Lights Up!

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...

Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Lowe's celebrated musical comes to the South West End! Director: Tom Sainsbury and Musical Director Richard Campbell lead a fabulous cast and crew, with the classic songs, 'I Could Have Danced All Night', 'Get Me to the Church on Time', 'Wouldn’t It Be Loverly', 'On the Street Where You Live', extravagant dancing and pinp...

One of the great plays of the 20th century, Amadeus is a riveting, must-see story about the difference between talent and true virtuosity. A sublimely operatic, darkly engrossing take on music, madness and…whisper it... murder. In this latest episode of Light's Up!  Cait interviews three members of the Amadeus cast: Paul, Nathan and Emily. Director : Ian Higham Cast: Antonio Salieri: Paul Din...

Hear Cait talking to Amanda, Chris and Geoff about the latest awesome production, Apologia by Alexi Kaye Campbell.  Alexi Kaye Campbell's Apologia is a powerful truthful family drama that delves into how the past can shape the present and examines the sacrifices we are willing to make to fight for what we believe in, no matter how it impacts the ones we love. Directed by Jim Dixon, with the c...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most celebrated Sherlock Holmes story gets a gloriously funny makeover: When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on his estate, with a look of terror still etched on his face, and the paw prints of a gigantic hound beside his body, the great detective Sherlock Holmes is summoned from Baker Street, with Dr Watson in tow, to unravel the mysteries surrounding his death...

Putney Theatre Company on Tour!  At two outdoor venues this year, PTC brings you their funny, fast paced, modern English version of The Canterbury Tales. Inspired by Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales but re-written into modern day English with hilarious effect, this fun version loses none of the charm of the original tales that have had such an enduring legacy on popular culture. Brought together by the...

Cait interviews Emma (Elinor) , Olivia (Marianne) and Isabella (Margaret) to introduce the wonderful new production from the Putney Theatre Company: Sense & Sensibility, Jane Austen's classic, adapted by Jessica Swale and directed by Ben Clare. In case you don't know, here's an outline of the ageless story. When their wealthy half-brother cheats them of their fortune, the pennil...

Previewing the new producrtion of Joe White's Mayfly . Ben thinks his family might be better off without him, but his wife Cat has read her stars: 'Today a very special person will appear from out the blue.' Their daughter Loops is getting ready for a date. It's her first one, and she has everything crossed. An ethereal family drama, Joe White's debut play explores rebirth...

Podcast preview of the new stage production of Lucy Kirkwood's The Welkin,  with cast members Lucy Mabbitt (Sally Poppy)  and Sarah Perkins (Elizabeth (Lizzy) Luke). A murderer’s fate lies in the hands of 12 women.  Sally has committed the wickedest of crimes but her claims of pregnancy, perhaps, demand clemency. A panel of Suffolk matrons, pulled from their everyday into the machinations of...

As a long, hot summer fades to winter, the Haussmans both love and hate one another, their dysfunctional pasts overwhelming the present. Of the original National Theatre production The Stage said “gloriously textured, utterly authentic… hilarious and haunting.” A brilliant play by BAFTA award winner Stephen Beresford, brought to life by the expertise and craft of the Putney team. Preview of the pr...

Preview of the powerful new production by Putney Theatre Company. Brutally separated from her German Jewish parents at the age of nine, Eva is brought to England with the promise of a new life. Diane Samuels’ seminal play is a modern classic about one woman's struggle to come to terms with her past,  a story of family partings - of love and loss. Now widely considered a modern classic, Kinder...

Extract from Riverside Radio 's Sian Kenyon's interview with Time Iredale,  Cait Hart Dyke and Lyndall Brown from the Putney Theatre Company (PTC) production of the classic panto. Dick Whittington , written by the  PTC writing team, is a riotous panto in the great tradition of brilliant entertainment for all the family Can Dick outwit the evil rodent King Rat, free the city from his team...

A longer episode this week, with the first of our Reunion episodes. For Alice in Wonderland (January 2022) director Frances Bodiam leads the discussion with several members of cast and crew: Chris Cully , Jim Dixon , Tim Iredale , Cait Hart Dyke , Jeff Graves  and Loetitia Delais .  Artistic Directors: Barney and Cait Hart Dyke.  Podcast Editor and sound design: Nick Wells.  Music is 'At the...

Fun preview interview by Cait who chats with Rosie Richards, the hero of the panto, and Daniel Wain, the madcap chef. Putney Theatre Company’s Dick Whittington , is written by the  PTC writing team. Join our the eponymous Dick, with his trusty cat, as he seeks fame, fortune and happiness on his journey to become the Lord Mayor. Guided by the magical Fairy Bow Bells, Dick sets out on an adventure t...

A quick update for Neil Bartlett's adaptation of Dickens' Great Expectations . This episode features an extract, recorded by Zoom from the Riverside Radio interview with Ian Higham (Director), Clare Wall David (Miss Haversham) and  Graham Kellas (Abel Magwitch). We apologise for the audio quality of the main segment, but the discussion is really interesting!! Artistic Directors: Barney a...

Neil Bartlett’s acclaimed adaptation of Great  Expectations thrillingly brings to life on the stage some of Charles Dickens' most memorable characters. The aspirational Pip, the  kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery, the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Haversham, her beautiful ward Estella and Pip's good-hearted room-mate Herbert Pocket. Through a series of strange and thri...

A quick update for the first night of Ulster American , directed by Stuart Watson and starring Nathan Cable as Jay Conway, Paddy Cooper as Leigh Carver and Imogen Reeve-Tucker as Ruth Davenport. This episode features an extract from the Riverside Radio interview with Paddy, and the Putney Theatre Artistic Directors Barney and Cait Hart Dyke. Three people meet on the eve of rehearsals for a new Wes...

Preview of Ulster American for its London premiere following acclaimed productions in Edinburgh and Dublin. This scintillating play examines issues of cultural identity, abuse of power, and male privilege. It's uncompromising, exhilarating, viciously funny, and not for the faint of heart.  Three people meet on the eve of rehearsals for a new West End play about the Troubles in Northern Irelan...

The first performance of the new season is the magnificent Midsummer Night's Dream, one of Shakespeare's most popular and enduring plays. Suitable for families, children and anyone interested in theatre this new production is the perfect introduction to the Putney Theatre Company with performances at the Hurlingham Club and Putney Arts Theatre. This episode features the inimitable Chris...

Cait and Barney run through the new productions for the coming season with a taste of contemporary and classic drama designed to appeal to families, schools and the culturally curious. 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 Sounds. Recording at the Putney Arts Th...