The PlayMakers Podcast

Karla Marie Sweet hosts a new podcast from Box of Tricks, platforming creative conversations that explore all parts of the industry. Connect with our work wherever you are and listen to honest chats with actors, writers, directors, producers and more.

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Update frequency: every 38 days
Average duration: 56 minutes
Episodes: 15
Years Active: 2023 - 2025

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Episode 6: Lee Affen

In the final episode of Season 2, sound designer and composer Lee Affen discusses his unconventional journey into theatre, the visual language of sound and the importance of accessibility.

Lee is @Le…

00:51:03 | Wed 30 Apr 2025

Episode 5: Stefanie Reynolds

Former PlayBoxer Stefanie Reynolds discusses her journey through theatre, challenging drama school experiences and being awarded DYCP funding. She also talks about her recent Box of Tricks play Danes…

00:53:33 | Thu 30 Jan 2025

Episode 4: Ella Carmen Greenhill

In this episode, Karla chats to playwright and screenwriter Ella Carmen Greenhill. Ella has written over 90 episodes of Coronation Street and also wrote celebrated Box of Tricks play Plastic Figurine…

00:42:20 | Wed 11 Dec 2024

Episode 3: Jennifer Jackson

In this episode, Karla chats to actor and movement director Jenni Jackson. They explore her journey into movement directing and chat about how to take care of yourself whilst taking on physically cha…

01:01:10 | Tue 01 Oct 2024

Episode 2: Adam Fenton

Karla speaks to Offie-nominated Adam Fenton about accessibility, awards, allies and ALRA, as well as their journey through the industry as an Actor/Writer/Ticcer.

Twitter: @bottc, @adampfenton, @karla…

01:15:34 | Thu 25 Jul 2024

Episode 1: Alice Christina-Corrigan

In the first of 3 special episodes focusing on accessibility in theatre, we chat to Alice Christina-Corrigan, who talks to us about her journey through the industry and the importance of audio descri…

00:47:03 | Fri 26 Apr 2024

Episode 9: Lekhani Chirwa and Mohammed Barber

In the final episode of season 1, we meet two more members of the Box of Tricks 2023 PlayBox cohort, Lekhani Chirwa and Mohammed Barber. Lekhani discusses going from a small rural town to a big bustl…

01:01:40 | Fri 11 Aug 2023

Episode 8: Adam James and Saphena Aziz

In Part 1 of our PlayBox Special, we meet Adam James and Saphena Aziz, two brilliant playwrights that make up half of this year's PlayBox cohort. Saphena discusses finding writing later on in life, w…

01:07:45 | Thu 27 Jul 2023

Episode 7: Kash Arshad

Director Kash Arshad talks about his journey into directing after giving up acting, how a musical set in a chip shop changed everything and what his top tips would be for people hoping to break into …

01:07:37 | Thu 13 Jul 2023

Episode 6: David Judge

Matthew Xia told a story about him in episode 4 and, in episode 5, Lauren Nicole Mayes credited him with writing the play that inspired her to become a writer. So, what a privilege it is to have Davi…

01:00:08 | Tue 27 Jun 2023

Episode 5: Lauren-Nicole Mayes

A deep dive into Lauren's experience of taking her one woman show to Edinburgh Fringe last year. We also talk about her journey so far and how "being in the right place at the right time" isn't alway…

00:57:28 | Tue 13 Jun 2023

Episode 4: Matthew Xia

In this episode, we talk to Olivier Award-winning director Matthew Xia. We discuss his time DJing on 1Xtra, what it was like directing Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya, Matthew's sell out Edinburgh Fringe…

00:59:11 | Thu 18 May 2023

Episode 3: Justina Aina

This week's guest is our very own Justina Aina, a producer and actor who works across stage and screen. We talk about life changing plays, her path to producing, “allyship”, her show Millennial Pink …

00:59:27 | Thu 04 May 2023

Episode 2: Jamie Carragher

In this episode, we meet Succession Staff Writer/Story Editor Jamie Carragher. A Liverpool Everyman Writers Programme alum, his writing journey started with plays. We talk about his experience of bei…

00:42:27 | Thu 20 Apr 2023

Episode 1: Billie Collins

In our first episode, writer and dramaturg Billie Collins discusses her new play Too Much World at Once, which is produced by Box of Tricks and is currently touring the UK. In her chat with Stories a…

00:45:13 | Thu 30 Mar 2023

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