Fun and a Blessing

Finally, it's Festival week and we have a great lineup to share with Liverpool and the World.  Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Italy, USA, Mexico, Wales are all at the 2022 festival for a great weekend of theatre.  Deborah, Vic and Neil discuss all those visiting troupes and more on this episode of the Offstage Cast.   Come join us if you can!! More information and for a full line up information - visit www.litf.ca 

In this episode of the Offstage Cast, Deborah takes (the newly arrived in Canada) Neil on a tour of the Astor Theatre and the Curling Club (The Theatre Festival Hub) and they chat with Jean Robinson-Dexter about all things LITF ahead of the upcoming festival.  Vic was at home and joins the pair to discuss their excitement to finally have the troupes arriving next week! More information and to book tickets can be found by clicking HERE

An amazing programme of world theatre.Our Artistic Directors chat about the very varied programme of theatre which is coming to Liverpool from across Europe, North Africa and the Americas, in just a couple of weeks.As final preparations are made in Liverpool, and theatre troupes from around the world pack their bags, we chat about what is in store for audiences who will attend The Astor Theatre from 13th-16th October.Find out more at by clicking through to the LITF website

The team talk all things positive as we hear from the winners of Short Cuts and they tell us all about what the virtual festival has meant to them and just how to go about making winning theatre in a pandemic.www.litf.ca/offstagecast

The Offstage Cast from the Liverpool International Theatre Festival is Back for Season 2!!In preparation for the Liverpool International Theatre Festival in May 2022, Artistic Directors (Vic Mills and Neil Maidman) chat with Offstage Cast host, Deborah Raddall about plans for the festival and take a look at the success of the virtual festival ' Short Cuts'.  In this episode, Neil and Vic talk about  Short Cuts and the decision process in choosing the winners.  Each of the top six is discussed and we would encourage you to watch the finalists - some great theatre there.Links via our Facebook page to each of the finalists are here.  https://fb.watch/83-ox5ewbk/ Toofa’s Reward – Tender Talents – Ashindi Theatre Company Kampala, Uganda https://fb.watch/83-s7VTmOo/ Family Pics – Venzi De Scena’ from Civitaveccia in Italy. https://fb.watch/83-tVvlndY/ Hide and Seek – Port Tobacco Players Maryland, USA https://fb.watch/83-xdmrPvJ/ Half Full Half Empty - Team Poupoulo from Greece https://fb.watch/83-EWj9pZ3/ Fetus  Il Luogo in Buio from Napoli, Italy https://fb.watch/83-IH9Emii/ Extraction without Pain - Compagna De Teatro Casa delartista and producciones Veneteatro - from Caracas, Venezuela. Head over to our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/litfns for all the latest news on the festival, plus links to the troupes that are taking part in 2022.Please remember to subscribe to this podcast!  

The Offstage Cast is back on 21st September 2021. Discussing all things Liverpool International Theatre Festival, it has guests from all around the world.  Hosted by Deborah Raddall with Neil Maidman and Vic Mills.   Be sure to subscribe to hear all the news and views on this great theatre festival.  http://www.litf.ca 

For the last podcast of Season 1, Deborah chats to Vic and Neil, our two Artistic Directors about their experiences of LITF over the years and our final interview is a terrific one with Giannis and Elisabeth, leaders of TheatreHouse of Thessaloniki in Greece - the birthplace of western theatre.Clips that are discussed in the podcast by Vic and Neil.  We hope that you enjoy them!! Last Tango in Liverpool by David Tristram - performed by the Winds of Change at LITF 2010 Directed by Neil Maidman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5XPYH1RLJcSc 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU9vyWiIn9gGodfather Death by Vic Mills & Directed by Neil Maidman.  Blackwood Little Theatre - 2012 - Filmed at the Gwent Festival, Wales. https://youtu.be/zylonkFdLIg The Ruins of Talgarth by Vic Mills & Directed by Neil Maidman.  Blackwood Little Theatre at the MADF (Isle of Man) Festival in 2015.  This was performed at LITF 2018.  https://youtu.be/vFTpfX17m4sFrom Deborah, Vic and Neil, along with everyone at the LITF, we would like to wish you a happy holiday season and that we all have a healthy 2021.  We will be back early in the New Year - so make sure that you have hit that subscribe button to your next episode of 'The Offstage Cast'!!

This week we travel to Mechelen in Belgium to meet the Lucky Leo Theatre Company and find a lot to laugh about with four wonderful creatives. We also catch up with Vic and Deborah and find how they are still managing to be creative in Wales and Canada.Your Hosts for this Podcast are Deborah Raddall and Vic Mills.More information can be found herePlease note that the performance of "A Christmas Carol' which is mentioned in the Podcast, has had to be since cancelled, due to Covid restrictions. 

This week we talk in-depth and detail with LITF’s adjudicator, Paul Fowler, and explore with him how judgments can be made about the qualities of a theatre performance. We discover what he looks for and how he shares his analysis with theatre audiences in competition and how he gives feedback to performers and practitioners after watching their work.The Offstage Cast from the Liverpool International Theatre Festival is hosted by Deborah Raddall along with Co-Artistic Directors, Neil Maidman & Vic Mills. www.litf.ca/offstagecast

This week we drop into Casablanca, but instead of finding Rick in his bar, we bump into the wonderful Hajar Reghini Idrissi. There’s no pianist called Sam but Vic does persuade Hajar to sing...and to chat with him about all things theatre in this part of Morocco. Come and join us as this great young actor shares with us all the backstage secrets of the amazing FunTasia Theatre.Please be sure to subscribe to the Offstage Cast.  For information on the Pod and the LITF head over to LITF.ca/offstagecast