The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast - Sophie Okonedo in Medea, Beverley Knight in Sylvia, Grenfell: System Failure interview

Manuel Harlan
Rachelle Abbott26 February 2023

Welcome to The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast.

This week we review Sophie Okonedo’s phenomenal performance in Medea, with award-winning playwright and theatre critic Farah Najib.

We’ll also be joined by Nicolas Kent & Richard Norton-Taylor on Grenfell: System Failure, their powerful piece of verbatim theatre drawn from the public inquiry into the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster.

Plus, Nick Clark and Nick Curtis discuss Sylvia, a hip-hop musical about the Suffragette movement, starring Beverley Knight and Sharon Rose.

Part one: Medea

Part two: Grenfell: System Failure (10’06 mins)

Interview with Nicolas Kent and Richard Norton-Taylor

Part three: Sylvia (17’42mins)

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