Dirty Laughs Podcast

This week, Sam presents a monologue for our lead character. The girls also learn about the smash hit musical Rent, discuss rekindling your motivation and have strong feelings about Harriet's Headscratcher!

In a jam-packed episode, the team explore the character of The Shadow and discuss how they can be used in their musical. They also make Tony Awards predictions, learn about the new Broadway musical Shucked, have an honest conversation about how the industry can better support it's performers, and try to figure out a riddle.

It's our second Birthday and the girls are celebrating with games, musical theatre discussions and a head scratcher that creates some extremely different reactions. Also in this Birthday special, the team check in on their progress following a full read through of the first draft for their musical.

The girls read through an initial draft of the first section of their musical, discuss the "But & Therefore Technique" and progress with their storyboard. Also this week, Aylish talks about the Olivier Award winning musical Standing At The Sky's Edge, Sam discusses a message from one of our listeners, and Harriet asks a turtle themed headscratcher.

In a jam-packed first episode of 2023, the girls are back and flooded with messages and stories from YOU (the listeners). This week, they do a deep-dive discussion into overcoming the moments you want to give up (and whether there are times it is the right step to take), they also talk musical storyboards, social media and counting sheep.

It's the last episode of 2022 and the team are reflecting on their own massive year, giving an update on their recent industry pitch, quizzing you (and each other) on this year in the theatre world; before revisiting their most popular headscratcher to finally get a definitive answer.

In the penultimate episode of 2022, Harriet presents a new scene and the trio decide names and profiles for their main character's friends. They also learn the history behind the musical Waitress, share the roles they'd most like to see each other perform and debate the origins of a famous saying.

Aylish revisits an old scene and presents a song idea to bring it to life. The team also discuss imposter syndrome, characters they connect to emotionally, the one musical they would recommend above all others and answer a crab themed headscratcher.

The girls are back after a short break to share how they felt about pitching their musical Battle for the first time and some new ideas inspired by valuable feedback. Also this week: Aylish tells the creative story behind the musical Next To Normal, Sam shares a listener's question around working with friends and Harriet asks a pet themed headscratcher.

Harriet talks through some choreography and creates an official character for their featured ensemble dancer called The Shadow, while the girls play a game and discuss how their self-expectations have changed.

This week the girls discuss how to write a scene where their characters separate and revisit their first piece of music to develop how that could fit into multiple scenes. They also discuss jukebox musicals, theatre etiquette and the smash hit musical GREASE!

In this bumper episode, each of the girls presents something they've been working on - including dialogue, choreography and music. We also talk about The Prom and Disney Pixar...

The girls are back to discuss everything that's happened in the West End Musical Theatre industry recently, while discussing how their main character can reconcile with their younger self to heal from trauma and giving tips on getting bad reviews.

The girls discuss "I Want" songs and clarify what their characters want at the start of their musical; while learning about In The Heights and sharing advice on self-motivation.

This week Harriet performs monologues she's written to help understand our characters and the girls check in on what scenes are left to write; while learning about Songs For A New World and discussing movies that could become musicals.

In this episode, the team listen to and unpack a brand new song for the musical, discuss Andrew Lloyd Webber and debate what Musicals could be given a refresh.

The girls are back with a jam packed episode where they read through the first two scenes, learn about the Pasek & Paul musical Edges and open up on their dreams for the musical.

This week sees Birthday celebrations, a working title finally chosen for the musical, dream dinner parties discussed and a headscratcher that's currently sweeping the globe...

In a special episode, the team interview brothers Niall Dunne and Steve Dunne to delve deeper into the minds of those who lead with their heads and those who lead with their hearts.

The team restructure a previously written song and discuss the gender identity of their lead character (and how to approach keeping it open to change), while sharing their drama school audition stories and learning about the Stiles and Drewe musical Just So.

In this episode, the team hear a scene that Harriet has been working on; while learning about Sweeney Todd and sharing theories on the Valentine's Day heart.

This week, Sam brings a scene she's been looking at and the girls discuss demo recordings, concert versions of musicals and the brand new musical A Strange Loop.

This week the girls go through their research into arguments between heart-led and head-led people, look at the beginnings of a song to introduce one of their characters and hear the story behind the musical Come From Away.

The girls welcome you into 2022 by setting their goals for the year, discussing how the arts helped them remember facts and learning about the musical The Grinning Man.

In this special episode, the girls reflect on their first year as a writing team, present the opening of their musical and learn the story behind The Muppet Christmas Carol.