New podcast released on making of West End play CLARKSTON
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New podcast, Clarkston: The Making of a West End Show, has been released today, giving a unique insight into the creative journey of making a West End show from rehearsals to first preview.
Produced and presented by Ngofeen Mputubwele, the three-episode miniseries follows Clarkston in the last 72-hours before its first preview. Through candid interviews with the cast, creatives, and producers, the podcast provides a rare glimpse into what it’s like to put on a new show in London’s West End.
Clarkston, now in its final weeks at Trafalgar Theatre, is by critically acclaimed writer Samuel D. Hunter (Oscar-winning and BAFTA nominated film The Whale) and stars Joe Locke (Emmy Award nominated Heartstopper; Marvel’s Agatha All Along), alongside Ruaridh Mollica (recently BAFTA Scotland nominated for Sebastian; The Franchise, HBO) and Sophie Melville (The Way, BBC; Evening Standard Award nominated for Iphigenia in Splott, Lyric Hammersmith). Drama Desk and Obie award-winner Jack Serio (Grangeville, Signature Theatre) directs.
Clarkston: The Making of a West End Show is available to listen to here.
Episode 1 follows the leads of the show through rehearsal and tech as they prepare for their West End debuts. Episode 2 looks at the acting and writing involved in making a small, intimate show. Episode 3 focuses on the production’s first preview, following the creative team: director, assistant director, lighting designer, producer, actors, understudies, and playwright.
Clarkston is a modern frontier story that blazes a trail through friendship, acceptance, love and the hope of new discoveries.
On a journey West to rediscover himself, Jake unexpectedly meets Chris – a kindred soul hiding in a night shift at a Costco in a rural American town. As their bond deepens, so does their sense of adventure. Maybe they could finally give life new meaning by chasing something more – like the intrepid explorers Lewis and Clark before them.
Clarkston runs until 22 November at Trafalgar Theatre, with tickets available here.