Southend Arts Cast
Southend Arts Cast
Southend Arts Cast
We are interested in how Arts and Culture fit into the everyday life of the residents of Southend and its surrounding areas. We set up this podcast to find out how people within the industry as well as people who enjoy the arts are experiencing them online during the lockdown and their opinions on how they think the industry will survive after the lockdown is lifted.
Special Episode - Southend Arts Cast Live
Southend Arts Cast is putting on their first-ever live event on December 3rd 2020. Here, Southend Arts Cast founder, Aria Marshall, is joined by Maddy Lahna of Pier-ing Back and LML Productions, to chat about the guests, the format and the nerve-wracking but exciting feeling of putting on a live event! 
Dec 3, 2020
14 min
Episode Six - TOMA Together
TOMA stands for The Other Masters and is a different approach to mainstream education, which is based here in Southend. This episode features Blandine, Ruth and Peter, three students from TOMA, who talk about their goals, their lockdown projects and their inspirations. 
Jun 28, 2020
17 min
Episode Five - Shoddy not Shoddy
The super amazing, amusing theatre company Shoddy Theatre was formed in 2018, here in Southend. Mitch, one of the directors, spoke to us to give an optimistic view on lockdown and tell us how he and the company have been keeping busy.
Jun 26, 2020
8 min
Episode Four - Southend Fringe Festival
We spoke with Josh Wilkin, one of the directors of Southend Fringe Festival, which sadly has to be cancelled in 2020, due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. He gives his lockdown top tips as well as an optimistic view for 2021. 
Jun 18, 2020
8 min
Episode Three - Backstage and New Beginnings
This week, we caught up with Alex Abineri, a technician at Southend's two theatres, The Cliffs Pavilion and Palace Theatre! He told us what his day to day life looks like now that lockdown has shut down the theatres. He also gives his opinions and insights on the reasons why theatres can't reopen anytime soon. 
Jun 17, 2020
18 min
Episode Two - From Southend to West Side
This week, we speak to a Shakespeare enthusiast, Jonathan Buxton about what is important in the industry to him and also what he is doing during these unprecedented times.
May 31, 2020
13 min
Episode One - Identity and Inspiration
This week, we spoke to Andrew Worth, where we spoke of what influences their work and what they are doing to get through lockdown whilst still thriving in the Arts Industry in Southend. 
May 24, 2020
13 min