Episodes

  • Sharon Sexton (Bat Out of Hell: The Musical)
    May 17 2022

    Sharon Sexton reflects on her time playing Sloane in Bat Out of Hell: The Musical including her single audition for the part, creating the show ("Please can we have a shower in the set?") and how the company celebrated the life and legacy of Meatloaf after his death in January 2022.


    Follow Sharon on Twitter @SharonSextonIRE and Instagram @shar.sexton

    Email me: Mikey@backstagewith.com

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    41 mins
  • Peter Hannah (Into the Woods, Waitress)
    Feb 24 2022

    Peter Hannah talks about playing the Wolf and Cinderella's Prince in the first major UK production of a Stephen Sondheim musical since the composer/lyricist's death in November 2021.


    Into the Woods is playing at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, until Sunday 27th February 2022. For tickets: https://lyrictheatre.co.uk/whats-on/into-the-woods


    Email me: Mikey@backstagewith.com

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    41 mins
  • Carly Mercedes Dyer (A Chorus Line, Anything Goes, Six, West Side Story)
    Dec 22 2021

    Carly Mercerdes Dyer on playing Cassie in A Chorus Line at Leicester Curve, being on the Beeb at Christmas in Anything Goes (Boxing Day at 6.40pm, on BBC2), and if she'd ever go back to Six after Covid-19 ended her run before it had even begun.

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    46 mins
  • Savannah Stevenson (Little Women, Wicked, Mary Poppins)
    Nov 27 2021

    Savannah Stevenson is currently playing Marmee in Little Women at the Park Theatre in north London. 

    Find out which song she was fearful of, why she wants people to leave Little Women wanting to call their mum, and the scene in which she'd love to make a cameo appearance in the film adaptation of Wicked.

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    47 mins
  • Oli Higginson (The Last Five Years, Bridgerton, The Pursuit of Love)
    Oct 7 2021

    The Last Five Years' Jamie on bringing the show to the West End, whether it should be categorised as new or a revival in awards season, and trying to straddle a model building atop a grand piano whilst playing a clock.

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    39 mins
  • Quincy Brown & Kevin Bianchi (Sentimental Men Podcast)
    Sep 30 2021

    What better way to mark International Podcast Day and the week of Wicked UK's 15th anniversary than with a conversation with Wicked podcasters Quincy and Kevin. 

    They are the Broadway connoisseurs behind Sentimental Men, a must-listen for any Wicked fan.

    Follow them at @SentMenPod.

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    39 mins
  • Samuel Edwards (Anything Goes, Ghost, Wicked)
    Sep 22 2021

    Samuel Edwards (Billy Crocker in Anything Goes) is here to talk about being back on stage after the pandemic, playing opposite Broadway star and two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster, and why he'll always feel sentimental about Ghost. 

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    28 mins
  • Francesca Moody (Producer of Leopards, Mum, Fleabag)
    Sep 19 2021

    Francesca Moody is best known as the original producer of the multi-award-winning Fleabag by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, which she has produced globally on behalf of DryWrite, most recently in London’s West End at the Wyndham’s Theatre, where it was also recorded and broadcast by NT Live, playing in cinemas throughout the world. Her current and upcoming productions include Leopards, at the Rose Theatre, in Kingston, and Mum at Soho Theatre.

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    19 mins