How Very Hannah

omigod you guys… we have our first MBE ACTOR IN THE STUDIO!!! Matt Henry MBE (full name at all times tehe) joins me this week - Olivier Award winner, MBE for services to musical theatre, original Lola in Kinky Boots, and currently playing Nigel in The Devil Wears Prada at the Dominion Theatre. And honestly, this conversation gave me so much. I had my notepad out, I was furiously scribbling, and I...

Right, before we get into this episode, we have some very exciting news… How Very Hannah has been nominated for Podcast of the Year at The ITV bCreator™ Awards 2026!! 🥹✨ We are shortlisted, voting is officially open, and I need you to get over there RIGHT NOW and vote for us. It would mean the absolute world. Fill your details out and find us in the Creators Awards under ‘ Podcast bCreator of th...

Clammy hands, hammy fingers and a charades game that nearly broke the show - it's my Legally Blonde co-star… George Crawford, aka Emmett Forrest himself!! 🎭 This ep is chaos from start to finish… we get into George's incredible career journey, from auditioning for drama school with absolutely no idea what he was doing, to landing Book of Mormon straight out of Arts Ed without even having an agent...

BOG OFF… no but don’t because DANI HARMER is on How Very Hannah!!! This one has been on my dream guest list since day one of this podcast, and I am so excited for you to hear this chat 🎭 We get into everything from her West End debut at six years old in The Who's Tommy (she had no idea who The Who was, bless her dad), doing the Annie tour at 10, her Rocky Horror days, and the audition process for...

Put your best red boots on, Lola’s in the house!! 💃🏾 This week I'm joined by the incredible Tosh Wanogho-Maud, currently playing alternate Lola in Kinky Boots at the Coliseum , and I genuinely could have talked to this man for hours. Wise, hilarious, and absolutely full of the kind of advice that makes you want to go home and write everything down. Tosh's career is honestly staggering - from mak...

This week I'm joined by the one, the only… Charley Marlowe!! Content creator, presenter, red carpet queen, THEATRE LOVER, and honestly one of the funniest people I've ever had in the studio!! 🎭 We get into how she went from production runner making 58 cups of tea a day to landing gigs at the BAFTAs, the BRITs and the Oliviers - including a genuinely brilliant encounter with Kate Fleetwood that ne...

⚠️ This is an audio-only episode - but trust us, you're not gonna want to miss a second of it!! 🎭 On Sunday 24th May, How Very Hannah made its West End debut at the Garrick Theatre for one night only… and we recorded it so you could all be part of it!! We're so proud of this one🩷 The incredible Marisha Wallace joined me on stage, talking about going from a tap dancing egg on Broadway to becoming...

🎟️ Grab the last few tickets for HOW VERY HANNAH LIVE, THIS SUNDAY at The Garrick! I’m taking over the West End on Sunday 24th May for a very special evening... with unreal guests MARISHA WALLACE and DAISY TWELLS!! See you there ✨  ⁠⁠https://www.aegpresents.co.uk/event/how-very-hannah/⁠⁠ ------- She won Britain's Got Talent, played Cruella in 101 Dalmatians AND has just dropped a new single… it's...

She's back!! Gracie McGonigal made her How Very Hannah debut on the What's On Stage red carpet and now she's finally in the studio, and this chat did not disappoint. 🎭 Gracie is currently playing Little Red in Into the Woods at the Bridge Theatre and we get into everything - how she genuinely thought Little Red died after Act One and had no idea how much of the show she was in, the Disney Jaw she...

I have been so excited for this one!! Jordan Luke Gage is one of the most multi-talented humans I know… original Romeo in &Juliet, Clyde in Bonnie and Clyde, Cal in Titanic, and now he's written his own musical. Yeah. His own musical (!!!) 🎭 In this ep, we get into his insane career trajectory, from four years of not being able to book a job after drama school, to Max Martin coming to watch h...

Shoes off, sinuses blocked, Leon sausage and egg bap in the system… it's a solo ep and we have a LOT to catch up on!! 🎭 We've just finished Canterbury - meningitis outbreak, masks on, no stage door, and somehow still one of my favourite weeks on tour so far. I did Elle twice, Margot six times, stayed with Remi and Rai, did a proper food shop and honestly felt like a functioning human being for on...

BLESS MY SOUL, Luke Brady's on a roll… into the studio!! 🎭 Luke is currently playing Hercules at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and what a delightful chat we had this week. We get into what it's actually like working for Disney, why the scale of Hercules is unlike anything he's done before, and how a chance conversation with Imelda Staunton mid-rehearsal completely changed how he approaches his cra...

My first ever Legally Blonde cast guest is HERE!!! and honestly it was worth the wait, as I'm joined this week by the incredible Jocasta Almgill, AKA the iconic Brooke Wyndham herself 🎉 We get into what it's actually like playing Brooke - including six months of skipping training, the press night skipping rope incident that drew actual blood (I'm so sorry Daisy), and why Jocasta never in a millio...

It's just me this week!! Well, almost… but we'll get to that. 🤭 I'm fresh off what I can only describe as the most chaotic week of my entire career (so far) in Milton Keynes, and I needed to sit down and tell you all about it!! Mid-show swing ons, show stops, four different people playing Margot in one week, concert versions nobody planned for - Milton Keynes, you will go down in history. 🎭 I'm...

I have been FANGIRLING over this guest for so long and I'm not even slightly sorry about it!! Mitch Wood is the comedy genius behind the musical theatre videos that are constantly flying around our group chats - and this week he’s in London and in the studio!!!🎭 We get into how it all started - from his specialty musical theatre high school in Toronto to drama college, working professionally, and...

Ad: This episode was made in partnership with The National Lottery ✨  Guys, it's ALMOST HERE!! The National Lottery's Big Night of Musicals is back on 28th March and this week I'm giving you a backstage pass to get you ready for a very stagey night of TV!! 🎭🎉 The National Lottery has surpassed £700 million of investment into arts, culture and heritage across Greater Manchester since 1994, and o...

I'm back in the studio this week and I am joined by the one and only Maddie Grace Jepson!! 😛 You'll know her from her iconic TikToks (and that tongue lol) that took over lockdown and never really stopped - and now she's living her absolute theatre girl dream playing Lorraine Baines in Back to the Future in the West End, and we had SO much to catch up on. We get into what it's actually like juggli...

Okay so I basically crashed the What's On Stage Awards red carpet and it was CHAOS (the good kind) 🎭✨ I'm out of the studio, mic in hand, Red Bull in system, dangling dress bit getting stood on - and somehow I managed to track down some of the biggest names in musical theatre for chats, confessions and of course… a How Very Dare You moment or two. This week's ep includes red carpet outfit of the...

Besties reunited… and this week he’s getting an entire ep (🤪) it’s Tom Scanlon!! Currently in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club - AND covering Cliff, we get into what it’s actually like stepping into a lead track in a show that’s emotionally heavy, why the post-show decompression is so real, and how stage door feels totally different when you’re trying to come down from the world of the show. Tom also...

It’s happened… Legally Blonde is OPEN and I’ve officially debuted as Elle Woods… earlier than expected (What the HELLY !!) 🎀 This solo ep is the full opening week debrief - how Leicester has been, what it’s like being Margot (and living my best trio life), and how my Elle debut was meant to be weeks away… until it suddenly wasn’t. I also want to say this upfront - it’s a weird feeling celebrating...

On THURSDAYS we wear pink… and talk Mean Girls, Heathers, Legally Blonde AND handling the internet when it’s doing the most… This week I’m joined by my friend – and actual real-life Regina George – Vivian Panka. We met doing the Heathers movie together (she was Heather Duke, I was New Wave Party Girl…), and now she’s leading the UK & Ireland tour of Mean Girls as Queen Bee herself. Vivian take...

If you’ve watched Good American Family and found yourself obsessed with Natalia Grace… this is the girl behind her. 👀 This week I’m joined by my friend – and fellow theatre girly – Imogen Faith Reid . We met doing Panto years ago, and now she’s leading a huge drama series playing Natalia Grace. No big deal!!! Imogen talks about going from Panto and body-double gigs to landing her first major TV r...

Week three of Legally Blonde rehearsals nearly finished me (🤪)… so let’s have a little debrief, shall we?! 💖 In this solo ep I’m giving you a full life update – how rehearsals are actually going, why week three is always chaos, and what it’s like setting the whole show! Plus, I’m answering YOUR questions - like my favourite numbers from the show, the joy and pain of learning choreography, and I...

West End besties on the pod alert !! This week I’m joined by actual West End royalty and on-stage power duo Lucie Jones & David Hunter... the iconic pairing from Waitress and the world premiere of 13 Going On 30 The Musical ! We get into all of it: how they first ended up opposite each other, what makes on-stage chemistry actually work, and why generosity is the secret sauce when you’re sharin...

All You Wanna Do... is hear about Katherine Howard, right?! 💅 Well you are in LUCK because I’m getting all the SIX West End scoop from none other than stagey icon and my friend Leesa Tulley !! Leesa’s just been announced as the new Katherine Howard in SIX in the West End (I KNOW), so we’re getting the inside story on her stage debut award, the diner dash of actual dreams (she left the Theatre Caf...