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Cait is ill today so hosting duty falls to Frances Bodiam, who chats with Director Owen Thomas Smith and Dina Fahmy (Rebekah Vardy) and Roger Blitz (Hugh Tomlinson KC) “It’s… Rebekah Vardy’s account.” With that single post, Coleen Rooney ignited the celebrity trial of the decade. From leaked stories and vanished phones to jaw-dropping revelations and laugh-out-loud exchanges, Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial brings the sensational libel showdown to the stage. Drawn enti...

Cait interviews the cast (Clare McKervey and George Nettleton) and director (Rob Wallis) of this incredible drama. Constellations, a play by Nick Payne is a spellbinding two-hander, exploring the infinite possibilities of love, choice, and chance through the lens of quantum physics – and beekeeping! When Marianne, a cosmologist, meets beekeeper Roland, their romance unfolds, or fails to unfold, in different forms across multiple parallel universes. Each time it plays out differently - ...

A Murder, a Mystery, a Discovery. The incredible story of Christopher and his courage, Cait and Frances host four members of a terrific cast: Harry, Elly, Aidan and Sabrina. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, is the bestselling original novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens for the stage, and directed at Putney Theatre by Frances Bodiam. The dog is dead. Pierced with a garden fork. Standing on the lawn in the middle of the night beside Wellington is fifteen-year-old ...

Interview mid-tour with cast members Rob, Sophie and Jack of the Putney Theatre Company's Summer show, Much Ado About Nothing. Putney Theatre Company On Tour brings Shakespeare’s dazzling comedy of romance, deceit and self-discovery to open-air venues around southwest London and beyond. This concise, rollicking, sunny production (directed by Stuart Watson) will be “as merry as the day is long.” Performance dates and times Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 July (both 6pm): Lil...

A special edition with on-location interviews, including Helen Wood, Owen Thomas Smith, Megan Good, Geoff Saunders and Richard Seedhouse, separately discussing the huge collective effort and the incredible feast of entertainment for the June extravaganza. Over the first three weekends in June Putney Arts Theatre (PAT) becomes a key venue for the Wandsworth Arts Fringe (WAF). It features seven plays (six for adult audiences and two for children), together with workshops, new writing, cabaret, ...

An Australian Murder Ballad, Angus Cerini's The Bleeding Tree makes only its second appearance in the UK, so Cait talks with the cast, Michelle, Rachel and Indie about this challenging, entertaining new production directed by Paul Dineen. In a dirt-dry Australian town, a gunshot shatters the still night. A mother and her daughters have just welcomed home the man of the house – with a crack to the shins and a bullet to the neck. With a body to dispose of and neighbours asking awkward questions...

Sarah (Madame Arcati), Daniel (Charles) and Katie (Elvira) are interviewed by Cait about the lastest production by Putney Theatre Company, Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit, directed by Tom Sainsbury. Noël Coward's comedy classic tells the story of suave novelist Charles Condomine and his second wife, Ruth. They invite local medium, Madam Arcati, to conduct a séance to inspire him for his next novel. The evening doesn't go as planned, and the sceptical Charles is reunited with the ghost of his fir...

Cast members Tom, Tim and Megs are interviewed by Cait, for the brilliant Putney Theatre Production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo and Franca Rame, adapted by Tom Basden. Directed by Barney Hart Dyke and Owen Thomas James. An irrepressible fraudster known only as the Maniac is brought into Police Headquarters just as the officers are preparing for a judicial review of the recent 'accidental' death of a suspect in custody. Outwitting his captors, the Maniac dupes them in...

Alligators come to Putney Arts Theatre! In this latest episode host Cait chats with Jim (Daniel), Alexa (Sally) and Lily (Rachel) about the tense, gripping drama by Andrew Keatley, brought to the Putney stage by director Amanda Benzecry. Daniel Turner has it all. A devoted wife, two beautiful children and a teaching job he loves. But when allegations are made about his past, his world begins to crumble around him. Can all the good he's done be erased by one pointed finger? What will it take ...

“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings…” Christmas Eve, 1946, Bedford Falls. Down-on-his-luck banker George Bailey feels life has passed him by, and he's at the end of his rope. But when George's guardian angel pays him a visit, he's amazed to discover what life in his beloved town would be like without him. Maybe it's a wonderful life, after all? Cait interviews the cast, Matt Hoisch, Nicole Pavlou, Rob Wallis and Ben Wheeler of the new production of It's A Wonderful Life, at ...

Cait interviews cast members for the new production of the Tom Stoppard move blockbuster, Shakespeare in Love, adapted for the stage. Young Will Shakespeare has writer's block... the deadline for his new play is fast approaching but he's in desperate need of inspiration. That is, until he finds his muse – the courtly Viola de Lesseps. This beautiful young woman is Will’s greatest admirer and will stop at nothing (including breaking the law) to appear in his next play, disguising herself as b...

An emergency episode in the absence of Cait, the cast of Death and the Maiden (by Ariel Dorfman, directed by the inestimable Kim Dyas) drop in for a chat, late evening, during a break in rehearsals. Cast: Paulina Escobar (Sharon Czudak), Gerardo Escobar (Aidan Kershaw) and Roberto Miranda as Paul Dineen. Set in a country that is transitioning to democracy. Death and the Maiden explores how - and if - a nation can start to heal its wounds after years of living in a dictatorship regime. Gerardo...

New episode for Flare Path a new production of the Rattigan play, directed by Ian Higham at the Putney Arts Theatre. Cait interviews three of the star perfomers, Emma Bugg (Patricia), Theo Leonard (Flight Lieutenant Teddy Graham) and Guy Robarts (Peter Kyle). 24-28 September, 7.45pm Matinee 28 September, 3pm Ticket link Written in 1941 and first staged in London in 1942 Flare Path is based around Rattigan’s own experience as a tail gunner in RAF Coastal Command. Set in a hotel near an...

Artistic Directors Barney and Cait sit down to talk about the incredible range of new productions coming up, including Flare Path, Death and the Maiden, Shakespeare in Love, It's A Wonderful Life, Alligator and Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Tickets for all shows will soon be available on putneyartstheatre.org.uk Artistic Directors: Barney and Cait Hart Dyke. Podcast Editor and sound design: Nick Wells. Music is 'At the Tropicana' by Chalalatas, license courtesy of Epidemic S...

10 plays in 8 days, The Putney Theatre Box Set Summer Festival brings the energy of the Edinburgh Fringe to your doorstep. Cait interviews Festival Director Ian Higham about everything you'd like to know. For tickets and full information, take a look at https://www.putneyartstheatre.org.uk/event-5741694 Performances: 27 July – 2 August main stage A Hundred Words for Snow by Tatty Hennessy Directed by Cait Hart Dyke Cast: Isabella Walsh-Whitfield Bobby & Amy by Emily Jenkins Di...

Recorded in our busy theatre (four directors and their casts in all parts of the building), Cait interviews Angel Witney (Lady Melksham, Past), Emily Dixon(Miss Williams, Past) and Reid Edmond (Amyas Crale) from the stunning new production. Agatha Christie's Go Back for Murder is a stunning drama from the Queen of Crime. After a wrongly convicted woman dies in prison, it is up to her daughter to recreate the scene of the crime and exonerate her memory. When Carla Crale receives a letter from...

Cast preview with Debra Bond ( Laura) and Des Healy (Danny). Interviewed by Cait they discuss the themes and drama of David Eldridges powerful play Beginning, directed by Ben Clare. Laura's thrown a housewarming party at her new flat. Danny is the last man standing. It's meant to be isn't it? Or is it? They're both single. They both really like each other. But can they take the leap? A brilliantly observed, funny, poignant play about being fortyish and single and being open to falling i...

The Lovely Bones cast members Isabella (Susie), Ava (Lindsey) and Andrew (Mr Harvey) interviewed by Cait (Grandma Lynn). Alice Sebold’s novel The Lovely Bones has been a bestseller throughout the world and the 2009 film, directed by Peter Jackson starring Saoirse Ronan, Stanley Tucci, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz and Susan Sarandon won a number of international awards. Now a major new production by the Putney Theatre Company, with a wonderful ensemble cast and crew led by director France...

Episode featuring Scandaltown by Mike Bartlett, a new production from the Putney Theatre Company, directed by Stuart Watson. Cait interviews cast members Lucy Oglesby, Louisa Pead and Sammy Moore. About the play: Moral and progressive young heroine Phoebe Virtue disguises herself as an IT consultant and journeys to London to rescue her brother Jack from the temptations of the depraved metropolis, where she suspects he is taking drugs and reading the Daily Telegraph. Meanwhile, vampy, ...

Cait interviews Frances, Mel and Paul, the cast of Lucy Kirkwood's tense drama, The Children. Hazel and Robin live in a cottage by the sea because their house has been made uninhabitable by a catastrophic radiation leak at the nearby nuclear power station where they both worked. One day Rose, an old colleague, arrives on a visit. Her visit stirs up memories and reflections on life, love and relationships, but why has she come back after many years away? The play poses pressing and cha...