Podcasts

This page contains podcasts / audio resources looking at Alan Ayckbourn, his career and his plays. New resources are added regularly. The SpotLights looking at the plays are listed in order of the play’s premiere.

Latest Podcast

SpotLight: The Family Plays The development & significance of the family plays (1988 -2004)

The Ayckbourn Podcasts with Simon Murgatroyd

Who Is Alan Ayckbourn? A guide to the life and career of the playwright and director.
SpotLight: The Square Cat The creation of the playwright’s first play (1959).
SpotLigh: The Early Christmas Plays Looking at the 3rd and 5th plays (1960 / 1962).
SpotLight: Standing Room Only The untold significance of the fourth play (1961)
SpotLight: Mr Whatnot The playwright’s first play to transfer to the West End (1963)
SpotLight: Relatively Speaking The development of the first Ayckbourn hit play (1965)
SpotLight: How The Other Half Loves Creating & premiering the play (1969)
SpotLight: Absurd Person Singular (pt.1) Celebrating 50 years of the play (1972)
SpotLight: Absurd Person Singular (pt.2) Recent discoveries on the play’s creation (1972)
SpotLight: The Norman Conquests (pt.1) The creation of the trilogy (1973)
SpotLight: The Norman Conquests (pt.2) The Norman Conquests in the West End (1974)
SpotLight: The Norman Conquests (pt.3) The television adaptation of the trilogy (1977)
SpotLight: Absent Friends Writing the play & world & West End premieres (1975)
SpotLight: Just Between Ourselves The creation of the darkest Ayckbourn play (1976)
SpotLight: A Chorus of Disapproval (pt.1) Writing the play (1984)
SpotLight: A Chorus of Disapproval (pt.2) The National Theatre production (1985)
SpotLight: A Chorus of Disapproval (pt.3) The film (1989)
SpotLight: A Chorus of Disapproval (Bonus) Adventures in film-making (1989)
SpotLight: The Supernatural Plays Haunting Julia, Snake in the Grass and Life & Beth
SpotLight: The Supernatural Plays (Bonus) The Ballad of ‘Enry Albert Murgatroyd