July 2009 Archives

In this week’s Stage Podcast, Nick Smurthwaite talks to Iranian comedian and actor Omid Djalili, who is set to replace Rowan Atkinson in Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane from July 20.

To listen to the podcast:

The preferred way to listen to the podcast is through iTunes. If you subscribe to the podcast series in iTunes, then not only will 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).

Coming up: The Edinburgh Fringe podcast

Once again, The Stage will be providing full coverage of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, including our renowned daily podcast, hosted by Ewan Spence. For more details, the opportunity to subscribe to the 2009 series in advance and to hear some classic interviews from the Fringe Podcast archives, go to http://edinburghfringe.thepodcastnetwork.com.

With screen roles including Stephen Poliakoff’s The Lost Prince and West End parts in Whistle Down the Wind and Fame, Matthew James Thomas’s highest profile role to date has been Jez Tyler on ITV1’s performing arts school-based musical drama Britannia High.

He now returns to the stage, playing the title role in Ruby in the Dust’s production of Dorian Gray, adapted and directed by Linnie Reedman, playing at the Leicester Square Theatre.

In this edition of the Stage Podcast, Thomas talks to Scott Matthewman about the play, his experience on Britannia High and what he thinks went wrong with a series that had so much potential.

• Dorian Gray details on The Stage Listings.
• The Stage review of Dorian Gray

To listen to the podcast:

The preferred way to listen to the podcast is through iTunes. If you subscribe to the podcast series in iTunes, then not only will 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).

The YouTube trailer for Dorian Gray is below: