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 • 39 episodes
Play Ground
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Design for Living by Noël Coward
Noël Coward has a legendary reputation - and this play lives up to it!Otto, Gilda and Leo all love each other, but due to the world's boring machinations they must keep trying out monogamy - can they, as a three, discover a new....
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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42:22
American Psycho the Musical - book by Roberto Aquirre-Sacasa, Music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik, based on the novel by Brett Easton Ellis
We're doing a musical! And trying our very best to discuss the published script rather than the four thousand different live shows that Nancy has obsessively watched.This 2013 show is an adaptation of the controversial book (and cult fil...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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56:08
The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe
Football! Wait no soccer - Soccer!This Pulitzer-nommed play from 2016 follows an U17s indoor girls soccer team as they warm up for various games. Very little happens, and it's one of the most devastating plays we've ever read.We t...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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50:09
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