Amateur of Life and Death

About Amateur of Life and Death

The Amateur of Life and Death podcast brings together amateur theatre makers to talk about their theatrical lives, theatrical loves, and the times when they’ve died on stage. We take you behind the scenes at The Crescent Theatre to discover more about what goes into making a production, shining a spotlight on the stars behind the scenes, as well as those on stage.Theatre is our passion; amateur from the Latin ‘amare’, meaning ‘to love’. This is a podcast for anyone with an interest in watching or making amateur theatre.

Publisher

The Crescent Theatre

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Jul 2021

Latest episode

2 May 2025

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 May 2025

   [title of show]

   Send us a text This episode features an interview with performer Mark Horne about his life and loves in amateur theatre, including his early days as a ‘Crescenteenie’ and his membership of the Crescent Youth Theatre. Mark also tells us about his role in the Crescent Theatre’s forthcoming production of [title of show], Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen’s witty love-letter to musical theatre and the creative process.

2. 

   14 Mar 2025

   Nora: A Doll's House

   Send us a text This month we welcome actor and director Steph Urquhart onto the podcast to share her life and loves in amateur theatre. Steph is also directing the Crescent Theatre's forthcoming production of Nora: A Doll's House by contemporary playwright Stef Smith, a powerful reimagining of Ibsen's classic play. Steph tells us more about the challenges and rewards of staging this exciting take on A Doll's House, set simultaneously in three different time periods. Meanwhile Luke, who is app...

3. 

   14 Feb 2025

   Labour of Love

   Send us a text This month's episode explores James Graham's award-winning play Labour Of Love and we find out how the Crescent Theatre Birmingham's upcoming production of the show has been a real 'labour of love' in more ways than one... Our Studio Guest is actor Katie Merriman. Katie spills the beans on her life and loves in amateur theatre and talks about her role as straight-talking Labour constituency agent Jean Whittaker in Labour of Love. We also go behind the scenes of the production t...

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 28 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

28

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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