An Improbable Podcast
By Improbable
An Improbable PodcastOct 11, 2022
Episode THREE: Lee and Flo on making Perfect Show For Rachel
Join Lee Co-Artistic Director of Improbable and Flo O'Mahony Artistic Director of Zoo Co as they chat about the processes behind making the ward-winning Perfect Show For Rachel to the Barbican Stage.
Rachel is a theatre-loving, enigmatic 31 year-old who loves Kylie Minogue, people falling over and heckling from the front row. She is a learning disabled care-home resident, and sister to Flo, Zoo Co’s artistic director. Perfect Show for Rachel was developed with Rachel, to create her ‘perfect show’ on her own terms. It explores who defines artistic taste, and questions who that currently excludes.
Hear Lee and Flo discuss where the idea for the show came from, how they created a process which celebrated Rachel's creativity and made them leave behind their own pre-conceptions about what makes 'good theatre'.
Perfect Show For Rachel has been created by Zoo Co, presented and co-produced by the Barbican, and supported by Improbable. The show won the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award and is created with support from Arts Council England.
Perfect Show For Rachel will run at Barbican in the Pitt Theatre from 18 - 26 November 2022. Buy tickets here: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2022/event/zoo-co-theatre-perfect-show-for-rachel
An Improbable podcast is produced by Eliza Lomas with Improbable
An Improbable Podcast EPISODE ONE: Lee and Phelim on making My Neighbour Totoro
Join Lee and Phelim as they chat about the processes behind bringing the celebrated Studio Ghibli animation My Neighbour Totoro to the Barbican Stage. Hear them discuss working with an ensemble, rehearsal room techniques and how this show relates to other Improbable productions.
My Neighbour Totoro is produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Joe Hisaishi in collaboration with Improbable and Nippon TV. Read more about it and buy tickets on https://www.improbable.co.uk/current-projects
An Improbable podcast is produced by Eliza Lomas with Improbable
An Improbable Podcast EPISODE 2: Lee and Phelim on making and performing An Improbable Musical
Join Lee and Phelim as they chat about the processes behind making a new, completely improvised musical theatre show An Improbable Musical. Hear them discuss working with an ensemble, how to rehearse something completely improvised and how this show relates to other Improbable productions.
An Improbable Musical is an Improbable and Royal and Derngate, Northampton production. Find out more about it and buy tickets now https://www.improbable.co.uk/current-projects
An Improbable Podcast is produced by Eliza Lomas with Improbable