Production Meetings
Backstage theatre folk chatting. We asked Stage Managers, Producers, Directors, Production Managers, Technicians, and even a few lovely actors to come along to our "Production Meetings". Sharing pearls of wisdom, swapping comedy theatrical stories, and generally having a bit of a lark. Nothing too serious or time-consuming. With their tour off the road and the theatres shut due to COVID lockdown, two Stage Managers, Natasha Houghton and Mark Shayle, talk shop with invited guests ( *cough*, pals in fact, or people we would like to be pals with).
Episodes were released on Thursdays at 13:00 in the UK, coz that's when we do "Production Meetings".
Production Meetings
001 - Mark Thompson
General Manager of the Playhouse Theatre, Weston-super-Mare, Producer and globe-trotting impresario, Mark joined us for our first-ever podcast. Armed with brand new headphones that he couldn't plug into his mac, over a shaky Zoom connection we covered topics including:
- running a successful venue
- blowing stuff up in the Middle East
- learning how to produce a panto
- being a terrible plumber and expert tap breaker...
"All over the walls are posters of memories that never happened..."
For more about Mark and his production company; mt-productions.co.uk