The Standard Theatre Podcast

Sophie Okonedo’s phenomenal performance in Medea , with award-winning playwright and theatre critic Farah Najib. We’ll also be joined by Nicolas Kent & Richard Norton-Taylor on Grenfell: System Failure , their powerful piece of verbatim theatre drawn from the public inquiry into the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster. Plus, Nick Clark and Nick Curtis discuss Sylvia , a hip-hop musical about the Suff...

We talk to the cast of The Lehman Trilogy about the award-winning play which arrived in the West End this month, and the challenges of staging a story that spans 160 years and multiple characters. We also review the musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge , with songs by Richard Hawley, which opened last week at the National Theatre as well as a new take on Phaedra starring Ozark star Janet McTeer, als...

Directed by Golden Globe winner Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy has travelled from London to Broadway and is back in the West End. This is the National’s acclaimed adaptation of Stefano Massini’s play.  Plus *drum roll please* we interview Rob Madge about their musical My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?) at the Ambassadors Theatre. And we tell you what we really think about Titus Andronicu...

We review Lemons at the Harold Pinter Theatre, starring Aidan Turner and Jenna Coleman. Plus we’ll be joined by the man behind modern TV classics such as Sherlock and Doctor Who - writer Steven Moffat OBE - about his new play The Unfriend , which is on at the Criterion Theatre, featuring Reece Shearsmith and Amanda Abbington . And, we reveal what we thought of Cheryl’s debut performance in 2:22 A...

Up to date, honest reviews of the top theatre shows in London every week, from our critics and culture editors, alongside interviews with the actors and creatives bringing them to the stage. If there's a show you must see (or one to avoid), you'll find out here. A new episode releases every Sunday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.