Represent! - The queer musical theatre podcast

to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast. My name is Dr. James Lovelock, and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry. My guests today are West End leading man Zheng Xi Yong and West End leading they-dy Jo Foster, who have just finished starring in Fourplay at the Kings Head’s Theatre. In this episode, we discuss queer, Asian and non-binary representation in Your Lie in April and Why Am I So Single, and start an entirely unsubstantiated rumour that Jason Robert Brown is planning a musical adaptation of the CBeebies show In The Night Garden. As always, you can follow us on your favourite podcast platform, and don't forget to share this episode on social media. Links Jo's instagram Zheng Xi's instagram James's instagram Represent podcast instagram and website New work Why Am I So Single? website, instagram, Spotify and Apple Music Your Lie In April instagram Spotify and Apple Music Fourplay instagram

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast. My name is Dr. James Lovelock and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan, exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry. Today's guests are the iconic Gracie McGonigal and the extraordinary Ashley Goh, who met during a production of the new musical The Phase at the Vaults Festival. Since then, Gracie has wowed us with her performances as Lily in Fangirls at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, and Ashley has imparted her wisdom as Alex in Babies at the Other Palace. We discuss the importance of queer spaces, the joys of workshopping, and our hopes for the future of musical theatre. As always, you can follow us on your favourite podcast platform, and don't forget to share this episode on social media. Links Gracie's instagram Ashley's instagram James Lovelock's instagram Represent podcast instagram and website New Work Fangirls - website instagram Spotify Apple Music Babies - website instagram Spotify Apple Music Shipton: A New British Folk Musical Instagram MT Spotlights Asian Pirate Musical - website instagram Spotify Apple Music Weird - website instagram

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast. My name is Dr James Lovelock, and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan, exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry. This week we are talking to the genius writer that is Yve Blake, and the genius performer that is Mary Malone. Mary appeared as Jules in Yve's musical Fangirls at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre last year, and recently workshopped Yve's news show Mackenzie, which is a retelling of Macbeth as a child television star. In this episode, we discuss female, queer, and trans representation in musical theatre, and explore how to make a welcoming creative space for queer performers. As always, you can follow us on your favourite podcast platform, and don't forget to share this episode on social media. Links Yve's instagram Mary's instagram James Lovelock's instagram Represent podcast instagram and website New Work Fangirls - website instagram Spotify Apple Music A Transgender Woman On The Internet Crying - Spotify Apple Music Mel and Sam (writers of Doof) - Podcast Tiktok Gillian Cosgriff (writer of The Fig Tree) - instagram piss/CARNATION - Instagram Fox Hunt - Royal Court

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast. My name is Dr. James Lovelock, and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan, exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry. Our guests today are the effervescent Joshian Angelo Omaña and the fabulous Finton Flynn, who both appeared in the UK tour of Everybody's Talking About Jamie in 2024. We explore Joshian and Finton's experiences in the industry, including Joshian's performance as a fridge, a double-denim-wearing museum curator, and a bee in Why Am I So Single, and Finton's concert appearances as one of Lola's angels in Kinky Boots, and as a porn star in Shooting Star, a new musical. As always, you can follow us on your favourite podcast platform, and don't forget to share this episode on social media. Links Joshian's instagram Finton's instagram James Lovelock's instagram Represent podcast instagram and website New Musicals Everybody's Talking About Jamie website Spotify Apple Music Why Am I So Single? website, instagram, Spotify and Apple Music The Parent Agency website Shooting Star website excerpts

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast. My name is Dr. James Lovelock and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry. Our guest today is the wonderful and versatile actor, dancer and superstar swing Owen McHugh, who recently appeared in the fabulous Why Am I So Single? at the Garrick Theatre. We discussed what the show means to us and how it created an inclusive space for its sparkling ensemble and we also explore some of Owen's other projects including But I'm a Cheerleader and Like a Rat. There's also a very detailed analysis of how to gender bins and curtains when rehearsing for a West End show. As always you can follow us on your favourite podcast platform and don't forget to share this episode on social media. Links Owen McHugh's instagram James Lovelock's instagram Represent podcast instagram and website New musicals Why Am I So Single? website, instagram, Spotify and Apple Music But I'm A Cheerleader instagram and YouTube channel 'Wrestling' from But I'm A Cheerleader Like A Rat - Television Shows What It Feels Like For A Girl on BBC3 Love and Rage: Munroe Bergdof on Apple TV

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast. My name is Dr. James Lovelock, and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry. My guests today are the amazing Jordan Cambridge-Taylor and the fabulous Olivia O'Connor from the recent production of Why Am I So Single at the Garrick Theatre. We discuss the casting process for the show, find out what made the rehearsal room so welcoming, and explore why this show means so much to its audiences. We also look at non-binary and plus-size representation in musical theatre, as well as finding out about what the Pineapple Studios' Lost Property box contains for emergency audition situations. Links Jordan Cambridge-Taylor's instagram Olivia O'Connor's instagram and TikTok Dr James Lovelock's instagram Podcast instagram and website

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast. My name is Dr James Lovelock and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan, exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry. My guests today are the fabulous writer and director Robyn Grant and her astoundingly versatile collaborator Allie Dart, who is currently appearing in the comedy about spies at the Noel Coward Theatre. Robyn and Allie are the Victoria Wood and Julie Walters of our time, appearing together in the hit musical parodies Unfortunate, The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch and Wolverine, among many other productions. Today we discuss the art of collaboration, creating inspiring rehearsal rooms and Robyn's current project, Medusa. Links Robyn Grant's Instagram and website Allie Dart's Instagram Dr James Lovelock's Instagram Series Instagram and website New Musicals Unfortunate the untold story of Ursula the Sea Witch - a musical parody Trailer Instagram Spotify Apple Music Shipton: A New British Folk Musical Instagram MT Spotlights Tickets Buy tickets for Unfortunate the untold story of Ursula the Sea Witch - a musical parody at the Lowry Theatre in December Find out more about The Comedy About Spies.

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast. My name is Dr. James Lovelock and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan, exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry. My guest today is the iconic River Medway, star of RuPaul's Drag Race season three in the UK, and more recently a leading lady as Ariel in the outrageous musical parody Unfortunate, the untold story of Ursula the Sea Witch. We discuss River's unique pathway to representing their authentic self in musical theatre and talk about their upcoming role as Jem in Here and Now, the Steps musical. Links River Medway's Instagram Represent - the queer musicals podcast Instagram New musicals Unfortunate the untold story of Ursula the Sea Witch - a musical parody Trailer Instagram Spotify Apple Music House of Cleopatra - Instagram Spotify (original version) Apple Music (original version) Here and Now - The Steps Musical - Trailer Website Instagram Tickets See River in the UK tour of Here and Now - The Steps Musical See Unfortunate the untold story of Ursula the Sea Witch - a musical parody at the Lowry Theatre in December

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast. My name is Dr James Lovelock, and I’m an academic and a huge musical theatre fan exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry. My guest today is the extraordinary actor and writer Lauryn Redding. Lauryn appeared as Nikki in the gorgeous West End musical Standing At The Sky’s Edge, and was the first writer and performer to open a show at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester after the pandemic with the wonderfully titled Bloody Elle. We discuss Lauryn’s current project Jack, based on the diaries of Anne Lister, and recent television role as Mel in Smoggie Queens, as well as exploring our hopes for female queer representation in musical theatre in the future. Links Lauryn Redding - Instagram Tiktok Dr James Lovelock - Instagram Represent the queer musical theatre podcast - Instagram Lauryn performs 'Open Up Your Door' from Standing at the Sky's Edge Standing at the Sky's Edge album and script Bloody Elle album, script and 2021 trailer Smoggie Queens on BBC iPlayer Signal Musicals YouTube channel Otherland script and trailer I Kissed A Girl on BBC iPlayer The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs script and trailer

Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast. My name is Dr James Lovelock, and I’m an academic and a huge musical theatre fan exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry. My guests today are the extraordinary writer Chris Bush and the fabulous actor and workshop queen Beth Hinton-Lever. Beth recently appeared in Chris’ play Otherland at the Almeida Theatre, which follows the post break-up relationship between Harry, who has recently come out as a trans woman, and Jo, who is preparing to be a mother. We talk about trans, queer and disability representation as well as exploring Chris’ beautiful musical Standing At The Sky’s Edge, Beth’s West End debut in Hadestown and an epic community musical called The Doncastrian Chalk Circle. Links Chris Bush's instagram Beth Hinton-Lever's instagram James Lovelock's instagram Standing at the Sky's Edge website Buy the Standing at the Sky's Edge script from Nick Hern Books 'As the Dawn Breaks' and 'Tonight the Streets Are Ours' from Standing At The Sky's Edge (press preview) Listen to the Standing at the Sky's Edge soundtrack on Spotify or Apple Music Otherland website Buy the Otherland script from Nick Hern Books The Doncastrian Chalk Circle website Other new LGBTQ+ theatre / musical theatre discussed in this episode After the Act website Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2018 production of Oklahoma! - website One of Them Ones website One of Them Ones script

In this week's episode from Podstream Studios in New York, Dr James Lovelock talks to actors Evan Kinnane and Ben Jackson Walker about LGBTQ+ representation on Broadway and beyond. We talk about Evan's role as Marc Hall in the 2020 production of The Louder We Get at Theatre Calgary in Canada, and about Ben's current role as Romeo in & Juliet as well as our hopes and dreams for queer musical theatre in the future. Follow Evan on Instagram here. Follow Ben on Instagram here. Follow James on Instagram here. 'This Dance Is For You' from The Louder We Get www.queermusicals.com This episode was recorded at Podstream Studio in New York and engineered by Desta Wondirad (thanks Desta!)

In this episode, Dr James Lovelock is joined by Oliver Houser, the writer of XY and She Reached For Heaven. We talk about intersex representation in musical theatre, and the writing and development process of XY as a queer musical. Oliver's website is here and you can follow him on Instagram here. You can follow James on instagram here. www.queermusicals.com This episode was recorded at Podstream Studio in New York and engineered by Desta Wondirad (thanks Desta!)

This week's episode comes from New York's Podstream Studios, where James Lovelock chats with the amazing L Morgan Lee about her recent performance as Nina-Mae in A Complicated Woman at Goodspeed Musicals and her involvement in workshopping the new musical version of The Danish Girl. You can find out more about L Morgan on her website and her instagram page. James Lovelock's instagram page is here. www.queermusicals.com This episode was recorded at Podstream Studio in New York and engineered by Desta Wondirad (thanks Desta!)

In this episode, Dr James Lovelock chats to Jessica Aubrey and Joshua Clemetson from Wicked about their experiences as queer people in the musical theatre industry. We discuss Jessica's work on But I'm A Cheerleader and Joshua's ambition to be the first octagenerian Lola in Kinky Boots. TW: Conversion therapy You can follow Jessica on Instagram here. You can follow Joshua on Instagram here. You can follow James on Instagram here. www.queermusicals.com This episode was funded by the University of Wolverhampton.

In today's episode, Dr James Lovelock talks to Elizabeth Ayodele (Standing At The Sky's Edge) and Madeline Charlemagne (Hadestown) about the representation of black, working class women in musical theatre and the importance of diverse education in drama schools. You can follow Elizabeth on Instagram here and Madeline on Instagram here. Find out more about Open Door here. Standing At The Sky's Edge is at the Gillian Lynne theatre until Saturday 3rd August - tickets are available here. Hadestown is playing at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue - tickets are available here. You can follow queermusicals on Instagram here and Dr James Lovelock on Instagram here. www.queermusicals.com

This episode's guest is director Tania Azevedo. Tania has directed several new musicals with LGBTQ+ characters including But I'm A Cheerleader, Mayflies and A Mother's Song as well as working as an associate director on & Juliet and Heathers. In this episode, we discuss Tania's work along with LGBTQ+ representation in the musical theatre industry. The podcast is hosted by Dr James Lovelock. You can find Tania's website here. Don't forget to follow us @queer.musicals on Instagram and Facebook!

In this episode, I am joined by David Cumming and Zoe Roberts from Spitlip to discuss the fabulous smash-hit West End musical Operation Mincemeat. We talk about how the show has been shaped by the perspectives of its creative team (and actors) to represent women and LGBTQ+ people in a story that is dominated by male characters, and we explore how the real life characters and their legacies have inspired a new generation of musical theatre fans. Operation Mincemeat The year is 1943 and we’re losing the war. Luckily, we’re about to gamble all our futures on a stolen corpse. Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, Noel Coward meets Noel Fielding, Operation Mincemeat is the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II. The question is, how did a well-dressed corpse wrong-foot Hitler? Tickets available here Follow Operation Mincemeat on Instagram and Twitter Follow Spitlip on Instagram and Twitter Follow David on Instagram and Twitter Follow Zoe on Instagram and Twitter For more information about Dr James Lovelock and his research, go to www.queermusicals.com or follow queer.musicals on Instagram. Tickets for fantasies come true - the queermusicals.com concert are available here.

In this episode, I chat with Roshani Abbey (& Juliet, Hamilton) and Flora Leo (Show & Tell, The Lightning Road, Stiles and Drewe Best New Song winner) about female queer representation in musical theatre and television. We discuss Triangularity, one of Flora's current writing projects as we explore new ways to tell queer stories that challenge the harmful tropes and stereotypes in queer representation. Follow us on Instagram and check out our website at www.queermusicals.com for more information. Find out more about Triangularity on Flora Leo's Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@FloraLeoProductions Check out Roshani's website here and Flora's website here.

Today's guests are Robin Simões da Silva and Teddy Hinde from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We chat about audition processes, the opportunities for trans men in industry and Robin's musical Brother as well as the importance of queer-led companies and shows in musical theatre. Follow us on Instagram and check out our website at www.queermusicals.com for more information. Robin Simões da Silva's instagram Teddy Hinde's instagram

This episode features Jo Foster, Jaz Terry and Aaron Shales, the three actors who most recently played and covered May in & Juliet in the West End. We discuss their different experiences of playing a character who is exploring gender throughout the musical, and how each actor connected with this iconic role. We also touch on different intersections with race and sexuality, and imagine a future for queer characters in musical theatre post-Juliet. Follow us on Instagram and check out our website at www.queermusicals.com for more information. Jo Foster's instagram Jaz Terry's instagram and GoFundMe Aaron Shales' instagram