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Your weekly stagey catchup! Join West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins, and industry co-hosts for a round-up of the latest theatre news and reviews. Special guests include West End performers, producers, journalists, creatives and more!
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Emmanuel Akwafo (Lyric Hammersmith Panto / For Black Boys) joins West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins, to round up their Top Performances of 2024! Andrew reveals his top five stage performances of the year and reads submissions from West End Frame listeners whilst Emmanuel shares his top five shows of 2024. Thank you for listening to The West End Frame Show in 2024 and for sharing your top performances of the year - we included as many of your contributions as possible. We're back on Saturda...
Ross Harmon (Wicked / Heathers) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!Andrew and Ross discuss the latest updates about Wicked's Golden Globe nominations and Patrice Tipoki reprising her performance as Elphaba in the Australian production after leaving the show fourteen years ago. They also discuss the latest news about Jamie Lloyd's Evita, Freaky Friday, If/Then, Sondheim’s final musical Here We Are and lots more.Most recently Ross understudied Fiyero in the West End production of Wicked (Apollo V...
Olivier nominee Rachel John (Hamilton / The Big Life) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!Andrew and Rachel discuss The Devil Wears Prada (Dominion Theatre) as well as the latest news about the Hamilton tour, Choir Of Man, Figaro, Fawlty Towers, And Juliet and more. They also pay tribute to Kyle Birch who passed away aged 26 on 2nd December. Kyle was a musical theatre performer and friend of the podcast, having co-hosted The West End Frame Show twice. Andrew and Rachel share memories and send th...
Social media manager Ksenya Gray returns to co-host The West End Frame Show.Andrew and Ksenya discuss The Lighting Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (The Other Palace) and The Producers (Menier Chocolate Factory) as well as the latest news about Cabaret casting, The Traitors: Live Experience, the Old Vic, Wicked, Boy George and lots more.Ksenya runs the social media company Storytellers. This year she did social media for several concerts at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, including Wild About Y...
Join us for our second special episode about the Wicked movie!In this episode, West End Frame Editor Andrew Tomlins is joined by Lisa Martland for a discussion (featuring SPOILERS) about the Wicked movie.In this episode, Andrew and Lisa discuss favourite riffs, Defying Gravity, cameos, changes to the story, Popular, hopes for Part 2 and more.Having spent many years at The Stage – including five years as Deputy Editor – Lisa is the Founding Editor of one of the UK’s top theatre websites, www.m...
Tamara Tare (Shrek / Just For One Day) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!Andrew and Tamara discuss Here And Now: The Steps Musical (Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham) as well as the latest news about the Wicked movie's box office success, If/Then starring Kerry Ellis, Jeremy Jordan's new Broadway show, Tammy Faye closing and more.Having trained at the Royal Academy of Music, 2024 has been a big year for Tamara! She made her professional debut playing Alicia and understudying Amara in the premiere ...
Join us for our first special episode about the Wicked movie!In this episode, West End Frame Editor Andrew Tomlins is joined by Lisa Martland for a spoiler-free discussion about their first reactions to the Wicked movie.Andrew and Lisa discuss Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande's performances, Jon M. Chu's direction, some of the musical numbers, highlights, emotions and more.Come back on Wednesday for the spoiler episode, featuring lots more Wicked movie chat and analysis! Having spent many year...
Claire-Marie Hall (Operation Mincemeat) returns to co-host The West End Frame Show!Andrew and Claire discuss Now That's What I Call A Musical (Milton Keynes Theatre, UK Tour) as well as the latest news about the Mattel Wicked dolls mishap, 13 Going On 30, Hadestown, Scissorhandz and more. Claire is currently starring as Jean Leslie & others in the West End production of Operation Mincemeat. She was part of the musical's original cast, originally performing it at the Southwark Playhouse an...
Lewis Brown (Closer To Heaven / TikTok creator) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Lewis discuss Moulin Rouge starring Natalie Kassanga and Dom Simpson (Piccadilly Theatre) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Ambassadors Theatre) as well as the latest news about Hercules starring Luke Brady, The Great Gatsby, Miss Saigon, The Black British Theatre Awards and more. Since training at Urdang, Lewis has done cruises, tours and pantomimes. Earlier this year he played Flynn in ...
On this week’s solo episode, Andrew discusses Barcelona starring Lily Collins (Duke Of York’s Theatre) and The History Boys (Richmond Theatre, UK Tour) as well as the latest news about Scissorhandz, Les Misérables casting, Operation Mincemeat on Broadway, Hugh Jackman and more. Hosted by Andrew Tomlins. @AndrewTomlins32 Thanks for listening! Email: andrew@westendframe.co.uk Visit westendframe.co.uk for more info about our podcasts.
Georgina James (Beetlejuice / Jerry Springer The Opera) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Georgina discuss Becoming Nancy (Birmingham Rep) and The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre) as well as the latest news about Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical, Why Am I So Single, Smash, Bonnie Langford and lots more. Georgina has toured the world as a lead vocalist on various cruise ships. Her theatre credits include Andrea/Archangel Michael in Jerry Springer The Opera (Hope Mill Theatre) and Miss Ly...
Toby Shellard (Pretty Woman / Hairspray) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Toby discuss Musical Con (ExCel Centre), Come Alive: The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular (Empress Museum) and The Devil Wears Prada press launch as well as the latest news about Dirty Dancing, casting for Joseph starring Christina Bianco and Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, the UK Theatre Awards and lots more.Toby graduated from Arts Ed last year and went on to make his professional debut a...
Meesha Turner (Six / Stranger Things) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!Andrew and Meesha discuss Reverberation (Bristol Old Vic) as well as the latest news about Titanique, Wicked merch, Max Harwood being cast in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical and lots more. Meesha is a 2020 graduate of The Royal Academy of Music. After touring in Soul Legends and The Magic of Motown, she made her West End debut as Catherine Parr in Six The Musical (Vaudeville Theatre). Meesha went on to play ...
Katie Bernstein returns to co-host The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Katie talk about the sad loss of Dame Maggie Smith, Gavin Creel and Ken Page. They also discuss Buyer and Cellar (King's Head Theatre), Cake (The Other Palace) and A Chorus Line (Wycombe Swan Theatre, UK Tour) as well as the latest news about Operation Mincemeat, West End Musical Halloween, Hadestown, Choir Of Man and lots more. Katie was most recently in Power of Sail and Habeas Corpus, both at the Menier Chocolate Factor...
Having premiered at the Tobacco Factory prior to a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Tink is about to kick off a London run at The Other Palace Studio. The show is composed and performed by Kat Kleve and written and directed by Lizzy Connolly with movement direction from Rosanna Bates."Tink is an imperfect, messy ‘female gaze fairytale’ in all its ugly glory. A nostalgic and thoroughly modern coming of age musical monologue navigating the complex social struggles of tweens, teens...
Join us for the first ever Q&A episode of The West End Frame Show! Performer Shane Antony-Whitely joins West End Frame Editor Andrew Tomlins to answer your questions! Topics range from Dream Revivals, West End Concerts, Touring Shows, Dream Guests, Theatre Temperatures and lots more. After graduating from ArtsEd, Shane made his feature film debut in Wonka for Disney. His stage credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK tour / Canada), The Mikado (Wilton’s Music Hall ...
Shane Antony-Whitely (Joseph / The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe) returns to co-host The West End Frame Show!In this episode Andrew and Shane discuss Reece Richards becoming the victim of unlawful arrest and police misconduct whilst travelling home after a performance of Hairspray. They also discuss the closure of Cake, nominations for the Black British Theatre Awards, plus lots more. After graduating from ArtsEd, Shane made his feature film debut in Wonka for Disney. His stage credits incl...
Ebby Sama (Come Alive: The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular) co-hosts The West End Frame Show. Andrew and Ebby discuss Why Am I So Single? (Garrick Theatre), The Rocky Horror Show (Dominion Theatre) and Silence (Turbine Theatre) as well as the latest news about Mrs Doubtfire, White Rabbit Red Rabbit, Ghost In Concert, Kinky Boots, Natalie Kassanga joining Moulin Rouge and lots more!Ebby is currently in rehearsals for Come Alive: The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular. Ebby is on...
Join West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins for another Show Talk episode!In this episode, Andrew discusses Shifters (Duke of York's Theatre), Oliver! (Chichester Festival Theatre), The 39 Steps (Trafalgar Theatre) and A Night with Janis Joplin (Peacock Theatre). Hosted by Andrew Tomlins. @AndrewTomlins32 Thanks for listening! Email: andrew@westendframe.co.uk Visit westendframe.co.uk for more info about our podcasts.
Before kicking off a new series join West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins for some Show Talk!In this episode, Andrew discusses Something Rotten (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Oklahoma! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Fiddler on the Roof (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) and Fangirls (Lyric Hammersmith). Hosted by Andrew Tomlins. @AndrewTomlins32 Thanks for listening! Email: andrew@westendframe.co.uk Visit westendframe.co.uk for more info about our podcasts.
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