THE LAST SHOW ON EARTH JOHN OWEN-JONES & ALISTAIR BRAMMER

If there was a huge asteroid hurtling toward Earth threatening to destroy life as we know it and you could see one more show before you die, what would it be? It can be anything you want - a show you’ve seen before, one that you wish you’d seen, or something you’ve made up entirely. What would be YOUR Last Show on Earth? This is the podcast in which we ask a special guest the big, BIG question that nobody ever needed (or indeed) bothered to ask. 
Our guest this episode is Killian Donnelly
Originally from Ireland, Olivier nominated Killian Donnelly has worked extensively in theatre playing leading roles in shows such as Kinky Boots (a show which gave him his Broadway debut in 2016), Billy Elliott, The Commitments, Memphis, Les Miserables, The Phantom the Opera and Fun Home.
He met Alistair when they worked together in the West End production of Les Miserables (subsequently working together on the Les Miz movie), and he first worked with John when he played Raoul opposite John's Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre. This was when the legendary and much missed viral online video series John vs Killian was born - in which John and Killian competed against each other in increasingly absurd challenges backstage.
He lives with his wife and two children in Dublin but is currently spending most of his time in London where he has returned to the role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre.

Links:
Killian sings Bring Him Home on The Late Late Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlQlXagXzoc
Made in Dagenham in Concert tickets https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/made-in-dagenham-10/
John vs Killian - Guitar Hero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQvXxF91H4Q
John vs Killian - Twister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJWUoNdG_Ow

IMPORTANT
This is final episode of Season 1 and next year we will switch from a monthly release schedule to a twice yearly "seasonal" schedule.
We will return with Season 2 in May 2024 and will release a bunch of episodes in a brand new weekly format with Season 3 landing in October!
We are also looking at ways of getting you, the listener, more involved with the show...more details coming in the New Year...
Happy Christmas and thanks for listening!


Hosted by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
Music written by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
Music performed by John Owen-Jones, Alistair Brammer and John Quirk
Recorded & edited by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
A 2023 John Owen-Jones Associates Production
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If there was a huge asteroid hurtling toward Earth threatening to destroy life as we know it and you could see one more show before you die, what would it be? It can be anything you want - a show you’ve seen before, one that you wish you’d seen, or something you’ve made up entirely. What would be YOUR Last Show on Earth? This is the podcast in which we ask a special guest the big, BIG question that nobody ever needed or bothered to ask. 
Our guest this episode is Joanne Harris
Joanne Harris OBE FRSL is an award winning bestselling English-French author, who is probably best known for her novel Chocolat which was made into an Oscar-nominated movie starring Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche. She became an author after teaching for 15 years and has written over 20 novels (which are published in more than 50 countries and almost all of which made the Sunday Times Bestsellers list) as well as numerous novellas, video game scripts, short stories, opera libretti, screenplays, and a stage musical with composer Howard Goodall.
As well as championing trans rights, she is a passionate advocate for authors’ rights (she is currently the Chair of the Society of Authors and member of the Board of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) and is a patron of charities Médecins Sans Frontières and Plan UK. She lives in Almondbury, Yorkshire with her husband Kevin, where she writes all her works in a shed in her garden. Somehow she also finds time to both sing and play flute in the same band she joined when she was 16 years old.
She loves musicals and goes to theatre as often as possible with her son Fred.
 Links:
Official Website: https://www.joanne-harris.co.uk/
Joanne on Desert Island Discs: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011bx7
Clip of Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton in Sweeney Todd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryF2rt0hQiM
Castellana Caves info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castellana_Caves
Bonus link: JOJ and Gina Beck in Phantom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJNl70pCXqA
Hosted by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
Music written by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
Music performed by John Owen-Jones, Alistair Brammer and John Quirk
Recorded & edited by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
A 2023 John Owen-Jones Associates Production
www.johnowenjones.com/podcast

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If there was a huge asteroid hurtling toward Earth threatening to destroy life as we know it and you could see one more show before you die, what would it be? It can be anything you want - a show you’ve seen before, one that you wish you’d seen, or something you’ve made up entirely. What would be YOUR Last Show on Earth? This is the podcast in which we ask a special guest the big, BIG question that nobody ever needed or bothered to ask. 
Our guest this episode is George Blagden
George Blagden is an English actor who has enjoyed a successful career in theatre, film who also enjoys a nice sideline in voiceovers and audiobooks.
He is married to fellow actor Laura Pitt-Pulford and they have a young son called Arlo. He is best known for his role as Louis XIV in the French-produced television series drama Versailles as Grantaire in the 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables and Athelstan in the television series Vikings. He has narrated many audiobooks including the Penguin Classics audiobook version of Homer’s The Odyssey and an immersive audiovisual tour for the Circus Maximus in Rome written by Margaret George for the BARDEUM mobile app. (We don't know what this is either). Theatre credits include Tartuffe, Into the Woods and the role of PJ in the 2018 revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical comedy, Company, at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.
(Disclaimer - Due to the nature of the George's Last Show choice this episode does feature some very fruity language...apologies. If you are easily offended by the F word, please send your complaints to us and they will be duly ignored).
Links:
George's Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Blagden
Clips of George in Versailles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncAdzmaYgUw
Trailer for the 2018 production of Company https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-vAv1VZuMg
Hosted by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
Music written by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
Music performed by John Owen-Jones, Alistair Brammer and John Quirk
Recorded & edited by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
A 2023 John Owen-Jones Associates Production
www.johnowenjones.com/podcast

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If there was a huge asteroid hurtling toward Earth threatening to destroy life as we know it and you could see one more show before you die, what would it be? It can be anything you want - a show you’ve seen before, one that you wish you’d seen, or something you’ve made up entirely. What would be YOUR Last Show on Earth? This is the podcast in which we ask a special guest the big, BIG question that nobody ever needed or bothered to ask. 
Our guest this episode is Lee Mead
Lee Mead is an actor and singer who became a household name in 2007 when he won BBC TV talent competition Any Dream Will Do, which led to him playing the title role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for two years at London's Adelphi Theatre. He recently played Khashoggi in the West End revival of We Will Rock You and has played roles in other shows such as Wicked, Legally Blonde The Musical, The Phantom of The Opera, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Saigon and Chicago. Lee has also enjoyed a successful music career, releasing four solo albums - the first of which was certified double Gold - and will release a new recording this year.
Between 2014 and 2019, Lee enjoyed a long stint on BBC TV as regular character Ben 'Lofty' Chiltern in hospital dramas 'Casualty' and 'Holby City' and over the course of his career Lee has won several awards - including Rear of the Year in 2007!
 
(Disclaimer - When you listen to the episode please be aware that our German translation skills aren't that good...)
Links:
The Lee Mead Official Website (including 2023 tour dates) https://www.leemead.co.uk/live
Lee as Joseph singing Any Dream Will Do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQha2sta24
Lee and Alistair Brammer appearing together in Casualty https://x.com/holbytvofficial/status/1480152331614359558?s=20

Hosted by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
Music written by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
Music performed by John Owen-Jones, Alistair Brammer and John Quirk
Recorded & edited by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
A 2023 John Owen-Jones Associates Production
www.johnowenjones.com/podcast

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Trevor goes into detail about his Ben Folds Five musical
Trevor's listen along Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sKxuHOnWxE6WvOzoKmU0L?si=378db1ac6a8a443e
(NOTE: The Ben Folds cover version of Songs of Love by The Divine Comedy IS the theme tune to Father Ted...)
Hosted by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
Music written by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
Music performed by John Owen-Jones, Alistair Brammer and John Quirk
Recorded & edited by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
A 2023 John Owen-Jones Associates Production
www.johnowenjones.com/podcast

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If there was a huge asteroid hurtling toward Earth threatening to destroy life as we know it and you could see one more show before you die, what would it be? It can be anything you want - a show you’ve seen before, one that you wish you’d seen, or something you’ve made up entirely. What would be YOUR Last Show on Earth? This is the podcast in which we ask a special guest the big, BIG question that nobody ever needed or bothered to ask. 
Our guest this episode is Trevor Dion Nicholas
Originally from West Virginia in the United States, Trevor came to London in 2016 to play the Genie in the original West End production of Disney's Aladdin. He has since become a permanent UK resident and his skills as an actor, singer and voiceover artist are much in demand. He played George Washingtom in Hamilton for the last three years and is currently starring in Next to Normal at The Donmar Warehouse, whilst also recording voiceover roles in numerous TV shows and movies. He has been a judge on ITV show All Star Musicals and is the first guest on this podcast to earn a two-part episode!
We talked to Trevor for so long and in such great detail that we had to split the chat into two parts. This is the main episode but we have also released a very special bonus episode where he goes into great detail about his Last Show choice that you can listen to separately at your leisure.
NOTE: regular listeners will notice that this episode does NOT contain the debut of "War Horse Whistles"!
Links:
Trevor on All Star Musicals https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/star-musicals-trevor-dion-nicholas-26532601
Trevor talks to Lin Manuel Miranda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4O77kCyTEQ
Trevor as the Genie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMzPEeg4KNY
The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unstoppable_Yellow_Yeti
Moley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moley
Popeye - I'm Mean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOhp1L9enr4
Next to Normal https://booking.donmarwarehouse.com/events/9601AVDDJDNPPDCBTDGNSVVJSTBLBSPNQ
 
Trevor's Spotify playlist :
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sKxuHOnWxE6WvOzoKmU0L?si=6c6646e30c964d94

Hosted by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
Music written by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
Music performed by John Owen-Jones, Alistair Brammer and John Quirk
Recorded & edited by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer
A 2023 John Owen-Jones Associates Production
www.johnowenjones.com/podcast

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