The Cast: Recent Episodes
The Student Workshop
'The Cast' is the podcast created by the theatre company The Student Workshop associated with Royal Holloway University London
Hosted by Aleesha Bhalli, Ella Maton and Thea Adams
Publicity by Ella Maton
Music by Jamie Layfield
In this episode, your host Thea speaks to Lenny Pettitt, Katie Downes, Anastasia Gorelova, Hania Ahmed, Freddie Hardie and Nicki Agrios as we find out more about the behind the scenes and how the incredible crew and cast put our first ever MatC together!
Publicity by Aleesha Bhalli
Music by Jamie Layfield
Edited by Thea Adams
Hosted by Thea Adams
Thea and Ella speak with Candice Frampas, the Student Workshop's Media Rep, to discuss the 2023 Hollywood Strikes. Have a listen to hear about what's happening in your industry!
Publicity by Aleesha Bhalli
Music by Jamie Layfield
Edited by Aleesha Bhalli, Ella Maton
Hosted by Thea Adams, Ella Maton
Here is an end of term 1 episode for your holiday season! Aleesha, Thea, and Ella chat with Katie Downes all about the first year experience - favourite moments, struggles, and more. Have a listen!
Publicity by Aleesha Bhalli
Music by Jamie Layfield
Edited by Aleesha Bhalli
Hosted by Aleesha Bhalli, Thea Adams, and Ella Maton
For this episode, we're bringing you a conversation with the creatives behind the first MATB of the year! Your hosts Aleesha, Thea, and Ella are joined by Lenny Pettitt, Mila Smajevic, Candice Frampas, Elyas Yusuf, and Katie Downes to chat about their experiences with the show. We hope you enjoy (:
Publicity by Aleesha Bhalli
Music by Jamie Layfield
Edited by Aleesha Bhalli and Ella Maton
Hosted by Aleesha Bhalli, Thea Adams, and Ella Maton
Welcome to The Cast 2023-2024! Get ready for a great year full of interesting interviews, inspiring conversations, and more...
In this episode, your hosts Ella and Aleesha chat with the 2023-2024 committee about what you can expect from The Student Workshop this year, as well as getting to know us a bit better. (: Thank you for listening, and enjoy!
Publicity by Monique Henriques
Music by Jamie Layfield
Edited by Aleesha Bhalli and Ella Maton
Hosted by Aleesha Bhalli and Ella Maton
In this episode, Tilly and Ella have an inspiring discussion about theatre with Vasilis Apostolatos, Greek scenographer, director, and lighting designer based in the Netherlands. The three explore Vas's journey within the industry as well as speak about their hopes for the future, what makes 'good theatre', and how will we learn to trust again? A really great podcast to finish off the 2022-2023 year (: Thank you for listening!
Publicity by Monique Henriques
Music by Jamie Layfield
Edited by Ella Maton
Hosted by Ella Maton and Tilly Morton
This episode explores the joys of writing a musical - specifically how Dan Rebellato and Tom Parkinson went about creating The Optimists, a new musical shown at the RHUL Drama, Theatre, and Dance’s Summer Festival 2023. The four talk about writing quick, collaboration, and the process of creating a musical... we hope you enjoy and wish you an optimistic day! (;
Publicity by Monique Henriques
Music by Jamie Layfield
Edited by Ella Maton
Hosted by Ella Maton and Tilly Morton
In this episode, Tilly and Ella chat with Natasha Elizabeth, BA Drama and Creative Writing, and Lenny Pettitt, BA Drama and Dance, discussing their experiences with MatB (2022-2023)! The four speak about their processes with auditioning, writing, directing, managing, and more as well as sharing some secrets and giggles regarding stories from show day... have a listen to hear all about it (:
Publicity by Monique Henriques
Music by Jamie Layfield
Edited by Ella Maton
Hosted by Ella Maton and Tilly Morton
Meet new co-hosts Tilly Morton and Ella Maton! In this episode, we interview Eduardo Barreto, Royal Holloway MA Directing student, about his play 'No Time to Grow'; it began as a screenplay over 20 years ago, was workshopped at MatB, and was presented as a full-length stage play this past January (2023) - check out this amazing journey here :)
Publicity by Monique Henriques
Music by Jamie Layfield
Edited by Ella Maton
Hosted by Ella Maton and Tilly Morton
Listen to Libby and Carmen’s brand new interview with Royal Holloway Drama graduate, Esme Pearson Brown! In this episode expect loads of conversations around graduating, verbatim theatre, setting up your own company and the menopause!
Buy tickets to see ‘The Plunge’ here… https://space.org.uk/event/the-plunge/#tabs-details
Don’t forget to follow @dirtyfeettheatre
Here it is! It's the Student Workshop's brand new radio play, commissioned from the Autumn term's Midnight at the Boilerhouse Showcase.
'End of the World: BYOB', written by Gabriel Bruce, is about two friends planning a party at the literal end of the world. This play tackles the nihilism that many people feel today, as we shriek closer to oblivion and the idea that maybe, just maybe, we should just give up.
Edited and recorded by Melissa Donoghue and Georgie Andrews.
This event was hosted by the Centre for the Reception of Greece and Rome in collaboration with the Department of Drama, Theatre, and Dance at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Did you miss this exciting roundtable event? Never fear, as the Student Workshop has you covered! Listen to this free-flowing discussion between speakers from the worlds of theatre and academia, Stephe Harrop, Nick Lowe, David Bullen, and the audience for this event.
Disclaimer: The audio quality of this episode is not the best, due to the acoustics of the Caryl Churchill Theatre. This episode can be best enjoyed with headphones. You may also have to alter the volume levels throughout.
'A reckless young band, looking to carve out a successful career in the music industry, are set to headline their biggest gig yet. But with just half an hour until they’re due to take the stage, their troubled lead singer has gone missing. As tensions rise and the clock ticks down, the show must go on, with or without their star. This piece explores a number of issues including those related to mental health, societal pressures, performance anxiety, fame, and addiction.'
Book tickets now for 27 Ways to Heaven on 24th & 25th November at 6:30pm, in the Caryl Churchill Theatre.
Wed 24th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-student-workshop-presents-27-ways-to-heaven-tickets-211770490237
Thur 25th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-student-workshop-presents-27-ways-to-heaven-tickets-212629800457
In this episode Libby joins the cast and crew of the 27 Ways to Heaven, The Student Workshop’s brand new autumn term show! Have a listen to a variety of mini interviews with the team, while hearing a sneak peak of some of the original music played by the wonderful actor musicians.
Join Libby and brand new co-host Carmen, as they discuss Theatre and the Environment with Liz Schafer and Jess Lingard-Nutt. Here's the link to RHUL Drama Department's web pages on environmental sustainability https://royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-schools/drama-theatre-and-dance/about-us/environmental-sustainability/
The Student Workshop is proud to present the comedy radio play 'Alans Unfortunate Adventures' written and directed by Tom Price. Misfortune follows everybody around, but for poor Alan, his misfortune mounts a sneaky assault on him during a particularly troublesome day at Sixth Form. During this radio comedy you'll hear Alan juggling his mean teachers, his mum's terrible cooking and his major girl problems. Alan is in for a wildly unfortunate time. And his wingman Grandmother, is making everything worse.
Welcome to the The Cast where our new Creative Collaborations liaison Libby is joined by co-host Elliot and guest speakers Finn, Jack, Leo and Majna to talk all about Pride!!! Talking points include: What does Pride mean to you? How to be a good ally from within and outside the community, Rainbow Capitalism and who are some inspirational LGBTQ+ theatre makers. Plus loads more on drag race, knighthoods, Joe Lycett and more!!
This podcast is raising money for the LGBTQ+ anti-violence charity Galop.
Follow this link to donate… http://www.galop.org.uk/donate/
In this weeks episode of the cast, Elliot and Libby are rejoined by some of our first years to do a termly check in. They reflect on spring term and how courses have been online plus what they are looking forward to in our upcoming summer term.
In this weeks episode of The Cast, Elliot is joined by special guests Finn and Jacob to talk about Trans Allyship, accurate and Transparnet representation and combating Heteronormative standards. The student Workshop are raising money for the charity Gendered Intelligence so please head over to our link and donate !!
https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8y1Hm6hhu7
In this weeks episode of The Cast, hosts Elliot and Libby are joined by Lynette Goddard and David Bullen to talk all about Queer Theatre, what is it? What is it's history? What about Black Queer Theatre and casting Queer Theatre? All these questions will be discussed so come have a listen !
In this weeks episode of 'The Cast', Elliot and Libby are joined by our very own Music representative Maia along with special guest Tom Parkinson who is a lecturer in the department of music at Royal Holloway. This week's podcast is all about... Music and theatre!
In this weeks episode of 'The Cast' Elliot and Libby are joined by Ellie, Sam and Liberty to talk about MatB at home 2.0. They talk about what you can expect in MatH 2.0 plus the Creators' Inspirations as well the task of collaborating online. We also get to hear some advice for any Future MatB Creators who may be interested in joining the project at a later date.
On this weeks episode of the Cast, hosts Elliot and Libby introduce us to our directors for the Spring term shows where they summarize what we can look forward to over the next few weeks . They discuss the teams inspiration for their works and how it is to be working 100% Online.
In this weeks episode of The Cast, Elliot and Libby talk through our members recommendations for how to stay busy in Lockdown. From advice like trying new recipes and binge watching Netflix the hosts also talk about their own research and tricks. We hope you are all keeping positive through these strange times !
Happy New Year !! To start off the New Year Elliot and Libby are joined by past hosts of the podcast, Josh the current President and Leah the Vice President, to talk about what you can expect in Spring 2021. They discuss the Studio Show Revamp, upcoming socials, the Season show auditions and the new and exciting Masters Students Showcase. Keep your eyes and ears open !!
In this week's episode of The Cast, our hosts are joined by our new First years Manuela Perez Gomez, Anna Wellman and Jack Angus Kidson. They discuss what first year has been like so far and they reflect upon their first term of University in these weird and uncertain times. We hope to check in with these guys again in a couple of months to see how things are going 😀
In this Episode, Libby and Elliot are joined by the amazing Emma Brodzinski to talk about theatre and mental health. They answer the questions, what does it mean to be mentally healthy? What is it like to be working as a Drama Therapist? How to stay mentally healthy? They give advice to students in lockdown and how we can Support each other through this time.
On this weeks episode of The Cast, hosts Elliot and Libby are joined by a very special guest, Lynette Goddard to talk about why we still need Black History Month, what we can learn from Black Theatre and supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement.
Introducing our 3 Autumn shows for 2020 !! Elliot and new co-host Libby (First year Rep) talk to our three directors, Tom, Lorenzo and Isha about their upcoming productions and you do not want to miss out !
In this weeks episode of The Cast Elliot is joined by Ethan and Issy to discuss what it has been like to perform during these strange and uncertain times and what they have done to keep the acting ball rolling
In this weeks episode of The Cast, Elliot, Jess, Cordelia and Ellena answer questions asked by our new incoming cohort of freshers about The Student Workshop and general university life
In this weeks episode of The Cast, Elliot and Leah are joined by the Student Workshops Music Representative Maia Jarvis and their Media Representative Elizabeth Lindsay. They talk to us about their exciting new collaborative competition where music and media students are invited to flex their creative skills over the month of August. For more information on this event please visit our social media pages
Elliot Perlic is joined this week by our own MatB Coordinator Ellena Strestik and MatB publicity officer Leah Nelson to talk about there exciting summer event "Midnight At Home" head over to the MatB instagram and facebook pages to find out more!! Get involved !!
Kicking off the 2nd season of The Cast, hosts Elliot and Leah are joined by Katherine and Cordeila where they discuss the fundraising initiative "students saving our theatres" and what the Student Workshop plus many other universities are getting up to. Follow our social media or go onto our website to find out more !!
For the Final episode of season one of The Cast we are joined by our committee members who graduated from university this month while in lockdown. They share with us some memories from their 3 years and what they will miss as well as providing us with tips and tricks for surviving third year.
On this weeks Episode we dedicate our focus to International Women's day as we discuss the importance of women in our lives wether they be in our families or allow us to inspire our work as theatre makers. Leah and Josh are joined by Anna Robison, Esme Pearson-Brown and Jess Lingard-Nutt
On the 4th Episode of the cast Leah Watson and Joshua Thomas are joined by Jacob Gregory talking about tech within the student workshop and outside productions
This week on The Cast we are joined by three Freshers who talk about their experiences coming to university and how the Student Workshop has helped to shape their social and academic experience. You are listening to the voices of Joshua Thomas, Leah Watson, Cordelia Tarbrooke, Katherine Henry and Matt Hyland
This is the first episode of "The Cast" a Podcast created by the Student Workshop. In this episode we discuss our Spring term shows where we are joined by a cast member of Too Long Unsaid, the Stage Manger of Little Bear and the Producer of The Darkstage .
The second episode of The Cast is the discussion of the Art of Devising, what are the problems, benefits and wonders of building a theatre piece from scratch. The voices heard in this episode are of Sam Pout, Leah Watson, Rosa Higgs, Hannah Harding and Sophia Chimonas