The Offstage Cast
A podcast all about the Liverpool International Theatre Festival, held every two years in Liverpool. Nova Scotia in Canada. Hosted by Deborah Raddall, with Artistic Directors Neil Maidman and Vic Mills, it's all about what it is to make great theatre from around the world.
Episodes
16 episodes
The Liverpool International Festival is this Week....Finally!!
Finally, it's Festival week and we have a great lineup to share with Liverpool and the World. Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Italy, USA, Mexico, Wales are all at the 2022 festival for a great weekend of theatre. Deborah, Vic and Neil dis...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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16:59
Hey World - Here We Are... (Nearly)
In this episode of the Offstage Cast, Deborah takes (the newly arrived in Canada) Neil on a tour of the Astor Theatre and the Curling Club (The Theatre Festival Hub) and they chat with Jean Robinson-Dexter about all things LITF ahead of the upc...
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28:46
Offstage Cast - This Thing is Finally Happening
An amazing programme of world theatre.Our Artistic Directors chat about the very varied programme of theatre which is coming to Liverpool from across Europe, North Africa and the Americas, in just a couple of weeks.As final prepar...
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28:58
Fun and a Blessing
The team talk all things positive as we hear from the winners of Short Cuts and they tell us all about what the virtual festival has meant to them and just how to go about making winning theatre in a pandemic.
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31:09
Offstage Cast - Getting the Band Back Together
The Offstage Cast from the Liverpool International Theatre Festival is Back for Season 2!!In preparation for the Liverpool International Theatre Festival in May 2022, Artistic Directors (Vic Mills and Neil Maidman) chat with Offstage Ca...
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37:32
Season 2 - Coming Soon
The Offstage Cast is back on 21st September 2021. Discussing all things Liverpool International Theatre Festival, it has guests from all around the world. Hosted by Deborah Raddall with Neil Maidman and Vic Mills. &n...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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1:12
At Home In Wales and in Greece
For the last podcast of Season 1, Deborah chats to Vic and Neil, our two Artistic Directors about their experiences of LITF over the years and our final interview is a terrific one with Giannis and Elisabeth, leaders of TheatreHouse of Thes...
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48:12
From A Belgian Garden In The Dark
This week we travel to Mechelen in Belgium to meet the Lucky Leo Theatre Company and find a lot to laugh about with four wonderful creatives. We also catch up with Vic and Deborah and find how they are still managing to be creative in Wales and...
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47:36
What Makes a Winning Play?
This week we talk in-depth and detail with LITF’s adjudicator, Paul Fowler, and explore with him how judgments can be made about the qualities of a theatre performance. We discover what he looks for and how he shares his analysis with theatre a...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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42:38
Here's Looking at You, Kid.....
This week we drop into Casablanca, but instead of finding Rick in his bar, we bump into the wonderful Hajar Reghini Idrissi. There’s no pianist called Sam but Vic does persuade Hajar to sing...and to chat with him about all things theatre in th...
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26:04
From Crystal Palace to Malawi
From Crystal Palace to Malawi.This week Vic chats in-depth with a London- based young professional actor, Andrea Guerini, from Civitavecchia near Roma about all things theatrical as they find much in common and many things to laugh abou...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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48:36
A Word with the Boss!
A Word with the BossThe Offstage Cast team are hauled before the big Boss for a good talking to in our latest podcast. Yes, it is Jean Robinson-Dexter at her most forthright and revealing as we go backstage for the lowdown on runn...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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34:41
A Trip to Kampala
In this episode of the Offstage Cast, the team (Deborah Raddall, Neil Maidman and Vic Mills) talks about how a programme is put together for an international festival and how companies work is scrutinized and selected for performance. Vic...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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32:11
Making Some Short Cuts
In this episode of the Offstage Cast, Deborah Raddall, Neil Maidman and Vic Mills discuss the upcoming, LITF Shortcuts Virtual Theatre Festival. LITF Short Cuts is a new virtual theatre festival, presented by the Liverpool ...
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17:21
Transatlantic Introductions
Welcome to episode 1 of the Offstage Cast from the Liverpool International Theatre, in Nova Scotia Canada. Your hosts are Deborah Raddall in Nova Scotia, and Artistic Directors Neil Maidman and Vic Mills who are in Wales, UK. &nbs...
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29:45
The Offstage Cast - Coming Soon to a Device Near You!!
The offstage cast is a podcast series about The Liverpool International Theatre Festival in Liverpool, Nova Scotia Canada. Over the coming months, the podcast will bring you news and updates from the festival that sees theatre coming to C...
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