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.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Sam Ipema, The Writer and one of the performers of Dear Annie, I Hate You, an auto-biographical show which is coming to The Riverside Studios from 7th May - 1st June 2025. To find out more about the show, and how book your tickets, click here. To find out more about Sam's work, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, Bluesky, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Drew Gasparini, Lyricist and Composer behind We Aren't Kids Anymore, an auto-biographical show which is having two performances at The Savoy Theatre in London, on 28th April 2025. To find out more about the show, and how book your tickets, click here. To find out more about Drew's work, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, Bluesky, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Alan Fielden, Writer, Director, and one of the performers in Container, which is coming to The New Diorama Theatre in London, from 2nd - 12th April 2025. To find out more about the shows, and how 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 James Haddrell, the Artistic Director of The Greenwich Theatre, and is also the Director of Nick Payne's 'One Day When We Were Young', which is currently playing its final week at The Park Theatre in London. To find out more about One Day When We Were Young, and how book your tickets, click here. You can find out more about James work at The Greenwich Theatre, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, Bluesky, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week are Xhloe and Natasha, three time consecutive Fringe First winners up at The Edinburgh Festival, who are bringing two of their award-winning shows, 'What If They Ate The Baby?' and 'A Letter To Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First', to The Soho Theatre in London, from 17th - 29th March 2025. To find out more about the shows, and how book your tickets, click here. You can find out more about Xhloe and Natasha's work here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, Bluesky, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Nick Hyde, the Writer and one of the Performers on Double Act, which is being staged in The Little at The Southwark Playhouse Borough, from 19th March - 5th April. Nick has been working with three wonderful charities to help with the research into some of the themes in Double Act, which includes Homelessness and Suicide in Men. The three charities working alongside the production have been Trinity Homeless Projects, Body and Soul, and Mental Health Foundation. There will be a post show talk with members from the charities, which will take place on Monday 24th March. To find out more about the show, and how 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 Nikhil Vyas, Writer and Director of the 2024 Untapped Award Winning Play, The Mosinee Project, which is being staged at The New Diorama Theatre in London, from 11th - 22nd March, following at sell-out run at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2024. To find out more about the show, and how book your tickets, click here. To purchase a copy of the playtext, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, Bluesky, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week are Clare Packham and Fintan Kealy, the Co-Writers of It's a Mad Mad Mad Madge, which is heading to The Glitch in London, from 5th - 10th March 2025. To find out more about It's a Mad Mad Mad Madge, inc how book your tickets, by clicking here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week are Tayla Kenyon and James Piercy, the Co-Writers of Fluff, which is heading out on a UK tour this February - April, following an award-winning run at Buxton Fringe. To find out more about Fluff, inc tour dates and how book your tickets, by clicking here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Madelaine Moore, Artistic Director of The Thelmas, who are bringing the Fringe First Winning Play, Son of a Bitch, Written and Starring Anna Morris, to The Southwark Playhouse Borough, from 26th February - 15th March 2025, in which Madelaine directs. The Thelmas are also looking after Santi & Naz, again directed by Moore, which is currently playing its final week at The Soho Theatre, finishing on 8th February 2025. To find out more about Son of a Bitch, and how book your tickets, click here. To find out more about Santi & Naz, and how to book your tickets, click here. To find out more about the work The Thelmas produce, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Adam Meggido, Co-Creator of Showstoppers, Director of Mischief Theatre's Peter Pan Goes Wrong, and is currently directing Dave Florez's The Gift, playing at The Park Theatre in London, until 1st March 2025. To find out more about the show, and how book your tickets, click here. To purchase a copy of the playtext, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Kelly Jones, Writer of the Fringe First Award Winning Play, My Mother's Funeral: The Show, which is currently playing at The Soho Playhouse in New York, until 25th January, before the transferring to The Yard Theatre in London, from 28th January - 15th February 2025. To find out more about the show, and how book your tickets, click here. To purchase a copy of the playtext, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Jamie Armitage, Writer and Director of An Interrogation, which is transferring to the Downstairs space at The Hampstead Theatre in London, from 16th January - 22nd February 2025. To find out more about the show, and how book your tickets, click here. To purchase a copy of the playtext, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Nick Cassenbaum, Writer of the Fringe First and Lustrum Award Winning Play from Edinburgh Fringe 2024, 'Revenge: After the Levoyah', which is now transferring to The Yard Theatre in London, from 9th - 25th January 2025. To find out more about the show, and how book your tickets, click here. To find out more about Hazel's work, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week are Megan and Jonty from Red Fox Theatre, who bring BILL to The Omnibus Theatre this December, playing until 22nd December 2024. To find out more about the show, and how book your tickets, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Beru Tessema, the Writer of Wolves on Road, which is currently playing at The Bush Theatre in London, until 21st December 2024. To find out more about the show, and how book your tickets, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Hazel Low, the Set and Costume Designer on 'The Glorious French Revolution (or why sometimes it takes a guillotine to get anything done), which is currently playing at The New Diorama Theatre in London, until 14th December 2024. To find out more about the show, and how book your tickets, click here. To find out more about Hazel's work, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Hannah Harquart, Writer and Performer of Mumsplaining, a Puddle of Fools production, which is having a few staged readings over the next few weeks, in Manchester, Leeds, and Hull. To find out more about the readings, and how book your tickets, click here. To find out more about Puddle of Fools, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Rebecca Gwyther, a Producer for RJG Productions, and is currently the General Manager for 'The Happiest Man on Earth', which will be playing at The Southwark Playhouse Borough this festive season, from 20th November - 14th December 2024. To find out more about the show, and how book your tickets, click here. To find out more about RJG Productions, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is David Head, Writer and Performer of Distant Memories of the Near Future, which is playing at The Arcola Theatre in London, from 12th - 30th November 2024. To find out more about the show, and how book your tickets, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Kjersti Long, the Lyricist and one of the performers in Little Piece of You, an atypical musical concert, which will be playing two performances at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, on 31st October and 1st November 2024. To find out more about the show, and book your tickets for the concert, click here. To hear some of Kjersti's music, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Guest Host Sam in the Stagey Studio this week is Jon Berry, the writer of Tachwedd, which is currently playing at Theatre503 until 2nd November 2024. To find out more about the show, and book your tickets for the production, click here. You can follow Sam on X. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Azan Ahmed, writer and one of the performers of Statues, which is currently playing at The Bush Theatre until 9th November 2024. To find out more about the show, and book your tickets for the production, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Esther Jun, the Director of Kim's Convenience, which is currently playing at Riverside Studios, until 26th October 2024. This autumn production follows on a sold out run earlier in the year at The Park Theatre. To find out more about the show, and book your tickets for the production, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Adam Lenson, the Director of Cable Street, which is currently playing at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, following on from a Sold Out run earlier in the year, until 10th October 2024. To find out more about the show, and book your tickets for the production, click here. To find out more about Adam's work, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Mark Giesser, the Director of The Boys from Syracuse, which is currently playing the main stage of Upstairs at The Gatehouse, London, until 29th September. To find out more about the show, and book your tickets for the production, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Waleed Akhtar, Olivier Award Winning Writer, whose new play, The Real Ones, is currently playing at The Bush Theatre in London, until 26th October 2024. To find out more about the show, and book your tickets for the production, click here. If you would like to sign the Petition for The Actors Centre to return to London, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining Eliott in the Stagey Studio this week is Katharine Farmer, Director of 23.5 Hours, which is playing in Park200 at The Park Theatre, from 4th September - 5th October 2024. To find out more about the show, and book your tickets for the production, click here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

Joining guest host Sam Pout in the Stagey Studio this week is Jez Bond, the Artistic Director of The Park Theatre in London, as well as the Director of When It Happens to You, which is playing until 31st August. You can book tickets for When It Happens to You, by clicking here. You can also find out more information about The Park Theatre, as well as What's On, by clicking here. You can follow The Stagey Place on Instagram, X, and Tiktok.

It's the final episode of this 'Stagey Place X Ed Fringe' series for 2024, 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 - Andy Manjuck and Dorothy James; Writers and Performers of Bill's 44th, playing at Underbelly Cowgate - Belly Button, - 25th August (18:55 - 19:55) Adam Rapp; Writer of The Sound Inside, playing in Traverse 1 at The Traverse Theatre, - 25th August (Various Timings; 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm) Joe McNeice; Director of DIVA: Live From Hell, playing at Underbelly Cowgate - Belly Button, - 25th August (20:30 - 21:40) Grace Gallagher; Co-Artistic Director of Ugly Bucket, who presents Stuffed, playing at Pleasance Courtyard - Above, - 26th August (14:25 - 15:25) Be sure to also check us out over on Instagram, X, and TikTok also, as we'll sharing a lot of videos from our time up in Edinburgh, plus having an array of companies taking over our social media channels too.