Each week cabaret performer & theatre maker Rosie Kohl interviews the brightest stars of the London and international cabaret circuit, about how they got their start, the ins and outs of the performing world and their journey to dizzying heights of stardom. Expect thrills, spills and lots of juicy secrets from the world behind the velvet curtain...
All content for Rosie Kohl's Vaudeville Broadcast is the property of Rosie Kohl and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
Each week cabaret performer & theatre maker Rosie Kohl interviews the brightest stars of the London and international cabaret circuit, about how they got their start, the ins and outs of the performing world and their journey to dizzying heights of stardom. Expect thrills, spills and lots of juicy secrets from the world behind the velvet curtain...
#17 - Fingers in Many Pies: Alexander Parsonage is Politically Savvy and Artistically Astute
Rosie Kohl's Vaudeville Broadcast
11 years ago
#17 - Fingers in Many Pies: Alexander Parsonage is Politically Savvy and Artistically Astute
This week Rosie goes underground to chat with Alexander Parsonage about: Finger in the Pie; Quitting Art School; Conceptual, Philosophical, Political; The Bollocks Myth of the Lone Genius; Hooked on Directing; KneeHigh Theatre and Magic; Bleed the University Dry; Post-University Company in Crisis; The Great Tragedy of English Theatre Education; Unhealthy Actor Lifestyle; External Revenue Source; Space and Time is Precious; Overnight Success in Cabaret; Good Direction Versus Terrible Direction; Theatre of Cold Backstage Brutality; Backing a Good Horse; Overnight Success to Overnight Flop; Threats of Litigation Lead to Breakthroughs; Publication Confusion; Cabaret =/= Theatre or Standup; The Bubble Hasn't Burst; Big Cabaret Umbrella; How Do We Survive??; European Models, Money and Barriers; International Embarrassment and Value; Low Pay No Pay and How Do We Celebrate Good Collaboration?; The Myth of the Producer; Theatre Makers = Entrepreneurs; Day Job Stigma; English Theatre is the Best in the World; Not Interested in Politics; Effective Political Voice for the Arts; Theatre About Emotion; Concurrent Realities; What Makes it All Worth It. About Alexander: Alexander is an award winning theatre director and co-founder of Finger in the Pie. He has worked extensively in clown, mime, visual theatre, puppetry and cabaret. His clown production – Sweeney Todd: His Life, Times and Execution! was shortlisted for a Total Theatre Award in 2009 and his follow up production Waiting for Stanley was listed in the top 10 best reviewed shows of Edinburgh 2012. He is currently working on the Mimetic Festival 2014. Alexander trained in theatre creation at the London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA) a Lecoq based pedagogy in London. Website: http://www.fingerinthepie.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fingerinthepie Twitter:https://twitter.com/fingerinthepie Mimetic: http://mimeticfest.com/ http://ia902605.us.archive.org/19/items/RKVB17AlexanderParsonage/RKVB 17 - Alexander Parsonage.mp3
Rosie Kohl's Vaudeville Broadcast
Each week cabaret performer & theatre maker Rosie Kohl interviews the brightest stars of the London and international cabaret circuit, about how they got their start, the ins and outs of the performing world and their journey to dizzying heights of stardom. Expect thrills, spills and lots of juicy secrets from the world behind the velvet curtain...
