Interval Drinks

Dec 07 2023 28 ep. 39 mins 31

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Each week a current Royal Shakespeare Company actor or creative interviews another RSC artist who has inspired them. Grab your interval drink, sit back and find out more. The music is ‘Oberon’s Theme – King of Shadow’, originally composed by Sam Kenyon for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016).

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Isobel McArthur and Gary McNair

Dec 07 2023 43 mins

Playwright and director Isobel McArthur takes a break from rehearsals for The Fair Maid of the West to meet up with fellow Scottish playwright Gary McNair for a chat about breaking into the industry and dealing with unexpected success. Each week we bring together current Royal Shakespeare Company actors with RSC artists who have inspired them. This episode may contain occasional st

Eleanor Rhode and John Bulleid

Nov 30 2023 44 mins

Just as rehearsals were getting underway for our 2024 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, its director Eleanor Rhode and illusion director John Bulleid caught up to whisper about all the magic going on both on and offstage. Each week we bring together current Royal Shakespeare Company actors with artists who have inspired them. This episode may contain occasional strong langua

Amber Sylvia Edwards and Greg Hicks

Nov 23 2023 35 mins

Fresh from her role as a witch in Macbeth, actor Amber Sylvia Edwards chats to RSC Associate Artist Greg Hicks about his 50-year career in theatre. Greg shares memories of his mentor Peter Hall, divulges which global superstar is one of the biggest backstage pranksters and admits the embarrassing story that led to him missing his debut with the RSC. Each week we bring together curr

Anyebe Godwin and Cleo Sylvestre

Nov 23 2023 32 mins

Actor Anyebe Godwin meets film, stage and television actor Cleo Sylvestre. Cleo talks about breaking down boundaries by becoming the first black actress with a permanent role on a British television soap in the original series of Crossroads, collaborating with The Rolling Stones in the ‘60s and the time that Laurence Olivier knocked on her dressing-room door. Each week we bring t

Alex Gilbreath and Adam Bambrough

Jul 20 2023 34 mins

Actor and RSC Associate Artist Alexandra Gilbraith talks to Adam Bambrough, founder of Wellbeing in the Arts, an organisation dedicated to providing mental health and wellbeing support for creatives and artists in the entertainment industry. They talk about mental health in the theatre industry, stage fright itself as well as their own experiences and getting help. Each week we bri

Charlie Josephine and Chris Sonnex

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Ibraheem Toure and Philip J Morris

Jul 06 2023 36 mins

Actor and learning facilitator Ibrahim Toure talks to Philip J Morris – theatre director and Artistic Director of Trybe House Theatre about their own first encounters with Shakespeare and how they make those first encounters for young people. Philip explains how, “I had a bit of a complex of not feeling like I saw enough people that looked like me in theatres to begin with when

Elizabeth Freestone and Liz Bentley

Jun 29 2023 35 mins

Director, environmental consultant and activist Elizabeth Freestone who directed The Tempest for the RSC in early 2023 talks to Liz Bentley, Chief Executive of the Royal Meteorological Society. They talk about the climate crisis and the place of theatre and the arts within that, as well as the mini ice age that happened in Shakespeare’s lifetime. Elizabeth is also the co-author o

Erica Whyman and Maggie O’Farrell

Jun 22 2023 47 mins

Director Erica Whyman talks to novelist Maggie O’Farrell, author of Hamnet which was recently adapted for the Stratford and London stages and directed by Erica. They talk about Hamnet – the novel and the process of putting it on stage, as well as Hamlet and about autobiography in fiction, including the part Shakespeare’s son, Hamnet, plays in his work. Erica was Acting RSC Ar

Atri Banerjee and Lucy Ellinson

Oct 20 2022 37 mins

Director Atri Banerjee chats to Actor Lucy Ellinson about noisy snacks, theatre activism and playing Puck. Lucy talks about beginning her career: "I was out there is the world and quite lost, if I'm honest. So I'm not a trained actor and I didn't have very much confidence and to be honest not much of a clue about how to begin a career at all." Each week we bring together current Ro