061: Jack Holden (Part Two)
Join host Andrew Keates for The Show People Podcast, recorded live from The Two Brewers in Clapham. This is the second part of an in-depth conversation with Olivier Award winning actor and writer Jack Holden.
Recorded just before Jack travelled to America for the Off-Broadway transfer of Kenrex, and before he went on to win the Olivier Award for Best Actor, this conversation captures him at a thrilling turning point in his career. Best known for writing and performing Cruise, his acclaimed one-man play about Soho and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, Jack discusses the creation of Kenrex, the true-crime thriller he co-wrote with Ed Stambollouian, in which he delivers a virtuosic solo performance playing multiple characters.
Episode Highlights Include:
• Creating his West End smash hit, Cruise and the challenges writing an AIDS play.
• The physical and vocal techniques he uses for both Kenrex and Cruise
• How he feels after Kenrex received six Olivier Award nominations
• His experiences adapting Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line of Beauty.
• Playing a real person in James Graham’s Ink
• Working with Sean Bean in Marriage
• What went wrong with the TV show Ten Percent
• How he feels about working in America as a gay actor.
• And many stories from both Andrew and Jack about working in the performing arts.
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