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Animal Farm: The Podcast

Animal Farm: The Podcast

By Two Planks

Based on Two Planks and a Passion’s award-winning fireside theatre production that premiered in 2018, Animal Farm, The Podcast is a vivid re-telling of the classic fairy tale which continues to resonate with the same power as it did when it was first published in 1945.

The two episode series will also feature an in-depth interview with political theorist Matthew Benjamin Cole!

Two Planks and a Passion Theatre’s podcast production of Animal Farm- is a musical adaptation of
George Orwell’s classic novel with Music and Lyrics by Allen Cole and Book and Lyrics by Ken Schwartz
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Animal Farm: The Podcast - Trailer

Animal Farm: The PodcastNov 09, 2021

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Animal Farm: The Podcast (Interview w/ Matthew Benjamin Cole)

Animal Farm: The Podcast (Interview w/ Matthew Benjamin Cole)

Ready to take a deeper dive into the world of Animal Farm, George Orwell, and literary calls to revolution?

Join Two Planks and a Passion artistic director Ken Schwartz as he interviews Matthew Benjamin Cole, a writing instructor and political theorist at Harvard University, about all things Animal Farm!

In this follow-up episode Ken and Matthew talk about fairy stories, the lasting legacy of Orwell's works, and the significance of Animal Farm around the world (+ loads more)!

For more information and behind the scenes- make sure to follow Two Planks on Instagram, Facebook, and our website!  

For Transcription of the podcast please visit www.artscentre.ca/animalfarmpodcast.

Special thanks to the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts near Canning, Nova Scotia, for providing such excellent support for our two-week long recording residency. If you would like to find out more about the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, visit artscentre.ca

This series was made possible in part through the Creative Industries Fund, which is administered by the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage.Two Planks and a Passion’s ongoing activities are supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Nova Scotia and the Craig Foundation.

Let us know what you thought of this podcast. Please review it and share it with those you love!

Thank you for listening, and thank you for supporting live theatre.  If you want to donate to Two Planks and a Passion Theatre, visit www.twoplanks.ca.



Nov 17, 202134:04
Animal Farm: The Podcast (Full Production)

Animal Farm: The Podcast (Full Production)

For more information and behind the scenes- make sure to follow Two Planks on Instagram, Facebook, and our website!

For Transcription of the podcast please visit www.artscentre.ca/animalfarmpodcast.

Podcast Programme
Animal Farm featured performances by Burgandy Code, Tim Machin, Genevieve Steele, Andrea Lee Norwood, Chris O’Neill, Jeff Schwager,
Ryan Rogerson and Mathew Lumley.

The Stage Manager for the Production was Robin Munro.

Ian Sherwood Recorded and Edited this podcast.

Allen Cole created the Music and Lyrics, Ken Schwartz the Book and Lyrics.

The production was directed by Ken Schwartz.

Social Media, Documentation and Communications support by Logan Robins.

Album cover graphic designed by Alex Kehoe.


Special thanks to the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts near Canning, Nova Scotia, for providing
such excellent support for our two-week long recording residency. If you would like to find out
more about the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, visit artscentre.ca

This series was made possible in part through the Creative Industries Fund, which is administered by the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage.Two Planks and a Passion’s ongoing activities are supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Nova Scotia and the Craig Foundation.

Let us know what you thought of this podcast. Please review it and share it with those you love!

Thank you for listening, and thank you for supporting live theatre.

If you want to donate to Two Planks and a Passion Theatre, visit www.twoplanks.ca.

Nov 17, 202101:27:49
Animal Farm: The Podcast - Trailer
Nov 09, 202101:11