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Neil Callin talks to cast, crew and creatives involved in bringing Manx Theatre to life. Produced by the Manx Theatre Podcast, not a Manx Radio production.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Episode 59 - School of Rock

    Monday, 30 September 2024

    48 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Joey Wylde and Alex Duncan from Centre Stage Productions ahead of their production of School of Rock, which runs at the Gaiety Theatre from the 19th to 26th October 2024

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Yn Draamey - Candles

    Tuesday, 17 September 2024

    42 minutes

    In this episode Neil chats with Chris and Suzannah Maybury froim Yn Draamey ahead of their production of 'Candles' which tells the tale of the 1897 Snaefell Mining Disaster and plays at the Gaiety Theatre on Friday 20th & Saturday 21st September 2024.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Jersey Boys

    Tuesday, 2 July 2024

    57 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Two FeathersProductions' founder and Producer Alex Toohey and one half of their DirectorialDream Team, Mark Hilton, ahead of their production of 'Jersey Boys: The Storyof frankie Valli and The Four Seasons' which opens at the Gaiety on Friday 12thJuly 2024.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - The Girl on the Train

    Monday, 24 June 2024

    34 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Director Kim Quine and leading lady Rachael Joughin ahead of The Service Payers production of The Girl on the Train, which opens at the Gaiety Theatre this Thursday 27th June 2024.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Ben Karran

    Wednesday, 15 May 2024

    1 hour 16 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin catches up with Manx born West End performer Ben Karran, whilst on a brief visit home, and chats about his career in professional Musical Theatre and his training at ArtsEd.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - The Community Jukebox

    Thursday, 2 May 2024

    28 minutes

    In the episode Neil Callin chats with Danielle Bridson from The Arts Hub and Dave Rowles from The Rock Project and three of their students Lara Johnson, Catherine McLean and George Penrose. The Arts Hub, The Rock Project and Unity Dance have combined their talents as the Community Collective and are staging the Community Jukebox at the Gaiety Theatre on the 23rd & 24th May 2024.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Oliver

    Wednesday, 13 March 2024

    1 hour 18 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Victoria McLaughlan, Mark Dougherty and Jonathan Sleight from the Manx Operatic Society's production of Lionel Bart's Oliver which open this Saturday night at the Gaiety Theatre.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Steel Magnolias

    Thursday, 7 March 2024

    32 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Lisa Kreisky and Kristene Sutcliffe from Stage Door Entertainments ahead of their production of Steel Magnolias which opens at the Ballakermeen Studio Theatre on Thursday 14th March 2024.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Evita

    Tuesday, 6 February 2024

    57 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with performers Matt Creer and Lauren Molyneux from the Douglas Choral Union's production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita which opens this Friday, 9th February 2024 at the Gaiety Theatre.

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  • Manx Theatre Legends - Tony Hawkes

    Thursday, 18 January 2024

    55 minutes

    In this episode, the first in a new series of Manx Theatre Legends, Neil Callin welcomes Tony Hawkes, a true Manx theatre legend, and chats about his long and illustrious career in Manx Theatre.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - 'Witness for the Prosecution'

    Friday, 27 October 2023

    1 hour 1 minute

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with John and Sharon Walker from The Service Players ahead of their upcoming production of Agatha Christie's 'Witness for the Prosecution' at the Gaiety Theatre from the 9th to 11th November 2023.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Merchant of Venice

    Wednesday, 30 August 2023

    1 hour 7 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Charlie Williams, Thomas Iain Dixon, Bryony Grant and Meg Walker from Parodos Theatre Company ahead of their open air production of The Merchant of Venice in the Villa Marina Gardens from the 7th to 9th of September.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - The Full Monty

    Monday, 10 July 2023

    37 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Sue Tummon and Ben Heath from Two Feathers' upcoming debut production of The Full Monty, which opens at the Gaiety Theatre on Saturday 15th of July 2023.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - One Man, Two Guvnors

    Friday, 16 June 2023

    1 hour 1 minute

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with his fellow cast members Toby Smith and Michelle Cain and Director Darren Webb ahead of the Service Players Production of One Man, Two Guvnors which opens at the Gaiety Theatre On Thursday 22nd June 2023.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Six the Musical: Teen Edition

    Monday, 27 March 2023

    30 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Claire Temple, Head of Music at St Ninian's High School and four of the cast from their upcoming production of Six the Musical: Teen Edition which is showing at Bemahague School from the 28th to 30th March 2023.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Annie Get Your Gun

    Monday, 13 March 2023

    1 hour 3 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Kate Cowley and Phil Bird from the Manx Operatic Society ahead of their performances in Annie Get Your Gun which opens at the Gaiety Theatre on Saturday 18th March 2023.  

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Peter Shimmin & Kensington Arts

    Thursday, 16 February 2023

    55 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Peter Shimmin, the Creative Development Co-Ordinator at Kensington Arts, about the upcoming events at Kensington Arts and his background in the performing arts.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - The Merchant of Venice

    Friday, 20 January 2023

    32 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Charlie Williams and Alex Armstrong from Parodos Theatre Company as they get ready to launch the audition material for their July 2023 production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Young Frankenstein

    Monday, 16 January 2023

    52 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with performers Sue Tummon and Geoff Pugh ahead of their appearance in the Douglas Choral Union's upcoming production of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein at the Gaiety Theatre.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - 'Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens'

    Friday, 18 November 2022

    29 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Lisa Kreisky and Krissy Sutcliffe from Stage Door Entertainment ahead of their production of Elegies for Angels Punks and Raging Queens at the Ballakermeen Studio Theatre from the 24th to 26th November 2022.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Night Must Fall

    Friday, 21 October 2022

    46 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with David Dawson and Rachel Martin from The Service Players ahead of their 80th Anniversary production of 'Night Must Fall' by Emlyn Williams, which runs at the Gaiety Theatre from the 10th to 12th November 2022.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Grease

    Friday, 23 September 2022

    33 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Director Bethany Magee and performer Jordan McCormack ahead of Centre Stage Productions' production of Grease, which hits the Gaiety stage this weekend.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - 42nd Street

    Friday, 5 August 2022

    1 hour 7 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Kate Stobart, Reece McGowan and Harrison Langham from the Taylorian Productions production of 42nd Street which opens at the Gaiety Theatre this Saturday 6th August 2022.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Once

    Monday, 25 July 2022

    35 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Grainne Joughin, Chloe Woolley and Laura Corkhill from the  forthcoming Three Legs Production of Once at the Gaiety Theatre from 31st August to 3rd September.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Dick Barton: Special Agent

    Tuesday, 14 June 2022

    47 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Kim Quine and Toby Smith from The Service Players ahead of their production of 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' which is playing at the Gaiety Theatre from 23rd to 25th June 2022.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Yn Draamey - Roald Dahl's The Witches

    Monday, 9 May 2022

    47 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Chris and Susannah Maybury from Yn Draamey Community Theatre ahead of their production of Roald Dahl's 'The Witches' at the Gaiety Theatre on the 11th & 12th May 2022.

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  • Manx Theatre Podcast - Much Ado About Nothing

    Friday, 25 March 2022

    49 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with Charlie Williams, Peter Wicks and Lisa Smith from Parodos Theatre Company ahead of their debut production of Much Ado About Nothing, which is playing at The King's Court Theatre from the 7th to 9th April 2022.

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  • Sweeney Todd Part 3 - Gemma Varnom

    Monday, 7 March 2022

    49 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with one of the newest leading ladies of Manx Theatre, Gemma Varnom, ahead of her performances as Mrs Lovett in the Manx Operatic Society's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Gaiety Theatre from the 12th to 18th March.

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  • Sweeney Todd Part 2 - Hannah Clinton & Alex Maxwell

    Monday, 28 February 2022

    49 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with two up and coming stars of Manx Theatre, Hannah Clinton and Alex Maxwell, ahead of their performances as Johanna and Anthony in the Manx Operatic Society's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Gaiety Theatre from the 5th to 12th March.

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  • Sweeney Todd Part 1 - David Artus

    Monday, 21 February 2022

    53 minutes

    In this episode Neil Callin chats with legend of Manx Theatre, David Artus ahead of his performance as Sweeney Todd in the Manx Operatic Society's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Gaiety Theatre from the 5th to 12th March.

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