Musical theatre is an important part of LGBTQ+ culture, but how effectively do our musicals represent lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex and asexual creatives and audience members in all their fabulous glory? Dr James Lovelock, curator of www.queermusicals.com, is joined by special guests from across the musical theatre industry to think about how these productions are creating spaces that centre queerness and represent LGBTQ+ people of different genders, races and lived experiences. Join us to celebrate how our queer identites are challenging conventions and creating a bold new future for musical theatre! This podcast is funded by the University of Wolverhampton.
Episodes
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
In this episode, I chat with Roshani Abbey (& Juliet, Hamilton) and Flora Leo (Show & Tell, The Lightning Road, Stiles and Drewe Best New Song winner) about female queer representation in musical theatre and television. We discuss Triangularity, one of Flora's current writing projects as we explore new ways to tell queer stories that challenge the harmful tropes and stereotypes in queer representation.
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Find out more about Triangularity on Flora Leo's Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@FloraLeoProductions
Check out Roshani's website here and Flora's website here.
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Today's guests are Robin Simões da Silva and Teddy Hinde from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We chat about audition processes, the opportunities for trans men in industry and Robin's musical Brother as well as the importance of queer-led companies and shows in musical theatre.
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Robin Simões da Silva's instagram
Teddy Hinde's instagram
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
This episode features Jo Foster, Jaz Terry and Aaron Shales, the three actors who most recently played and covered May in & Juliet in the West End. We discuss their different experiences of playing a character who is exploring gender throughout the musical, and how each actor connected with this iconic role. We also touch on different intersections with race and sexuality, and imagine a future for queer characters in musical theatre post-Juliet.
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Jo Foster's instagram
Jaz Terry's instagram and GoFundMe
Aaron Shales' instagram
Saturday Jul 08, 2023
Saturday Jul 08, 2023
In our first episode of Series 2, we are joined by Layton Williams (Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Bad Education) and Liam Mower (Matthew Bourne's New Adventures, Cats). Liam and Layton both played the title role in the original West End production of Billy Elliot The Musical before reconnecting in a touring production of The Car Man in 2015. We talk about their experiences as child actors, queer representation across dance, theatre and television, and the importance of their friendship group in maintaining a queer community.
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Layton Williams: Instagram profile
Liam Mower: Instagram profile
Dr James Lovelock: Instagram profile
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
On Saturday 8th July, we launch our second series of Represent, the queermusicals.com podcast about LGBTQ+ representation in musical theatre and beyond. Dr James Lovelock is joined by a different guest panel every week to discuss how queer actors and creatives are changing the musical theatre industry and allowing LGBTQ+ people to see themselves - and be themselves.
Featuring Layton Williams and Liam Mower (Billy Elliot The Musical), Joe Foster, Jaz Terry and Aaron Shales (& Juliet), and Robin Simões da Silva and Teddy Hinde (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) with further guests to be announced.
Theme music: 'Sky Pop - Electronic Dance Music' by JuliusH
This podcast is funded by the University of Wolverhampton.
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
For our final episode of the series, we speak to the lovely Jo Foster (they/them) and Liam McEvoy (he/they) from the recent Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of Legally Blonde about their experiences of playing the Legally Blonde dogs Bruiser and Rufus. We chat about being birthday twins, the power of Annie the musical, and Jo’s recent casting as May in & Juliet.
#legallyblonde #lgbt #lgbtq #musicals #musicaltheatre #regentspark #oat #rent #hopemilltheatre #julietmusical #shaftesbury #nonbinary #anniemusical
Jo Foster is appearing as May in & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre from Monday 26th September - tickets here.
Liam McEvoy is appearing in Aladdin at the Aylesbury Waterside from 2nd December until 2nd January - tickets here.
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
This episode features Alice Croft and Evie Rose Lane, who both appeared in the recent production of But I'm A Cheerleader at the Turbine Theatre. We discuss But I'm A Cheerleader, GradFest and the importance of letting people be themselves within the industry. #lesbian #female #queer #representation #butimacheerleader #gradfest #liamgartland #taniaazevedo #alicecroft #evieroselane
Represent! The queermusicals.com podcast
Musical theatre is an important part of LGBTQ+ culture, but how effectively do our musicals represent lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex and asexual creatives and audience members in all their fabulous glory? Dr James Lovelock, writer and curator of www.queermusicals.com, is joined by special guests from Legally Blonde, Rent, But I’m A Cheerleader, Daddy, The Normal Heart and Interstate: A New Musical to think about how these productions are creating spaces that centre queerness and represent LGBTQ+ people of different genders, races and lived experiences. Join us to celebrate how our queer identites are challenging conventions and creating a bold new future for musical theatre!