Regrets, I've Had a Few

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Told by an Idiot's Artistic Director Paul Hunter in free-flowing conversation with friends and colleagues from the theatre industry, delving into what made them the people they are today.

  1. 21h ago

    Episode 61: Michael and Jasmine Elcock

    Understudying Noah in primary school, the celebratory moment of taking your shoes and socks off and running down the road, and the debut of a brand-new Idiot game: ‘How Well Do You Know Your Sibling?’ All of this and more is discussed in this episode of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, featuring celebrated performers, and The Three Musketeers cast members, Michael and Jasmine Elcock.

    Episode 61: Michael and Jasmine Elcock

  2. Sep 7

    Episode 60: Stewart Pringle

    A fear of the cows in Button Moon, deliberating his loyalties between Whitley Bay and Camber Sands and the development of his new play, Brock’s Mill. All of this and more is discussed in this episode of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, featuring the award winning writer, and RSC Writer-in-Residence, Stewart Pringle. About Stewart PringleStewart is a writer and dramaturg from the North-East of England. His plays for the stage include The Bounds (Royal Court, Theatre Live) and Trestle (Winner of the 2017 Papatango New Writing Award), as well as plays for young audiences for the National Theatre and Donmar Warehouse. He is currently Writer in Residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where his new play Brock’s Mill will open in April 2027.   Before the RSC, Stewart was Senior Dramaturg at the National Theatre, Associate Dramaturg at the Bush Theatre and Artistic Director of the Old Red Lion Theatre. He lives in Rye with his wife Lauren, with whom he occasionally writes audio drama, and their tortoise Sacher, who never lifts a bloody finger.

    Episode 60: Stewart Pringle

  3. Jul 17

    Episode 59: In Bed With My Brother

    The instinct to punch each other on stage, going to prison with your mother and playing the around-the-world sailor Ellen MacArthur. All of this and more is discussed in this episode of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, featuring the award winning In Bed With My Brother. About In Bed With My BrotherIn Bed With My Brother is Nora Alexander, Dora Lynn and Kat Cory: three best mates based in Exeter, London and Margate, UK, making work together for over a decade. Their collaborations span theatre, performance, art, cabaret, music and nightlife, blending chaos, tongue-in-cheek humour and high-octane theatrical spectacle.​ https://www.inbedwithmybrother.com/  ​

    Episode 59: In Bed With My Brother

  4. Jun 25

    Epsiode 58: Aideen Malone

    Having nerves of steel, swapping a marketing degree for a career in lighting design, and Paul getting expert advice on his new kitchen light dilemma. All of this and more is discussed in this episode of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, featuring Olivier Award winning lighting designer, Aideen Malone. About Aideen MaloneAideen is an award winning lighting designer. She first worked with Told by an Idiot on Napoleon Disrobed (Arcola Theatre and UK tour) and has since worked with the Idiots on Charlie and Stan (Wilton's Music Hall, UK tour, Queen Mary 2 and China tour) and The Cat and the Canary (Chichester Festival Theatre). She is also lighting designer on Told by an Idiot's upcoming co-production with the Royal Shakespeare Company; The Three Musketeers.    Aideen's work includes:  Into The Woods (Bridge Theatre : Olivier Award winner/ Profile Award winner); Authenticator, Jane Eyre, Peter Pan (National Theatre); Atonement, Magic (Chichester Festival Theatre); Carousel, Twelfth Night, Fiddler On The Roof Olivier Award nomination (Open Air Theatre/Barbican); Kyoto (RSC/West End/Lincoln Centre); Death of A Salesman, Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, Hetty Feather , Worst Witch (West End); La Strada, 50 First Dates (The Other Palace); Outwitting The Devil (Avignon Festival); Hamlet (Young Vic); A Kind Of People (Royal Court); Road (Royal Exchange); Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning  (National Theatre Scotland: Profile Award nomination); Wonder Boy, You Bury Me (Bristol Old Vic); A Monster Calls (Old Vic); Duet For One (Orange Tree); A Raisin In The Sun, Talent (Sheffield Theatres); The Clothes They Stood Up In (Nottingham Playhouse); Running With Lions (Lyric Hammersmith); Old Bridge (Bush Theatre); Brighton Rock (York Theatre Royal); Ariodante, The Turn of the Screw, The Marriage of Figaro, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mary Queen of Scots, Così fan tutte, Jenufa and Tosca (English Touring Opera); Bird of Flight (Sovereign House, Brighton); Sadlers Wells East Foyer (Sadlers Wells East).

    Epsiode 58: Aideen Malone

  5. Apr 27

    Episode 57: Alfred Enoch

    Turning down his initial audition for Harry Potter, dreaming of scoring for Aston Villa over winning a BAFTA and things coming full circle; from watching his dad in Henry V at Shakespeare’s Globe as a child, to recently tackling the part himself at the RSC. All of this and more is discussed in this episode of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, featuring celebrated actor Alfred Enoch. About Alfred EnochTHEATRE INCLUDES: Henry V (RSC); A Midsummer Night’s Dream {for one night only} (Shakespeare’s Globe); An Oak Tree (Young Vic); White Rabbit Red Rabbit (@sohoplace, West End); Pericles (RSC); As You Like It (@sohoplace, West End); Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare’s Globe); Crave (Chichester Festival Theatre); What A Carve Up!, The Picture of Dorian Gray (online); Tree (Young Vic/Manchester International Festival); Red (Wyndham’s, West End); King Lear (Manchester Royal Exchange/Birmingham Rep); Coriolanus (Donmar Warehouse); Timon of Athens, Antigone (National Theatre).  TELEVISION INCLUDES: Run Away (Netflix); Miss Austen, Trust Me, Troy: Fall of a City, Sherlock (BBC); The Couple Next Door (Channel 4); Foundation (Apple TV); How To Get Away With Murder (ABC); Mount Pleasant (Sky); Broadchurch (ITV).  FILM INCLUDES: The Critic, This Is Christmas, Executive Order, Tigers, The Harry Potter series.  RADIO INCLUDES: The Duino Elegies, The Kiss of the Spider Woman, Anna Karenina, Darkness.

    Episode 57: Alfred Enoch

  6. Mar 31

    Episode 56: Simon Startin

    Taking early inspiration from Wayne Sleep and Les Dawson, relishing the art of mockery and the importance of being a constantly dripping tap. All of this and more is discussed in this episode of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, featuring director, writer, performer and activist, Simon Startin.

    Episode 56: Simon Startin

  7. Mar 9

    Episode 55: Sean Foley

    Meeting Paul in a field in Holland, the early days of working as one half of The Right Size and turning his hand to film directing. All of this and more is discussed in this episode of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, featuring double Olivier Award winning theatre director and performer, Sean Foley.

    Episode 55: Sean Foley

  8. Feb 13

    Episode 54: Tim Bell

    Embodying the spirit of a tree on stage, notable music hall ancestors and claiming to be an unbeatable table tennis champion. All of this and more is discussed in this episode of Regrets I’ve Had A Few, featuring theatre director and Complicité’s Senior Creative Producer, Tim Bell.

    Episode 54: Tim Bell
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Told by an Idiot's Artistic Director Paul Hunter in free-flowing conversation with friends and colleagues from the theatre industry, delving into what made them the people they are today.

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  • Creator
    Told by an Idiot
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    61
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Told by an Idiot
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