Northern Stage Theatre Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This week on the Northern Stage’s podcast. we talk to theatre director and actor Maria Crocker. Maria tells us about the transition from actor to director, working at the National Theatre, getting boxer as a career option, and making theatre like Gogglebox. It's a thoroughly whizzy hour.

Recorded on Monday 12th October 2020.

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Notes

Maria Crocker on Twitter: twitter.com/maria_crocker

Rachel Chavkin: http://theteamplays.org/about/core-company/rachel-chavkin/

The Team: http://theteamplays.org/

JMK Trust: https://www.jmktrust.org/

Hadestown: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/hadestown

Greyscale Theatre Company: https://www.greyscale.org.uk/

Pinocchio: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/pinocchio

John Tiffany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tiffany

Mood Music: https://www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2018/mood-music

Headlong: https://headlong.co.uk/

The Letter Room: http://www.theletterroomtheatre.co.uk/

This week we talk to writer, performer, and water drinking human Luca Rutherford. We chat about being a solo maker and how many people that requires, reading and not reading books and apple and cinnamon pancakes. It’s a properly great hour with a properly great person. Give it a listen.

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Notes

Audre Lorde - https://alp.org/about/audre

Linda Bloomfield blog - https://www.lindajbloomfield.com/news-and-blog/the-value-of-theatre-and-some-other-thoughts

Tanuja Amarasuriya - http://sleepdogs.org/

Melanie Wilson - https://melaniewilson.org.uk/

Bethany Wells - http://cargocollective.com/bethanywells

Jenni Jackson - https://www.jenniferjackson.net/

Maria Crocker - https://twitter.com/maria_crocker

Lizzie J Klotz - https://www.lizziejklotz.co.uk/

Camisado Club: https://www.camisadoclub.co.uk/ 

Luca's details: twitter: LucaRutherford | Instagram: luca_rutherford | website: www.luca-rutherford.co.uk

This week on the Northern Stage podcast we have a conversation with the Hannah Goudie-Hunter and Bob Nicholson the magical folks behind Kitchen Zoo. Bob, Hannah & Mark chat about making processes, the demands of doing every job to get something in front of an audience and the value of family work and how it’s viewed.

This is a great chance to look behind the curtain and delve into Kitchen Zoo's rehearsal room to find out just how they make their incredible shows.

Special thanks to Katie Doherty and Jeremy Bradfield for the original compositions heard within this recording.

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Resources

Kitchen Zoo: https://www.facebook.com/KitchenZoo/

The Owl and the Pussycat: https://youtu.be/tl4E_L5N7kw

The Tin Foil Astronaut: https://arconline.co.uk/whats-on/family/the-tin-foil-astronaut-0

The Three Bears: https://arconline.co.uk/whats-on/family/the-three-bears

WOLF!: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1522304367894020

NORTH: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/north-companies-2019

ARC Stockton: https://arconline.co.uk/

Camisado Club: https://www.camisadoclub.co.uk/

Brad McComick part of: https://www.cap-a-pie.co.uk/

Alison Ashton: https://www.alisonashton.co.uk/

Jeremy Bradfield: https://jeremybradfield.bandcamp.com/

Katie Doherty: https://www.katiedoherty.co.uk/

Matthew Tuckey: https://www.matthewtuckey.co.uk/

Ruth Mary Johnson: https://www.ruthmaryjohnson.com/

Wally Funk's Race for Space: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wally-Funks-Race-Space-Extraordinary/dp/1908906340

Bridge Theatre A Midsummer Night's Dream: https://bridgetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/a-midsummer-nights-dream/

National Theatre Small Island: http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/73263-small-island

The WInd in the Willows: https://www.willowsmusical.com/

I May Destroy You: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000jyxy/i-may-destroy-you

Killing Eve: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p06jy6bc/killing-eve

Normal People: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p089g8rs/normal-people

This week's episode is a full-on happiness injection. Mark and Louie speak to the Ambassadors of positivity and fun Hannabiell Sanders & Yilis Suriel. We talk about the Harambee Pasadia festival a 4-day family camping extravaganza in celebration of diverse cultures, foods, music, artists, and fusions of the African diaspora, in a conversation packed full of great thinking, positivity and laughter, something we all need right now. 

Have a listen it will lift your soul

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Resources

Harambee Pasadia: https://www.harambeepasadia.com/

Ladies of Midnight Blue: https://www.hannabiell.com/ladies-of-midnight-blue.html

Volunteer Scotland: https://www.volunteerscotland.net/

Angelou Centre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angelou_Centre

Leading Link: http://www.leadinglink.co.uk/

Jack Drum Arts: https://www.jackdrum.co.uk/

Northern Alchemy: https://www.wearenorthernalchemy.com/

The Cumberland Arms: http://www.thecumberlandarms.co.uk/

Rutgers Centre for Latino Arts & Culture: http://clac.rutgers.edu/

Naomi Klein 'The Shock Doctrine - The Rise of Disaster Capitalism': https://tsd.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine.html

Performance, Ethos, & Everyday Activism | Ladies of Midnight Blue | TEDxNewcastle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BfScWQIjwA

This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, Mark and Humira talk to sound designer and artist, Matthew Tuckey. In this conversation, we talk to Matt about sound, its complexities, its abilities, and its infinite possibilities to shape stories. 

There are some really exciting opportunities that sound offers for the future of the theatre industry by offering other platforms to showcase the work made within the region. So please do check out Matt's webinars from the 13th to the 20th and the 27th of July - find out more here.

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Resource links:
An Introduction to Audio Drama: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-audio-drama-and-voiceover-recording-techniques-tickets-111801806212
Nick John Williams: http://www.nickjohnwilliams.co.uk/
A Christmas Carol: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/news/cast-and-creative-team-announced-for-a-christmas-carol
Alice in Wonderland: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/news/cast-and-creative-team-announcement-alice-in-wonderland
Mortal Fools: https://www.mortalfools.org.uk/
Alphabetti Theatre: https://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/
Novo Productions: https://www.novoproductions.co.uk/

This week on the Northern Stage Theatre Podcast, we get curious with Phil Douglas, Artistic Director of Curious Arts - a producer, curator, leader and change maker. In this conversation Mark talks with Phil about enabling change, following an idea that is driven by heart and moving a festival on line. Hope you enjoy.

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Resource links:

Curious Arts: https://curiousarts.org.uk/
Dance City: https://www.dancecity.co.uk/
Queer Arts North: https://curiousarts.org.uk/queer-arts-north
Audio Queer and Stay Home Stay Queer: https://curiousarts.org.uk/projects
Homotopia Festival: https://www.homotopia.net/
Contact Manchester: https://contactmcr.com/
dandysocpic: https://twitter.com/dandysocpic
Mandla Rae: http://artreach.biz/our-people/mandla-rae/
Ro Hardaker: http://www.rohardaker.co.uk/
Roma Havers: https://twitter.com/amorbackwards
Bordello Theatre: https://www.bordellotheatre.net/
Ricky Beedle-Blair: https://twitter.com/RikkiBB
Jen Carss: https://www.theatre.mmu.ac.uk/profile/jennifer-carss/
Queerious Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/queeriouspodcast
Zoe Murtagh: https://arconline.co.uk/zoe-murtagh
Richard Bliss: https://thenewbridgeproject.com/portfolio/richard-bliss/
Spectacular Drag Storytime: https://www.sevenstories.org.uk/whats-on/events/860/spectacular-drag-storytime
Lawnmowers Theatre Company: https://www.facebook.com/LawnmowersITC/
Jeffery Epstein: Filthy Rich: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80224905
Athlete A: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81034185

This week we have our first international guest as Louie speaks to  activist, director, writer, actor, aerialist, change maker and enabler Rosa Stourac McCreery who is all the way in Canada.

Our conversation takes us through theatrical forms of Theatre of the Oppressed, community theatre, legislative theatre. Rosa also speaks about her work making theatre for social change with Cardboard Citizens and as a founding member of social enterprise skate park Dynamix.

A fascinating insight into the application of theatre in different cultural and creative settings.

Download the transcript here.

Resource Links:

Theatre of The Oppressed:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_the_Oppressed
Cardboard Citizens: https://cardboardcitizens.org.uk/
Dynamix: https://www.dynamixcic.org/
Red Ladder Theatre Company: http://www.redladder.co.uk/
Rock Against Racism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Racism
Martha Gellhorn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Gellhorn
Charles Mungoshi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mungoshi
Augusto Boal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Boal
Tin Arts: http://tinarts.co.uk/
The Encounter - Complicite: http://www.complicite.org/productions/theencounter
A Doll's House: http://www.tanikagupta.com/a-dolls-house/
The Grizzlies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grizzlies
Killing Eve: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p06jy6bc/killing-eve
Schitt's Creek: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80036165
Jared Diamond: Guns, Germs and Steel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs,_and_Steel
Yanis Varoufakis: Talking To My Daughter About The Economy: https://www.waterstones.com/book/talking-to-my-daughter-about-the-economy/yanis-varoufakis/9781784705756
Miriam Toews: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Toews

This week, we move to a series of conversations that explore where we find ourselves as a country, and as an interconnected world. We’re examining the role the arts, and artists, have in reflecting that world, and in making and shaping it.

This conversation is between Louie and Martin Hylton, Artistic Director of Gateway Studios – joined by writer, theatre maker in the making, and Executive Assistant Humira Imtiaiz and of course, our Podcast Producer, Johnny Rothwell.

This episode is an emotionally honest expression and exploration of the stark realities and difficult experiences that racism in all its forms, causes, and how we are more than ever overdue the change that we are seeking.

Download the transcript here.

Resource Links:

Gateway Studio Project: https://www.gatewaystudios.co.uk/

Northern School of Contemporary Dance: https://www.nscd.ac.uk/

Phoenix Dance Theatre: https://www.phoenixdancetheatre.co.uk/

Tees Valley Dance: https://www.facebook.com/Tees-Valley-Dance-286854274806681/

Dance City: https://www.dancecity.co.uk/

Clore Leadership Programme: https://www.cloreleadership.org/

Where Do We Belong Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-DijhCKi6Q

This week, Mark and Louie had an extraordinary, funny and life-affirming conversation with director, writer, teacher, activist and rebel punk rocker Vici Wreford Sinnott. Vici is the Artistic Director of Little Cog, an exciting arts organisation specialising in Disability Art, theatre, and training and in this episode we discover more about the being on the edges of the status quo, trying to bring about change with engaging and exciting work, and having a boss night out.

Warning: this episode may make you cry (in a good way).

Transcript available to download here.

Resource links:

Little Cog: www.viciwreford-sinnott.com/little-cog.html

Disonsortia: disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/disconsortia-a-disabled-artist-led-consortium-of-extraordinary-voices/

Disability Arts Online: disabilityarts.online/

ARCADEA: www.arcadea.org/

Another England: www.viciwreford-sinnott.com/another-england---a-punch-packed-play-by-disabled-writer-is-a-call-to-action.html

Siege: homemcr.org/production/siege-part-1/

Homemakers: homemcr.org/event/homemakers/ 

North East Culture Social: www.northernstage.co.uk/ne-culture-social

Gateway Studios: www.gatewaystudios.co.uk/

ARC Stockon Arts Centre: https://arconline.co.uk/

This week, Mark & Louie talk to Matthew Xia the Artistic Director of Actors Touring Company. Matthew is a director, composer, broadcaster, journalist and DJ and one fo the first DJ’s on Radio 1 Extra and in this conversation we talk with Matthew about process, rehearsal rooms, opportunity and of course music. This is a great hour, which we hope will make you feel really energised and eager to get into a rehearsal room and make something afterwards.

Transcript available to download here.

Resource links:

Actors Touring Company (ATC): www.atctheatre.com

Orange Tree Theatre: www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk/

Amsterdam (play): www.atctheatre.com/productions/amsterdam-2020

International Performing Rights: https://iprltd.co.uk/

Chiarsocuro: stagedoorapp.com/lyn-gardner/review-chiaroscuro?ia=254

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester: www.royalexchange.co.uk