My guest is the professional acrobat, aerialist and contortionist, Emily McCarthy.After representing her country as an acrobatic gymnast, Emily followed her dream and left home at the age of 16 to join the world-famous Cirque Du Soleil. Then, after...

I talk to Bruno Poet, one of the top British lighting designers working in opera, theatre, dance, and live music.Bruno has designed lighting for many of the world’s leading opera houses, theatre and musical theatre productions. He won the prestigious...

My guest is the composer and lyricist, Darren Clark.Since beginning his professional career in 2012, Darren has been commissioned to write music and lyrics for several national touring shows and his work has been heard in productions by the Royal...

I talk to the professional tap dance performer, teacher and choreographer; Ryan Campbell-Birch.​Ryan's passion for tap developed at a young age, beginning under his mother’s tutelage in his hometown of Bristol, and has since taken him around the world -...

My guest is the award-winning musical theatre director, Laurence Connor. In this special three-episode series, Laurence talks to me about his career – and the blockbuster productions he has directed all over the world for Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew...

My guest is the award-winning musical theatre director, Laurence Connor. In this special three-episode series, Laurence talks to me about his career – and the blockbuster productions he has directed all over the world for Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew...

My guest is the award-winning musical theatre director, Laurence Connor. In this special three-episode series, Laurence talks to me about his career – and the blockbuster productions he has directed all over the world for Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew...

My guests are professional contemporary dancers, Eileih Muir and Jordan Bridge. Eileih and Jordan dance in Company Wayne McGregor - recognised as one of the best contemporary dance companies in the world.Company Wayne McGregor features 10 world-class...

I talk to Roxy - the most incredible 12-year-old contortionist.With nearly 100 thousand Instagram followers, Roxy is a brand ambassador for dancewear labels, frequently models for photographers and performs around the country...  displaying her amazing,...

My guest is professional voice-over artist, Sophie Corbett.After training as a singer and actor, Sophie has worked in the voice-over industry for more than twenty years for clients like L'Oreal, Ford and McDonalds. She is also a compère, BBC presenter...

I talk to the legendary musical theatre choreographer, Stephen Mear.A two-time Oliver award-winner, Stephen has choreographed many hit musicals - including the 2010 production of Hello Dolly and 2016 production of Gypsy, starring Imelda Staunton.In 2005...

My guest is Amelia Holdsworth, a talented contemporary dancer at the beginning of her career.From the age of 16 Amelia trained at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. Whilst there she worked with choreographers like; Martin Lawrence, Mark...

I talk to Anthony Drewe, the award-winning musical theatre lyricist.In collaboration with the composer George Stiles, Anthony has written songs for; the Cameron Mackintosh/Disney production of Mary Poppins, The Wind in the Willows, Half a Sixpence, Just...

I talk to George Asprey, who plays the evil lion Scar and Gary Jordan, who plays the wisecracking bird Zazu in the London production of the Lion King. They talk to me about:How after leaving the army George went to LAMDA and after graduating started...

I talk to the 16 year old contemporary dancer and social media star, Serena McCall.As one of the faces of the biggest dance show in the UK - MOVEit – with nearly 40k followers, she has used Instagram to build her profile, win ambassadorships and grow...

In this episode I talk to singer/dancer Hannah Taylor. Hannah started performing professionally as a child, in shows like Scrooge! The Musical and Whistle Down the Wind. But her dreams really came true last year, when still in her graduate year she...

John Rigby is one of the country's leading conductors, musical directors and musical supervisors.As a conductor he is extremely active on the concert platform, working with orchestras like: the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, City...

In this episode I talk to the young dancer Hannah Martin. Hannah is a former rhythmic gymnast who represented England at the Commonwealth Games in 2018, then moved to dancing full-time shortly afterwards. She shot to stardom earlier this year when she...

Anthony Van Laast is one of the country's leading stage and screen choreographers. After training and dancing at the London Contemporary Dance School, he started choreographing for the London Contemporary Dance Theatre. He then went on to choreograph...

I talk to Janet Devenish, the very first Meg Giry in the original London production of Phantom of the Opera.Janet talks about how she landed the dream job (despite singing the wrong song at her audition), how the show was rehearsed prior to its opening...