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A weekly discussion of all things Stephen Sondheim and musical theatre, produced by the North East Stephen Sondheim Theatre Company, UK.
Welcome to episode 6 of A Little Night Podcast, and this episode we have Cut the Bull. Callum James Dunwell is back hosting this episode, joined by Adam Donaldson and all the way from Jakarta, Indonesia, the wonderful Albertus Raynaldi. In this episode Callum is going to bring some theories about musical theatre to discuss whether they think these theories are true. Do you have any conspiracy theories about musical theatre you think might be true?
Welcome to episode 5 of season 2 of A Little Night Podcast. We have the Founder and Musical Director Tim Jasper taking the reigns on this episode, with another familiar one, Hypotheticals. Tim and our guests Callum Dunwell, David Parker and Adam Donaldson talk about certain moments in Sondheim shows and if those moments didn't happen/change, how would it change the story as a whole. Sit back and relax and enjoy this hilarious episode.
Welcome to A Little Night Podcast episode 4, we're back to a familiar concept of the Desert Island idea. In season 1, we looked at what shows you would love to be trapped on a desert island with. But this time we're going to look at what specific characters you might want to be trapped with. Join our host Anna Marya, her guests local musician, actor, podcaster Sam Bryan, Callum James Dunwell and Adam Donaldson as they discuss their favourite characters in this hilarious episode.
Welcome to episode 3 of A Little Night Podcast and today we have Unpopular Show-pinions. We have been extremely lucky to be joined by American Musical Director, Composer and Youtube sensation Kevin Lynch who shares us some of the opinions on shows he has. The host Callum Dunwell, Adam Donaldson and Tim Jasper join Kevin for this hilarious episode.
Welcome to Episode 2 of A Little Night Podcast, today's episode is a new concept, called "Jack of No Trades, Master of Sondheim". Today's host is the NESST Assistant Company Manager David Parker and he has brought a quiz to our wonderful experts of Stephen Sondheim, the NESST Founder and Musical Director Tim Jasper and Matthew Colledge, an expert in all Musical Theatre and a member of NESST since the beginning. Have a listen to see who you think will come out on top.
Hello, and welcome back to A Little Night Podcast! We saw how much you enjoyed the first season one, so we had to return with season 2! This series is going to be even bigger and better than season 1, but also keeping to those fantastic conversations about things we all love, theatre. Episode 1 we have a familiar episode, Maniacal Mains, again hosted by NESST Company Manager Adam Donaldson. Joining him we have the Assistant Company Manager David Parker, Publicity Manager Anna Marya and Fundraising Coordinator, Holly Parkinson. Today they're discussing whether they think Georges Seurat, the titular character in Stephen Sondheim's, Sunday in the Park with George is good or evil, based on the evidence.
Welcome to episode seven and the series one finale of “A Little Night Podcast”, brought to you by the North East Stephen Sondheim Theatre (NESST). Today we have all 6 committee members together for our very own, Steve Awards (like the Tony Awards, but Sondheim related). We have given our members various categories and asked them to cast their vote. The results are in, which Sondheim musical is the best? Who is the best Sondheim double act? What is the best Sondheim overture? Find out in this hilarious episode!
Welcome to episode six of “A Little Night Podcast”, brought to you by the North East Stephen Sondheim Theatre (NESST). Joining our host David Parker for the episode “Theatre In the Round” will be NESST Publicity Manager Anna Marya Smith and for the second time this series, all the way from Jakarta, Indonesia. They are going to be having an interesting and thorough debate about the evolution of theatre, questioning what theatre is all about and throughout the discussions, Albertus sharing the international perspective of theatre. How do you think Theatre has evolved over the years?
Welcome to episode five of “A Little Night Podcast”, brought to you by the North East Stephen Sondheim Theatre (NESST). Today we are going to looking at an idea based on Russell Kane’s podcast series, Evil Genius. We are going to be looking at a character from a Sondheim show who is associated with being evil, or vice versa. Then we will read out three statements about good or evil features/situations about that character then at the end we will discuss whether that character is good or evil? Join our host Adam Donaldson, NESST Founder and Musical Director Tim Jasper, NESST Technical Supervisor, Callum Dunwell and NESST veteran Matthew Colledge for this fun packed episode. Is there an unexpected Sondheim you could argue is evil/good?
Welcome to episode four of “A Little Night Podcast”, brought to you by the North East Stephen Sondheim Theatre (NESST).Today’s episode is an exciting one, and it’s going to be brought to you by 4 of NESST’s lovely and talented ladies. Join our host for this episode Emily Parker, with guests NESST Publicity Manager Anna Marya Smith and NESST members Ellen Mavin and Grace Winpenny as they talk about the role of women in the theatre, their favourite Sondheim shows and their favourite female Sondheim characters. Who is your favourite female Sondheim character?
Welcome to episode three of “A Little Night Podcast”, brought to you by the North East Stephen Sondheim Theatre (NESST). Today’s episode will be based on the idea of Hypotheticals, a “what if” scenario. Join our host Tim Jasper, joined by NESST Technical Supervisor Callum Dunwell and NESST Company Manager Adam Donaldson as they go through a selection of Sondheim shows, coming up with moments that never were! If you could change the course of any Sondheim musical, what show would it be, what would you change and how would that affect the events taken place after that moment?
Welcome to episode two of “A Little Night Podcast”, brought to you by the North East Stephen Sondheim Theatre (NESST). Today we are going to be discussing a very exciting concept called Battle of the Shows. Two of our members, Matthew Colledge and Albertus Raynaldi, are going to individually prepare an argument on why a Sondheim show, of their choosing, is the best Sondheim show. They will debate against the other show then at the end, our host Callum Dunwell and NESST Publicity Manager Anna Marya Smith cast their vote on which Sondheim show is the best. What is your favourite Sondheim show? Please let us know!
Welcome to episode one of “A Little Night Podcast”, brought to you by the North East Stephen Sondheim Theatre (NESST). Today we’re going to discuss an idea called Desert Island shows, an imaginary situation where you are stuck on a desert island with only three musicals. Have a listen to our host for episode one, Callum Dunwell, well as NESST’s Assistant Company Manager David Parker and Fundraising Coordinator Emily Parker as they discuss what musicals they would choose. If you were stuck with only three musicals to listen to, what would they be?