Mark and Matt chat to director an theatre maker Hannah Banister about taking time, how to navigate the ups and downs, ins and outs of the theatre industry and Shandyland, our new co-production which Hannah was directing and would have been on at Northern Stage this month. Hannah is at all times funny, honest and full of clarity. It’s such a great listen… we hope you enjoy.

Transcript available to download here.

Resource links:

Hannah Banister - Curtis Brown page: www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/hannah-banister 

Gareth Farr – Curtis Brown page: www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/gareth-farr

Newcastle College: www.ncl-coll.ac.uk

Royal Central School of Speech & Drama www.cssd.ac.uk

Hampstead Theatre: www.hampsteadtheatre.com

Ed Hall - Enlightenment: www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on/2010/enlightenment/

Max Webster - Life of Pi: www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/news/life-of-pi-director-gives-us-a-sneak-peek-into-rehearsals

Nina Raine - Tiger Country www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on/2014/tiger-country/

Jeremy Herrin - The Tempest: globeplayer.tv/videos/the-tempest-english

Old Vic - New Voices: ovnv.lgfl.org.uk/

The Old Vic 12: www.oldvictheatre.com/join-in/for-creatives/the-old-vic-12 

I Killed Rasputin – Richard Herring play: www.richardherring.com/ikr/

National Theatre: New Work Department: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/about-the-national-theatre/new-work

The JMK Award: www.jmktrust.org/the-jmk-award/

Headlong: Angels In America: headlong.co.uk/productions/angels-america/

Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme (RTYDS): www.rtyds.co.uk/

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara: www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Life-Hanya-Yanagihara/dp/1447294815

Sean Carroll’s Mindscape Podcast: www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/

Pod Save The World: crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-the-world/

The Morning Show - available on Apple TV

RuPaul’s Drag Race - available on Netflix

The Last Dance - available on Netflix

Homeland - available on Channel 4

Killing Eve - available on BBC iPlayer

Unorthodox -available on Netflix

Outliers: The Story of Success Paperback: www.amazon.co.uk/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0141036257

The Missing Cryptowqueen podcast: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07nkd84/episodes/downloads

Community - available on Netflix