MusicalTalk - The UK's Independent Musical Theatre Podcast
1) Episode 919: Sondheim Was Alive in 2025
Yes, Sondheim was alive and kicking in 2025, at least so far as his works and legacy were concerned because in London alone, you could have seen Road Show, Here We Are, The Frogs and Into the Woods - ...Show More
2) Episode 918: They Can't Take That Year Away From Me!
The "LeDorean" is polished, the flux capacitor is fluxing and Thos and Nick are ready to take MusicalTalk somewhere very specific in the timeline — though they're not saying where just yet. In this ep...Show More
3) Episode 917: Stranger Sings! The Musical Parody
Thos takes a trip back to the town of Hawkins, Indiana in 1983 where times were simpler, hair was bigger (much bigger) and and unsupervised children were getting snatched by inter-dimensional beings! ...Show More
4) Episode 916: From Page to Stage: Creating SEA WITCH
This week on MusicalTalk, Nick is joined by Michael David Glover, the book writer of SEA WITCH, playing at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Sunday 1st March. Michael takes us inside the creation of the...Show More
5) Episode 915: From Our Canadian Correspondent
Come From Away undoubtedly put Canada on the global musical theatre map, but this fine, independent and creative nation has a long tradition of writing wonderful musicals! Join David and Thos as they ...Show More
6) Episode 914: Singing with Nureyev and Living with Lerner: Liz Robertson Interview.
Nick welcomes the legendary Liz Robertson to MusicalTalk for a wide-ranging and intimate conversation spanning a remarkable life in musical theatre. Marking the 70th anniversary of My Fair Lady, Liz r...Show More
7) Episode 913: Holding Space for Wicked - Magic or Misdirection?
With the dust now well and truly settled, Nick sits down with Ruby – a self-confessed Wicked obsessive – to take a long look back at the two film adaptations. Together they explore what Wicked has mea...Show More
8) Episode 912: One Year More: A MusicalTalk Theatre Year in Review.
Nick and Hannah look back on a theatre-stuffed 2025, chatting through the shows they saw, loved, questioned and are still thinking about. From West End heavyweights to immersive experiments and concer...Show More
9) Episode 911: Merry Quizmas and a Happy New Earful for 2026
It's Christmas again - but didn't we have one twelve months ago? Well, just in case Dame Shirley Bassey is correct and it all just a little bit of history repeating, we might as well mark the fact in...Show More
10) Episode 910: The Stage in 1925
Travel back one hundred years as MusicalTalk looks at the world of theatre and musical theatre in late 1925 through the prism of the trade press of the period. Josh and Thos thumb through an actor's ...Show More