Script In Hand
A podcast for theatre lovers, where two friends and theatre directors delve into plays and talk text. Each week we read, discuss and dissect a new play script. We lust over punctuation choices, pull characters intentions apart, and generally try our darnedest not to pronounce anything incorrectly. Hosted by Lexie Ward & Meg Robinson.
Episodes
60 episodes
Season 4 Wrap Up!
For the final time this season, Lexie and Meg sit down to discuss the 12 plays of Season 4 all together - pondering questions such as"Which character would you like to see a one person play written about?""Which play would you like to s...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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23:20
Playwright Interview: J Chavez on how to clean your room
We are thrilled here at Script In Hand HQ to be welcoming our first guest from the across the pond, playwright, pupeteer and all-round fabulous human being, J.Chavez! Author of our S4.Ep10 play 'how to clean your room,' Jay joins us to talk all...
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Season 4
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1:00:07
We Know Now Snowmen Exist by Michael Spencer
It's our final play of season 4! And in a bid to keep it seasonal, we're covering WE KNOW NOW SNOWMEN EXIST, a play with buckets of snow AND a snowman....(and a horror edge inspired by a creepy urban myth, but that's okay right?)A play that...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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44:08
Chewing Gum Dreams by Michaela Cole
Ever wonder what the radioactive spider bite of a playwright could be? We think we may have a superhero/star origin story for Michaela Cole in her play Chewing Gum Dreams. Meg & Lexie debate what makes someone the heroine in a one person sh...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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40:31
how to clean your room by j. chavez
Spencer is cleaning their room, but how easy is it to tidy up people and memories? And did we mention....this play has PUPPETS!Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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40:32
Amsterdam by Maya Arad Yasur
Who should pay a gas bill for a flat no-one was living in at the time of the usage? Who gets to tell the stories of history? And should Lexie & Meg go to Eurovision in 2023? We're delighted to welcome a special guest to o...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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55:57
Peerless by Jiehae Park
We're sharpening our number 2 pencils, applying to colleges....and quite literally killing off the competition as we discuss PEERLESS by Jiehae Park. Shortform synopsis; Macbeth with killer twins and an all important college early admission to ...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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35:04
Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike
Whisper it...but we may have finally found a comedy Meg and Lexie agree on! What happens when the playwright self describes their work as "Chekhov in a blender"? Well we're about to find out as we discuss Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike by ...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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34:30
Playwright Interview: Iman Qureshi on The Funeral Director
Ooh do we have a treat in store for you Scripties! After discussing The Funeral Director on episode 4 of this series we are over the moon to be bringing you this very special interval interview episode of the pod, with the playwright herself, I...
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Season 4
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36:27
Antigone by Roy Williams. Inspired by Sophocles
The fates already know what we say in this episode...but unless you are a ye olde Greecian soothsayer and weave maker, you will probably still to listen. Your family life is already pretty complicated when your parents are also mother and...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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45:12
Squad Goals by Michelle Payne
You say Squad, We say Goals! Squad! Goals! Squad Goals!We're ready to raise the roof off this proverbial podcast stadium and get hyped talking about this epic play of women's football, sky high ambition, female friendship - and Missy El...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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51:31
Teaser Announcement- Bonus Ep incoming!
What's this you say? An unexpected bonus vignette of something from Script In Hand? Why not listen immediately to hear the news hot off the press!Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and
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Season 4
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2:52
The Funeral Director by Iman Qureshi
So, you want to be a funeral director? Then step right up because Papatango Prize Winner The Funeral Director has got you covered! But when the past starts to encroach on Ayeesha;s present and she's inherited the business from her mum - can she...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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37:46
The History Boys by Alan Bennett
We're revving up our motorcycles (though perhaps that's not the most appropriate form of transport given what happens in this play), and gearing up to talk about The History Boys by Alan Bennett. Voted Britains Favourite Play of all time (it be...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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49:29
Reasons You Should(N't) Love Me by Amy Trigg
Reasons you should love this episode are numerous, but number one on the list has to be that we had the playwright herself Amy Trigg join us to talk all about her award winning play! With Kazoos,...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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43:36
A Very Expensive Poison by Lucy Prebble
We're baaccckk!! And we bring you puppets, poison and dancing girls emerging from bags in this our first episode of Season 4! We're discussing the epic Lucy Prebble and her most recent play A Very Expensive Poison based on the book of the...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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44:45
Season 3 Wrap Up!
For the final time this season, Lexie and Meg sit down to discuss the 12 plays of Season 3 all together - pondering questions such as"Which play should be on the school curriculum?""Which playwright would you want to write the biographi...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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44:34
Home, I'm Darling by Laura Wade
We're jiving our way into the final episode of Season 3! Doesn't time fly when your mixing up cocktails and maintaining the perfect 50s lifestyle homespun dream. And we're delighted to be joined by our final special guest of the season, Artisti...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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46:29
P'yongyang by In-Sook Chappell
We're clicking our heels together three times and travelling to a completely unknown land. In-Sook Chappell's Bruntwood Prize shortlisted play lifts a curtain to show us the reality of life in North Korea in this heartbreaking yet somehow hopef...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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35:42
Since U Been Gone by Tabby Lamb
Prepare yourself Scripties for an episode containing all of the most amazing pop culture references ever! We're bringing you copious Kelly Clarkson, tons of Top Model, a bountiful supply of Broadway's Legally Blonde and unparalleled amounts of ...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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49:22
Noises Off by Michael Frayn
Be prepared to either laugh your head off OR, be completely triggered by Michael Frayn's seminal Noises Off - depending on whether you're on Team Lexie or Team Meg! As well as directing the intricate formatting of this icon...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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41:45
Black Men Walking by Testament
"We Walk." - AND we talk; All about this play that treads the ground of identity and landscape, with Special Guest, Writer/Director/Actor Dermot Daly.
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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52:28
Teenage Dick by Mike Lew
Now is the podcast of our discontent.....well hopefully not! This week we're talking about Teenage Dick (not a sentence to be taken out of context :P) - the play that takes the themes and narrative of Shakespeare's Richard III and puts it in an...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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40:14
Scenes With Girls by Miriam Battye
Okay, we admit it - we may both be a little bit obsessed with Miriam Battle after reading this intoxicating play about female friendships (ooh, and toxic may be a very apt word-you'll see what we mean). Lexie & Meg talk hooptedoodles ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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39:31
Sweet Like Chocolate Boy by Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu
It's time to lay down a beat, fling those records on the turntables and head back in time to the 1990s.....as well as staying in the present day. That's because we're discussing Sweet Like Chocolate Boy, which follows Mars and Bounty in two tim...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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52:33