The WhatsOnStage Podcast
WhatsOnStage managing editor Alex Wood and chief theatre critic Sarah Crompton host a weekly podcast on all things theatrical. News, views, frank exchanges and lists offer an unmissable guide to what’s happening on stage (and in film and on television) now, in the past and in future. From musicals, to plays, to immersive shows, to interviews with the biggest stars, there's something for everyone!
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Latest Episode
Why Liam Gallagher is wrong about festivals (15.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Bonus episode: Bridgerton star Luke Newton talks returning to the stage – and why it is his safe space 13.08.2025
- Who’s getting married in the morning? 08.08.2025
- Bonus episode: Rosalie Craig talks Good Night, Oscar, working alongside Sean Hayes and an actor-musician Company with Jonathan Bailey 06.08.2025
- Has the New York Times sent shockwaves through the theatre world? 01.08.2025
- Bonus episode: How do we build theatre audiences of the future? 30.07.2025
- Burlesque's turbulent arrival in the West End – and directors arguing with their reviewers 25.07.2025
- Bonus episode: Three Elphabas talk the new world of Wicked – and what the show’s legacy means 23.07.2025
- What are the hits and who are the stars of tomorrow? 18.07.2025
- Bonus episode: Natasha Hodgson and Alex Young go head-to-head in an Operation Mincemeat special 16.07.2025
- What's the point of an interval? And why are we spraying vodka backstage? 11.07.2025
- Bonus episode: What does an actor-musician musical even mean? 09.07.2025
- Rachel Zegler, Andrew Lloyd Webber and more discuss Evita's secrets 04.07.2025
- Is Evita the show of the summer? And if not, what is? 02.07.2025
- Why seeing a play from the cheap seats can change your life - with special guest playwright Beth Steel 27.06.2025
- Bonus episode: Special guest Katie Brayben on the magic of returning to a role 20.06.2025
- Will social media be the end of theatre critics? And are there too many standing ovations? 18.06.2025
- Behind the scenes at Jamie Lloyd’s Evita 13.06.2025
- Bonus episode: What happens when you win a Tony Award? With Sarah Snook, Jak Malone, Andrew Lloyd Webber and more 11.06.2025
- Special guest Sonia Friedman talks career-firsts, the hardest shows she's worked on and why Broadway's model is broken 06.06.2025
- Bonus episode: A gigantic new London theatre made for musicals, with special guest Rosemary Squire 04.06.2025
