Showstopper! The Podcast

Andrew and Pippa play some of their favourite bits and pieces from Season 1 of the Showstopper! Podcast. Featuring favourite songs, MT bants and previously unreleased goodies! Featuring Mike McShane, Obioma Ugoala, Mel Giedroyc, Gavin Spokes, Luke Kempner, Rachel Parris, Dan Gillespie Sells plus Showstoppers Justin Brett, Ruth Bratt, Lucy Trodd. Duncan Walsh Atkins, Chris Ash and Jordan Clarke on...

Andrew, Pippa and Justin talk to John Owen-Jones about his amazing career playing Jean Valjean, the Phantom, Jean Valjean, the Phantom, Jean Valjean again and then the Phantom. Chris Ash on keys.

Andrew, Pippa and Jordan talk to Dan Gillespie Sells, rockstar composer of Everybody's Talking About Jamie about loving and hating musical theatre, pre-shows and more. Jordan Clarke on keys.

Andrew, Pippa and Justin talk to the wonderful Emma Salvo and Harry Morrison from the West End hit Come From Away. Theyt talk, almost entirely, about Come From Away! Then Emma and Harry sing made up love song to each other! Chris Ash on keys.

Andrew and Pippa talk to impressionist, comedian and singer Luke Kempner about Les Miserables, Gareth Gates and how Stephen Fry transported him to success. Featuring a made up song in the style of Les Mis! Jordan Clarke on keys.

Andrew and Pippa have chat to Marcus Brigstock about improv vs stand-up, about his love of Sunday in the Park with George, and about a traumatic incident playing Mr Bumble at school. Marcus even lets Jordan play his piano for an improvised song in the style of Cabaret! 

Andrew, Pippa and Matt chat to musical theatre star Kaisa Hammarlund, about her starring roles in Fun Home and Violet, her shady past with Matt, and how to pronounce her name. In a first for this podcast, there's also an improvised song in Swedish with simultaneous translation... Duncan Walsh Atkins on keys.

Andrew, Pippa and Ruth chat to musical comedian and viral sensation Rachel Parris about music, comedy and being a viral sensation. And there's an improvised song in the style of Jason Robert Brown! Chris Ash on keys.

Andrew, Pippa and Lucy talk to Gavin and Mel, fresh from the amazing West End revival of Company . Recorded in November at the museum of comedy in London, we talk Jesus Christ Superstar, corpsing onstage, and more. Duncan Walsh Atkins on keys.

Andrew, Pippa and Alex talk to Obioma Ugoala, fresh from the original London cast of a little musical known as Hamilton Recorded in October at the museum of comedy in London, we indulge in a bit of MT chat - and discover Obi is amazingly good at making up songs! Duncan Walsh Atkins on keys.

For our first episode of the Showstopper! podcast, Andrew, Pippa and Adam talk to improv legend and all-round hero Mike McShane.  Recorded back in August 2018 at the Edinburgh Festival, we chat improv, musicals and comedy - with a bit of improv singing thrown in too! Jordan Clarke on keys.

Coming soon to this feed - the Showstopper! Podcast. A monthly chat with amazing guests from the worlds of Musical Theatre, Comedy and Improv, brought to you by the people behind Showstopper! The Improvised Musical.