Hear Me Out puts the audience back in the stalls (or, closer still, the rehearsal room), inviting theatre-loving audiences to re-connect with theatre-makers in a unique celebration of language and performance. Hosted by Lucy Eaton, it's the insider chat that audiences would love to have. The format is simple: Lucy asks 'What is your favourite speech?' From the brilliance of the language to the personal anecdotes behind the choice, it’s part Desert Island Discs, part literary analysis and par ...
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Successful comedians often give the advice, “Keep your head down, work hard, and you’ll figure it out.” Stu Melton and Jake Fromm ask them to go deeper and explain how they do what they do best. Each guest shares stories and advice on the things they excel at, like podcasting, writing for television, and producing their own comedy shows. Recorded over the span of six-seven months, Season 1 tracks Stu and Jake’s attempt to improve their own comedy skills while learning from the pros.
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In this captivating series finale, Lucy Eaton is joined by the extraordinary Susan Wokoma, recent star of 'Taskmaster' and one of Britain's most versatile talents. Together, they delve into the depths of Mick Gordon's thought-provoking play 'On Religion', underscoring the importance of kindness in both the arts and wider life. Their conversation br…
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Charlotte Hope, renowned for her roles in "Game of Thrones" and "The Spanish Princess", joins Lucy in her childhood home in Dorset. Together, they dive into Duncan Macmillan's powerful play "Lungs" and the complexities of deciding to have children in an uncertain world. Charlotte shares her thoughts on balancing the demanding life of an actress wit…
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Francesca Moody, esteemed theatre producer of "Fleabag" and "Baby Reindeer", joins host Lucy Eaton for an eye-opening chat in this week's episode. Francesca shares her profound admiration for Dennis Kelly, choosing Jess' final monologue from "Love & Money" as her favourite speech. The conversation also explores Francesca's long-standing relationshi…
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This week’s enlightening conversation is thanks to esteemed actor Shaun Dooley, known for his roles in Apple’s recent “Criminal Record, “Broadchurch”, “Mr Bates vs The Post Office” and “Saltburn”. Joined by host Lucy Eaton, Shaun delves into the depths of Harold Pinter's timeless play, "The Caretaker," focusing on Aston's poignant monologue. Along …
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Step into the unsettling world of Oscar Wilde's Salomé as Lucy Eaton sits down with acclaimed author and visionary storyteller, Neil Gaiman (write of The Sandman, Good Omens and Coraline). Gaiman shares his insights and reflections on this iconic piece of literature, as he dissects the influence of Wilde's lesser known work. He offers a unique pers…
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Iconic "Misfits" star Antonia Thomas takes centre stage on this week's Hear Me Out episode, offering an inside look into her illustrious career spanning both sides of the pond. Antonia delves into her favourite speech from Nina Segal's "Shooting Hedda Gabler," opens up about the challenges of pushing actors to their limits in film creation, and can…
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Mincefluencers, it's time to tune in! As this week's episode sees Lucy Eaton sit down Claire-Marie Hall, who plays Jean in the hit West End show Operation Mincemeat. And in this special episode, there's a little break from tradition as Claire-Marie shares her favourite song from a musical, offering a fresh perspective on her craft. Claire talks abo…
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Join us for an enthralling conversation, as esteemed Welsh actor Steffan Rhodri takes centre stage in this week's episode. From his latest role in Simon Godwin’s adaptation of Macbeth to his iconic portrayal of Dave Coaches in Gavin and Stacey, Steffan is truly one of our most versatile and talented actors. In this episode, he zones in on a particu…
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Step into the spotlight with illustrious actor Mark Gatiss, know best for his iconic roles in television series like 'Sherlock' and his captivating performances on stage. In this episode, Gatiss breaks down the layers of his favourite speech: a Hamlet monologue but as used in Jack Thorne’s recent hit, 'The Motive and the Cue', in which Gatiss has w…
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It’s the season of good will, so we thought we’d release Episode 1 of Series 3 early! In this extra-special Hear Me Out chat, Corey Mylchreest (known for his role as King George in Netflix’s Queen Charlotte) joins host Lucy Eaton for an insightful conversation that reaches far beyond the glittering ballrooms of the Bridgerton universe. Corey shares…
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Think you love Gerri from Succession? You’ve got to see this! J. Smith-Cameron has become a household name thanks to her stellar performance in all 4 seasons of Succession. But before Waystar and the Roys, J. was a firm favourite on and off Broadway. In this special bonus episode of Hear Me out, recorded days before the season finale of Succession …
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Tim McInnerny, Lord Percy Percy of Blackadder and Simon Gould in 10 Percent, finishes off the series with a discussion about William Shakespeare's Richard II. He explains to Lucy why it's more important to understand the rhythm of Shakespeare's verse than understanding the meaning of all the words; he talks to Lucy about the experience of being par…
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In this special Christmas episode, Lucy's speaks to David Mumeni. Originally an actor, famous for his roles in 'Stath Lets Flats' and 'Dead Pixels', he is also the founder of Open Door, an organisation that helps talented young people who do not have the financial means to gain a place at one of the UK's leading drama schools. As well as discussing…
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Award winning actor of stage and screen, best known for his turn as Bond villain Gustav Graves in Die Another Day, Rochester in BBC’s Jane Eyre and most recently as the lead in Netflix’s Lost in Space, Toby Stephens is one of Britain’s best loved actors. His favourite speech is from Shakespeare’s Macbeth and whilst chatting about the speech, Toby d…
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Best Actress Olivier award winner Patsy Ferran talks about a speech from the play that made her famous: Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke. As well as discussing her favourite Alma speech and why she’s the best character Williams ever wrote, Patsy and Lucy talk about Patsy’s method for learning lines, which theatre marketing phrases are grinding …
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Star of Jamestown and Netflix's recent hit The Sandman, Niamh Walsh, breaks down the brilliance of her favourite speech by Hermione from Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. Amidst some enthusiastic discussion around the badass role of Hermione, Niamh talks to Lucy about decolonising our thinking around accents, why filming Sandman was the best thing e…
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Olivier, Tony and BAFTA Award winning playwright Jack Thorne talks about Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and his favourite Willie Loman speech towards the end of the play. They cover favourite theatre spaces in London and what makes an unfinished speech so clever. Jack explains why he thinks Death of a Salesman is one of the best plays ever wri…
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Ted Lasso’s bad boy Nick Mohammed discusses his favourite speech with Lucy Eaton. While chatting about Puck's famous epilogue from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nick talks about his childhood English teacher and how Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s The Office influenced his comedic style. He reminisces over his student theatre days a…
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Sanjeev Bhaskar is a national treasure, first shooting to fame with his comedy gold: Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No. 42. Now best known for his long-standing role in Unforgotten, in this episode he takes the opportunity to discuss Ayub Khan Din's massively popular play East in East. Lucy and Sanjeev chat about his journey with understand…
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Theatre royalty Sir Richard Eyre joins the show to discuss Shakespeare’s King Lear, in particular the ‘Come, let's away to prison’ speech. Why does he believe it's the most beautiful language in all of Shakespeare? Who did it best: Ian Holme or Anthony Hopkins? Do actors need to have experienced something to act it? And do you really acquire wisdom…
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"What's your favourite speech?" We’re back for a second series! And kicking us off is the sublimely talented Joanna Vanderham (Emmy Award winning The Runaway, BBC’s The Control Room and Paradise, What Maisie Knew, The Boy with the Topknot). Joanna discusses Penelope Skinner’s translation of Alexei Arbuzov’s 'The Promise’. What made her audition for…
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Series 2 of Hear Me Out premieres this September, with new episodes being released every other week. Listen on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Hosted by Lucy Eaton and starring a slurry of high profile guests from the West End and Broadway, TV and film. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @PodHearMeOut, and watch visual clips f…
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Kwame Kwei-Armah (actor, writer and artistic director of the Young Vic Theatre) discusses 2 plays in this special series finale of Hear Me Out. First off is American icon August Wilson, best known for 'Fences' and the recently Oscar nominated 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.' But it is his play, 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone' that gets explored here, havin…
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Freddie Fox delves into one of Shakespeare’s most famous speeches, the St Crispin’s Day monologue from 'Henry V': He explains what's so admirable about the character of Henry, discusses that crazy time he stepped in to play Romeo for Lily James when Richard Madden broke his ankle and shares his worst drama school audition tale. Hosted by Lucy Eaton…
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London's own inaugural Aaron Burr, Giles Terera, talks all things 'Hamlet' and 'Hamilton'. With particular exploration into a lost Hamlet scene between Horatio and Gertrude that he found when doing the play at the National Theatre, Giles discusses favourite unknown Shakespeare roles with Lucy, what it was like to land the mother of all gigs (*cough…
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'Eastenders' and 'Casualty' star Maddy Hill chats about her favourite Imogen speech from William Shakespeare’s ‘Cymbeline': she reminisces over her time at Shakespeare's Globe being directed by Matthew Dunster, discusses how playing Nancy Carter involved less crying on cue than other soap characters and gets emotional discussing the sensory memorie…
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British acting legend Patricia Hodge OBE discusses John Osbourne's ‘A Hotel in Amsterdam’: She explains why it stuck in her mind as one of the most moving moments she’s ever seen on stage, who her favourite actors of all time are and what makes a play timeless. Hosted by Lucy Eaton, star of lockdown smash-comedy Staged (BBC/Netflix/Staged), West En…
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‘Downton Abbey’ leading man Brendan Coyle opens up Conor McPherson’s monologue play 'St Nicholas’: He shares the history of his longstanding love for Conor’s work, talks about making Dame Judi Dench cry and explains why a one-man show is always an ensemble effort. With a special guest appearance from Simon Evans, Brendan's director on 'St Nicholas'…
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Denise Gough chats about her most iconic role and THAT speech from 'People, Places and Things': she explains why Duncan Macmillan's acting/addiction monologue is so remarkable, what made her cry during her audition and how she's managed to liberate herself from the judgement of the entertainment industry. An utterly inspiring and uplifting discussi…
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Olivier-award winner Adrian Lester enlightens us on the opening speech from 'Cost of Living' by Polish-American playwright Martyna Majok: He shares the journey behind taking on the role, why it was a more nerve-wracking monologue to deliver than Peter Brook's 'Hamlet' and just why fake nails were so helpful when he played Rosalind for Cheek By Jowl…
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Scottish actor and TV staple Mark Bonnar gets down and dirty with 'Hamlet', in particular the "Rogue and peasant slave" speech from Act 2, Scene 2: He talks about the intricate beauty of iambic pentameter verse, argues against the common misconception that Shakespeare is inaccessible and explains why he's never played the eponymous character. A far…
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'Outnumbered' star Claire Skinner chats about the closing monologue from Harold Pinter's 'Moonlight': she explains to Lucy what makes a Pinter play so "Pinter", relives the moment when an audience member heckled her for being too quiet and divulges precious memories from backstage in the inaugural production of 'Moonlight' alongside Anna Massey, Mi…
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1.13 I Just Happen To Love Standup: Late Night TV with Brendan Eyre
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Oh boy! It’s the last episode of Season 1! In this barn-burner of an ep, comedian Brendan Eyre breaks down everything that goes into a great standup set on a late night show, from the microphone choices at 30 Rock to the realities of a comic's life and career after TV. At the end of the episode, Jake and Stu discuss what they’ve learned over the co…
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1.12 Comedy Is a Business: Working on the Road with Shane Torres
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After starting out in Portland, it wasn't long before Shane Torres was taken out by a more experienced comedian to be shown the ropes of working the road. Further success as a New Face at Montreal JFL Festival, moving to New York City, and eventually landing his own Comedy Central Half Hour has only helped Shane's career on the road, as he spends a…
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1.11 Standing Still on an Escalator: Comedic Acting with Langston Kerman
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Comedian Langston Kerman found his way into a regular role in the hit HBO show Insecure never having had any formal training as an actor. In addition to acting on television shows such as Comedy Bang! Bang!, The Battery's Down, and My Crazy Love, as well as many shorts and television movies, Langston has performed on Adam Devine's House Party (CC),…
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1.10 Laughter Is Crazy: When to Move to NYC/LA with Mike Lebovitz
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Comedian Mike Lebovitz landed Montreal Just For Laughs New Faces and Last Comic Standing appearances from his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. But, after tasting those successes, he set his sights on New York City in the hopes of becoming "the funniest person on the planet." Many comedians start in smaller markets and find themselves asking, "When sh…
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1.9 A Grain of Salt: Open Mics, Shows, and Working Hard with Subhah Agarwal
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Comedian Subhah Agarwal had a reputation as one of the hardest working open mic comedians in the game when the PBS web series Modern Comedian devoted an entire episode to her. But she's not known as an "open micer" anymore. Subhah discusses quantity vs. quality, writing habits, and whether people notice when you work hard enough or if you need to "…
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The multitalented Jo Firestone's credits include Montreal Just For Laughs New Faces, a Comedy Central Half Hour, and writer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. But she's best known as the undeniable, undefeated queen of New York comedy production. Between comedy institutions like Punderdome 3000, the Unexpectashow, and the Inner Beaty Pagean…
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Patton Oswalt, Anderson Cooper, Susan Orlean: these are just some of the tens of thousands of followers that the parody Twitter account @NotTildaSwinton accumulated in only its the first few days of existence. Other celebrity names were tossed around as the possible brain child behind @NotTildaSwinton, but no one expected a dude on prescribed pain …
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After creating her own web series while living in Chicago, comedian Marlena Rodriguez landed a dream job writing for the Netflix show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Since then, she’s moved onto other TV writing projects. Marlena shares writing insights like what it takes to get a writing agent and submit packets, how to treat yourself as a professional…
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1.5 Incest Is Gay: How to Do Comedy Festivals with Anthony DeVito
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Only a few years into stand up comedy, Anthony DeVito's very first festival acceptance was to the prestigious Montreal Just For Laughs "New Faces." Since then, Anthony has performed at some of the best festivals throughout the U.S., including Bridgetown, Sketchfest, and the Boston Comedy Festival. Through his unusual story, Anthony shares tips on h…
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1.4 What Everybody Thinks But Nobody’s Thought Of: How to Be a Well-Rounded Performer with Nick Vatterott
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From stand up to sketch to improv, when it comes to comedy Nick Vatterott has done it all. Although he's gone on to release a Comedy Central Half Hour as well as his Comedy Central album For Amusement Only, Vatterott shares how a creative breakthrough landed him a spot at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival, on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and m…
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1.3 Puzzle Pieces & Sand Castles: How to Pitch a TV Show with Dan Perlman
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Comedian Dan Perlman got the chance of a lifetime when the pitch for his original animated television show, That's My Bus, got picked up by Fox at the Set to Screen competition at the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. Dan describes how he researched bus driver stories, prepared an efficient pitch and convincing answers to inevitable questio…
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1.2 Insider Baseball: How to Be a Working Comic with Lucas Connolly
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Comedian Lucas Connolly (NY Comedy Club) explains what it takes to make a living from doing stand up comedy. How to put yourself in the right situations to get booked at clubs, how to open for big comics on the road instead of doing open mics forever, and what it means to wear shorts on stage...it's insider baseball, baby! Lucas Connolly: @lovablel…
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1.1 Eye Signals: How to Podcast with Corinne Fisher
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Jake and Stu are joined by comedian Corinne Fisher of the Guys We F****d podcast to discuss what it takes to get into podcasting. From the story of how GWF got its start to working with podcast networks to finding a hosting rapport that transcends speech, Corinne breaks down the art of podcasting step-by-step. Corinne Fisher: @PhilanthropyGal Stu M…
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