Creative Space Podcast

This episode brings you Rhys and Pippa talking about their top 10 films of all time. There are some surprises and so not surprises. It has taken a lot of editing to get a 3 hour recording down to under two hours. We hope you enjoy it guys.

Tony Award winning and Oscar nominated lyricist, composer and musicologist, Maury Yeston is our guest on the podcast to talk about the in-depth of creating musicals, can anyone write a musical without playing an instrument and also writing many musicals including Nine, Titanic the Musical, Phantom and much more.  Maury also talks about how he first got involved in getting La Cage Aux Folles off th...

Youtuber, Actor and content creator Brandon Hardesty joins Rhys on the Creative Space Podcast. Brandon started his career out producing Youtube content which included reenacting movie scenes and funny videos which had gained millions of views. He then had opportunities in working on many films with major A-list actors, directors and producers including Adam Sandler, William H. Macy, Jennifer Tilly...

If you're a fan of Science Fiction, if you're a fan of Astronomy and if you're a fan of Science in any way, shape or form, David Brin is the man for you to listen.  David Brin is an Astrophysicist who has worked for NASA and is also a celebrated and acclaimed author that has written many books including the likes of The Uplift Stories, Earth and also The Postman which has been adapted into a...

This is a Barry themed podcast today as our guest on the show is none other than actor, Lloyd Everitt. Lloyd joins us for our 30th episode to talk with Rhys about his upbringing in Barry, going to the same school, going to Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and then going onto performing on stage with James Earl Jones and Mark Rylance and performing in TV shows including Casualty, The Pact and...

First podcast episode of 2023 and Rhys and Pippa sit down to reflect on 2022 in terms of what they've been doing performance and creative wise, what they hope for in 2023 with films and theatre and what are the next steps for Creative Space.  Also, Rhys and Pippa talk about a lot of things which may lose track but they still had fun.  Enjoy. 

We finish 2022 with a short solo episode of Rhys looking back on the year and how the podcast has grown and what has happened within that year.

Richard Chizmar joins Creative Space Podcast to talk about his career in publishing, editing and writing.  He has worked with some of the biggest names in literature which includes Ray Bradbury, Anne Rice, Joe Hill, Peter Straub and much more.  He also talks about his working relationship turned friendship with Stephen King where he mentions the books he has written with and published in...

Paul Tremblay is an author who has written many novels which include A Head Full of Ghosts and Cabin at the End of The World.  Paul also talks about his journey as an author, where he gets his ideas from and what's his inspiration.  He also talks about Robert Downey Jr, Dave Bautista, M Night Shyamalan and more. 

Happy Halloween people! Here is a Halloween special for you all and we talk about, Cursed Films.  Pippa returns to the podcast as co-host once again and we have missed her big time.  From The Exorcist to The Omen, from Twilight Zone The Movie to Superman, Rhys and Pippa look back at some of the most controversial films that had a reputation to be cursed. 

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!! Rhys is alone to talk about his love for Professional Wrestling and how wrestling works with it's faces and heels and their storytelling especially talking about the "fake" word that goes around the world of wrestling.  Rhys also gives you special access to three wrestlers who have highlighted the wrestling business at WWE, WCW, ECW, TNA and AEW. These three wrestl...

Hadley Fraser has been there and done that and continues to rise.  The first professional stage role that Hadley Fraser performed was Marius in Les Miserables at The Palace Theatre and from then on, he has gone onto to perform in the 25th Anniversary shows of Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera with him playing Raoul in the latter.  He has also performed in many stage productions inc...

Today's guest on Creative Space Podcast is the man who co-founded Baby Cow Productions alongside Steve Coogan, produced, written and created many TV shows especially The Royle Family, Gavin & Stacey, Red Dwarf and many more.  Henry talks about working with the likes of Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash, Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and Armando Ianucci just to name a few.  Enjoy. 

Composer and Animator, Sherene Strausberg sits with Rhys to talk about her new short film that's being released called Cool For You which is all to do with climate change and how it can educate to young children.  The two also sit down to talk about disney animation, Matthew Modine's involvement with Cool For You and much more.  Enjoy.

Creative Space is celebrating it's 1 year anniversary and we would like to say to everyone, thank you for supporting and following the show. We couldn't done it without you.  Our 20th episode features Tony Award winning playwright and actress, Lisa Kron. Lisa talks about her career as an actress and as a playwright especially writing plays such as Well, 2.5 minute ride and even writing the To...

Hey everyone. On this episode today, Pippa goes through with us how to play Dungeons and Dragons and how it is also a form of theatre in its own right. Pippa goes through character and story development and we also talk about other fantasies and shows connected to the game. This is purely a coincidence this being released at the height of Stranger Things 4 and the recently announced Dungeons and D...

Finally, the chase is over with Stephen Mear as he is our next guest on the podcast. The Olivier award winning and Tony nominated choreographer and director talks about his career and how his CV is stacked with some of the biggest shows on the West End and Broadway including Mary Poppins, Little Mermaid, Sunset Boulevard and more.  He also talks about working with some of the biggest names on...

First things first, apologies for the quality of the audio on Rhys' we didn't know what effected it at the time of the recording.  In this episode, Rhys brings back a podcast episode that was once uploaded for another show called "Let's Talk With..." which was hosted and produced by Rhys himself. however, the show never got off the ground and we at Creative Space felt that it would be best to have...

Jonny Owen is on Creative Space Podcast and he sits with Rhys to talk about his career in TV and Film. Jonny talks about his recent trilogy of documentary films of football including Don't Take Me Home, Three Kings and I Believe In Miracles.  He also talks about Svengali, his TV appearances on Shameless and also his involvement with Football in the media plus more.  We also want to thank our spons...

Episode 15 brings you another Rhys and Pippa episode where the two sit and talk about their experience as Performing Arts students in GCSE, A-Level and University. Plus issues with lectures and their approach to criticism and markings.  Plus we talk about Gemma Collins and her casting in the tour of Chicago and how it will impact the theatre community inside and out.  We also want to thank our spo...

With no special guest on the podcast, Rhys and Pippa sit down to talk about a variety of topics which includes what musical we would like to see or be created.  The two get personal both talk about the journey on how they missed theatre and how Rhys struggled mentally during 2021 and how Creative Space became the idea to bring his love for the arts back.  Pippa is also our new co-host an...

Happy Easter to everyone!  On our next podcast episode, we have playwright and a dear friend to Rhys, Ciaran Fitzgerald.  Ciaran talks about his experience as a writer, especially a playwright, with a disability (cerebral palsy) and how he fights back against expectation. He also talks about his experience in being part of the Sherman Theatre's writers group and having written for TV and...

Dennis Kelly is a Tony Award winning playwright who has written many plays including Girls & Boys, Osama the Hero, DNA and more.  He is also the writer of the book for Matilda the Musical, which has earned him a Tony Award and has written the screenplay for the feature length film.  He also talks about writing the screenplay, Black Sea and what screenplays he is working on in the fut...

Hey guys.  Today's episode features Gareth Dunlop who talks about his career in making songs that have featured on many notable TV shows including House MD and Nashville.  He also talks about his ambitions in writing songs for films and maybe a consideration in making a musical.  He also talks about his new song, which was just released called “ Sorrow, ” an homage to award-winning...

Hey everyone and welcome back to Creative Space.  On today's episode, we have the woman, along with ABBA, behind the creation of one of the biggest musical in the 21st century and that's Mamma Mia. Catherine sits down and talks with Rhys about the creation of the musical itself and how it became a motion picture success, her work with the likes of Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan and how she b...