The Oddcast - Ireland's Musical Theatre Podcast
Arts & Culture Podcasts
The Oddcast, by The Odd Theatre Company, is Ireland's musical theatre podcast. The show brings you news and opinion on the latest developments in the world of professional musical theatre, and Ireland's musical theatre scene. The Oddcast is presented by Cian O'Dowd, Daniel Ryan, and Adam Trundle.
Location:
Ireland
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
The Oddcast, by The Odd Theatre Company, is Ireland's musical theatre podcast. The show brings you news and opinion on the latest developments in the world of professional musical theatre, and Ireland's musical theatre scene. The Oddcast is presented by Cian O'Dowd, Daniel Ryan, and Adam Trundle.
Language:
English
Episodes
The Point of Shows Return
2/10/2022
As musical theatre finally return to the stage, Cian, Daniel, and Adam ask if returning to one big show a year is the right move for societies.
Duration:00:54:18
How We Should Handle the AIMS Awards 2022
12/20/2021
Cian, Daniel, and Adam take a look at whether this season's AIMS Awards should proceed and how the adjudication scheme should operate in uncertain times.
Duration:00:59:56
The Spookiest Shows on Stage
10/26/2021
Cian, Daniel, and Adam take a look at the most spine-chilling spectacles ever to spring to the stage as The Oddcast reviews musicals to get you in the Halloween mood.
Duration:01:07:51
The Best Performances We've Ever Seen
10/11/2021
Cian, Daniel, and Adam take a look at the newest movie musicals to hit our screens, assess the outcome of the Tony Awards, and hear from listeners about the best performances the Irish musical theatre community has ever seen.
Duration:00:59:01
Back in Business
9/27/2021
On the first episode of The Oddcast's second season, Cian, Daniel, and Adam celebrate the reopening of musical theatre in Ireland with a look at the shows hitting stages this year, and speak to the cast of North Wexford Musical Theatre's production of [title of show].
Duration:00:40:23
The First Show of the New AIMS Season
6/28/2021
On the final episode in the current series of The Oddcast, Adam Trundle takes over the anchor's chair as he talks to Cian O'Dowd, Daniel Ryan, and Keelin Kilduff about The Odd Theatre Company's production of The Last Five Years, the first show of the new AIMS season. The Oddcast will return in September for more musical theatre news and views!
Duration:00:47:17
How To Reimagine Your Next Show
6/15/2021
Cian, Daniel, and Adam consider the ways that much-performed shows can be given a new lease of life by making innovative staging and performance choices, delivering new and interesting experiences for both audiences and casts.
Duration:00:59:58
The Biggest Shows You've Never Heard Of
5/13/2021
Cian, Daniel, and Adam take a look at little-known musical adaptations of some of the biggest entertainment brands in the world, and question why they never found fame.
Duration:00:55:35
The Oddcast Talks To Brian Gilligan
4/13/2021
Cian, Daniel, and Adam talk to West End and Britain's Got Talent star Brian Gilligan about his career in musical theatre, as well as wonder whether the world might have another chess musical to rook forward to.
Duration:01:09:38
Musical Theatre's Best Dramatic Roles
3/16/2021
Cian, Daniel, and Adam take a look at some of greatest dramatic roles in the musical theatre canon, and examine what makes some characters so special.
Duration:00:50:52
Musicals Room 101
2/4/2021
In an effort to entertain themselves during lockdown, Cian, Daniel, and Adam play a round of Musicals Room 101, picking the shows they would banish to the vault, never to return.
Duration:00:53:39
You're Picking The Wrong Shows
1/12/2021
As musical societies look forward to next season, Cian, Daniel, and Adam discuss the shows that should be on everyone's shortlist for their next production, as well as chat about recent virtual concerts from Mullingar to Manhattan.
Duration:01:02:29
God Bless Us, Every Pun
12/23/2020
Cian, Daniel, and Adam present the year's final episode by bringing you their Christmas musical recommendations and gaze forward to 2021.
Duration:00:40:55
I'm a Part of That (Show)
12/9/2020
Cian, Daniel, and Adam chat to one of Ireland's most talented exports to the West End, Molly Lynch, consider the challenges in writing musicals about rats, and make a very special Odd Theatre Company announcement.
Duration:01:00:18
Fair Loon, To Thee I Sing
11/24/2020
Cian, Daniel, and Adam chat to one of Irish opera’s rising stars and AIMS Best Singer winner, Rory Dunne, fresh from his performances on RTÉ with Wexford Festival Opera, as well as look at the latest musical to get the small screen treatment.
Duration:00:50:26
You Can't Always Get What You Want
11/9/2020
Cian, Daniel, and Adam discuss the Olivier Awards and the Tony nominations, explain why the West End is a time machine, and peer into the grim outlook for 2021.
Duration:00:36:35
The Oddgasp Halloween Horrors - The Signal-Man
10/31/2020
In a break from their usual musical theatre podcasting Cian, Adam, and Daniel bring you some frightening fables for Halloween, each delivering a classic horror story. In this third and final Oddgasp Halloween Horror, Daniel reads The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens.
Duration:00:29:23
The Oddgasp Halloween Horrors - The Phantom Coach
10/31/2020
In a break from their usual musical theatre podcasting Cian, Adam, and Daniel bring you some frightening fables for Halloween, each delivering a classic horror story. In this second Oddgasp Halloween Horror, Adam reads The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards.
Duration:03:04:41
The Oddgasp Halloween Horrors - Count Magnus
10/30/2020
In a break from their usual musical theatre podcasting Cian, Adam, and Daniel bring you some frightening fables for Halloween, each delivering a classic horror story. In this Oddgasp Halloween Horror Cian reads Count Magnus, by M. R. James.
Duration:00:36:50
God Help The Oddcast
10/23/2020
As Ireland's second wave of Covid-19 halts musical theatre's return, Cian, Daniel, and Adam celebrate Alan Menken's induction into the EGOT club (those who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and examine the histories of some of its illustrious members.
Duration:00:47:47