Interval Drinks

Avita Jay and Adjoa Andoh

In the last episode of the series, Avita Jay talks to fellow actor Adjoa Andoh. They talk about Shakespeare, casting, fairness and why theatre and creativity matter. Adjoa is currently best known for her role as Lady Danbury in Netflix’s original series Bridgerton, but has appeared in multiple TV series, including Silent Witness, Death in Paradise, Line of Duty, New Tricks, River, Doctor Who, Casualty and Broadchurch.

Each week we bring together current Royal Shakespeare Company actors with RSC artists who have inspired them.

Interval Drinks is sponsored by Darwin Escapes. The music is ‘Oberon’s Theme – King of Shadows’, originally composed by Sam Kenyon for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016).

Kemi-Bo Jacobs and Juliet Gilkes Romero

Actor Kemi-Bo Jacobs meets Juliet Gilkes Romero, who won the prestigious Alfred Fagon Best Play Award for The Whip in 2020. Over a glass of her favourite red wine, Juliet talks about slavery, storytelling and knowing her characters.

Each week we bring together current Royal Shakespeare Company actors with RSC artists who have inspired them.

Interval Drinks is sponsored by Darwin Escapes.

The music is ‘Oberon’s Theme – King of Shadows’, originally composed by Sam Kenyon for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016).

Hal Chambers and Justin Audibert

Hal Chambers (Assistant Director for the RSC's The Comedy of Errors) interviews Unicorn Theatre Artistic Director Justin Audibert. They talk about theatre for young people, how they would change UK theatre for the better and which of Shakespeare's characters Justin would like to meet for an interval drink.

Justin has directed plays for the RSC and the National Theatre, including The Taming of the Shrew which played at the RSC and the Barbican in 2019 and 2020. His previous RSC shows include Snow in Midsummer and The Jew of Malta and he co-wrote and co-presented the BBC Live Lessons on Shakespeare for the RSC.

Each week we bring together current Royal Shakespeare Company actors with RSC artists who have inspired them.

Interval Drinks is sponsored by Darwin Escapes. The music is ‘Oberon’s Theme – King of Shadows’, originally composed by Sam Kenyon for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016).

Bea Webster and Charlotte Arrowsmith

Actor Bea Webster interviews actor Charlotte Arrowsmith in the RSC's first vodcast. Charlotte became the first Deaf actor to understudy for a principal hearing actor in 2019, stepping in as ‘Vincentia’ in The Taming of the Shrew. She is also an RSC Associate Artist.

In the RSC's first vodcast, Bea interviews Charlotte in British Sign Language, with voiceover by interpreters and captions.

Each week we bring together current Royal Shakespeare Company actors with RSC artists who have inspired them. 

Interval Drinks is sponsored by Darwin Escapes. The music is ‘Oberon’s Theme – King of Shadows’, originally composed by Sam Kenyon for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016).

Greg Haiste and Paul Chahidi

Actor Greg Haiste meets Olivier-nominated British Iranian actor Paul Chahidi. On screen, Paul has a recurring role as a vicar in BBC comedy series This Country. He also played defence minister Nikolai Bulganin in Armando Ianucci’s historical comedy The Death of Stalin. Paul has played numerous roles at the RSC and is a Royal Shakespeare Company Associate Artist.

Paul and Greg talk about starting out as an actor, the play that best suits our times, and whether Shakespeare is funny. 

Each week we bring together current Royal Shakespeare Company actors with RSC artists who have inspired them. 

Interval Drinks is sponsored by Darwin Escapes. The music is ‘Oberon’s Theme – King of Shadows’, originally composed by Sam Kenyon for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016).

Mogali Masuku and John Kani

Actor Mogali Masuku meets actor, playwright, and political activist Dr John Kani, who wrote and performed in Kunene and the King in 2019, and co-wrote Tony Award-winning plays Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island. John talks about growing up in South Africa, translating Shakespeare into Xhosa language and the moment he knew that acting is what he was born to do. 

Each week we bring together current Royal Shakespeare Company actors with RSC artists who have inspired them.

Interval Drinks is sponsored by Darwin Escapes.

The music is ‘Oberon’s Theme – King of Shadows’, originally composed by Sam Kenyon for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016).

Miles Jupp and Tim Minchin

Actor and comedian Miles Jupp talks to composer/lyricist, musician, comedian, actor, writer, producer and director Tim Minchin, who wrote the music and lyrics for Matilda The Musical. They share an interval drink and talk about music, ideas, writing Matilda, performing comedy all over the world and keeping your emotions close to the surface.

Each week we bring together current Royal Shakespeare Company actors with RSC artists who have inspired them.

Interval Drinks is sponsored by Darwin Escapes.

The music is ‘Oberon’s Theme – King of Shadows’, originally composed by Sam Kenyon for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016).

Trailer

Join us for a G&T or your interval tipple of choice as our first in-house podcast series brings together our current actors with RSC artists who have inspired them.

Interval Drinks is sponsored by Darwin Escapes.

The music is ‘Oberon’s Theme – King of Shadows’, originally composed by Sam Kenyon for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016).