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
Play Ground
Latest Episodes
The Frogs by Aristophanes
In the ancient play The Frogs, which has survived 2.5 thousand years and been a lynchpin of many hundreds of academic careers, Dionysus and his slave (eesh) Xanthius go in desperate search of funny bits they can do. Some good funny bi...
No Particular Order by Joel Tan
A 300 year epic told through 17 minute portraits, Joel Tan's No Particular Order is a very heavy going, incredible piece of writing detailing the rise and fall(?) of an unnamed despot in an unnamed country in an unnamed time....
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....
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...