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For the final time this season, Lexie and Meg sit down to discuss the 12 plays of Season 4 all together - pondering questions such as
"Which character would you like to see a one person play written about?"
"Which play would you like to see adapted as a radio play/musical?"
and
"Which play would you like to see made in the Muppet Universe?"

Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.
Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)

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We are thrilled here at Script In Hand HQ to be welcoming our first guest from the across the pond, playwright, pupeteer and all-round fabulous human being, J.Chavez! Author of our S4.Ep10 play 'how to clean your room,' Jay joins us to talk all things 'clean,' but also about their  obsession with puppets, back and future catalogue of work, and just what is the meaning behind the mysterious cycles?!

Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.
Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)

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Jay Chavez (they/them) is a Seattle based playwright, educator, and all around theatre maker. Through the power of Red Bulls they earned a BA in Theatre from Western Washington University, concentrating in Directing, Dramatic Writing, and Education. They were crowned the unofficial title of Lil’ Miss Kennedy Center and Miss Kennedy Center Continental for their play “how to clean your room (and remember all your trauma)” which was also the winner those awards I mentioned previously. “how to clean” is featured in the Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays, a first of it’s kind anthology of Trans plays written by Trans playwrights for Trans people. It’s been over two decades and Jay is still chasing the knowledge of how wind works. They currently work as a Teaching Artist at Seattle Children’s Theatre teaching playwriting, sketch comedy, and acting. Along with that, they also have the totally real not fake job as a Marine Science Puppeteer at the Seattle Aquarium teaching patrons about empathy around sea creatures.

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You say Squad, We say Goals! Squad! Goals! Squad Goals!

We're ready to raise the roof off this proverbial podcast stadium and get hyped talking about this epic play of women's football, sky high ambition, female friendship - and Missy Elliot & a banging drum beat! And who better to chat with than our special guest, the author & co-director behind Squad Goals Michelle Payne!

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Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)

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Michelle Payne is a director and published playwright from Essex and currently resident director on Bugsy Malone U.K. tour. As a director she was this year short listed for the prestigious RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award 2022.

Directing Credits:To Have & To Hold, New musical Mind Over Matter, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dear Dead Jason by Jen Moss (NDT Broadgate), The Liberators by Michelle Payne, My Three Sisters by Holly Rose Hawgood (The Bush), Jess (The Space UK Online which received an ONCOMM for Digital Theatre - The Offies), and she co-directed Squad Goals which she also wrote and which we are talking about today.

In her writing capacity, Michelle was one of the 15 Mercury Playwrights in 2020/21 working on a new play, and is currently being commissioned to write a full length dance play for IE productions. Writing credits include ;Chelsea for the End of the Line Podcast (InkJockey), Enthusiastically, Yes! A New Musical (Long List: ALP & Aria Entertainment Chamber Musical Competition) at The Garrick, West End. Memory Box (winner: Mercury Monologues),  The Liberators, Squad Goals and  Sad About the Cows at Tristan Bates Theatre.

Episode Bio
Trailer for Original Production
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAL6KyzHl6o

Squad Goals Monologue video
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=356011312444819

Guardian Review
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/sep/17/squad-goals-michelle-payne-dagenham-and-redbridge-women-football

The Stage Review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/squad-goals

BroadwayWorld article
https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Photo-Flash-Cast-Announced-For-SQUAD-GOALS-at-the-Dagenham-Redbridge-FC-Stadium-20200812

Michelle Payne Website- has Squad Goals show footage

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What's this you say? An unexpected bonus vignette of something from Script In Hand? Why not listen immediately to hear the news hot off the press!

Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.
Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)

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So, you want to be a funeral director? Then step right up because Papatango Prize Winner The Funeral Director has got you covered! But when the past starts to encroach on Ayeesha;s present and she's inherited the business from her mum - can she really separate her work life from her personal life?  And how long can she hide away her true self amongst the dead bodies she surrounds herself with? Plus Meg and Lexie discuss how at the end of the day, tea is Always the right choice.

Please be aware that in the show there is one scene in which a baby is prepared for burial, and we discuss that on today's episode between 08.30-11.15

Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.
Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)

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EPISODE BIO

Iman Qureshi Website/Blog
https://imanqureshi.com

Theatre Show Trailer for ETT
 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceHH11m8Pr0

English Touring Theatre Interviews for Tour
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeF7VNvPJcQ

Iman Qureshi Interview with Culture Calling
https://www.culturecalling.com/uk/on-stage/features/interview-with-iman-qureshi

Whats on Stage article about the Papatango winner
https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/2018-papatango-prize-iman-qureshi-funeral_47017.html

Asian Culture Vulture Review
http://asianculturevulture.com/portfolios/the-funeral-director-review-on-the-edge-and-the-boundaries-of-faith-culture-and-sexuality/

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We're revving up our motorcycles (though perhaps that's not the most appropriate form of transport given what happens in this play), and gearing up to talk about The History Boys by Alan Bennett. Voted Britains Favourite Play of all time (it beat Macbeth, Meg is furious), we're ready to dive into what makes a character an anti-hero, how many boys are too many boys -and just how do women fare in The History Boys?
NB This episode does discuss sensitive topics including the groping of older school aged boys.

Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.
Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)

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EPISODE BIO

The French Brothel Scene from the Broadway Production
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt11PZb0kec

Full Alan Bennett Bio
https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/alan-bennett

The History Boys Film Trailer
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+history+boys+trailer

English Touring Theatre Britain’s Favourite Play Poll
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/dec/11/the-history-boys-britain-favourite-play-poll

British Theatre Guide Review
https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/historyboys-rev

New York Times Review
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/24/theater/reviews/rivals-for-young-hearts-and-minds-in-alan-bennetts-history.html

The Guardian Review
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2004/may/19/theatre1

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Reasons you should love this episode  are numerous, but number one on the list has to be that we had the playwright herself Amy Trigg join us to talk all about her award winning play! With Kazoos, Oxo Cubes, sparkly sleeves and DnD, this play has everything - and you are forewarned there will be a full Lexie/Amy nerd out over Dungeons and Dragons whilst Meg looks on amused. Join us as we join Juno who is making her way through her 20s in a relatable haphazard manner.

Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.
Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)

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Amy Trigg is an actor and writer from Essex. She was the first wheelchair user to graduate from a performance course at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Her acting credits include work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare’s Globe, Netflix, BBC and Universal. 
Amy is a writer for the upcoming BBC series ‘Ralph and Katie’ . She is also writing her first radio drama for BBC Radio 3. Alongside this, Amy has original projects in development with ITV Studios, Little Door, The Forge and Two Rivers Media. Her essay ‘An Ode to Improvisation (and Poehler and Fey)’ features in the book ‘Feminist’s Don’t Wear Pink (and other lies)’. 
Amy is on attachment with the Kiln Theatre, after winning one of the six 2022 Playwrights' Scheme Bursaries. Amy is currently part of the BBC TV Drama Writers' Programme 2021 (partnered with Eleven Film). 

EPISODE BIO

Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me Tour Schedule 2022
https://painesplough.com/productions/reasons-you-shouldnt-love-me/

Women’s Prize for Playwrighting
https://womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk/2020-winners/#Amy

Interview with Director Charlotte Bennett
https://theatreweekly.com/interview-charlotte-bennett-on-reasons-you-shouldnt-love-me-at-kiln-theatre/

London Theatre Review
https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/amy-trigg-reasons-you-shouldnt-love-me-kiln-theatre

The Stage Review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/long-reviews/reasons-you-shouldnt-love-me-amy-trigg-kiln-theatre-london-2021

Broadway World Review
https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/BWW-Review-REASONS-YOU-SHOULDNT-LOVE-ME-Kiln-Theatre-20210530

Reasons You Should(n’t) Love

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We're baaccckk!! And we bring you puppets, poison and dancing girls emerging from bags in this our first episode of Season 4! We're discussing the epic Lucy Prebble and her most recent  play A Very Expensive Poison based on the book of the same name by Luke Harding.  A wildly theatrical retelling of the heartbreaking poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, this play has everything. Genuinely.

Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.
Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)

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EPISODE BIO

Variety Review
https://variety.com/2019/legit/reviews/a-very-expensive-poison-review-1203326438/

The Guardian Review
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/sep/06/a-very-expensive-poison-review-lucy-prebble-litvinenko

Time Out Review
https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/a-very-expensive-poison-review

The Litvinenko Inquiry
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/493860/The-Litvinenko-Inquiry-H-C-695-web.pdf

BBC Newsnight Documentary
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8tJzsFEq8M

A Luke Harding Guardian article on the Inquiry
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/19/alexander-litvinenko-the-man-who-solved-his-own-murder

Lucy Prebble Interview
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7XroN0URro

Lucy Prebble Interview 2
https://secretldn.com/very-expensive-poison-interview/

Spitting Image Sketch on Putin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiXCM6J7tbY

Putin Kukli puppet
https://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/actor-konstantin-suits-up-at-moscows-mosfilm-studio-in-a-news-photo/1592143

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For the final time this season, Lexie and Meg sit down to discuss the 12 plays of Season 3 all together - pondering questions such as
"Which play should be on the school curriculum?"
"Which playwright would you want to write the biographical play of your life?"
And
"Which character would you want as your right hand person during a zombie apocalypse?"

Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.
Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)

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We're jiving our way into the final episode of Season 3! Doesn't time fly when your mixing up cocktails and maintaining the perfect 50s lifestyle homespun dream. And we're delighted to be joined by our final special guest of the season, Artistic Director of Theatre by the Lake Liz Stevenson, to talk all about this play; which will also be the first TBTL production on stage post the pandemic in October 2020 - exciting times!

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Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)

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Liz Stevenson is the Artistic Director of Theatre by the Lake. She was the co-founder and Artistic Director of Junction 8 Theatre. In 2018 she was the Associate Director on the UK and Ireland tour of the National Theatre’s MACBETH. As the winner of the 2015 JMK Young Director Award, she directed BARBARIANS at the Young Vic which was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. 

Work as a Director includes: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Theatr Clwyd), LANCASTRIANS (Lancashire tour, Junction 8 Theatre), THE SECRET GARDEN (York Theatre Royal, Theatre by the Lake), UNDER THE MARKET ROOF (Chorley Market, Junction 8 Theatre), HANDBAGGED (Theatre by the Lake), HOW MY LIGHT IS SPENT (Royal Exchange Theatre, Sherman Theatre, Theatre by the Lake), MACBETH (Dukes Theatre, Lancaster), BARBARIANS (Young Vic).

EPISODE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Stephen Joseph Theatre - Book Tickets
https://www.sjt.uk.com/event/1132/home_im_darling

Bolton Octagon
https://octagonbolton.co.uk

Theatre by the Lake
https://www.theatrebythelake.com

About the Show with Cast & Creatives
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbu0INjb0GQ

Interview with Wade, Harcey & Parkinson
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jul/02/home-im-darling-50s-women-domesticity-katherine-parkinson-laura-wade-tamara-harvey-interview

The Guardian Review
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jul/04/home-im-darling-review-laura-wade-katherine-parkinson

Exeunt Magazine Review
http://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/review-home-im-darling-national-theatre/

Real Life Judys’

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