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- 🇬🇧GB · Performing Arts#1335K to 30K
- 🇲🇽MX · Performing Arts#1041K to 10K
- 🇯🇵JP · Performing Arts#1921K to 10K
- 🇪🇸ES · Performing Arts#1951K to 10K
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8.1K to 51K🎙 Biweekly cadence·47 episodes·Long inactive - Monthly Reach
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12K to 73K🇬🇧41%🇲🇽14%🇯🇵14%+3 more - Active Followers
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3.5K to 22K
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Series 5, Episode 5: Separate Demons
Oct 3, 2022
20m 25s
Series 5, Episode 4: Études and Explorations
Sep 12, 2022
18m 05s
Series 5, Episode 3: The Central Question
Sep 5, 2022
19m 20s
Series 5, Episode 2: Advice to Self
Aug 29, 2022
15m 50s
Series 5, Episode 1: Verse and the Big Lie
Aug 18, 2022
21m 26s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 10/3/22 |  Series 5, Episode 5: Separate Demons | No description provided. | 20m 25s | ||||||
| 9/12/22 |  Series 5, Episode 4: Études and Explorations | No description provided. | 18m 05s | ||||||
| 9/5/22 |  Series 5, Episode 3: The Central Question | No description provided. | 19m 20s | ||||||
| 8/29/22 |  Series 5, Episode 2: Advice to Self | Declan and Nick think about advice they give to themselves when they are making a play, and the problem of letting yourself get in the way of the work. Even after four decades of rehearsing, they keep making notes to self. | 15m 50s | ||||||
| 8/18/22 |  Series 5, Episode 1: Verse and the Big Lie | No description provided. | 21m 26s | ||||||
| 6/6/22 |  Series 4, Episode 12: Time | Time is never the character’s friend - but this makes it useful to the actor. In this episode, Declan chats to Lucie about time in Shakespeare’s texts, and how there is never enough of it. He emphasises the importance of liveness in theatre, and the interconnectedness this creates. | 15m 49s | ||||||
| 5/27/22 |  Series 4, Episode 11: Treacherous Exercises | Declan talks to Lucie about a question he can’t stand: can he share the exercises he uses in the rehearsal room? He urges directors to ask not for a technique, but for what they’re trying to achieve, and talks about how he himself is constantly observing in order to become more attentive to the needs of the actor. | 17m 00s | ||||||
| 5/23/22 |  Series 4, Episode 10: Flow | Lucie talks to Declan about his favourite word in the rehearsal room: Flow. Flow is like love, like a football match, like a good evening spent with friends. For actors, flow is being a part of the living thing on the stage, and focusing what’s outside and within you. | 13m 05s | ||||||
| 5/16/22 |  Series 4, Episode 9: The Art of Forgetting Things | Declan presents an unusual piece of advice to actors: forget things. He talks to Lucie about how this allows the actor to be truly present as the character on stage, trusting what they need will be there when they need it. | 13m 31s | ||||||
| 5/3/22 |  Series 4, Episode 8: Imposter Syndrome | Imposter syndrome is another longstanding problem that most actors face. For Declan, however, it is not unique to actors: the characters of Shakespeare’s plays all go through these same feelings. In this episode, Declan talks to Lucie about how the relationship between the actor and Shakespeare’s texts should be equal, and how those characters also go through their own insecurities | 19m 25s | ||||||
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| 4/29/22 |  Series 4, Episode 7: The Problem of Not Feeling | In this episode, Declan chats to Lucie about the age-old problem actors face of not ‘feeling’ what their character feels, and whether the character themselves might be feeling anything at all. Declan talks about the theatre of feeling in everyday life, and how all the world is indeed a stage. | 15m 08s | ||||||
| 4/22/22 |  Series 4, Episode 6: Oedipus | In this episode, Declan and Lucie discuss the transgression and intensity of Sophocles' classic tragedy, Oedipus. They talk about Declan and Nick's upcoming production of Oedip Rege in Craiova, how ideas can drastically change over a production period, and how even today Oedipus can be truly frightening. | 15m 59s | ||||||
| 1/12/22 |  Series 4, Episode 5: Shakespeare and Love | In this episode, Declan and Lucie discuss the subject of love in As You Like It and Romeo and Juliet. They talk about the BBC Open University documentary on Cheek by Jowl's production of As You Like It, which you can watch here (https://www.cheekbyjowl.com/resources/as-you-like-it-documentary-cheek-by-jowl-open-university/). The music in this episode was composed by Sergey Chekryzhov for Cheek by Jowl's 2005-13 production of Three Sisters. Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date with Cheek... | 19m 55s | ||||||
| 1/5/22 |  Series 4, Episode 4: To Be Or Not To Be | Beginning with a reading of Hamlet, Declan dives deep into the universal themes of (non-)existence, futility, and being driven by the fear of anonymity. This episode contains brief mention of suicide when discussing the text of Hamlet. The music in this episode was composed by Sergey Chekryzhov for Cheek by Jowl's 2005-13 production of Three Sisters. Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date with Cheek by Jowl’s news, events and opportunities. | 18m 33s | ||||||
| 12/29/21 |  Series 4, Episode 3: The Element of Surprise | In this episode, Declan and Lucie talk about the issue of heightened behaviour and the act of being surprised on stage and on screen. The music in this episode was composed by Sergey Chekryzhov for Cheek by Jowl's 2005-13 production of Three Sisters. Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date with Cheek by Jowl’s news, events and opportunities. | 17m 57s | ||||||
| 12/22/21 |  Series 4, Episode 2: Body and Meaning | This week, Declan joins Lucie to discuss the limitations of language and how the body ought to be prioritised in the rehearsal space. The music in this episode was composed by Sergey Chekryzhov for Cheek by Jowl's 2005-13 production of Three Sisters. Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date with Cheek by Jowl’s news, events and opportunities. | 21m 06s | ||||||
| 12/15/21 |  Series 4, Episode 1: Character Revisited | In this first episode of our winter mini-series, Declan revisits 'character', a much discussed subject, and questions how useful it may be in rehearsal to the actor and director exploring a play. The music in this episode was composed by Sergey Chekryzhov for Cheek by Jowl's 2005-13 production of Three Sisters. Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date with Cheek by Jowl’s news, events and opportunities. | 17m 33s | ||||||
| 12/10/21 |  Series 4 Trailer... | We're back with some special bonus episodes for the cold winter months... Subscribe to 'Not True, But Useful...' on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts to listen to each new episode as soon as they're released. | 1m 20s | ||||||
| 8/17/21 |  Series 3, Episode 9 - Extra Tagliatelle | To mark 40 years since our first ever touring production - The Country Wife - we're delighted to release a bonus episode of Series 3. Declan and Nick join Lucie one more time to discuss their four decades of work as Cheek by Jowl, including the company's emphasis on ensemble, their dream dinner guests, the danger of asking 'how' and 'why', and the advice they would give to their younger selves... Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date with Cheek by Jowl’s news, events and opportuniti... | 19m 15s | ||||||
| 7/16/21 |  Series 3, Episode 8 - Troilus and Cressida | Declan and Nick discuss Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare's scathing anti-war satire on glory, chivalry and doomed love. Find out why the play is possibly the most un-Shakespearean of Shakespeare's plays, the dangers of 'truth', and the importance of reserving one's judgment when approaching a work of art. More information about Cheek by Jowl's 2008 production of Troilus and Cressida here. Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date with Cheek by Jowl’s news, events and opportunities. The tr... | 32m 33s | ||||||
| 7/9/21 |  Series 3, Episode 7 - Much Ado About Nothing | Declan and Nick take a deep dive into one of Shakespeare's best loved comedies, Much Ado About Nothing. They join Lucie to discuss the darkness beneath the play's lightness, the horror and dread in Beatrice and Benedick's love story, and how it has become the blueprint for many modern romcoms. More information about Cheek by Jowl's 1998 production of Much Ado About Nothing here. Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date with Cheek by Jowl’s news, events and opportunities. The transcript of... | 33m 21s | ||||||
| 7/2/21 |  Series 3, Episode 6 - The Revenger's Tragedy | Ahi ahi ahi ahi! This week’s discussion takes us back to Piccolo Teatro di Milano and Cheek by Jowl’s last live onstage production before the lockdown of 2020, The Revenger’s Tragedy by Thomas Middleton. In this episode, Declan and Nick speak about theatre as a problem-solving business, and what Middleton’s play teaches us about being right and our need to seek justice. More information about Piccolo Teatro di Milano and Cheek by Jowl's 2018-21 production of The Revenger's Tragedy here. The ... | 32m 54s | ||||||
| 6/25/21 |  Series 3, Episode 5 - Measure for Measure | This week, Declan and Nick talk the politics of acting, the importance of ensemble, and the danger of logic in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. More information about Cheek by Jowl's 2013-19 production of Measure for Measure here and their 1994 production here. The music in this episode was composed by Pavel Akimkin for Cheek by Jowl's 2013-19 production of Measure for Measure. Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date with Cheek by Jowl’s news, events and opportunities. The transcript o... | 39m 13s | ||||||
| 6/15/21 |  Series 3, Episode 4 - Three Sisters | If you think Chekhov’s plays are about nothing happening, think again. This week, Declan, Nick and Lucie discuss Three Sisters, another play of love, loss and self-deception in which – from the very first line - the protagonists are faced with an overwhelming predicament… More information about Cheek by Jowl's 2005-13 production of Three Sisters here. Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date with Cheek by Jowl’s news, events and opportunities. The transcript of this episode is available up... | 36m 58s | ||||||
| 6/11/21 |  Series 3, Episode 3 - Hamlet | This week, Declan, Nick and Lucie discuss Hamlet, including their experiences of staging the play as a ballet for the Bolshoi (without the words!), the difference between what we say and what we do, and Hamlet's greatest fear: non-existence. More information about Cheek by Jowl's 1990-91 English production here, and Declan and Nick's 2015 Bolshoi Ballet production here. Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date with Cheek by Jowl’s news, events and opportunities. The transcript of this epis... | 24m 59s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
6 placements across 6 markets.
Chart Positions
6 placements across 6 markets.