Hear Me Out: Discussions about Great Theatre and Greater Plays
By Hear Me Out: Discussions about Great Theatre and Greater Plays
Hear Me Out: Discussions about Great Theatre and Greater PlaysMar 22, 2021
#6 Niamh Walsh
Star of Jamestown and Netflix's recent hit The Sandman, Niamh Walsh, breaks down the brilliance of her favourite speech by Hermione from Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. Amidst some enthusiastic discussion around the badass role of Hermione, Niamh talks to Lucy about decolonising our thinking around accents, why filming Sandman was the best thing ever and what she took from her training at LAMDA.
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, theatre producer and West End & screen actress best known for her role as Lucy in hit comedy ‘Staged’. Other episodes include national treasure Sanjeev Bhaskar, king of theatre Sir Richard Eyre and BBC leading lady Joanna Vanderham.
Follow us on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
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A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
#5 Jack Thorne
Olivier, Tony and BAFTA Award winning playwright Jack Thorne talks about Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and his favourite Willie Loman speech towards the end of the play. They cover favourite theatre spaces in London and what makes an unfinished speech so clever. Jack explains why he thinks Death of a Salesman is one of the best plays ever written and discusses his own writing process.
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, theatre producer and West End & screen actress best known for her role as Lucy in hit comedy ‘Staged’. Other episodes include Blackadder’s Tim McInnerny, James Bond’s Toby Stephens and BBC leading lady Joanna Vanderham.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
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Now in the Top 10 theatre podcasts on Feedspot: https://blog.feedspot.com/theatre_podcasts/
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
#4 Nick Mohammed
Ted Lasso’s bad boy Nick Mohammed discusses his favourite speech with Lucy Eaton. While chatting about Puck's famous epilogue from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nick talks about his childhood English teacher and how Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s The Office influenced his comedic style. He reminisces over his student theatre days and finally talks a bit of Ted Lasso.
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, theatre producer and West End & screen actress best known for her role as Lucy in hit comedy ‘Staged’. Other episodes include Blackadder’s Tim McInnerny, James Bond’s Toby Stephens and Olivier award winning writer Jack Thorne.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
Now in the Top 10 theatre podcasts on Feedspot: https://blog.feedspot.com/theatre_podcasts/
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
#3 Sanjeev Bhaskar
Sanjeev Bhaskar is a national treasure, first shooting to fame with his comedy gold: Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No. 42. Now best known for his long-standing role in Unforgotten, in this episode he takes the opportunity to discuss Ayub Khan Din's massively popular play East in East. Lucy and Sanjeev chat about his journey with understanding Shakespeare, how he learnt to access stories that were removed from his cultural background as a young boy and just why East is East cracked the mainstream market so successfully. With shout-outs to Yasmina Reza's Art, Michael Attenborough and Paul Schofield, this chat is a sumptuous journey through theatre history that eventually winds its way towards a conversation about incredible screen work and what was so remarkable about Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator climax.
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, theatre producer and West End & screen actress best known for her role as Lucy in hit comedy ‘Staged’. Other episodes include Blackadder’s Tim McInnerny, James Bond’s Toby Stephens and Olivier award winning writer Jack Thorne.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
Now in the Top 10 theatre podcasts on Feedspot: https://blog.feedspot.com/theatre_podcasts/
With huge thanks in this episode to the Charlie Chaplin estate who provided us with a clip from The Great Dictator: Charles Chaplin - The Great Dictator © Roy Export SAS
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
#2 Richard Eyre
Theatre royalty Sir Richard Eyre joins the show to discuss Shakespeare’s King Lear, in particular the ‘Come, let's away to prison’ speech. Why does he believe it's the most beautiful language in all of Shakespeare? Who did it best: Ian Holme or Anthony Hopkins? Do actors need to have experienced something to act it? And do you really acquire wisdom and ease in older age? Richard and Lucy get into it all in this deep-dive episode into the joys and curses of Shakespeare, directing and the theatre industry.
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, theatre producer and West End & screen actress best known for her role as Lucy in hit comedy ‘Staged’. Other episodes include Goodness Gracious Me’s Sanjeev Bhaskar, Blackadder’s Tim McInnerny and James Bond’s Toby Stephens.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
Now in the Top 10 theatre podcasts on Feedspot: https://blog.feedspot.com/theatre_podcasts/
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
#1 Joanna Vanderham
"What's your favourite speech?"
We’re back for a second series! And kicking us off is the sublimely talented Joanna Vanderham (Emmy Award winning The Runaway, BBC’s The Control Room and Paradise, What Maisie Knew, The Boy with the Topknot). Joanna discusses Penelope Skinner’s translation of Alexei Arbuzov’s 'The Promise’. What made her audition for the play so unique, why does she appreciate her time at Royal Welsh College so much and how does it feel when a writer creates a brand new monologue especially for you?
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, theatre producer and West End & screen actress best known for her role as Lucy in hit comedy ‘Staged’. Other episodes include Goodness Gracious Me’s Sanjeev Bhaskar, Olivier award winning director Sir Richard Eyre and Blackadder’s Tim McInnerny.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
Now in the Top 10 theatre podcasts on Feedspot: https://blog.feedspot.com/theatre_podcasts/
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
Hear Me Out Series 2 Teaser
Series 2 of Hear Me Out premieres this September, with new episodes being released every other week. Listen on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts!
Hosted by Lucy Eaton and starring a slurry of high profile guests from the West End and Broadway, TV and film.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/317vRht
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A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast
BONUS #10 Kwame Kwei-Armah and 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone' (Video Podcast)
Highlights from Young Vic Artistic Director Kwame Kwei Armah's episode of Hear Me Out. Viewable as a video on Spotify or youtube. Kwame discusses 2 plays in this special series finale of Hear Me Out. First off is American icon August Wilson, best known for 'Fences' and the recently Oscar nominated 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.' But it is his play, 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone' that gets explored here, having inspired Kwame to be a writer himself. Also discussed is Randolph Edmonds' 'Nat Turner', recounting the real-life slave rebellion of 1831. Lucy and Kwame chat spirituality, David Mamet and whether Kwame ever finds himself mimicking his favourite writers...
Full podcast audio can be found on the same platform you're watching this on, or find us on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/399rKikOEYM
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
BONUS #9 Freddie Fox and 'Henry V' (Video Podcast)
Highlights from 'The Crown' actor Freddie Fox's episode of Hear Me Out. Viewable as a video on Spotify or youtube. Freddie delves into one of Shakespeare’s most famous speeches, the St Crispin’s Day monologue from 'Henry V': He explains to host Lucy Eaton what's so admirable about the character of Henry, discusses that crazy time he stepped in to play Romeo for Hollywood star Lily James when Richard Madden broke his ankle and shares his worst drama school audition tale.
Full podcast audio can be found on the same platform you're watching this on, or find us on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/NrBPXFUVbH8
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
BONUS #8 Giles Terera and 'Hamlet' (Video Podcast)
Highlights from 'Hamilton' actor Giles Terera's episode of Hear Me Out. Viewable as a video on Spotify or youtube. London's own inaugural Aaron Burr talks all things 'Hamlet' and 'Hamilton' with host Lucy Eaton. With particular exploration into a lost Hamlet scene between Horatio and Gertrude that he found when doing the play at the National Theatre, Giles discusses favourite unknown Shakespeare roles with Lucy, what it was like to land the mother of all gigs (*cough cough* thanks Lin-Manuel!) and how much that Olivier really meant to him.
Full podcast audio can be found on the same platform you're watching this on, or find us on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/f4ASUm0kxXI
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
BONUS #7 Maddy Hill and 'Cymbeline / Imogen' (Video Podcast)
Highlights from 'Eastenders' actress Maddy Hill's episode of Hear Me Out. Viewable as a video on Spotify or youtube. The 'Casualty' and soap star chats to Lucy Eaton about her favourite Imogen speech from William Shakespeare’s ‘Cymbeline': she reminisces over her time at Shakespeare's Globe being directed by Matthew Dunster, discusses how playing Nancy Carter involved less crying on cue than other soap characters and gets emotional discussing the sensory memories of live theatre.
Full podcast audio can be found on the same platform you're watching this on, or find us on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/RFTt82-EGM4
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
BONUS #6 Patricia Hodge and 'A Hotel in Amsterdam' (Video Podcast)
Highlights from 'Miranda' actress Patricia Hodge's episode of Hear Me Out. Viewable as a video on Spotify or youtube. British acting legend Patricia Hodge OBE discusses John Osbourne's ‘A Hotel in Amsterdam’ with host Lucy Eaton: She explains why it stuck in her mind as one of the most moving moments she’s ever seen on stage, who her favourite actors of all time are and what makes a play timeless.
Full podcast audio can be found on the same platform you're watching this on, or find us on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/lwDvP_08CgU
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
BONUS #5 Brendan Coyle and 'St Nicholas' (Video Podcast)
Highlights from 'Downton Abbey' actor Brendan Coyle's episode of Hear Me Out. Viewable as a video on Spotify or youtube. Brendan opens up to Lucy Eaton about Conor McPherson’s monologue play 'St Nicholas’: He shares the history of his longstanding love for Conor’s work, talks about making Dame Judi Dench cry and explains why a one-man show is always an ensemble effort. With a special guest appearance from Simon Evans, Brendan's director on 'St Nicholas' and writer/director of BBC/Hulu's Staged.
Full podcast audio can be found on the same platform you're watching this on, or find us on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/aw3Ux9yvHkY
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
BONUS #4 Denise Gough and 'People, Places and Things' (Video Podcast)
Highlights from Olivier and Tony Award winning actress Denise Gough's episode of Hear Me Out. Viewable as a video on Spotify or youtube. Denise chats with Lucy Eaton about her most iconic role and THAT speech from 'People, Places and Things': she explains why Duncan Macmillan's acting/addiction monologue is so remarkable, what made her cry during her audition and how she's managed to liberate herself from the judgement of the entertainment industry. An utterly inspiring and uplifting discussion for aspiring actors and creatives as well as fans of the National Theatre's production of 'People, Places and Things'.
Full podcast audio can be found on the same platform you're watching this on, or find us on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/C-sZYAjBo2Q
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
BONUS #3 Adrian Lester and 'Cost of Living' (Video Podcast)
Highlights from 'Hustle' actor Adrian Lester's episode of Hear Me Out. Viewable as a video on Spotify or youtube. Olivier-award winner Adrian Lester enlightens Lucy Eaton on the opening speech from 'Cost of Living' by Polish-American playwright Martyna Majok: He shares the journey behind taking on the role, why it was a more nerve-wracking monologue to deliver than Peter Brook's 'Hamlet' and just why fake nails were so helpful when he played Rosalind for Cheek By Jowl.
Full podcast audio can be found on the same platform you're watching this on, or find us on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/90-5xWp8tLg
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
BONUS #2 Mark Bonnar and 'Hamlet' (Video Podcast)
Highlights from 'Guilt' actor Mark Bonnar's episode of Hear Me Out. Viewable as a video on Spotify or youtube. Mark gets down and dirty with 'Hamlet', in particular the "Rogue and peasant slave" speech from Act 2, Scene 2: He talks about the intricate beauty of iambic pentameter verse, argues against the common misconception that Shakespeare is inaccessible and explains why he's never played the eponymous character.
Full podcast audio can be found on the same platform you're watching this on, or find us on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/-FEk4ltEtNQ
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
BONUS #1 Claire Skinner and 'Moonlight' (Video Podcast)
Highlights from actress Claire Skinner's episode of Hear Me Out. Viewable as a video on Spotify or youtube. Claire explains to Lucy Eaton what makes a Pinter play so "Pinter", re-lives the moment when an audience member heckled her for being too quiet and divulges precious memories from backstage in the inaugural production of 'Moonlight' alongside Anna Massey, Michael Sheen, Ian Holm and Douglas Hodge.
Full podcast audio can be found on the same platform you're watching this on, or find us on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/VFdwfyZoAq8
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
#10 Kwame Kwei-Armah
Kwame Kwei-Armah (actor, writer and artistic director of the Young Vic Theatre) discusses 2 plays in this special series finale of Hear Me Out. First off is American icon August Wilson, best known for 'Fences' and the recently Oscar nominated 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.' But it is his play, 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone' that gets explored here, having inspired Kwame to be a writer himself. Also discussed is Randolph Edmonds' 'Nat Turner', recounting the real-life slave rebellion of 1831. Lucy and Kwame chat spirituality, David Mamet and whether Kwame ever finds himself mimicking his favourite writers...
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, star of lockdown smash-comedy Staged (BBC/Netflix/Staged), West End actress and theatre producer. Other episodes include The Crown's Freddie Fox, Eastenders' Maddy Hill and Tony Award and Olivier Award winner Denise Gough.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
#9 Freddie Fox
Freddie Fox delves into one of Shakespeare’s most famous speeches, the St Crispin’s Day monologue from 'Henry V': He explains what's so admirable about the character of Henry, discusses that crazy time he stepped in to play Romeo for Lily James when Richard Madden broke his ankle and shares his worst drama school audition tale.
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, star of lockdown smash-comedy Staged (BBC/Netflix/Staged), West End actress and theatre producer. Other episodes include Miranda's Patricia Hodge, Downton Abbey's Brendan Coyle and Guilt star Mark Bonnar.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
#8 Giles Terera
London's own inaugural Aaron Burr, Giles Terera, talks all things 'Hamlet' and 'Hamilton'. With particular exploration into a lost Hamlet scene between Horatio and Gertrude that he found when doing the play at the National Theatre, Giles discusses favourite unknown Shakespeare roles with Lucy, what it was like to land the mother of all gigs (*cough cough* thanks Lin-Manuel!) and how much that Olivier really meant to him.
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, star of lockdown smash-comedy Staged (BBC/Netflix/Staged), West End actress and theatre producer. Other episodes include The Crown's Freddie Fox, Eastenders' Maddy Hill and Young Vic Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
#7 Maddy Hill
'Eastenders' and 'Casualty' star Maddy Hill chats about her favourite Imogen speech from William Shakespeare’s ‘Cymbeline': she reminisces over her time at Shakespeare's Globe being directed by Matthew Dunster, discusses how playing Nancy Carter involved less crying on cue than other soap characters and gets emotional discussing the sensory memories of live theatre.
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, star of lockdown smash-comedy Staged (BBC/Netflix/Staged), West End actress and theatre producer. Other episodes include The Crown's Freddie Fox, Hamilton's Giles Terera and Young Vic Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
#6 Patricia Hodge
British acting legend Patricia Hodge OBE discusses John Osbourne's ‘A Hotel in Amsterdam’: She explains why it stuck in her mind as one of the most moving moments she’s ever seen on stage, who her favourite actors of all time are and what makes a play timeless.
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, star of lockdown smash-comedy Staged (BBC/Netflix/Staged), West End actress and theatre producer. Other episodes include The Crown's Freddie Fox, Hamilton's Giles Terera and Eastenders' Maddy Hill.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
#5 Brendan Coyle
‘Downton Abbey’ leading man Brendan Coyle opens up Conor McPherson’s monologue play 'St Nicholas’: He shares the history of his longstanding love for Conor’s work, talks about making Dame Judi Dench cry and explains why a one-man show is always an ensemble effort. With a special guest appearance from Simon Evans, Brendan's director on 'St Nicholas' and writer/director of BBC/Hulu's Staged.
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, West End actress and theatre producer. Other episodes include Downton's Brendan Coyle, Patricia Hodge OBE and Hamilton's Giles Terera.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
#4 Denise Gough
Denise Gough chats about her most iconic role and THAT speech from 'People, Places and Things': she explains why Duncan Macmillan's acting/addiction monologue is so remarkable, what made her cry during her audition and how she's managed to liberate herself from the judgement of the entertainment industry. An utterly inspiring and uplifting discussion for aspiring actors and creatives as well as fans of the National Theatre's production of 'People, Places and Things'.
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, star of lockdown smash-comedy Staged (BBC/Netflix/Staged), West End actress and theatre producer. Other episodes include Downton's Brendan Coyle, Patricia Hodge OBE and Hamilton's Giles Terera.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
#3 Adrian Lester
Olivier-award winner Adrian Lester enlightens us on the opening speech from 'Cost of Living' by Polish-American playwright Martyna Majok: He shares the journey behind taking on the role, why it was a more nerve-wracking monologue to deliver than Peter Brook's 'Hamlet' and just why fake nails were so helpful when he played Rosalind for Cheek By Jowl.
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, star of lockdown smash-comedy Staged (BBC/Netflix/Staged), West End actress and theatre producer. Other episodes include Patricia Hodge OBE, Hamilton's Giles Terera and Eastenders star Maddy Hill.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
#2 Mark Bonnar
Scottish actor and TV staple Mark Bonnar gets down and dirty with 'Hamlet', in particular the "Rogue and peasant slave" speech from Act 2, Scene 2: He talks about the intricate beauty of iambic pentameter verse, argues against the common misconception that Shakespeare is inaccessible and explains why he's never played the eponymous character. A far cry from 'Line of Duty' and 'Guilt', this is a truly exceptional stage actor in his theatrical element!
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, star of lockdown smash-comedy Staged (BBC/Netflix/Staged), West End actress and theatre producer. Other episodes include The Crown's Freddie Fox, Miranda's Patricia Hodge OBE and Hamilton's Giles Terera.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.
#1 Claire Skinner
'Outnumbered' star Claire Skinner chats about the closing monologue from Harold Pinter's 'Moonlight': she explains to Lucy what makes a Pinter play so "Pinter", relives the moment when an audience member heckled her for being too quiet and divulges precious memories from backstage in the inaugural production of 'Moonlight' alongside Anna Massey, Michael Sheen, Ian Holm and Douglas Hodge.
Hosted by Lucy Eaton, star of lockdown smash-comedy Staged (BBC/Netflix/Staged), West End actress and theatre producer. Other episodes include Patricia Hodge OBE, Hamilton's Giles Terera and Downton's Brendan Coyle.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips from the show on our Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3l7vRht
** Join the family by becoming a Hear Me Out Patreon! www.patreon.com/podhearmeout **
A Lucy Eaton Productions podcast.