The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast

The life of an aspiring actor can be very complicated at times. There are so many facets of the audition process alone that looks scary from the outside. From travelling to auditions, remembering lines and trying your best to shine above the competing talent. The audition process for Henry House, a Rocking Horse Media production is considered to be quite unique. Alex Whiteley speaks to 3 members o...

Politics...we really do try to avoid it on The Biscuit. But sometimes it's unavoidable, especially when someone drums as much press as today's guest, Alex Wagner. The reason being, is because Alex is only 20 years old and is already counsellor of Bowbrook for the Liberal Democrats and is going to be throwing his name in the hat to become Shrewsbury's next MP. We decided that today's podcast would...

Coming to you from Mature, a great club in Wellington, Shropshire, is a medley of interviews captured at the Shropshire Music Awards After Party. We set up downstairs while some of the award winning acts performed upstairs and me managed to chat to: LP Tripp, Starboi Senshi, club owner Matt Minor, rapper Monroe, videographer Andy Galloway and event organiser Tim aka Trademark Blud. Every single on...

This is a podcast that AL has been really looking forward to sinking his teeth into. Alex McCarthy joins us on the Biscuit and talks to us about her life and he she become the very highly respect business and life coach that she is today. Before this interview, there were many people that mentioned Alex McCarthy to AL as someone who is genuinely great a helping, motivating and inspiring others. It...

Thanks to our good friend Neville Street we were lucky enough to very quickly organise an interview with Derek Willis who is bringing a very fun, very well thought out play to Theatre Severn in November. Some may remember "Bouncers" from 2021, it was a great show that got a lot of good press. Shropshire Drama Company are bringing "Art" to Theatre Severn on the 9th - 12th November and it sounds lik...

Join AL as he takes a walk around the Steampunk Spooktacular which was set in the wonderful St Mary's Church in Shrewsbury Town. Having never been to a Steampunk event before AL was in complete bewilderment as he walked amongst people young and old who were dressed to the nines in some of the most stunning outfits. There were LOTS of people at this event and it was really enjoyable. AL interviews...

What is an architect? We ask all of the important questions at The Biscuit. Well, AL could have a bash at explaining the answer but we have award winning architect Camilla Monk on the show today to answer instead. Camilla has 16 years of experience as an architect, 10 years of those have been working for herself. We find out about the process that goes into turning an idea that may start off as a...

We have been doing an amazing job at raising the profile of Rocking Horse Media and the productions they have been working on. Horses & Biscuits was designed to keep banging the drum about the fine work they are doing with Henry House, a TV pilot that is production as we speak. But it has been years since AL and Gareth have had a chilled out...chat. This interview is designed to speak to Garet...

A while ago we used to make these things called "Crumbs" (coined by our wonderful ex co-host Julie Fox). They were short little in and out, bitesize interviews. We will see how this one does and if all goes well we could bring these back. While I was at DRAWN I met Julie Cole who is a Trichologist with a clinic in Radbrook. But up until this moment I had never heard of Trichology had you? Well Jul...

In the movie/TV world it is often the actors or directors that get all of the adulation from the fans and critics. However here at Horses & Biscuits we like to pay respects to everyone on an equal par. So this episode features 3 members of the crew that have huge responsibilities in the making of the TV pilot "Henry House" being produced by Rocking Horse Media. AL is speaking to James, then as...

Here is our day one coverage of DRAWN 2022. AL had some mics set up on a stage at DRAWN, an art fair created by Cherie Jerrard and was held at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery. There were dozens of artists and hundreds of people filtered through the event as the weekend went by. Day One was a tricky one, AL was only there until 2pm and his nerves were shot due to the pressures of the looming Po...

Here is our day Two coverage of DRAWN 2022. AL had some mics set up on a stage at DRAWN, an art fair created by Cherie Jerrard and was held at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery. There were dozens of artists and hundreds of people filtered through the event as the weekend went by. Day Two was awesome there was a really nice vibe, even though it was super busy everything seemed super chilled. AL w...

Shrewsbury has it's very own Photo Marathon Competition coming to town on the 15th October 2022. But what does this mean? Well AL is joined by Clare Roberts from Pink Mash who explains that this exciting event was originally designed to increase foot-fall in Shrewsbury Town. Knowing Shrewsbury for the talented and pride-driven town it is though, we expect this event to take off. Shrewsbury Photo M...

So, AL received a message from his good friend Andy McKeown that said he should come and take a look at an exhibition at The Hive in Shrewsbury and interview the artist, John Wragg. So this is exactly what AL did. Back on the 9th of September AL met up with John at The Hive for a chat. We set up mics in the music room, we went for a walk around the exhibition and then we hit record. The art that w...

AL was invited to take part in a 24hr live charity podcast called Squeefest 4 on the 10th September. The idea was, we take over for an hour and put on a show. Dr Squee had been streaming for 8 hours at the point AL came onto the show and he brought along Alexander Westwood to play a fun edition of AL's game. A game based on Rotten Tomato ratings, we go from movie to movie and ask where the next ra...

Good friend of the show James Lock aka Bassphaze returns to catch-up with AL. A lot has happened since the last time we spoke and James. New music has been released, Bassphaze played a live set at the 90's Revival festival in August, got nominated for an award at The Shropshire Music Awards and has entered a nationwide competition called Mixmaster. See, I told you a lot has happened. AL and James...

AL is at Sundorne Sports and Games Hall catching up with Kyle Grazier, owner of KG Theatre. We last caught up with Kyle In February after his production of Beauty & The Beast panto. We organised to bring cameras, record content and make a vlog. Which AL did, he came and recorded content, but couldn't find a way to use what he got. More than 6 months later we decided to make it right by recordi...

Horses & Biscuits is back for another monthly catch-up with the Rocking Horse Media crew. Since we last spoke so many things have happened. AL is joined by Orla Jones, who will be playing Izzy Orchard in the upcoming TV pilot Henry House which is about to begin production. Also joining, are Kirsty Pierce and Joshie Turnbull, 2 new members of the cast. You see, a few weeks ago Rocking Horse thr...

AL chats with Laura, creator of The Shropshire GOAT, an online magazine all about the fine county that we live in. Hailing from Leicester, Laura has only been in Shropshire for a few weeks and is beginning her journey of discovery. Offering a unique, outsider's perspective, Laura has found that Shropshire is such a vibrant county that there is almost too much to choose from! Laura's specialty is b...

Coming to you from Daily Brews in the heart of Shrewsbury. AL is joined by artist Cherie Jerrard and comic book artist Mike Perkins to talk about DRAWN 2022. Last year The Biscuit covered DRAWN 2021 in a big way. We set up a studio at the event, based in Shrewsbury Museum and Gallery and for 2 days AL had an amazing time interviewing artists who attended. We made so many friends and learned so muc...

When it comes to food and the entrepreneurial skills needed to succeed, there is a name that is synonymous in Shropshire. Ryan King. Having heard his name mentioned before, we have never been able to get an interview together, that is until now, thanks to help from our good friend Liam Tinsley. Liam was instrumental in putting this together. Ryan is of a unique Shrewsbury pedigree and has a story...

There is an event coming up that has been creating a lot of intrigue across Shropshire. AL had been approached by many people to check out what was happening with The Shropshire Music Awards. The more AL looked at the event, the more he realised he HAD to find out more. Jump to this podcast, we bring you the founder and organiser of Shropshire Music Awards, Tim aka Trademark Blud. Having spent yea...

Coming to you from Claremont St in the Middle of Shrewsbury, AL is at the brand new home offices for Age UK Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. While the champagne and canapes are passed around in celebration of the new beautiful offices AL takes a walk with the mic and speaks to some great people including CEO of Age UK Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin - Heather Osborne, Sal Hampson from SAND Shropshir...

AL enlists the help of his good friend George Lugo from California to help out with today's show. They guys are chatting to popular local band, Chasing August. Having first met at Party in the Quarry Park, AL and the band hit it off well. We hear about the band's journey, how they get their sound and hear an exclusive snippet of their new single "Lift Off" which is due out on the 26th August. We a...

AL is joined by Olivia Howkins who owns Locks 2 Lashes salon. We are here to discuss Olivia's journey from a young hairdresser who was finding her way, to an owner of her very own salon. As a er ahem, folically challenged guy AL is on a mission to find out all about the world of hairdressing. How often do mistakes happen, has Olivia made any gaffs and where does all of that hair go from the floor...