Startseite
Podcasts
Ramble with Joe McGucken Podcast
Ramble On Matilda and Child Stardom

Ramble On Matilda and Child Stardom

Ramble with Joe McGucken vor 1 Monat

0:00

16:06

Joe took the boys to see Matilda at the Bord Gáis. The lead got
sick, the safety curtain came down, and an eight year old
understudy walked out in front of a sold out house and stole the
show.

That sets Joe off on a Ramble through the strange world of child
stardom. A chance encounter with the original Matilda talking
about intimacy at a variety show in New York. The militant
casting rules for a Matilda, and its fleeting nature for the
child actors. West End wages of sixty quid a show. The Oliver
orphans doing ten o'clock finishes for twenty pounds, and three
Billy Elliots sharing one Tony Award.

Also: a Jobsbridge internship, a TV station that ceased to exist
before the course finished, and a considered assessment of the
McGucken boys prospects after Star Camp. Explicit.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.