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!
Series 1-3 of this podcast were funded by the University of Wolverhampton.
Series 4 of this podcast is funded by the British Academy Early Career Researchers’ Network Seed Fund as part of a project on ’Queer gain in queer-infused musical theatre practices’, and is supported by Sheffield Hallam University
Gwenda's Garage Special - Georgina Coram and Lucy Mackay
You're listening to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast.
My name is Dr. James Lovelock and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry.
In this episode we are joined by Georgina Coram and Lucy Mackay from the cast of the Sheffield-based musical Gwenda's Garage.
The musical is based on the stories of queer women who were involved in the real Gwenda's Garage in the 1980s and follows the characters through the political upheaval of Margaret Thatcher's Britain, including the enacting of Section 28 and the fight for the rights of queer people to adopt children.
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Tickets for Gwenda's Garage at the Southwark Playhouse
Georgina Coram on Instagram
Lucy Mackay on Instagram
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Queermusicals on Instagram and website
23 Sept 2025
Jo Foster and Zheng Xi Yong - Series 4 Episode 10
to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast.
My name is Dr. James Lovelock, and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry.
My guests today are West End leading man Zheng Xi Yong and West End leading they-dy Jo Foster, who have just finished starring in Fourplay at the Kings Head’s Theatre.
In this episode, we discuss queer, Asian and non-binary representation in Your Lie in April and Why Am I So Single, and start an entirely unsubstantiated rumour that Jason Robert Brown is planning a musical adaptation of the CBeebies show In The Night Garden.
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Jo's instagram
Zheng Xi's instagram
James's instagram
Represent podcast instagram and website
New work
Why Am I So Single? website, instagram, Spotify and Apple Music
Your Lie In April instagram Spotify and Apple Music
Fourplay instagram
16 Sept 2025
Gracie McGonigal and Ashley Goh - Series 4 Episode 9
Welcome to Represent, the queer musical theatre podcast.
My name is Dr. James Lovelock and I'm an academic and a huge musical theatre fan, exploring the representation of all things queer in the musical theatre industry.
Today's guests are the iconic Gracie McGonigal and the extraordinary Ashley Goh, who met during a production of the new musical The Phase at the Vaults Festival.
Since then, Gracie has wowed us with her performances as Lily in Fangirls at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, and Ashley has imparted her wisdom as Alex in Babies at the Other Palace.
We discuss the importance of queer spaces, the joys of workshopping, and our hopes for the future of musical theatre.
As always, you can follow us on your favourite podcast platform, and don't forget to share this episode on social media.
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Gracie's instagram
Ashley's instagram
James Lovelock's instagram
Represent podcast instagram and website
New Work
Fangirls - website instagram Spotify Apple Music
Babies - website instagram Spotify Apple Music
Shipton: A New British Folk Musical Instagram MT Spotlights
Asian Pirate Musical - website instagram Spotify Apple Music
Weird - website instagram
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