I recently got the chance to interview Pelham Elliot, one of our regular cast members and directors at the Bury Theatre Workshop and other east Anglia amdram groups.

As well as a very active member of groups in the Bury St Edmunds area, Pelham is also a professional actor. I thought it would be interesting to discuss his professional work and why he also enjoys being involved in local amateur productions.

The interview is split into two parts, starting with our discussion about his recent TV work including Ted Lasso & The Ashley Maddison Scandal for Netflix, Music video work (featuring in Mick Jaggers 'England Lost') and his time as a regular on the Murder Mystery circuit.

In the following episode I will include part two of the interview, where we discuss his love of Amdram.

I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I did recording it.

In this episode we talk to a lady called Georgette Vale who has been developing an Audio Description Service for her local Amateur Dramatic group, The Wymondham Players in Norfolk.

This service is often provided for professional stage shows but is not common within Amateur Productions. Georgette would like to see more groups across the UK provide this service for potential audience members who are either blind or visually impaired so that they can enjoy live theatre local to them.

Georgette is featured in an issue of the NODA magazine, the link is here if you would like to read the article https://issuu.com/nodapress/docs/noda_today_-_summer_25/51?ff

If you would like to talk to Georgette about how you might offer this service to your audiences you can call her on: 01953 605434

In this first episode I talk about how hugely popular Amateur Dramatics is and also try to dispel the misconception that amateur means amateurish.

The podcast series follows new amateur productions from conception to show week.

If you are involved in an amateur production and would like us to feature it on the show please email us at podcast@stuarthannah.co.uk and we can discuss how best to feature your production.