Off Script With Lucie Jones

Samantha Barks

In the final episode of Season 1, Lucie sits down in front of a live audience with Samantha Barks, and talks Les Mis, the Les Mis movie, and The Masked Singer - which Sam recently won! Award winning musical theatre star Lucie Jones is no stranger to being front and centre on a West End Stage. Most recently she has played the lead of Jenna in Waitress, been Elphaba in Wicked and Fantine in Les Misérables, as well as presenting a weekly show on Magic’s digital station Magic at the Musicals.  > Recorded on stage in front of a live audience this podcast draws back the curtain on what life is really like for a musical theatre performer. She will chat with guests about everything from the audition process (good and bad!), opening night nerves, the best and worst roles they have played, what really goes on backstage and what happens when the applause stops! > > ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Joanna Ampil

Lucie sits down in front of a live audience with Joanna Ampil, star of SO MANY shows - Miss Saigon, Les Mis, Jesus Christ Superstar, Avenue Q... the list goes on! She tells Lucie about being flown to London aged 17 fo perform in Miss Saigon and how she was the first person of colour to play Fantine in Les Miserables. Award winning musical theatre star Lucie Jones is no stranger to being front and centre on a West End Stage. Most recently she has played the lead of Jenna in Waitress, been Elphaba in Wicked and Fantine in Les Misérables, as well as presenting a weekly show on Magic’s digital station Magic at the Musicals.  Recorded on stage in front of a live audience this podcast draws back the curtain on what life is really like for a musical theatre performer. She will chat with guests about everything from the audition process (good and bad!), opening night nerves, the best and worst roles they have played, what really goes on backstage and what happens when the applause stops! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Tosh Wanogho-Maud

Lucie sits down in front of a live audience with Tosh Wanogho-Maud (The Lion King, Book of Mormon) to chat about being in the theatre since he was a child, auditioning for the Lion King in New York while on a family trip there, the life changing injury that almost meant he would never dance again, and the time he ended up taking off nearly all his clothes on stage because he forgot the words to a song! Award winning musical theatre star Lucie Jones is no stranger to being front and centre on a West End Stage. Most recently she has played the lead of Jenna in Waitress, been Elphaba in Wicked and Fantine in Les Misérables, as well as presenting a weekly show on Magic’s digital station Magic at the Musicals.  Recorded on stage in front of a live audience this podcast draws back the curtain on what life is really like for a musical theatre performer. She will chat with guests about everything from the audition process (good and bad!), opening night nerves, the best and worst roles they have played, what really goes on backstage and what happens when the applause stops! A must listen for fans of musical theatre everywhere!Lemar (Fame Academy, platinum selling artist, Sister Act) and Lizzie Bea (Hairspray, Heathers, Sister Act). They chat about how they got into the 'biz,, how Lemar made the jump from music to musical theatre (and working with Lizzie on Sister Act) plus Lizzie tells us about a very strange experience she had with Mariah Carey....  Award winning musical theatre star Lucie Jones is no stranger to being front and centre on a West End Stage. Most recently she has played the lead of Jenna in Waitress, been Elphaba in Wicked and Fantine in Les Misérables, as well as presenting a weekly show on Magic’s digital station Magic at the Musicals.  > Recorded on stage in front of a live audience this podcast draws back the curtain on what life is really like for a musical theatre performer. She will chat with guests about everything from the audition process (good and bad!), opening night nerves, the best and worst roles they have played, what really goes on backstage and what happens when the applause stops! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ruthie Henshall

Lucie sits down in front of a live audience with MASSIVE West End legend Ruthie Henshall. A five-time Olivier Award nominee ,she won the 1995 Best Actress Award for her role as Amalia Balash in the London revival of She Loves Me. Ruthie chats to Lucie about her incredible career in the West End, the exact moment she knew her life had changed, and the roles that had the biggest impact on her career. (And how even now she suffers with imposter syndrome.) Award winning musical theatre star Lucie Jones is no stranger to being front and centre on a West End Stage. Most recently she has played the lead of Jenna in Waitress, been Elphaba in Wicked and Fantine in Les Misérables, as well as presenting a weekly show on Magic’s digital station Magic at the Musicals.  Recorded on stage in front of a live audience this podcast draws back the curtain on what life is really like for a musical theatre performer. She will chat with guests about everything from the audition process (good and bad!), opening night nerves, the best and worst roles they have played, what really goes on backstage and what happens when the applause stops! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Zoe Birkett

Lucie sits down in front of a live audience with West End Star Zoe Birkett (Thriller Live, Moulin Rouge, Tina Turner) to chat showbiz! They discuss performing at then Prime Minister Tony Blair's son's Christening, being on TVs Pop Idol, and what it's like taking on the mammoth role of Tina Turner in Tina - the Tina Turner Musical. Award winning musical theatre star Lucie Jones is no stranger to being front and centre on a West End Stage. Most recently she has played the lead of Jenna in Waitress, been Elphaba in Wicked and Fantine in Les Misérables, as well as presenting a weekly show on Magic’s digital station Magic at the Musicals.  Recorded on stage in front of a live audience this podcast draws back the curtain on what life is really like for a musical theatre performer. She will chat with guests about everything from the audition process (good and bad!), opening night nerves, the best and worst roles they have played, what really goes on backstage and what happens when the applause stops! A must listen for fans of musical theatre everywhere!Lemar (Fame Academy, platinum selling artist, Sister Act) and Lizzie Bea (Hairspray, Heathers, Sister Act). They chat about how they got into the 'biz,, how Lemar made the jump from music to musical theatre (and working with Lizzie on Sister Act) plus Lizzie tells us about a very strange experience she had with Mariah Carey....  Award winning musical theatre star Lucie Jones is no stranger to being front and centre on a West End Stage. Most recently she has played the lead of Jenna in Waitress, been Elphaba in Wicked and Fantine in Les Misérables, as well as presenting a weekly show on Magic’s digital station Magic at the Musicals.  Recorded on stage in front of a live audience this podcast draws back the curtain on what life is really like for a musical theatre performer. She will chat with guests about everything from the audition process (good and bad!), opening night nerves, the best and worst roles they have played, what really goes on backstage and what happens when the applause stops! A must listen for fans of musical theatre everywhere! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.