East Anglian Theatre Podcast

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Michelle Thompson, Creative Director of Orange Elephant Theatre Company, who talks about the legacy of the company founder, Gretel, and their upcoming show, Now Man Up , about men's mental health and suicide.  Also features Ray's usual nonsense where he bores you with what he's been up to, and there's a more creditable look at some of the upco...

Send us Fan Mail An interview with the poet Luke Wright about his experiences and his current tour entitled Later Life Letter Also features some of Ray's usual nonsense where he bores you with what he's been up to theatrically, as well as a more creditable look at some of the upcoming shows in our region.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Mai Stacey and Abbie Want of the UEA's Minotaur Theatre, whose production of As You Like It opens in a few weeks at the UEA Drama Studio. Also features Ray's usual nonsense where he tells you about what he's been up to, as well as a more creditable look some upcoming shows in our region. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An interview with John Davis, Andy Reeve, and Phil Davey about the production of Samuel Beckett's masterpiece Waiting for Godot. Also features Ray's usual nonsense where he bores you senseless with what he's been up to, theatrically speaking. There's also a more creditable look at what else is happening on stages across our region over the next few weeks.  Supp...

Send us Fan Mail An interview with playwright, Tim Foley, about his latest play It Walks Around the House at Night which is heading on tour in Feb 2026 with Thick Skin Theatre. Also features Ray's usual nonsense where he tells you what he's been up to lately, and a more creditable look at what else is happening on stages across East Anglia. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Annie Larkin and Billy Garner about their upcoming Xmas production, Santa & the Lost Letters. There's also Ray's usual nonsense as he bores you senseles with what he's been up to lately, and a more creditable look at some upcoming shows in our region. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Jim Carter, Chairman of Southend Shakespeare Company, about their upcoming production of Much Ado About Nothing There's also Ray's usual look at his dull theatrical life, and a more creditable section where he offers shout-outs to some upcoming productions in our region.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Rowan Fox-Noble of the King's Lynn Players, discussing his involvement in their latest production, Titanic the Musical Also features Ray's usual nonsense as he bores you senseless with what he's been up to and there's a more creditable look at some upcoming shows in our region.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An interview with three of the company of the latest production in the Norwich Players Theatre Company season, The School for Scandal Also features Ray's usual nonsense as he bores you senseless talking about himself, and there's a more creditable look at some upcoming theatre in our region.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Helen, Fiona, and Beth of Sudbury Dramatic Society about the production of Playhouse Creatures by April de Angelis that they are producing.  Also features Ray's usual nonsense where he bores you senseless with what he's been up to in the world of theatre, and there's a more creditable look at what else is coming up in our region over the next few w...

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Ian Gooda and Dale Hornsby who are playing fundamental roles in Watlington Players' production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. Also features a little of Ray's usual nonsense as he updates you on what he's been up to lately, and there's a more creditable look at what else is coming up in the region over the next few weeks.  Support the...

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Annie Larkin and Billy Garner of Nine Lives Theatre Company ahead of their upcoming autumn musical, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Also features Ray's usual nonsense where he bores you with what he's been up to theatrically speaking, and there's a more creditable mention of a handful of productions happening in our region.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Finn Kennedy Macmillan about his original piece entitled Behind the Screen which opens at the UEA Drama studio on the 2nd October.  Also features Ray's usual nonsense as he tells you what he's been up to lately, and there's also a more creditable look at what else is happening in the region over the next few weeks.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Katie-Anna Whiting all about her company's new verbatim piece entitled Lorefolk which explores local and family folklore from around Norfolk and Suffolk.  Also features Ray's usual nonsense as he bores you senseless with what he's been up to lately, and there's the more creditable look at what else is happening in theatres across our region. S...

Send us Fan Mail A chat with Caitlin Woolrich, William McKinnell, Jay Tamames, Rhian Brooke, and Aura Guha about the production of  Jekyll & Hyde that opens at the Maddermarket in Norwich on the 23rd Sept.  Also features Ray's usual nonsense as he bores you senseless telling you what he's been up to, and then there's a more creditable look at what else is coming up on stages in...

Send us Fan Mail A chat with Nathan Harrod about his latest show as drag queen and now psychic medium, Pfizer Minelli.  Also features Ray's usual nonsense as he bores you with what he's been up to, as well as a more creditable mention of upcoming shows and auditions in our region.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Mike Fahey-Wilson and Neil Arbon about the production of Value Engineering: Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry playing at the Quay Theatre next month.  Also features Ray's usual nonsense as he tells you what he's been up to in the world of theatre, plus a much more creditable at look at what's going on in theatres elsewhere.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An interview with John Mangan, Director and star of the stage production of Dad's Army being performed at the Maddermarket Theatre in Norwich.  Also feature's Ray usual self-involved nonsense, plus a more creditable look at what other theatre productions are happening in our region.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Shem Jacobs and Nic Gordon all about Space Hamlet, the brand new production from Open Door Theatre written by Daniel Sturman and RC Staab, which is set to debut at the Norwich Puppet Theatre in August 2025. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Robert Crighton, all about his three day festival of plays from the reign of Henry VIII, called Entertaining Henry Also features Ray's usual brand of self-centred nonsense as he bores you stupid with what he's been up to lately. Plus there's the more creditable mentions of other shows happening in our region.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail A chat with Sophia Capasso, Director of the latest production from Play Nicely Theatre, entitled There is a Light and a Whistle for Attracting Attention. Also features Ray's usual nonsense where he tells you, whether you like it or not, about what he's been up to in the world of theatre. Then the episode ends on a creditable note as Ray gives a shout-out to some other up...

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Tilly Baron and Lee Gibbons, both of whom are playing integral roles in FADLOS' upcoming production of Everybody's Talking About Jamie . There's also Ray's usual nonsense where he bores you with what he's been up to in the world of theatre, plus the more creditable mentions of upcoming shows and auditions in the region over the next few w...

Send us Fan Mail A chat with Simon Jaggers of the Dakota Collective, who has written a play called Gun to Your Head which will be touring East Anglia in May and beyond.  Also features Ray's usual nonsense, where, whether you like it or not, he tells you what he's been up to in the world of theatre. There's also a more creditable section where he gives a shout-out to some upcoming pr...

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Mark Finbow, Jake Clarke, and Honey-Rose Cook, all three of whom are integral parts of the upcoming mini-series called Time Travelling with Myself filmed in Lowestoft.  Also features Ray's usual nonsense, and a look at some of the upcoming productions and auditions happening in our region over the next few weeks.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail A chat with Joe Seeney, whose original adaptation of the Franz Kafka novella is set to open at The Maddermarket Theatre in Norwich at the end of April.  Also features Ray's usual nonsense where, whether you like it or not, he tells you all about his mundane life in the theatre. There's also the more creditable shout-outs for upcoming productions and auditions in East Ang...