PODCAST:
MAKING MIDDLEMARCH
Welcome to a mini-series dedicated to the making of The Great Middlemarch Mystery!
As the opening night of The Great Middlemarch Mystery draws closer, we’ll be revealing the behind the scenes of the production. In conversation with the creative team, we’ll explore the ideas, themes and processes involved in bringing George Eliot’s Middlemarch to life. We’ll learn about the real life stories that inspired the show and hear about the cast and crew's experience of our very own version of Middlemarch.
Episodes will be released fortnightly and available on all major podcasting platforms.
REcreating Middlemarch
In this first episode of Making Middlemarch, discover how the idea of The Great Middlemarch Mystery was conceived and why the source text’s author, George Eliot, continues to enchant us today.
Delve into the inspirations behind this adaptation and the creator’s theatrical visions. Uncover the real life stories from Coventry locals and how they will be woven into the show.
Featuring a conversation between creator and director Josephine Burton and co-writer and researcher Ruth Livesey, interspersed with clips from our community workshops in Coventry.
Music credits
Intro music: Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi
The Specials: Ghost Town
Footage from our 2 March Coventry Workshop – a massive thank you to all participants.
Evolving Middlemarch
The second episode of Making Middlemarch brings you conversations straight from the rehearsal room.
Listen to cast members Tom Gordon, Amanda Hurwitz and Ryan Van Champion discussing their characters’ fears of change, and how those opinions are realised in The Great Middlemarch Mystery.
Featuring clips of the actors reading lines in the rehearsal room and snippets from the show’s sound design.
Music Credits
Intro music: Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi
Wes Finch: https://wesfinch.bandcamp.com
Reflecting on Middlemarch
In the third and final episode of Making Middlemarch, the cast and crew reflect on their experience of The Great Middlemarch Mystery.
Listen to director Josephine Burton chat to actors Aimee Powell and Ryan Van Champion and podcast producer Rachael Head about the realities of modernising Middlemarch, Otherness and much more.
Music Credits
Intro music: Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi
Wes Finch: https://wesfinch.bandcamp.com