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Play Ground

Nancy Netherwood & Sam Webber

A fortnightly theatre bookclub hosted by Nancy Netherwood and Sam Webber. Every other Thursday we take a deep dive into a different play from a range of genres, writers, times and places - join in the conversation over on Instagram @playground_pod

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49:05

No Particular Order by Joel Tan

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2026/04/08

Send us Fan Mail A 300 year epic told through 17 minute portraits, Joel Tan's No Particular Order is a very heavy going, incredible piece of writing detailing the rise and fall(?) of an unnamed despot in an unnamed country in an unnamed time. We talk war, dictatorships, and whether ART can ever do justice to the atrocities that so many must suffer. Content Warnings: War/Fascism/Sexual Assault/Murder/Seeking Asylum/Racism/Sexism/Death/Child Death/Animal Death/Gore/Mos...

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42:22

Design for Living by Noël Coward

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2026/03/26

Send us Fan Mail Noël Coward has a legendary reputation - and this play lives up to it! Otto, Gilda and Leo all love each other, but due to the world's boring machinations they must keep trying out monogamy - can they, as a three, discover a new... design for living???? We talk throuples, flouncy theatre comedy, and the timelessness of trying to find a new... design for living. Content Warnings: Homophobia/Conservatism. Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Find us @playground_...

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56:08

American Psycho the Musical - book by Roberto...

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2026/03/05

Send a text We're doing a musical! And trying our very best to discuss the published script rather than the four thousand different live shows that Nancy has obsessively watched. This 2013 show is an adaptation of the controversial book (and cult film) American Psycho, but infused with synth and backflips. Strongly recommend listening to the soundtrack for this one as well as reading the play - although for reasons discussed these will! not! match! We talk psychology, stock markets, and the r...

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50:09

The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe

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2026/02/19

Send a text Football! Wait no soccer - Soccer! This Pulitzer-nommed play from 2016 follows an U17s indoor girls soccer team as they warm up for various games. Very little happens, and it's one of the most devastating plays we've ever read. We talk teen archetypes, coming of age, and (unfortunately) whether or not certain play-structures are mimicking of the male bedroom experience. Content Warnings: Death/racism/bullying/sports Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Find us @pla...

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46:12

Spider's Web by Agatha Christie

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2026/02/05

Send us a text 'The trashiest play we've ever done.' Content Warnings: Murder/Drugs/Classism Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat to host Sam @Samwebbercool2 on Instagram (and go find @rootlingtheatre for his puppet antics) Theme music this episode: Spooky music by Victor_Natas -- https://freesound.org/s/560181/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

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54:52

The Seagull by Anton Chekhov

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2026/01/22

Send us a text After an infamously terrible debut, this classic Russian play went on to define naturalism, changing how we make theatre in the West forever. It is also full of sad theatre makers, which may go some way to explain its enduring popularity with theatre makers. We talk 3D characters, endurance, and theatres first goth icon. Content Warnings: Suicide/Ageism/Infant death/Mortality Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat to...

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46:36

Futureproof by Lynda Radley

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2026/01/08

Send us a text A travelling 'Odditorium' is struggling to make ends meet, and as a change of tactic the performers start trying to make themselves as normal as can be. If you can see how bleak this is about to get, then congratulations on having more insight than Riley, the owner of this circus. We talk fables, otherness, and the futility of trying to fit in. Content Warnings: Domestic abuse/Transphobia/Ableism/Child Abuse/Forced Surgery Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Cha...

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46:29

Misterman by Enda Walsh

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2025/12/04

Send us a text Cillian Murphy somehow remains looking beautiful through this deeply intense and gruelling play - first performed in 1999 by Walsh himself, we very specifically take a look at the revised/updated 2011 version which took the intimate one-person show and blew it up to National Theatre size. We talk the victim mentality, routine as self-expression, and bootleg theatre recordings. Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat t...

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31 - Midnight Movie by Eve Leigh

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2025/11/20

Send us a text Is this a play? Performance art? Essay? Real or not real? This play/text/email chain was originally presented as a live performance and digital experience combination, then printed onto paper, and now thrust back onto the internet by us in the form of audio podcast exploration. Heavy. We talk chronic illness, the digital body, and the horrors/freedoms that the internet brings. Also, how cool Eve Leigh is in general. Eve Leigh we love you, if you see this please hit us up....

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30 - The Sea by Edward Bond

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2025/11/06

Send us a text East coast round 2! We talk aliens, village gossip, and the strange prescience of this play written in 1973 about 1907 when being read in 2025. FAIRYTALE UPDATE: I have searched and can find nothing substantial about this fairytale or why it is the birth of drama in children. If anyone has any ideas please get in touch. Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat to host Sam @Samwebbercool2 on Instagram (and go fin...

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29 - The Welkin by Lucy Kirkwood

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2025/10/22

Send us a text Once again we dive into a time bending play about sad women. This time it's Lucy Kirkwood's 2020 play The Welkin; set in 18th century Suffolk/Norfolk, 12 women must decide the fate of another in this epicly jam-packed courtroom(ish) drama. We talk oppression, class solidarity, and jokes about Lowestoft. Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat to host Sam @Samwebbercool2 on Instagram (and go find @rootlingtheatre for ...

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28 - The Glow by Alistair McDowall

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2025/10/08

Send us a text Time. Ghosts. Violence. Hope. Academia. We return to pod favourite Alistair McDowall for his incredible 2022 play The Glow. Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat to host Sam @Samwebbercool2 on Instagram (and go find @rootlingtheatre for his puppet antics)

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27 - True West by Sam Shepard

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2025/09/24

Send us a text We recorded this 3 years ago and then forgot to make more podcasts. It holds up!!! Declaring this the end of season 1, we'll be back with certified fresh content in 2 weeks time. Sam Shepard's True West is about two things: truth and the wild west. Oh, and two brothers. Oh, and Picasso. And coyotes. It's pretty famous. Have some feedback? A play you'd like us to cover? Chat to host Nancy @N_Netherwood on various Chat to host Sam @Samwebbercool2 on Instagram (and go find @root...

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26 - Mr Burns by Anne Washburn

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2022/05/11

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25 - Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams

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2022/04/14

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24 - Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind

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2022/03/30

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23 - Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

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2022/03/21

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22 - You Stupid Darkness! by Sam Steiner

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2022/03/03

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21 - The Flick by Annie Baker

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2022/02/17

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20 - The Hothouse by Harold Pinter

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2021/11/04

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