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How Very Hannah

Bear Lane Productions

🎭✨ Welcome to How Very Hannah! ✨🎭 Hey stagey friends!! It’s Hannah Lowther here – you might know me from TikTok, the West End, or that time I went viral in a Tesco uniform. Now, I’m bringing my love for all things theatre straight to your ears with How Very Hannah!This isn’t just a podcast – it’s a show. We’re talking backstage stories, drama school games, public challenges, and brilliant chats with guests from the stage and screen. Whether I’m sharing my own journey in the industry or

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S4 Ep6: Solo Ep: West End Ghost Stories — Real...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/10/08

Happy Halloweeeen 👻👻 well… almost This week How Very Hannah is going full spooky kooky, and I am not sorry!!Forget the career chat. This week I'm telling you the real ghost stories of the West End — and I mean real. I’m going full true crime podcaster with FOUR STORIES from Theatre Royal Drury Lane, His Majesty's Theatre, and the Adelphi stage door.Content warning: we do talk about murder. If that's not for you, skip this one — but if you’re up for some spooky kooky creepiness, DIVE RIGHT IN

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49:49

S4 Ep5: Max, Harvey & Tilly: Musical Theatre...

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2026/10/01

It’s a family affair in the studio this week, and it was absolutely chaotic! It’s Max, Harvey and Tilly!! ✨The twins started performing as babies and went on to build one of the UK's biggest social media followings — all while being, by their own admission, completely annihilated at school for it.Their little sister Tilly, 15, is along for the ride too, doing GSA on weekends and building her own platform.We get into all of it, including their favourite and least favourite musicals (tea was SPILT),

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25:57

S4 Ep4: Throwback: Layton Williams on Audition...

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2026/09/24

Guys... we're throwing it back!! and for our very first Throwback Thursday we're going all the way to the beginning... 🎭This is the episode that started it all - our very first guest episode of How Very Hannah, with the one and only Layton Williams. (listen to the full ep!!)When we filmed this, Layton hadn't had his Olivier nomination yet, let alone won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for playing the iceberg in Titanique. His career is something to be studied honestly. We revisit the episode,

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46:35

S4 Ep3: Gerardine Sacdalan: Playing Veronica, the...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/09/17

A corn nut through and through… I’m sitting down this week with the woman currently living in my old stomping ground!! 🖤Gerardine Sacdalan is playing Veronica Sawyer in Heathers — WhatsonStage nominated for Best Professional Debut for her turn as Juliet in &Juliet, and now taking on (arguably) the most demanding lead track in musical theatre.We get into the Heathers fandom and what it's actually like to be on the receiving end of that level of dedication, why I Say No is her arch-nemesis, and

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33:44

S4 Ep2: Solo Ep: How to Survive Drama School — What I...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/09/10

It's the first solo episode of Series 4 and we are going back to school!! 🎭I've got my unofficial cohost (Ruben hehe 🐾), my notes, and approximately four years of drama school experience to share with you as term kicks off for so many!!Whether you're starting drama school this September, thinking about it for the future, or just here for the chaos, I can say with absolute certainty that there are things I wish someone had told me before I walked through those doors on day one. So that's exactly

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45:47

S4 Ep1: Bonnie Langford: Broadway aged 9, Corpsing...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/09/03

WE'RE BACK 🎉 Series 4 is HERE and we are opening it with an absolute legend...The one, the only, the ICON that is Bonnie Langford is on the pod… and I am still not okay about it 😭And there’s only one way to interview Bonnie - and that’s with a hot seat style chat to go through her ENTIRE career because genuinely where do you even start — West End debut at 7, Broadway at 9 opposite Angela Lansbury, and the maddest quick change story I've ever heard. She also tells THE corpsing story to end all

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23:15

S3 Ep29: Solo Ep: 1.5 Million Streams, West End...

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2026/07/23

Hi from Belfast!! 👋 This week there’s no set, or red curtains, or How Very Hannah sign. Instead, it’s just me, my dressing room and my vlog camera, as we have a little announcement…How Very Hannah is taking a summer break!! I’ve been nonstop this year as you all know - and with Legally Blonde having a few weeks off, it feels like the right time for the whole HVH team to have a little bit of downtime.Before we go I just wanted to sit down, reflect on what has genuinely been one of the most

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49:08

S3 Ep28: Caitlin Tipping: Sharpay Evans, Six the...

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2026/07/16

She thought she was a Gabriella... but she was ALWAYS Sharpay - and this week she's on the pod. It’s Caitlin Tipping!!Caitlin's career is genuinely stacked from Jane Seymour in Six on the NCL Bliss cruise to covering Elsa in Disney's Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and Cathy in The Last Five Years at Edinburgh Fringe.She has done it all and she is only just getting started ✨We get into everything, from finding her Celine Dion voice, why covering every female role whilst improvising nearly sent

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52:06

S3 Ep27: Matt Henry MBE: How Skipping Class Changed...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/07/09

omigod you guys… we have our first MBE ACTOR IN THE STUDIO!!!Matt Henry MBE (full name at all times tehe) joins me this week - Olivier Award winner, MBE for services to musical theatre, original Lola in Kinky Boots, and currently playing Nigel in The Devil Wears Prada at the Dominion Theatre.And honestly, this conversation gave me so much. I had my notepad out, I was furiously scribbling, and I may have fan girled just a little bit.We get into everything - from Matt bunking off ballet at Urdang to

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25:11

S3 Ep26: Solo Ep: Your Questions Answered - Surviving...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/07/02

Right, before we get into this episode, we have some very exciting news… How Very Hannah has been nominated for Podcast of the Year at The ITV bCreator™ Awards 2026!! 🥹✨We are shortlisted, voting is officially open, and I need you to get over there RIGHT NOW and vote for us. It would mean the absolute world. Fill your details out and find us in the Creators Awards under ‘Podcast bCreator of the Year’ 👉 http://bcreator.co.uk/awards/vote/ 🏆Okay. NOW we can talk about this episode, which is a

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48:26

S3 Ep25: George Crawford: Emmett Forrest, Covering...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/06/25

Clammy hands, hammy fingers and a charades game that nearly broke the show - it's my Legally Blonde co-star… George Crawford, aka Emmett Forrest himself!! 🎭This ep is chaos from start to finish… we get into George's incredible career journey, from auditioning for drama school with absolutely no idea what he was doing, to landing Book of Mormon straight out of Arts Ed without even having an agent. We talk Waitress, Gatsby, Newsies, and the fact that he met his wife Aimee on tour and she made her

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41:43

S3 Ep24: Dani Harmer: Tracy Beaker, 30 Years of Panto...

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2026/06/18

BOG OFF… no but don’t because DANI HARMER is on How Very Hannah!!! This one has been on my dream guest list since day one of this podcast, and I am so excited for you to hear this chat 🎭We get into everything from her West End debut at six years old in The Who's Tommy (she had no idea who The Who was, bless her dad), doing the Annie tour at 10, her Rocky Horror days, and the audition process for Tracy Beaker that somehow all happened in basically one day. We also talk about what it was actually

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44:15

S3 Ep23: Tosh Wanogho-Maud: Kinky Boots, the Pros &...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/06/11

Put your best red boots on, Lola’s in the house!! 💃🏾 This week I'm joined by the incredible Tosh Wanogho-Maud, currently playing alternate Lola in Kinky Boots at the Coliseum , and I genuinely could have talked to this man for hours. Wise, hilarious, and absolutely full of the kind of advice that makes you want to go home and write everything down.Tosh's career is honestly staggering - from making his West End debut at seven in Whistle Down the Wind, to Young Simba in Lion King, original UK cast

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44:58

S3 Ep22: Charley Marlowe: Red Carpets, Rachel Zegler...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/06/04

This week I'm joined by the one, the only… Charley Marlowe!! Content creator, presenter, red carpet queen, THEATRE LOVER, and honestly one of the funniest people I've ever had in the studio!! 🎭We get into how she went from production runner making 58 cups of tea a day to landing gigs at the BAFTAs, the BRITs and the Oliviers - including a genuinely brilliant encounter with Kate Fleetwood that nearly made her cry, the moment Rachel Zegler showed up in all her glory, and what it's actually like

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65:54

S3 Ep21: How Very Hannah Live: The Garrick Theatre...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/05/28

⚠️ This is an audio-only episode - but trust us, you're not gonna want to miss a second of it!! 🎭On Sunday 24th May, How Very Hannah made its West End debut at the Garrick Theatre for one night only… and we recorded it so you could all be part of it!! We're so proud of this one🩷The incredible Marisha Wallace joined me on stage, talking about going from a tap dancing egg on Broadway to becoming the first full-time black Sally Bowles in the 60-year history of Cabaret, flying to London overnight to

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40:19

S3 Ep20: Sydnie Christmas: Winning Britain's Got...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/05/21

🎟️ Grab the last few tickets for HOW VERY HANNAH LIVE, THIS SUNDAY at The Garrick! I’m taking over the West End on Sunday 24th May for a very special evening... with unreal guests MARISHA WALLACE and DAISY TWELLS!! See you there ✨ ⁠⁠https://www.aegpresents.co.uk/event/how-very-hannah/⁠⁠-------She won Britain's Got Talent, played Cruella in 101 Dalmatians AND has just dropped a new single… it's Sydnie Christmas and I am absolutely thrilled to finally have her on the pod!! 🎉We get into everything -

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48:18

S3 Ep19: Gracie McGonigal: Little Red, Bridgerton &...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/05/14

She's back!! Gracie McGonigal made her How Very Hannah debut on the What's On Stage red carpet and now she's finally in the studio, and this chat did not disappoint. 🎭Gracie is currently playing Little Red in Into the Woods at the Bridge Theatre and we get into everything - how she genuinely thought Little Red died after Act One and had no idea how much of the show she was in, the Disney Jaw she's currently suffering from, and what it was like keeping her Bridgerton casting a secret for months

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44:50

S3 Ep18: Jordan Luke Gage: Writing His Own Musical,...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/05/07

I have been so excited for this one!! Jordan Luke Gage is one of the most multi-talented humans I know… original Romeo in &Juliet, Clyde in Bonnie and Clyde, Cal in Titanic, and now he's written his own musical. Yeah. His own musical (!!!) 🎭In this ep, we get into his insane career trajectory, from four years of not being able to book a job after drama school, to Max Martin coming to watch him in Bat Out of Hell and calling him in the next day, to being the original Romeo in &Juliet.We

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26:01

S3 Ep17: Solo Ep: Onstage Pet Peeves, Gassy Girls...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/04/30

Shoes off, sinuses blocked, Leon sausage and egg bap in the system… it's a solo ep and we have a LOT to catch up on!! 🎭We've just finished Canterbury - meningitis outbreak, masks on, no stage door, and somehow still one of my favourite weeks on tour so far. I did Elle twice, Margot six times, stayed with Remi and Rai, did a proper food shop and honestly felt like a functioning human being for once. Turns out that's all it takes.I'm also getting into my onstage pet peeves (some of which I probably

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37:42

S3 Ep16: Luke Brady: Playing Hercules, Theatre Royal...

How Very Hannah ·

2026/04/23

BLESS MY SOUL, Luke Brady's on a roll… into the studio!! 🎭 Luke is currently playing Hercules at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and what a delightful chat we had this week.We get into what it's actually like working for Disney, why the scale of Hercules is unlike anything he's done before, and how a chance conversation with Imelda Staunton mid-rehearsal completely changed how he approaches his craft. Luke also talks about going back to RADA after years of professional work, why he doesn't have dream

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