The Rep Shift

In a series of firsts, our season 2 finale has us welcoming our first artist and performer to the podcast! Self proclaimed cabaret reprobate, musician and former star of Ru Paul’s Drag Race joins us to talk about some (very!) memorable shows. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elliott Andrews is a legend in the world of Tour Manager and Show Repping. Throughout his career he’s worked in some of the best venues in the world for someincredible artists. He’s seen and done it all, that is until a local crew member breaks an integral piece of equipment which sees Elliott making his getaway. Chris and Tom would be on that very same train. Hosted on Acast.

On this weeks episode we’re joined by Production Coordinator Hollie Doherty. Hollie has worked with some of the biggest touring artists in the world alongside working backstage at multiple festivals whilst setting up her own company Postcard Touring. With a few bumps in the road along Hollie has a goal to become one of the best tour managers around and we wouldn’t bet agai

On this weeks episode of The Rep Shift previous venue manager at the legendary Gorilla in Manchester now studying to become a Mental Health Nurse - Paul Edwards talks about the joys and stresses of running a prestigious music venue, starting his career doing merch for The Front Bottoms and why talking about your mental health is the most important thing when working in the music in

Is this our favourite ‘bad day at the office’ story to date? It’s up there, it certainly is. Ollie Horner, tour manager, freelance rep for the likes of AEG, TEG SJM and Production for Outbreak Festival joins us today to discuss a variety of shows and cleans up a few things along the way... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Rep Shifts first agent! That’s right, this week we are joined by legendary agent at Littlebig, Debbie Clare whose roster includes the likes of Aphex Twin Jon Hopkins, 65 Days of Static, Clark, UNKLE and plenty more incredible artists. Debbie talks to us about the role of the agent, thinking outside the box, how she’s trying to strike a balance between work and life, her cre

In a podcast first we have a backline company on this weeks episode. Ooosh Tours supply the music industry with backline, staging, staff, vans, rehearsal space and much more. We discuss with Jon and Will the story of how supplying hundreds of artists with touring equipment came about, nearly going under during the pandemic and keeping up with the huge demands since live events came

This week we're joined by Sophie Asquith and Toni Coe-Brooker from Music Venue's Trust. Whilst Sophie and Toni share their bad days at the office and how they got in to the industry, this episode felt particularly poignant and one we've wanted to run with for a while to highlight just how at risk our venues are across the country and the work MVT is doing to help keep these vitally

Ade takes us on his journey from The Exeter Cavern all the way to the programming the biggest arenas in the country. What happens along the way you'll have to find out in this episode of The Rep Shift . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back after the festival season break and on this weeks episode we welcome Rishi Gowry to The Rep Shift. Rishi takes us through his global journey all the way to Wembley Stadium and of course a really difficult day at the production office with multiple show stops - Will the gig happen? Rishi is on hand to talk us through it all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more