Magic - The Musicals & Theatre Podcast

Julian Bird is back again for part 2 of his chat with Alice about the Olivier Award nominations. This week they are discussing the nominations in the plays category and Julian gives a sneak peak in what we can expect to see on the night!

With the Olivier awards fast approaching, this week Alice sat down the Julian Bird the Chief Executive of the Society of London Theatre to talk about this year's nominations. In In Part 1 this week, they are discussing the nominations in the Musical's and Opera categories.

Ruthie Henshall has been on a trip to New York ,and she took a look at what's happening on Broadway! The first thing she did when she got back was run into Alice's studio to tell her all about it. On this week's podcast they chat about shows she saw in New York including the Tony winning sensation 'The Band's Visit' and they also chat about the what they have seen recently on the West End in particular the Tony Winning and now Olivier nominated 'Come From Away'.

The award winning comedy play ART is on tour. Stephen Tompkinson and Denis Lawson popped in to chat to Alice Arnold, and talk about the time Denis released a single - yes Alice does make him sing it They also chat about their post show ritual and how to make the perfect martini.

This week Alice is backstage at the Trafalgar Studios with Alex Kingston and Sarah Hadland talking about the play they are both about to star in Admissions. It's not all play chat though they also discuss Alex Kingston's time in ER, as well Sarah Hadland's terrible attempts to make a cake for Celebrity Great British Bake Off!