https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/never-say-macbeth--3554256

Cover art: Chris Mayers
Theme music: Blake Long]]>enLeisureLaurie Catherine Winkelhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/94a40887c8137bb0b76fc4455eabf2ac.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/never-say-macbeth--3554256Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:50:27 +0000Laurie Catherine WinkelLaurie Catherine Winkellaurie.winks@gmail.comAh, the theatre... The show must go on, in spite of disastrous mishaps, mortifying flubs, happy accidents, and heroic ad libs … This is “Never Say Macbeth,” with your host Laurie Winkel, the podcast about the unpredictability of life on the stage and...

Cover art: Chris Mayers
Theme music: Blake Long]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-play-that-goes-wrong-goes-wrong--69532232
And, surprise surprise, prop guns continue to be a nuisance. Who'da thunk!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69532232Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:49:37 +0000Laurie Catherine WinkelNarrator/actress Rebecca Brokaw-Sands (no relation to Tom Brokaw, apparently) pops by to regale us with stories of her time on The Play That Goes Wrong, among others. What happens when there's a stage accident within an accident? What's planned and...
And, surprise surprise, prop guns continue to be a nuisance. Who'da thunk!]]>1565accidents,dungeoncrawlercarl,englishtheatre,funny,humor,noir,play,prideandprejudice,stage,stories,theater,theatre,theplaythatgoeswrong,westendcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/waiting-for-hamlet-with-matthieu-protin--63935195https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63935195Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:54:16 +0000Laurie Catherine WinkelBienvenue! Today we're in Paris speaking with French performer / educator / writer / Beckett expert (Beckettxpert?) Matthieu Protin about : soliloquys with a mouth full of blood, title characters that go AWOL, saving ailing spectators, and the dangers...2906beckett,comediefrancaise,comedy,cyranodebergerac,french,frenchlanguage,frenchtheatre,funny,hamlet,humor,neardeathexperience,paris,samuelbeckett,shakespeare,stagecombat,stunts,theater,theatre,violence,waitingforgodotcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/big-ham-is-watching-with-paul-savage-at-the-edinburgh-fringe--61072008+ that time he kinda almost got kidnapped 
+ that time he kinda sorta freed a mental patient for a gig
+ those times his life was almost a rom-com
+ whether deli meats are romantic
+ how to murder a comedian
+ the search for the ever-elusive Lucy, among others.

Check out Hopes Under the Hammer at Just the Tonic: The Caves at Edinburgh Fringe.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61072008Sun, 18 Aug 2024 17:56:09 +0000Laurie Catherine WinkelEnglish comedian Paul Savage regales us with many tales of his time at the Adelaide and Edinburgh Fringes, as well as: + that time he kinda almost got kidnapped  + that time he kinda sorta freed a mental patient for a gig + those times his life was...+ that time he kinda almost got kidnapped 
+ that time he kinda sorta freed a mental patient for a gig
+ those times his life was almost a rom-com
+ whether deli meats are romantic
+ how to murder a comedian
+ the search for the ever-elusive Lucy, among others.

Check out Hopes Under the Hammer at Just the Tonic: The Caves at Edinburgh Fringe.

]]>2911adelaidefringe,biscuits,comedy,comic,edfringe,edinburgh,edinburghfringe,edinburghfringe2024,england,fringe,ham,lucywhereareyou,onemanshow,romcom,scotland,standup,theater,theatrecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-capo-caper-with-the-creative-team-of-after-the-rainbow-at-edinburgh-fringe--61029390After the Rainbow, and what happens when your journey into Oz doesn't go as smoothly as planned. What if you don't have the budget for a real flying monkey? What do you do when you bonk your guitar out of tune mid-show? And is a capo really a castrated male chicken*?

*Nope, that's a capon. Oops.

Aftertherainbow.net



]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61029390Wed, 14 Aug 2024 21:11:22 +0000Laurie Catherine WinkelThree rays of sunshine named Amy McClain, Molly Kittle, and Michele Korb take a brief break from their Edinburgh Fringe craziness to giggle over a beer and chat about their Wizard of Oz-inspired "midlife musical" After the Rainbow, and what happens...After the Rainbow, and what happens when your journey into Oz doesn't go as smoothly as planned. What if you don't have the budget for a real flying monkey? What do you do when you bonk your guitar out of tune mid-show? And is a capo really a castrated male chicken*?

*Nope, that's a capon. Oops.

Aftertherainbow.net



]]>1217aftertherainbow,comedy,edfringe,edinburgh,edinburghfringe,fringe,midlife,musical,musicaltheatre,oz,rainbow,theatre,wizardofozcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unplugged-with-kurt-sterling-at-the-edinburgh-fringe--61001035
What happens when your most important piece of tech fails you onstage, and the audience isn't too forgiving? This episode features Australian stand-up comedian Kurt Sterling, whose show Corporate Chronicles is playing at the Cabaret Voltaire for the full Fringe run. ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61001035Mon, 12 Aug 2024 15:20:43 +0000Laurie Catherine WinkelIn the next few episodes, we'll chat about onstage goofs with active Edinburgh Fringe performers during the most hectic and exciting theatre festival in the world. What happens when your most important piece of tech fails you onstage, and the...
What happens when your most important piece of tech fails you onstage, and the audience isn't too forgiving? This episode features Australian stand-up comedian Kurt Sterling, whose show Corporate Chronicles is playing at the Cabaret Voltaire for the full Fringe run. ]]>1496adelaidefringe,australian,comedy,edfringe,edinburgh,edinburghfringe,fringe,funny,onemanshow,scotland,shakespeare,standup,theater,theatrecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kids-yo-they-re-wild-minisode-with-tosin-morohunfola--25614573
@tosin.morohunfola]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25614573Fri, 17 Apr 2020 17:10:16 +0000Laurie Catherine WinkelWe could all use a laugh about now, right? Guest Tosin Morohunfola tells some tales of his many storied years in Kansas City and Chicago theatre, including the time he could have gotten himself fired for a slipup on a kid's show, and a couple of times...
@tosin.morohunfola]]>608actorslife,childrenstheatre,comedy,coronavirus,embarrassing,humor,performingarts,quarantine,setlife,stage,stagelife,staythefuckathome,theater,theatrecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cry-havoc-and-let-slip-the-leeches-minisode-with-jake-guinn--22990731
havocmovement.com
@havocmovement]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22990731Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:49:04 +0000Laurie Catherine WinkelIn this minisode, I chat with Jake Guinn of Havoc Movement about some of his stage stunts. A lot can go wrong when you play with fire... havocmovement.com @havocmovement
havocmovement.com
@havocmovement]]>734action,atlantatheater,atlantatheatre,atlproduction,blunders,comedy,fightchoreography,firestunts,havocmovement,humor,leeches,liveperformance,stuntperformers,stunts,theater,theatrecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/code-blood-or-the-schmocking-dread-with-lindsey-sharpless-and-jeremy-ledbetter--19689454Tech gods Lindsey Sharpless and Jeremy Ledbetter chat with me about an immersive horror experience we all did a few years ago, where crew and cast alike had to improvise around spooked audience behavior and unending tech issues.

Lindsey's company can be found @vernalandseretheatre. See what Jeremy's cooking @ledbetter_jeremy.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19689454Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:15:35 +0000Laurie Catherine WinkelTrick? Or treat? Tech gods Lindsey Sharpless and Jeremy Ledbetter chat with me about an immersive horror experience we all did a few years ago, where crew and cast alike had to improvise around spooked audience behavior and unending tech issues....Tech gods Lindsey Sharpless and Jeremy Ledbetter chat with me about an immersive horror experience we all did a few years ago, where crew and cast alike had to improvise around spooked audience behavior and unending tech issues.

Lindsey's company can be found @vernalandseretheatre. See what Jeremy's cooking @ledbetter_jeremy.]]>1884atlantatheatre,comedy,funny,halloween,hauntedhouse,humor,immersive,immersivehorrortheatre,immersivetheatre,interactivetheatre,noproscenium,storytelling,techtheatre,theater,zombiescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beauty-and-the-beast-dr-thunder-edition-with-ben-auxier--18469959
Find his company @frienddogstudios or on Patreon.com/frienddog.


Find Ben at: frienddogstudios.com
underscoretheatre.org/lefty-and-crabbe]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18469959Fri, 05 Jul 2019 16:18:40 +0000Laurie Catherine WinkelChicago actor/producer Ben Auxier has bad flashbacks to high school, when a budget version of Beauty and the Beast utterly disregards such trivial things as, oh, actor safety... Find his company @frienddogstudios or on Patreon.com/frienddog. Find...
Find his company @frienddogstudios or on Patreon.com/frienddog.


Find Ben at: frienddogstudios.com
underscoretheatre.org/lefty-and-crabbe]]>1082actor,beautyandthebeast,chicago,chicagotheatre,comedian,comedy,funny,humor,improv,performance,stage,storytelling,theater,theatrecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-real-sh-show-minisode-with-meg-poole-and-tara-costello--18130282And speaking of bodily functions... Megan Poole bravely bares her story of when heartbreak and indigestion collide during a gut-wrenching dress tech for 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18130282Fri, 31 May 2019 14:27:30 +0000Laurie Catherine WinkelOur guest Tara Costello gets "pissed off" when a volatile castmate does the unthinkable to sauce up a Shakespeare history play. And speaking of bodily functions... Megan Poole bravely bares her story of when heartbreak and indigestion collide during...And speaking of bodily functions... Megan Poole bravely bares her story of when heartbreak and indigestion collide during a gut-wrenching dress tech for 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.]]>672atlanta,atlantaproduction,atlantatheatre,comedy,embarrassingstories,humor,liveperformance,pee,performance,poop,shakespeare,stage,storytelling,theater,theatrecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-get-back-on-the-horse-feat-patrick-croce-matt-clanton-and-adrian-jacobs--18130243
Then, Patrick Croce answers the ever-prevalent question, what do you do when you fall off the horse? ... Now, what about when you're in character and hundreds of people are watching you eat dirt?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18130243Fri, 31 May 2019 14:27:13 +0000Laurie Catherine WinkelDo real guns and theatre mix? Not well for our first guest, Adrian Jacobs, who probably shouldn't be alive right now. Matt Clanton of Act Tactical lends his expertise on live firearms and performance. Then, Patrick Croce answers the ever-prevalent...
Then, Patrick Croce answers the ever-prevalent question, what do you do when you fall off the horse? ... Now, what about when you're in character and hundreds of people are watching you eat dirt?]]>1206atlanta,atlantafilm,atlantatheatre,comedy,fightchoreography,firearms,guns,humor,jousting,liveperformance,plays,renaissancefaire,safety,stage,stunt,theater,theatre,violencecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unicorns-and-unitards-as-shakespeare-intended-feat-elizabeth-ann-miller--18130313Actors, if you're more comfortable with prepared, rehearsed, poetic, sanctimonious, practiced, expected Shakespeare... then perhaps this isn't for you!

@shakespeareondraught
www.shakespeareondraught.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18130313Fri, 31 May 2019 14:27:03 +0000Laurie Catherine WinkelElizabeth Ann Miller drops in to get wine-tipsy with me and talk about her Atlanta-based company, Shakespeare on Draught -- which entails all of the drunken, underrehearsed debauchery characteristic of Billy Shakes' era -- and some of the silly and...Actors, if you're more comfortable with prepared, rehearsed, poetic, sanctimonious, practiced, expected Shakespeare... then perhaps this isn't for you!

@shakespeareondraught
www.shakespeareondraught.com]]>1203beer,billyshakes,comedy,craftbeer,humor,improv,liveperformance,performance,shakesbeer,shakespeare,shakespeareinthepark,shakespeareintheparkinglot,shakespeareondraught,theater,theatre,tragedycleanfull