Making Do

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Making Do Podcast!  Summer is here and the flowers are blooming, and nobody knows that better than this episode’s guest - Rosy, founder of Filth Florists!  Rosy invited us into her studio to walk us through her work - from building vast floral installations and managing big collaborations, to becoming the face of her business and creating pathways i...

We’re back with another episode of the Making Do podcast, where today we enjoy a chat and some lolz with the wonderful Amrita Mangat! Amrita tells us about her accidental transition from actor to actor-writer-producer extraordinaire, the inception of her theatre company, and how even the saddest moments in life can be funny through the right lens. Expect high levels of ridiculousness, along with l...

Spring has sprung! And with it comes another fresh episode of the Making Do podcast. Today our guest is the wonderful Oskar Brockbank, who popped in to have a lovely chat with us about all things directing for film. Oskar is a very cool guy and we were super happy to have him on - he talks really insightfully about his craft, and we hope you find it as interesting as we did. Expect lots of art cha...

WE’RE BAAAACK!!! Welcome to series 2 of the Making Do podcast! We’re soooo so excited to get going again, and what better way to kick things off than with director, dramaturg and all round legend Phoebe Rowell John!!! We sat down with Phoebe for a wonderful and wide-ranging chat all about her work as a director, her favourite shows of all time, and why she will never be able to direct for film. We...

🎄 HO HO HO! GLAD TIDINGS OF FESTIVE JOY! 🎄 It’s Christmasssss!!!! And boy oh boy, do we have a special gift for you! The guests for this festive ep are none other than your fave hosts, Amy and Sam! 🥳 We had a jolly good time recording this one with our surprise guest host - expect frivolity and joy in abundance, and lashings of Christmas cheer. We’ve wrapped it in our best paper and popped it i...

💀🎃 TRICK OR TREAT?! 🎃💀 Costume on, bucket at the ready, you’ve knocked on our door and guess what?! We’re giving you a Halloween special with the scarily fantastic Lost Alice!! 👻 Alice is a rock artist and embraces all things spooky, and we couldn’t think of a better guest for our Halloween ep. As well as enlightening conversations about her work (as always), highlights include in-depth Avril...

HEAR YE HEAR YE! Not your typical episode of the Making Do podcast today as we're only here to give you a little update! After our upcoming halloween special on 30th October, we'll be closing the doors of the Making Do studios and hibernating for the winter. It's been a pleasure to chat to all our wonderful guests and listeners in Series 1 and we'll be popping a festive treat or tw...

Welcome back to the Making Do podcast! This week on the pod we have the very wonderful Isis Clunie talking all things movement, dance, and ✨making✨. Expect from this episode, amongst other things, more chats about family Christmas musicals (two in a row? Who'd have thought?!), an Alison Hammond fan club, and discussion of the merits of children’s sketch show ‘Sorry I’ve Got No Head’. Isis is...

Today on Making Do, we’re talking to David (Jambalaya) Longcake about taking up the saxophone for attention, writing festive musicals for your family and the joys of being a delivery driver. David is a saxophonist, pianist and singer-songwriter inventing a new musical genre henceforth known as ‘mellow-drama’ . After a 2 hour recording, some real gems have been lost to the cutting room floor, inclu...

Today on Making Do we’ve got a very special treat for you in the form of a lovely chat with the even lovelier THURLBY!!! We had a very wholesome chat with THURLBY about the importance of friendship in his work, his songwriting and production processes, and the fact he was secretly a musical theatre kid! As well as following THURLBY on Instagram @thurlby_ for updates on all his music (including the...

In this episode of Making Do, we speak to Belfast actor and writer Aaron Devine! Aaron talks to us predominantly about storytelling in its various forms, but we also cover the Spider-Man franchise, the apocalypse, and the effectiveness of Harry Potter having a Belfast accent. Keep an eye on Aaron’s Instagram account @aarontdevine for announcements about his work, including the upcoming sharing of...

It’s our second episode! Today on Making Do we’re joined by the wonderful Caitlin Pinkess: singer, songwriter and frontwoman of Achilles Heel. It’s rather a silly episode this one, but if you like whimsical music breaks, dance demos and chats about the moon, this is the one for you! Achilles Heel can be found on Instagram @achillesheel_band and to listen to their new single, Bad Tattoo, head over...

In the premier episode of Making Do we're joined by Meg Coslett to talk all things Theatremaking. If you like mum impressions, teachers' gossip and royal flypasts, this is the podcast for you! Meg's play, Miss, will be on at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre from the 7th to 9th August 2025 as part of the Camden Fringe. Details and tickets can be found on instagram @misstheplay

Hello and welcome to Making Do, a podcast about people who make things! In this episode, Amy and Sam introduce the show and invite you to join them on their mission to discover 'what makes you make what you make?' Episode 1 coming soon!