June 2009 Archives

In this week’s Stage Podcast, former Coronation Street actress Sally Lindsay and writer-director Neil Bartlett talk to Nick Smurthwaite about Everybody Loves a Winner, which runs at the Manchester Royal Exchange from July 3-18 as part of the Manchester International Festival.

Following twenty friends on a night out, the production sees the Exchange theatre converted into a bingo hall for the night, and will include a live bingo game in the second act.

• Find out more about Everybody Loves a Winner

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In the second of our The Stage@Adam Street podcasts, we brought together some of the biggest names in British regional theatre:

• Derek Nicholls, president of the Theatrical Management Association and chief executive of the Churchill Theatre in Bromley

• Julius Green, producer for Bill Kenwright Limited

• John Stalker, chief executive of Festival City Theatres Trust in Edinburgh

• Rachel Tackley, director of English Touring Theatre

• Sarah Holmes, chief executive of the New Wolsey theatre, Ipswich, and

• Vikki Heywood, executive director of the Royal Shakespeare Company

Under the umbrella theme of The State of Regional Theatre, they discuss topics including how the recession is affecting them, the effectiveness (or otherwise) of the Arts Council England ticket scheme for under 26s, whether you need big name stars to sell a show in the regions, whether the traditional theatre brochure is dead and how important London is to regional theatre around the UK.

The Stage@Adam Street podcasts are produced in association with the Adam Street private members’ club, Adam Street, London.

If you have any opinion or comments on the topics raised — or on any other aspect of regional theatre — please use the comment box below, or send your email to podcasts@thestage.co.uk. We may print a selection in future print editions of The Stage.

To listen to the podcast:

The preferred way to listen to the podcast is through iTunes. Subscribing in iTunes will ensure that not only do you get this edition of the podcast, but you will automatically receive further editions, for free, as they are released.

• Listen and subscribe now in iTunes (recommended)

You can also listen to an audio stream using the player below:

Finally, you can download the MP3 file (right-click and select “Download file/Save linked file as…” or similar).