Play Ground
A fortnightly theatre bookclub hosted by Nancy Netherwood and Sam Webber. Every other Thursday we take a deep dive into a different play from a range of genres, writers, times and places - join in the conversation over on Instagram @playground_pod
Podcasting since 2020 • 36 episodes
Play Ground
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Spider's Web by Agatha Christie
'The trashiest play we've ever done.'Content Warnings: Murder/Drugs/ClassismHave some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover?Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on variousChat to host Sam @Samwebbercool2 on In...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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46:12
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
After an infamously terrible debut, this classic Russian play went on to define naturalism, changing how we make theatre in the West forever. It is also full of sad theatre makers, which may go some way to explain its enduring popularity with t...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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54:52
Futureproof by Lynda Radley
A travelling 'Odditorium' is struggling to make ends meet, and as a change of tactic the performers start trying to make themselves as normal as can be. If you can see how bleak this is about to get, then congratulations on having more insight ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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46:36
Misterman by Enda Walsh
Cillian Murphy somehow remains looking beautiful through this deeply intense and gruelling play - first performed in 1999 by Walsh himself, we very specifically take a look at the revised/updated 2011 version which took the intimate one-person ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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46:29
31 - Midnight Movie by Eve Leigh
Is this a play? Performance art? Essay? Real or not real? This play/text/email chain was originally presented as a live performance and digital experience combination, then printed onto paper, and now thrust back onto the internet by us in the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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35:26