Famous People You've Never Heard Of

About Famous People You've Never Heard Of

Our podcasts are a mix of conversations with a wide range of subject matter experts and enthusiasts, interspersed with the occasional audio drama. Each episode focuses on one person, a group of people or a genre from the world of entertainment that we wish to bring back to the spotlight and who has been lost to history or is in danger of being so.The Arts industries are currently in peril but this is nothing new. The Entertainment industry in all its guises has seen it all before. Political turmoil, plague, poverty, overnight success, sudden failure and the long term closure of theatres are not unique to the 21st century.We are not academics (although luckily some of our prestigious guests are) so don't expect forensic analysis or ground breaking research in every episode. We are entertainers, passionate about our craft, its heritage and its future. And we want to share our enthusiasm with you!

Publisher

Blue Fire Theatre Company

Category

arts · arts · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Nov 2020

Latest episode

12 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

52 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Jul 2026

   Mrs Oscar Wilde - Lexi Wolfe Talks About Constance Lloyd

   Constance Lloyd was born into a wealthy family. She wrote and published children's stories. She was an advocate of the dress reform movement. She married the love of her life and had two children. The love of her life was Oscar Wilde. It did not end well. Lexi Wolfe has written and performs in the play "A Forgotten Woman: Mrs Oscar Wilde", which is on tour and playing the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.. Follow Slade Wolfe on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/...

2. 

   1 Jul 2026

   Fossil Mary - Elizabeth Blake talks about Mary Anning. With Brenda Longman.

   Elizabeth Blake has written -and performs in "Fossil Mary", a new play celebrating the life and remarkable discoveries of Mary Anning, the pioneering fossil hunter who found her first dinosaur skeleton at the age of 12 and whose skills led to the discovery of nearly every important dinosaur fossil of the early 19th Century. Her work changed the way people thought about the evolution of life on earth but she was poor, working class and a woman, and men took the credit for her...

3. 

   24 Jun 2026

   A Little Green Leaf - Will Carr & Kathleen O'Reilly talk about Odette Hallowes

   The Leaf Collective are presenting their play A Little Green Leaf a this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The play is inspired by the life of Odette Hallowes (MBE, Legion d’Honneur, George Cross), Britain’s most highly decorated spy of the Second World War. This play tells the story of Odette’s service as an agent of the Special Operations Executive, resilience in the face of Gestapo brutality, survival of Ravensbruck concentration camp, and her remarkable ability to retain her light,...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 33 / 100

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Quality

33

Social presence

100

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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