MusicalTalk - The UK's Independent Musical Theatre Podcast

Thos and Nick sit down to discuss the musicals in which their school days involved.  The end result is a discussion covering all corners of the musical theatre spectrum, including My Fair Lady, HMS Pinafore, Cabaret, Smike, Rats, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Grease! Who's to say we didn't get a subliminal education in musical theatre?!

Nick shares his thoughts of Derren Brown's production - Infamous - now playing at the Palace Theatre in London.

Now this huge musical is out of previews, Nick, Robert and Olaf review Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - playing at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

Join Nick and Thos as they provide an interview with Mark Shenton to discuss whether Matilda was snubbed at this year's Tony Awards; we introduce a new segment called "Drinks after The Show", where Jen Green and Carline Wigmore focus on two new musicals from The Riverside Studios in West London: The Great Gatsby and Payback. We also discuss King Kong, currently playing in Australia, and Charlie an...

Join Thos and Jerry and they explore the penultimate Savoy Opera, Utopia Limited – and find that after 120 years, it's still the most topical show around!

Join Nick and his friend Rosie as they discuss the West End Men in Concert, that they saw at the Vaudeville Theatre. This concert features Lee Mead, Matt Willis, Glenn Carter and DavidThaxton - as well as special guest Kerry Ellis, and features a host of pop and musical theatre

Did rock'n'roll'n'rampant rhythm send musical theatre packing?  When did Hammerstein give way to Hammer time? And when did pop stop light op? Join Tim and Thos as they grapple with all of this and continue the debate on when and  what caused pop music and musical theatre to diverge.

Thos talks to Michael Gordon Shapiro about his mini musical: The Charmed Life. 

Nick talks to Kerry Ellis about The West End Men concert that she's currently in - now playing at the Vaudeville Theatre in London.

Nick and Robert sit down with Tim Rice to discuss his new musical - from Here to Eternity, which opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in October. 

Nick sits down with Andy Edwards and shares his thoughts on the UK tour of Ghost, as well as discussing Rent, with Carys Gray (who was in one of the London casts of the original production) and we also hear from Marc Shaiman and Scott Whitman as they discuss the run up to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, that will soon start previews at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.  Nick, Carys and Andrew also...

Join Thos and Jonathan as they continue their review of the not-quite-an-opera, not-quite-a-musical, not-quite-an-operetta-or-is-it production of the Magic Flute by Kit Hesketh-Harvey and hear them explore the blurring of lines between the distinctions.  Add one cat, and away you go!

Nick and Jonathan review Sondheim's backwards musical - Merrily we Roll Along, now playing at the Harold Pinter Theatre, after a successful run at The Menier Chocolate Factory.

Join Thos and Jonathan as they review the Merry Opera production of the Magic Flute, currently on a national tour, and then discuss at how some pieces of musical theatre start in one genre and move into another - all this and Jonathan's piano!  As someone once said: what's opera, doc?

Nick and Sandra discuss the nominations for the musical theatre side of the Olivier Awards.  Musicals include Loserville, The Bodyguard, Top Hat, Kiss me Kate and Sweeney Todd.

Join Nick and his friend Reuben Kaye as they choose three programmes from Nick's archive and wax lyrical upon them. 

Nick shares his thoughts on London's newest musical - ONCE, now playing at the beautiful Phoenix Theatre. For more information visit www.oncemusical.co.uk

Thos talks to the man behind a new musical about the life of Alan Turing, wartime code breaker and father of the computer, and hears how the life of the architect of the 21st Century was the perfect exemplar of the 20th.

Thos and Tim pontificate their love of musicals! 

We talk to our friend Natalie Walmsley about Matilda The Musical, that's currently previewing on Broadway.  Natalie is a Brit studying at NYU, so listen as she shares her thoughts on the cultural divide that New York, and Matilda, possesses.

The immaculate Thos sits down with renowned film scholar, Dr Michael Williams, to explore the new musical, The Tailor Made Man, which recently premiered in London and tells the story of the rise and fall and rise again of William Haines, one of the greatest Hollywood stars of the 1920s.   Contains spoilers!

Thos sits down with Nick to share his thoughts on many musicals he saw  in 2012, and with only two minutes per episode it promises to be a fast paced, fascinating and fun discussion!

Nick chats to John Partridge - currently performing as Zac in the classic Broadway musical - A Chorus Line at the London Palladium.  Nick then shares his thoughts with Robert on the piece.  Is it still a modern marvel or is it now a dated dinosaur?

Learn how the evergreen Anything Goes grew out of a theatrical disaster to go on to become one of the most revived shows of the twentieth century; add tap dancing, two oddly named cats, censorship, the Pilgrim Fathers, Mussolini, Finchley and Jeeves and Wooster and this episode will prove the old adage that "from the ashes of disaster, grow the roses of success!

Nick and Robert share their thoughts on the UK premiere of Jerry Herman's Dear World, currently playing at the Charing Cross Theatre until March 30th - and talk to its star - the Broadway legend - Betty Buckley.