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THE LAST SHOW ON EARTH

By: JOHN OWEN-JONES & ALISTAIR BRAMMER
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  • "Imagine there is a huge asteroid hurtling towards our beautiful blue planet and before life as we know it comes to end, we can magically click our fingers so you are able to see any theatrical production you want. What would you choose to see for your Last Show on Earth?"


    West End and Broadway stars John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer ask this question of friends and colleagues from the West End, Broadway and beyond - and the answers are often intriguing, usually funny and sometimes bizarre...


    New episodes every month!


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  • Killian Donnelly
    Dec 27 2023

    If there was a huge asteroid hurtling toward Earth threatening to destroy life as we know it and you could see one more show before you die, what would it be? It can be anything you want - a show you’ve seen before, one that you wish you’d seen, or something you’ve made up entirely. What would be YOUR Last Show on Earth? This is the podcast in which we ask a special guest the big, BIG question that nobody ever needed (or indeed) bothered to ask. 


    Our guest this episode is Killian Donnelly


    Originally from Ireland, Olivier nominated Killian Donnelly has worked extensively in theatre playing leading roles in shows such as Kinky Boots (a show which gave him his Broadway debut in 2016), Billy Elliott, The Commitments, Memphis, Les Miserables, The Phantom the Opera and Fun Home.

    He met Alistair when they worked together in the West End production of Les Miserables (subsequently working together on the Les Miz movie), and he first worked with John when he played Raoul opposite John's Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre. This was when the legendary and much missed viral online video series John vs Killian was born - in which John and Killian competed against each other in increasingly absurd challenges backstage.

    He lives with his wife and two children in Dublin but is currently spending most of his time in London where he has returned to the role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre.



    Links:


    Killian sings Bring Him Home on The Late Late Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlQlXagXzoc


    Made in Dagenham in Concert tickets https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/made-in-dagenham-10/


    John vs Killian - Guitar Hero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQvXxF91H4Q


    John vs Killian - Twister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJWUoNdG_Ow



    IMPORTANT

    This is final episode of Season 1 and next year we will switch from a monthly release schedule to a twice yearly "seasonal" schedule.

    We will return with Season 2 in May 2024 and will release a bunch of episodes in a brand new weekly format with Season 3 landing in October!

    We are also looking at ways of getting you, the listener, more involved with the show...more details coming in the New Year...

    Happy Christmas and thanks for listening!





    Hosted by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer

    Music written by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer

    Music performed by John Owen-Jones, Alistair Brammer and John Quirk

    Recorded & edited by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer

    A 2023 John Owen-Jones Associates Production

    www.johnowenjones.com/podcast


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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Joanne Harris
    Nov 29 2023

    If there was a huge asteroid hurtling toward Earth threatening to destroy life as we know it and you could see one more show before you die, what would it be? It can be anything you want - a show you’ve seen before, one that you wish you’d seen, or something you’ve made up entirely. What would be YOUR Last Show on Earth? This is the podcast in which we ask a special guest the big, BIG question that nobody ever needed or bothered to ask. 


    Our guest this episode is Joanne Harris


    Joanne Harris OBE FRSL is an award winning bestselling English-French author, who is probably best known for her novel Chocolat which was made into an Oscar-nominated movie starring Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche. She became an author after teaching for 15 years and has written over 20 novels (which are published in more than 50 countries and almost all of which made the Sunday Times Bestsellers list) as well as numerous novellas, video game scripts, short stories, opera libretti, screenplays, and a stage musical with composer Howard Goodall.

    As well as championing trans rights, she is a passionate advocate for authors’ rights (she is currently the Chair of the Society of Authors and member of the Board of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) and is a patron of charities Médecins Sans Frontières and Plan UK. She lives in Almondbury, Yorkshire with her husband Kevin, where she writes all her works in a shed in her garden. Somehow she also finds time to both sing and play flute in the same band she joined when she was 16 years old.

    She loves musicals and goes to theatre as often as possible with her son Fred.


     Links:


    Official Website: https://www.joanne-harris.co.uk/


    Joanne on Desert Island Discs: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011bx7


    Clip of Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton in Sweeney Todd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryF2rt0hQiM


    Castellana Caves info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castellana_Caves


    Bonus link: JOJ and Gina Beck in Phantom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJNl70pCXqA


    Hosted by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer

    Music written by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer

    Music performed by John Owen-Jones, Alistair Brammer and John Quirk

    Recorded & edited by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer

    A 2023 John Owen-Jones Associates Production

    www.johnowenjones.com/podcast


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • George Blagden
    Oct 31 2023

    If there was a huge asteroid hurtling toward Earth threatening to destroy life as we know it and you could see one more show before you die, what would it be? It can be anything you want - a show you’ve seen before, one that you wish you’d seen, or something you’ve made up entirely. What would be YOUR Last Show on Earth? This is the podcast in which we ask a special guest the big, BIG question that nobody ever needed or bothered to ask. 


    Our guest this episode is George Blagden


    George Blagden is an English actor who has enjoyed a successful career in theatre, film who also enjoys a nice sideline in voiceovers and audiobooks.


    He is married to fellow actor Laura Pitt-Pulford and they have a young son called Arlo. He is best known for his role as Louis XIV in the French-produced television series drama Versailles as Grantaire in the 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables and Athelstan in the television series Vikings. He has narrated many audiobooks including the Penguin Classics audiobook version of Homer’s The Odyssey and an immersive audiovisual tour for the Circus Maximus in Rome written by Margaret George for the BARDEUM mobile app. (We don't know what this is either). Theatre credits include Tartuffe, Into the Woods and the role of PJ in the 2018 revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical comedy, Company, at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.


    (Disclaimer - Due to the nature of the George's Last Show choice this episode does feature some very fruity language...apologies. If you are easily offended by the F word, please send your complaints to us and they will be duly ignored).


    Links:


    George's Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Blagden


    Clips of George in Versailles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncAdzmaYgUw


    Trailer for the 2018 production of Company https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-vAv1VZuMg


    Hosted by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer

    Music written by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer

    Music performed by John Owen-Jones, Alistair Brammer and John Quirk

    Recorded & edited by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer

    A 2023 John Owen-Jones Associates Production

    www.johnowenjones.com/podcast


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    1 hr and 2 mins

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Great.

very funny and a great listen. love Michael Ball. always fantastic in what ever he does and JOJ is very good aswell.

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Genuinely funny

I may be biased as a huge John Owen-Jones fan but this podcast made me laugh so much, in places quite unexpectedly. I do like the concept, too. We all love musical theatre for all of the different reasons and it's great to hear what drives others to come and see another show. Well done John and Alistair, I will be back for more!

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