping the future of music, and how developments like artificial intelligence are becoming collaborative partners in the creative process. Abbey Road Studios is on twitter @AbbeyRoad. Find out more at www.abbeyroad.com Anne-Marie Imafidon is on twitter @aimafidon and Instagram @notyouraverageami For more from the Evening Standard visit www.standard.co.uk On Twitter: @eveningstandard On Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/eveningstandard/ Ask your smart speaker to 'play the news from the Evening Standard' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

08/08/2019

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39 min
08/04/2019

Manon Lagrève, Great British Bake-Off: a bakers' recipe for tech success

Fans of the Great British Bake-Off will know Manon Lagrève for her Matcha and White Chocolate biscuit selfie showstopper, and for reaching the quarter finals of the TV baking challenge. But when she's not baking, Manon is a successful technologist with a career in software implementation. In this episode, Anne-Marie catches up with Manon over a Vegan Blueberry cake to discuss how tech has changed her life and her baking - and of course to share some behind the scenes gossip about Britain's favourite baking show. Follow Manon Lagrève on twitter @MMarla35 and Instagram @manonlagreve. Her website is www.ManonLagreve.com Anne-Marie Imafidon is on twitter @aimafidon and Instagram @notyouraverageami For more from the Evening Standard visit www.standard.co.uk On Twitter: @eveningstandard On Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/eveningstandard/ Ask your smart speaker to 'play the news from the Evening Standard' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

08/04/2019

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26 min
07/05/2023

Ryan Calais Cameron on Retrograde;The Motive and the Cue, and The Good Person of Szechwan reviews

Recorded at His Majesty’s Theatre in time for the King’s coronation we’re joined by playwright Ryan Calais Cameron to talk about his new production Retrograde, now on at the Kiln Theatre. You may well know Ryan for his show For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy. We review The Motive and the Cue, a play by Jack Thorne, directed by Sam Mendes, starring Janie Dee, Mark Gatiss and Tuppence Middleton, now on at the National Theatre. We chat about royal plays, Phantom of the Opera and the news of Sir Kenneth Branagh set to direct and star in the West End’s King Lear. Theatre critic Alice Saville joins us to review The Good Person of Szechwan, that’s presented by the English Touring Theatre and Sheffield Theatres, now on at the Lyric Hammersmith. Plus we pay tribute to director and writer Adam Brace who has died aged 43. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

07/05/2023

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35 min
02/07/2023

Tony Award winner Michael R. Jackson on A Strange Loop, plus, reviews of The Pillowman and Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Double Tony Award-winning American playwright Michael R. Jackson joins us to chat about his Broadway show A Strange Loop, which is now on at London’s Barbican. The 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner tells us about the long journey to success, life as a theatre usher before fame, his irritation with Disney corporate rules, a “complex phone relationship” with American actor Tyler Perry, and his upcoming musical project based on the film Teeth. What did we think of Lily Allen in The Pillowman? Also starring Paul Kaye, the “miserable” play is written by Martin McDonagh and directed by Matthew Dunster. For our second review, it’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist, starring Daniel Rigby. Dario Fo’s 1970 political farce has been adapted by Tom Basden and is now on at the Theatre Royal Haymarket - but did it deserve a West End transfer? To hear Daniel Rigby’s interview in full, click this link. Also, what’s happening in stage news this week, Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James are to star in a new West End play, Lyonesse at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Plus, have theatre employers failed to learn lessons from Covid? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

02/07/2023

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37 min
26/03/2023

Guys & Dolls: Daniel Mays and Marisha Wallace

Line of Duty star Daniel Mays and Broadway's Marisha Wallace join us to discuss their five-star show Guys & Dolls, at the Bridge Theatre. We review Further Than the Furthest Thing, starring Jenna Russell, at the Young Vic, and Marjorie Prime, starring Anne Reid, at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Plus Nancy Durrant and Nick Clark react to playwright David Hare’s comments about musicals ‘strangling’ the West End. And we chat about some very noisy audience members… In this episode: Part one: Nick Clark and Nancy Durrant react to playwright David Hare’s comments... Part two: We review Further Than the Furthest Thing, plus noisy audience members (2 minutes 58) Part three: We’re joined by Daniel Mays and Marisha Wallace for Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre (10 minutes 34) -What Guys & Dolls is about -Who is Miss Adelaide in Guys & Dolls and how does Marisha Wallace bring her to life -Who Daniel Mays plays in Guys & Dolls, and how he approached the character -Daniel Mays and Marisha Wallace talk about their favourite songs from the show and why -Turning Miss Adelaide into “Beyonce” and “Megan Thee Stallion” -Daniel Mays on Sit Down You’re Rockin’ The Boat and Arlene Phillips’s choreography -Marisha Wallace tears up as she reveals how black audiences are reacting to her leading role -The importance of audience interaction and what it means to them -The musicals they’d love to do next. Will we see Daniel Mays in Jesus Christ Superstar? Part four: Our Chief Theatre Critic Nick Curtis reviews Marjorie Prime, starring Anne Reid (22 minutes 36) For the latest news and reviews head to www.standard.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

26/03/2023

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28 min

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