Episode 71: Bringing Old Ballads and Medieval Melodies to Modern Musical Theater with Amber Lipman

About this episode

Amber Lipman discusses the integration of medieval songs in 'Nottingham: The Musical'.

Writer and composer Amber Lipman of the theatre troupe, The Edinbards, enters the Greenwood to discuss 'Nottingham: The Musical', a brand new theatrical production that reaches into the past to incorporate medieval songs and build a narrative around the plot points of the earliest Robin Hood ballads. You can learn more about 'Nottingham: The Musical' and The Edinbards by following them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/theedinbards For more from Into the Greenwood: www.instagram.com/intogreenw...

People in this episode

Host: Thaddeus

Guest: Amber Lipman

Topics covered

• musical theater
• medieval music
• Robin Hood
• theater production
• ballads

Keywords

• musical theater
• Amber Lipman
• Nottingham: The Musical
• medieval melodies
• Robin Hood ballads

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Edinbards

Books & works: Nottingham: The Musical

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