The Stagey Place

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Jon Bradfield, the Songwriter and co-Writer behind Beauty and The Beast, which is playing this festive season at The Charing Cross Theatre in London, from 21st November 2025 - 11th January 2026. To find out more about the show, and how to book your ticket, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Libby Rodliffe, the Co-Writer and Performer of Jobsworth, which is playing at The Park Theatre in London from 19th November - 6th December 2025, following a critically acclaimed run at last year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. To find out more about the show, and how to book your ticket, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Isabel Renner, the Writer and Performer of Wyld Woman: The Legend of Shy Girl, which is playing at The Southwark Playhouse Borough in London from 23rd October to 15th November 2025. To find out more about the show, and how to book your ticket, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Keelan Kember, the Writer and one of the performers in Da Vinci's Laundry, which is playing at Riverside Studios in London until 25th October 2025. To find out more about the show, and how to book your ticket, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Joe Murphy, The Birmingham Rep's newest Artistic Director, who joins us to chat through some of the exciting productions that will be gracing the midlands stage in 2026/2027, including a regionally inspired Shakespearian classic, a hotly anticipated Sondheim revival, and a co-production with Leeds and Nottingham Playhouse. To find out more about the new season, which is now on sale for the General Public, then click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, Bluesky, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Philip Catherwood, the Writer behind The Pitch, which will be playing at Theatre503 in London, from 26th - 27th September, before then having a run at The Lyric Theatre in Belfast, from 2nd - 5th October. To find out more about the show, and how to book your tickets, click here for Theatre, and here for The Lyric Theatre. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, Bluesky, and Tiktok.

It's the final episode of this 'Stagey Place X Ed Fringe' series for 2025, but we're not going until we have shared with you the four final interviews with incredible companies who are up at this year's festival! In Episode Four, we present to you - Sasha Wilson; Writer of Bury the Hatchet, playing at Pleasance Dome - Queen Dome, - 25th August (15:50 - 17:00) Elizabeth Skrzypiec; Company Member of Murder She Didn't Write, playing at Assembly George Square - Gordon Aikman Theatre, - 24th August (15:25 - 16:35) Brandon James Gwinn; Writer of Midnight at The Palace, playing at Gilded Balloon Patter House - Big Yin, - 24th August (21:30 - 22:30). Emily Ingram; Director of Lunchbox, playing at Pleasance Courtyard - The Green, - 24th August (16:45 - 17:45), and is also the Producer for Kanpur: 1857, which is playing at Pleasance Courtyard - Beneath, - 24th August (15:40 - 16:40). Be sure to also check us out on Instagram, Bluesky and TikTok, as we'll be keeping you up to date on all things Edinburgh Fringe, as well as exclusive video interviews with even more companies heading up this August!

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Neal Foster, a member of the Birmingham Stage Company, who are currently celebrating 20 years of Horrible Histories Live on Stage, with their current production, Barmy Britain: The Best Bits, delighting audiences in London's Apollo Theatre until 31st August. To find out more about the show, and how to book your tickets, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, Bluesky, and Tiktok.

The Festival Fringe is now in full swing, with shows selling out and Fringe Firsts being awarded, so it's only right that we bring you the penultimate episode of our 'Stagey Place X Ed Fringe' third season. In Episode Three, we present to you - Beth May; Writer and Performer of Beth Wants the D, playing at The Pleasance Courtyard - Baby Grand, until 24th August (13:45 - 14:45) Flo Lace-Evans; Writer and one of the performers of Yes, We're Related, playing in Big Belly, Underbelly Cowgate, until 24th August (14:00 - 13:00). Jack Parris; Writer and Performer of The Unstoppable Rise of Ben Manager, playing at Pleasance Courtyard - Above, until 25th August (17:20 - 18:20) Jamie Walsh; Writer of The Uncrackable Case, playing at Pleasance Courtyard - Pleasance Two, until 25th August (13:30 - 14:40) Be sure to also check us out on Instagram, Bluesky and TikTok, as we'll be keeping you up to date on all things Edinburgh Fringe, as well as exclusive video interviews with even more companies heading up this August!

After 5 years and more guests than we can count, The Stagey Place reaches a milestone of 200 episodes, and to celebrate this landmark, we are speaking with Olivia O'Neill and Gee Carter, two publicists who work at Chloé Nelkin Consulting, an award-winning PR company who have worked tirelessly with emerging and established theatre companies the past 15 years, to bring their productions to life through creative press campaigns along the way. To find out more about the work Chloé Nelkin Consulting do, then click here. Be sure to also check us out on Instagram, Bluesky, and TikTok, as we're currently sharing exclusive content from across The Edinburgh Fringe Festival!

The Festival Fringe has officially begun after a few days of previews, and we are excited to be publishing the second episode in our 'Stagey Place X Ed Fringe' season, with this episode giving us a mix of Writers and Performers. In Episode Two, we present to you - Beth Paterson, Writer and Performer of Niusia, which is in The Former Ladies Locker Room at Summerhall, - 25th August (13:20 - 14:20). Courtney McManus, Writer and one of the Performers in Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence, which is playing at Assembly George Square Studios - Studio 1, - 25th August (16:15 - 17:15) Callum Patrick Hughes, Writer and Performer of God is Dead (and I Killed Him), playing at Pleasance Courtyard - Bunker Two, - 25th August (13:45 - 14:45) Guillaume Pigé, Writer, Director and one of the Performers in The Nature of Forgetting, playing at Pleasance Courtyard - Grand, 9th - 23rd August (13:15 - 14:30) Be sure to also check us out on Instagram, Bluesky and TikTok, as we'll be keeping you up to date on all things Edinburgh Fringe, as well as exclusive video interviews with even more companies heading up this August!

With this year's Edinburgh Fringe kicking off in just a matter of days now, we are thrilled to be releasing our Stagey Place Edinburgh Fringe Specials once more, now in its fourth year, and to kick us off, we have a wonderful bunch of creatives, emerging and established, talking through their processes in taking up a show to Edinburgh! In Episode One, we present to you - Ryan Stewart, the Writer and Performer of Kinder, playing at Underbelly Cowgate (Big Belly), from 31st July - 24th August (18:40 - 19:40) Smita Russell, Writer and Performer of Odds Are, playing at Assembly Roxy (RoxyBoxy), from 30th July - 25th August (14:55 - 15:55). Josh Haberfield from Say It Again, Sorry?, who once again bringing their hilarious comedy ...Earnest?, this time to Underbelly George Square (Udderbelly), from 30th July - 25th August (15:20 - 16:30). Alfie Jones, Writer and one of the Performers in from This Blighted Star, playing at Underbelly George Square (Buttercup), from 30th July - 24th August (15:45 - 16:45). Be sure to also check us out on Instagram, Bluesky, and TikTok, as we'll be sharing all our thoughts on all these shows, and everything Fringe related, right throughout August.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week are Alex Urwin and John Dinneen, the Writer and Producer behind Brixton Calling, a show based off Simon Parkes' bestselling memoir ‘Live at the Brixton Academy’, which is being staged in The Little at The Southwark Playhouse, from 23rd July - 16th August 2025. To find out more about the show, and how to book your tickets, click here. To find out more about Kick It Anywhere, Alex and John's production company, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, Bluesky, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Joseph Aldous, Writer and Performer of Get Happy, which is being staged at The Omnibus Theatre, from 1st - 12th July 2025. To find out more about the show, and how to book your tickets, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, Bluesky, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Claudia Fielding, Writer and Performer of Never Get to Heaven in an Empty Shell, which first premiered at The Edinburgh Fringe in 2024, where Claudia was nominated for Best Solo Performance at The Stagey Place X Ed Fringe Awards. The show is now transferring to The Glitch in London, and to find out more about the show, and how to book your tickets, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, Bluesky, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Shaun McKenna, the stage adaptor of Picture You Dead, which is the current adaptation to stage from the Peter James series of books, and marks the seventh adaptation for Shaun, who has a long standing relationship to the series. Picture You Dead is currently out on a UK Tour, and to find out more about where it is touring to and how to secure your tickets, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, Bluesky, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is David Shopland, the Writer, Director, and Designer of Cul-De-Sac, which is coming to The Omnibus Theatre, from 27th May - 14th June 2025. To find out more about Outpatient, and how book your tickets, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Harriet Madeley, the writer and performer of Outpatient, which is coming to The Park Theatre, after an award-winning run in Edinburgh last year, from 20th May - 7th June 2025. To find out more about Outpatient, and how book your tickets, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Kait Kerrigan, the co-writer on The Mad Ones, which is transferring to The Other Palace, following a successful run in Birmingham last year. As well as The Mad Ones, Kait has also recently been in London with The Great Gatsby, to which she wrote the book for, and is currently playing at The London Coliseum. To find out more about The Mad Ones, and how book your tickets, click here. To find out more about The Great Gatsby, and how book your tickets, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Eleanor Hill, The Writer and Performer of Overshare, which following a successful run at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2023, is now playing at The Greenwich Theatre, from 6th - 25th May 2025. To find out more about the show, and how book your tickets, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram and Tiktok.