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How Very Hannah

How Very Hannah

Bear Lane Productions 56 Episodes Jun 25, 2026

How Very Hannah is a theatre podcast hosted by Hannah Lowther, a West End performer and TikTok personality. The show features backstage stories, drama school games, public challenges, and interviews with guests from stage and screen. It aims to capture the joy, chaos, and magic of the theatre world.

Episodes

S3 Ep25: George Crawford: Emmett Forrest, Covering Corbin Bleu & His Real Life Waitress Love Story Jun 25, 2026 2906 Clammy hands, hammy fingers and a charades game that nearly broke the show - it's my Legally Blonde co-star… George Crawford, aka Emmett Forrest himself!! 🎭This ep is chaos from start to finish… we get into George's incredible career journey, from auditioning for drama school with absolutely no idea what he was doing, to landing Book of Mormon straight out of Arts Ed without even having an agent.
S3 Ep24: Dani Harmer: Tracy Beaker, 30 Years of Panto & the Role She Still Hasn't Read the Book For Jun 18, 2026 2503 BOG OFF… no but don’t because DANI HARMER is on How Very Hannah!!! This one has been on my dream guest list since day one of this podcast, and I am so excited for you to hear this chat 🎭We get into everything from her West End debut at six years old in The Who's Tommy (she had no idea who The Who was, bless her dad), doing the Annie tour at 10, her Rocky Horror days, and the audition process for
S3 Ep23: Tosh Wanogho-Maud: Kinky Boots, the Pros & Cons of Being an Alternate & Training at RADA Mid-Career Jun 11, 2026 2655 Put your best red boots on, Lola’s in the house!! 💃🏾 This week I'm joined by the incredible Tosh Wanogho-Maud, currently playing alternate Lola in Kinky Boots at the Coliseum , and I genuinely could have talked to this man for hours. Wise, hilarious, and absolutely full of the kind of advice that makes you want to go home and write everything down.Tosh's career is honestly staggering - from makin
S3 Ep22: Charley Marlowe: Red Carpets, Rachel Zegler & the Comic Relief Fart Nobody Knew About Jun 4, 2026 2698 This week I'm joined by the one, the only… Charley Marlowe!! Content creator, presenter, red carpet queen, THEATRE LOVER, and honestly one of the funniest people I've ever had in the studio!! 🎭We get into how she went from production runner making 58 cups of tea a day to landing gigs at the BAFTAs, the BRITs and the Oliviers - including a genuinely brilliant encounter with Kate Fleetwood that nea
S3 Ep21: How Very Hannah Live: The Garrick Theatre Special with Marisha Wallace & Daisy Twells!! May 28, 2026 3954 ⚠️ This is an audio-only episode - but trust us, you're not gonna want to miss a second of it!! 🎭On Sunday 24th May, How Very Hannah made its West End debut at the Garrick Theatre for one night only… and we recorded it so you could all be part of it!! We're so proud of this one🩷The incredible Marisha Wallace joined me on stage, talking about going from a tap dancing egg on Broadway to becoming th
S3 Ep20: Sydnie Christmas: Winning Britain's Got Talent, Starlight Express & Brand New Music May 21, 2026 2419 🎟️ Grab the last few tickets for HOW VERY HANNAH LIVE, THIS SUNDAY at The Garrick! I’m taking over the West End on Sunday 24th May for a very special evening... with unreal guests MARISHA WALLACE and DAISY TWELLS!! See you there ✨ ⁠⁠https://www.aegpresents.co.uk/event/how-very-hannah/⁠⁠-------She won Britain's Got Talent, played Cruella in 101 Dalmatians AND has just dropped a new single… it's Sy
S3 Ep19: Gracie McGonigal: Little Red, Bridgerton & the One Self Tape That Changed Everything May 14, 2026 2898 She's back!! Gracie McGonigal made her How Very Hannah debut on the What's On Stage red carpet and now she's finally in the studio, and this chat did not disappoint. 🎭Gracie is currently playing Little Red in Into the Woods at the Bridge Theatre and we get into everything - how she genuinely thought Little Red died after Act One and had no idea how much of the show she was in, the Disney Jaw she'
S3 Ep18: Jordan Luke Gage: Writing His Own Musical, the Original Romeo & Queer Stories on the Main Stage May 7, 2026 2690 I have been so excited for this one!! Jordan Luke Gage is one of the most multi-talented humans I know… original Romeo in &Juliet, Clyde in Bonnie and Clyde, Cal in Titanic, and now he's written his own musical. Yeah. His own musical (!!!) 🎭In this ep, we get into his insane career trajectory, from four years of not being able to book a job after drama school, to Max Martin coming to watch hi
S3 Ep17: Solo Ep: Onstage Pet Peeves, Gassy Girls Backstage & the Director Who Needs to Chill Apr 30, 2026 1561 Shoes off, sinuses blocked, Leon sausage and egg bap in the system… it's a solo ep and we have a LOT to catch up on!! 🎭We've just finished Canterbury - meningitis outbreak, masks on, no stage door, and somehow still one of my favourite weeks on tour so far. I did Elle twice, Margot six times, stayed with Remi and Rai, did a proper food shop and honestly felt like a functioning human being for onc
S3 Ep16: Luke Brady: Playing Hercules, Theatre Royal Ghost Stories & Why He Went Back to Drama School Apr 23, 2026 2262 BLESS MY SOUL, Luke Brady's on a roll… into the studio!! 🎭 Luke is currently playing Hercules at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and what a delightful chat we had this week.We get into what it's actually like working for Disney, why the scale of Hercules is unlike anything he's done before, and how a chance conversation with Imelda Staunton mid-rehearsal completely changed how he approaches his craf
S3 Ep15: Jocasta Almgill: Brooke Wyndham, Body Confidence & The Press Night Disaster Apr 16, 2026 3112 My first ever Legally Blonde cast guest is HERE!!!and honestly it was worth the wait, as I'm joined this week by the incredible Jocasta Almgill, AKA the iconic Brooke Wyndham herself 🎉We get into what it's actually like playing Brooke - including six months of skipping training, the press night skipping rope incident that drew actual blood (I'm so sorry Daisy), and why Jocasta never in a million
S3 Ep14: Solo Ep: Mid-Show Swing Ons, Concert Shows & Life on Tour Apr 9, 2026 1694 It's just me this week!! Well, almost… but we'll get to that. 🤭I'm fresh off what I can only describe as the most chaotic week of my entire career (so far) in Milton Keynes, and I needed to sit down and tell you all about it!! Mid-show swing ons, show stops, four different people playing Margot in one week, concert versions nobody planned for - Milton Keynes, you will go down in history. 🎭I'm als

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