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.

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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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

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.

Links

Gracie's instagram

Ashley's instagram

James Lovelock's instagram

Represent podcast instagram and website

New Work

The Phase - website instagram

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

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.

This week we are talking to the genius writer that is Yve Blake, and the genius performer that is Mary Malone.

Mary appeared as Jules in Yve's musical Fangirls at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre last year, and recently workshopped Yve's news show Mackenzie, which is a retelling of Macbeth as a child television star.

In this episode, we discuss female, queer, and trans representation in musical theatre, and explore how to make a welcoming creative space for queer performers.

As always, you can follow us on your favourite podcast platform, and don't forget to share this episode on social media.

Links

Yve's instagram

Mary's instagram

James Lovelock's instagram

Represent podcast instagram and website

New Work

Fangirls - website instagram Spotify Apple Music

A Transgender Woman On The Internet Crying - Spotify Apple Music

Mel and Sam (writers of Doof) - Podcast Tiktok

Gillian Cosgriff (writer of The Fig Tree) - instagram

piss/CARNATION - Instagram

Fox Hunt - Royal Court