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Host / Moderator
How's everybody doing? How we feel? Hydrated, sweaty. We've made it. You've done the thing now we've all just spent an hour and a half listening to these characters on stage, getting to know them. Everyone briefly take a moment to introduce your real selves to the audience and tell us maybe one little anecdote of why you wanted to become a really talented Before Divina, we'll stop.
Lud Campo
I'm Lud Campo and I am still, still waiting to be cumulu.
W. Kraszewski
I'm. I'm W. Kraszewski and I'm second in that queue.
Grace Gal
My name's Grace Gal and I was former performer because it's all like amateur after the since I was six years old.
Jack Mablick
Hello, my name is Jack Mablick. I want to become a performer to help create the change I wanted to see in the industry.
Grace Gal
Right?
Nathaniel Penell
So I got follow that one.
W. Kraszewski
I'm butler. I like it.
Robin
You know what?
Kayna
Oh, my name is Kayna. My name is Kayna and I wanted to become former because honestly, the same. Oh, that's so wrong. No, it's true. I think the same. I just really. I didn't really love anything else as much as I love doing such a. No,
Robin
I'm Robin. I wanted to become a performer because I like to act silly and play vapily.
Nathaniel Penell
I'm nathaniel penell.
Lud Campo
And welcome to my TED Talk.
Nathaniel Penell
You so much for Connie.
Host / Moderator
Why did I get into this?
Nathaniel Penell
Oh, because. So I was like a quiet kid, so I loved music in the Jordani Theatre and that's how I got into it.
Ben McQuigg
Yeah, I'm not in the cast. I'm Ben McQuigg, so I'm the music director. So I was waving my arms around. I studied to be an engineer and I hated it, so I loved their support. And that's where we are.
Host / Moderator
So starting at that end and coming back down. I'm curious about how everyone first encountered White the Cyclone. Was it White brought to you when the opportunity became available? Who knew the show before and what was that discovery like? Because it's not necessarily like most musicals. And what was your experience?
Ben McQuigg
So, Lizzy G, our director, we were on the train home from a Lightning Beef rehearsal, which we did a couple of years ago, and she said, listen to this album. I don't know, it's if it's for you. And I listened to it and I was like, oh, shit, this is good, isn't it?
Jack Mablick
And.
Ben McQuigg
And that was it. From there, I was just like, yeah, let's do it. I'm on board. And I, yeah, I got to be. Be a part of creating it last year.
Nathaniel Penell
I mean, I first discovered it during lockdown, I think, when the album first came out. And I must admit, at the time, I loved it, but I did absolutely no research into what it actually was. I just loved music, loved it as an album and. Yeah, and then when it came around, I was like, oh, I know this thing. I really want to do this.
Kayna
Yeah,
Robin
I've been a very, very similar situation. So, yeah, I discovered the album pretty much as soon as it came out and I was very, very obsessed. I'm pretty sure, like, everyone where most people here watched all the bootlegs online, like, all that rubbish. So, yeah, I've loved it pretty much as soon as they come out, to be honest.
Kayna
Bit obsessed, bit crazy.
Swing Performer
Here we are.
Kayna
I actually watched this version last year and so I didn't. I didn't know much about Bran Serguyn. Until I found out about it coming here because Lizzie. I worked with Lizzie during Lightning Leaf. We just came to support and then I went to see the show. I literally remember going home and just fangirling about everyone. And I'm sitting here and I said,
Performer (possibly Ocean)
yeah. I mean, echoing on for legal reasons, can I say slime tutorial? Am I allowed to say that? Yeah, I think even before the album came out, I remember watching it on YouTube. The original cast, I think. Yeah.
Jack Mablick
You don't.
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Jack Mablick
I found out about it. I just came out my first ever audition and absolutely flopped it. And my agent called me up being like, just had a request to audition for this new school, Confide the Cyclone. And I listened to it and went, yeah, that's a bit unleave. And here we are.
Grace Gal
Yeah, I was. I was the same as Jack. I had no idea what it was when I auditioned for it.
Kayna
I just got an audition for it
Grace Gal
and was like, all right, I'll do it.
Robin
But then I dug a little bit
Grace Gal
further and realized that the ballad of J Do was like the song that everyone was like, going crazy over and suddenly was like, ah, okay, I'm gonna
Kayna
do this and I'm gonna really do it. And I did.
Performer (possibly Ocean)
Yeah.
W. Kraszewski
Had a very similar situation in terms of. In terms of.
Performer (possibly Ocean)
I've.
W. Kraszewski
I've heard about the show literally, like playing so from my friend from. From drama school. And then when it came around, my end of about it is that I. I just called the agency that I was in that I wanted to sign with them and the agent.
Nathaniel Penell
So I.
W. Kraszewski
Well, that's good because it's something cool I. I think you'll be good at. And like, he sent me the brief and I thought, looked at it on. On Eastern Europe. RAPPING BALLAD SINGING
Grace Gal
I'm going to be
W. Kraszewski
there and here we are.
Performer (possibly Ocean)
So that. That's.
W. Kraszewski
That's how I was like, this is the most crazy material I've auditioned for. Was going back and forth from Poland to here to audition, but feel like a poster. Yeah, that's amazing.
Lud Campo
I was thinking about you flying back and forwards to Poland and the only L A R equal months not Ar Trans Pennine. It's not quite the same. You see, I didn't know the show at all. I had once seen a drag act do Knowles, so. And that was it. That's all that I've ever known of this musical until the audition came through and I was like, well, I better find out what this is, see whether I actually want to audition or not. And then I watched it it was like, oh, yeah, I've got to audition this. I've got to. Because it's so great. All the materials. Brilliant. We were talking about this yesterday. Like, there is not one song in the whole show where you go skip. Whereas, let's be real, both musicals skip on occasion, skip.
Host / Moderator
But it's also. They're such completely different numbers as well. They're such completely different characters. On which note, I want to throw this down to the brilliant swings down at the end here. And I would ask you anyway what it's like to cover so many characters, but you've had quite a week already.
Swing Performer
Yeah, it's been quite a crazy two and a bit weeks, to be honest. I did all three tracks in the last two weeks. So I. Train is a little bit worky over time, I think. I think what I find for me is I put each character in a different voice placement and that is the only way that I could easily identify this is this person. This is this person. This is this person. But it is a lot of maps, a lot of colours. I know you do a lot of maps, don't you?
Nathaniel Penell
Yeah. So I've got like a. Like a keynotes presentation. There's like a full diagram of the stage, like bird's eye view, move everyone around side by side the whole show. Yeah, that's what really helps me. Then also, like before a show, if it's like the first time I'm doing a track in a while, going like through the show, taking 20 minutes, just sort of running around like a lunatic sort of. You know, the ball boys just run around like crazy before doing the matches. Kind of like that. Me just away. Yeah, that really helps to sort of lock in what I'm doing that night. That makes sense.
Host / Moderator
Yeah. For those of you who don't know, I'm sure a lot of people were following this. You ended up going on for Ocean at some point, slightly unexpectedly, because that's
Performer (possibly Ocean)
not one of the roles you're watching.
Host / Moderator
We did have one of the fan questions from online that came to me. We did have someone ask Jane Doe debut when.
Nathaniel Penell
Yeah, you know, love this. I mean, I would. I would. I would do it. I don't think Ben agrees. But everyone stay hired.
Host / Moderator
Everyone stay. Well, the other question that came through in abundance, everybody wanted to know this because by and large, you all perform in each other's numbers. What are your favorite songs to be a part of where you're not the soloist? Which is the most fun? And I want to know which one's a nightmare.
Lud Campo
Do you want to start?
Swing Performer
I love space age even though it's probably the biggest nightmare for me because all three girlies.
Host / Moderator
Which cat am I today?
Swing Performer
Yeah like what cat am I?
Performer (possibly Ocean)
Where am I galling from?
Swing Performer
That kind of thing. But that is my favorite I think because I love the chaos and I fry up the chaos of it.
Grace Gal
How about that? That's my least favorite. Not because it's not amazing. I think Jack is unbelievable doing that song. But it is the one that takes the most out of you and it's the one directly before my song and I'm breath control. I remember the first time ever doing the show in the face preview last run up it and being like I actually can't even speak and now I have to say that so what am I going to do? Like tired of saying so you know, contradicting that this is my least favorite of it.
W. Kraszewski
Now I'm the exact opposite. It's because space is just right after Talia. I'm like well let's kill it freaking part.
Kayna
Yeah.
W. Kraszewski
Now we can now move all of the limbs to be fair and required for this. This number that's my favorite as well. So I don't think there is for me I think. I think the. The first number that we do the the uranium suite. I think my. Okay now we for me is I we need to lock in from 0 to 100 and we're not yet established in like the numbers so it feels like that is for me is like the slow stone space stations. Cuz any other number in terms of our sounds or some more sick with no complaints
Host / Moderator
folks in the middle. How do I feel?
Kayna
I sorry I love. I love my song is awesome. I do I love doing that one. I always think it's really fun and wearing sunglasses and then I think maybe my niece favorite might might have to be told this line that loves that anyway but only because the ribbon. I don't have a good relationship with the ribbons and like it does make my heart race every time. I'm not gonna lie. So it does feel for me like you know what People have moments in a shape where you think okay, I can breathe now mine is on and do the ribbons Natalia. So I'll have a mine.
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Performer (possibly Ocean)
Oh, sorry. I think my favorite. Yeah, I'm just gonna echo. I mean my favorite space age. It's just really fun. I mean it's non stop but it's great.
Jack Mablick
Mind this song is awesome. I like to pop my purse to that.
Kayna
My favorite spoiler.
Grace Gal
I love doing puzzlements. I feel like one of the girls in Chicago. Yeah. And then sometimes I catch myself in the window of that door and I'm like giving a beast but then I look at my face, I think so basically girls are proud of so sexy and gorgeous. So yeah, but that is my favorite.
Lud Campo
Okay, Mine, mine again is.
Nathaniel Penell
This song is awesome. It's specifically that bit right at the start where we're all on each other's shoulders. It's like one of the only moments in the show where we're all together doing choreo but also as well nozzle men. That final revolution.
Grace Gal
I'll be a cabaret.
Nathaniel Penell
You know what I mean?
Host / Moderator
Another question a lot of people were asking about the heat and the prevailing question was are you okay?
Performer (possibly Ocean)
Well, there are a lot of moments.
Host / Moderator
There are a lot for a few of you in the show. There are moments where I assume there are costumes underdressed beneath other costumes.
W. Kraszewski
I don't know what he was talking about.
Host / Moderator
How satisfying is it in these current conditions to be able to like once the reveal has happened or once a wig comes off or something like, I
Performer (possibly Ocean)
mean, don't know if you've seen the show but I'm essentially naked like a whole number. And that's fantastic. I mean I've come kind of. I've really weirdly developed a sweat rash that it matches the Monique costume but vice versa. So it covers everything that's not sweat, rash.
Host / Moderator
And that's on the show.
Lud Campo
Find out that's not a sweat.
Host / Moderator
Slightly different question to just take us in another direction. You had the opportunity last month, yeah, last month to go perform at West End Live. And this is obviously a delicious little interface space, but to be on that stage looking out to thousands of people in Travala Square, what was that like? What's that experience?
Kayna
Honestly, it was really crazy. I have always wanted to do Western life. Biggest, biggest bumpiness thing ever. And so when the opportunity came, I remember we were like, sit in room within a circle. And it was like in rehearsals, they were like, oh, we're gonna do Western live. And I was like. They were like, we'll do what the world needs. And I was like, oh. I remember going home, being like, why
Robin
don't you talk in these?
Kayna
Get my arm together. And it was just. Yeah, it was just a really fun experience. I think, like, when the audience, like, heard the music for the first time and there will all of these screams, I think that is genuinely going to be a core moment for the rest of my life. So, yeah, it was. It was really fun. I really, really, really want to do it again now because it was just. Because I'm thinking about it, because I'm smiling now that I think about it. I love it. Yeah.
Host / Moderator
Do we have any questions in the room? I'm going to run to you with a microphone. Coming. Come in and get this round.
Kayna
Hello, guys. So what's your favorite part about doing this show and why?
Lud Campo
Oh, I know mine is really, really easy. There's two flanges either side of the floor for me and I have a lovely rail and I get to sit on a chair for the entire time. It's gorgeous. That's my favourite. And actually, if I'm totally honest, it's actually going to watch this lot work every night because they're so fantastic. It's a real privilege to just sit up there and be able to watch all of these incredible performers be amazing. Ben's not bad as well.
Host / Moderator
Anybody else want to answer some same question?
W. Kraszewski
I think it's like you said, the songs are so different that every number is kind of like different musical. And cut with Debina, we have a Chicago moment and here a little bit of, like, Hamilton rap over the day and. And then we go to, like, Bath out of Hell in a couple of minutes and. And it's like, you know what?
Host / Moderator
We are doing a couple of shows
W. Kraszewski
in one show and to work that muscle as well, having to adapt to different genres is. I don't think any other show does that, which I've made up. But no, at many shows. Read me for wrong, but I don't think there's many shows that do that. And that's like. That's sick.
Ben McQuigg
So it's my favorite.
Host / Moderator
Ben, how about you, in terms of from your position, what's the most fun combat doing the show?
Ben McQuigg
I mean, I. I have a great time with my band. I'm having far too much fun. And tonight we had our full, you know, OG band in.
Host / Moderator
Can we have another round of applause for the amazing.
Ben McQuigg
And. And I think it's the thing that, you know, I'd say 93% of the show is all played live. Yes, we have a bit a track, but, you know, like, this song is awesome. All those drum grooves are playing live by Ollie on an electric drum kit. So all the stuff which sounds like it doesn't have to be live, we've tried to make live. And it's down to, you know, Ollie's mixing as well to make it all sound great and all sound cohesive. So, you know, just getting to make music with five of my mates is just fantastic.
Host / Moderator
Who else has got a question where we're going by, dear?
W. Kraszewski
Thank you all for a wonderful show. I thought it was great. I really, really enjoyed it.
Performer (possibly Ocean)
This is a question for each of you. You've introduced yourself as individuals.
W. Kraszewski
We're talking about the characters.
Host / Moderator
But for you as individuals, what's your personal catchphrase? Me question.
Lud Campo
I can't say it. I didn't want to work again anyway.
Grace Gal
That's really hard.
Swing Performer
I.
W. Kraszewski
Believe me.
Kayna
Okay, I'll go. I honestly think my catchphrase would be my laugh. It's quite. It's quite contagious and you can hear it from a mile away. So that would be mine. Some will be really funny and then I'll laugh at some point. You'll hear it.
Performer (possibly Ocean)
I think mine would be don't shout. I love saying don't shout. You can say hello, don't shout.
Grace Gal
Silly TikTok dance.
Host / Moderator
Remember when everyone was friends before Michelle?
Grace Gal
Never mind. Going to probably be a sarcastic comment.
Host / Moderator
It's just like this.
Performer (possibly Ocean)
No, it's sonic.
Grace Gal
Yeah, I like her.
Nathaniel Penell
Can't be bothered.
Kayna
But yeah, hello, her job.
W. Kraszewski
I don't know why I say, what's baby Viola? Which kind of is Fisher, but I would probably say. But I could say because it's in Polish, I'm probably. Which means why can I say.
Nathaniel Penell
I think mine? I think mine is probably worth. I say it a lot in like, in a good way and like a bad way.
Kayna
I guess mine's probably dudes. Yeah.
Swing Performer
It has so many.
Nathaniel Penell
The versatile ones.
Host / Moderator
The richness of the English language.
Robin
I just know because of the heat myself is too hot. Not in my own accent.
Kayna
Someone else.
Robin
Like, I feel like I'm in a pizza oven.
Swing Performer
It's too hot.
Kayna
Far too hot.
Robin
Do you know what I mean? Too hot.
Host / Moderator
Do we have another question for. I'm gonna try and make it to you. I saw you go for it while I'm running.
Grace Gal
Jax is his scream.
Host / Moderator
Okay, here we go.
Kayna
Aside from yourself, who's your favorite character?
Swing Performer
I love Ayodna.
Grace Gal
Yeah.
Kayna
Always has his best face. Monot.
Grace Gal
Yeah, I know. I agree.
Jack Mablick
I like Nisha. Doesn't it sound distinct?
Host / Moderator
That's true.
Robin
Ricky.
Jack Mablick
Come on.
Swing Performer
I like Ricky.
Host / Moderator
Nice.
Nathaniel Penell
I think that's Aimeesha as well. Yeah.
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Performer (possibly Ocean)
I really like ocean. Yeah, I think she got a lovely ark.
Ben McQuigg
I think Karnak. Do you know why? Here's why. Because at the end, there is like genuine fear for what's gonna happen. I think when you're like saying, I don't know what's gonna happen, I'm gonna die, and you spend the whole show basically trying to change these people for the better. And the whole reason the character arcs happen and Ocean becomes, you know, does of a break. It's. It's because of Karnak prodding that. And I think there's just a lovely, you know, a lovely humanity to add.
Host / Moderator
Nice. Nice. I think we've got a couple. Time for a couple more questions. I saw you here.
Grace Gal
Saw you very. Hello.
Kayna
I know I've spoken to most of
Swing Performer
you except your Ocean. And you have also my book and said what your favorite line is, but
Robin
I was wondering if you could share
Swing Performer
what that was to everybody else.
Kayna
Doesn't have to be.
Swing Performer
Yours can be anybody's line throughout the show, but I'd love to hear, especially if you. Last year, if they changed
Host / Moderator
favorite lines. Everybody, favorite lines.
Performer (possibly Ocean)
Oh, the Big Wheel.
Lud Campo
The heat may have gotten together. There are a few choice moments throughout this evening's performance that should not have been there. All of them might.
Host / Moderator
Is it hard playing for a comic who is like, there's not a lot of room. It's like Mary Poppins. It's very sort of perfect.
Performer (possibly Ocean)
Yeah.
Lud Campo
Well, because it is that weird thing that being a machine, you kind of have to switch your brain off in a way, you know, which isn't very helpful. And you end up going,
Host / Moderator
Oh, no.
Lud Campo
I'm trying to think what my favourite line is. There's a few, which I really enjoy. I really enjoy when Ocean says it's what I do. Because she still hasn't quite realized that she's a bit of an. You know, she's still not got to that place where she's really. She's done something which. Oh, my God, is it that bad? She's done something which is kind, but she hasn't done it from the perspective of somebody being kind for the sake of being kind. It's. This is a good person thing. I am a good person. I will do a good person thing and everyone will think I am a good person, rather than. It's something actually I want to do. She hasn't quite reached that point yet. So I do really enjoy that line as it's that instant buy back, straight back into where she was. I enjoy that moment a lot. That's all right. Don't tell me any moments that you like of mine.
Host / Moderator
Anyone else for a favorite line?
Kayna
I like if it's yellow, let it mellow.
Grace Gal
It's not actually.
Kayna
It's nowhere near as deep as yours. I just think it is a really good line. Misery.
Grace Gal
I like Fun jacket. The bunny bit. It gets weird. Yeah, it gets weird now. Is that such a new version of that line? You know that's new.
Nathaniel Penell
I love not in my Bible, baby.
Performer (possibly Ocean)
Bonsoir.
W. Kraszewski
Some of us here are left wing, some of us here are right wing. But last time I check it takes two.
Performer (possibly Ocean)
Because it is.
Host / Moderator
It just scratches my brain every single day.
W. Kraszewski
I'm like, this is such a well respond. I love it.
Host / Moderator
Put on a T shirt. Okay, final question then. There are so many fans of this show, a lot of young fans of this show. And for so many of these characters there is something meaningful to take away from each of their stories. What do you think are the great things to learn about yourself for young people from ride the Cyclone?
Kayna
Oh, I'm on. I was just kidding my note. I can start.
Robin
Okay.
Kayna
I think, I think one thing Dustin, is that it's too short to not be yourself and to not just be
Lud Campo
whoever you want to be.
Kayna
And they especially when you watch everyone's characters in the show and you. You watch the journeys that they would have wanted to go on if they did survive. And like you watch concerts for example, go through the whole journey for a featmaker. I. I'm not a confident person and just talking about how beautiful life is and it's true like I think that is the story just embracing life and embracing you are in process.
Robin
So
Performer (possibly Ocean)
I mean I have always been a believer of life only has meaning because it ends which is really as someone who one of their biggest fears is the unknown of what could come after death. It's really difficult to tackle something like that in a show that is so light and jolly. But I think that's what the show teaches you is for these six people everything have purpose despite being cut short if you let it, if you appreciate it.
Host / Moderator
Robin, how about you about the Constance
Robin
very that just like be grateful for what you have. Be grateful for the things that you experience for the people that you have in your life. And I think it also gives especially for like maybe people that go through loss and are dealing with like a certain level of grief. I think it brings a lot of comfort to that to like know that whether you also an old. Whether you are someone quite young, like they still had a life life. They still had a life that they enjoyed. And I think it's. It's think about their life and not their passing. That's what I've taken away because I've had a lot of people close to me pass away during this run and the last run. So it's like taking a lot of comfort and Knowing that, oh, like life is. Life is all right. Do you know what I mean? Like, it's not that hard and it makes death a little less worse, if that makes any sense whatsoever. And that's coming from a dyslexic, you
Performer (possibly Ocean)
know what I mean?
Host / Moderator
Any final thoughts on Lessons from Ride the site? What you're taking away from this Misha's
W. Kraszewski
perspective is don't be afraid to laugh. I think even if, Even if it's. Even if it's never gonna happen in terms of. In terms of Talia 1, Misha's never kind of reunited with Talia. I think that the person that loves always wins, full stop. That is the outing from Misha is.
Grace Gal
It's.
W. Kraszewski
It's weird, sometimes embarrassing, but it's never, it's never worth. To kind of fake it like Misha does. For half the show, I'll be like, no, I don't care about you. It's always worth to. To love, to care. Well, in Misha's Katus, Talia. And yeah, that's. I think, I think even though he is. Even though he. Of course they, as I said, they know me, the way he expresses his feelings is what matters to him. And that is enough.
Host / Moderator
That's lovely.
Kayna
Yeah, these will be great.
Grace Gal
Hour and a half, 90 minutes straight through. Musicals are fantastic with a middle night dressing room.
Ben McQuigg
Lovely.
Host / Moderator
Well, thank you everyone for staying around afterwards and answering these questions. Thank you everyone for staying and asking these questions. One more round of applause for the company. For 10 more seconds. I'm Mickey Jo Theatre. Oh, my God. Hey, thanks for watching. Have a stagey day.
Kayna
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Podcast: MickeyJoTheatre
Episode: RIDE THE CYCLONE London Cast Q&A | Post Show Discussion at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, Summer 2026
Date: July 20, 2026
Host: MickeyJoTheatre
This episode features a live, post-show Q&A with the London cast and creative team of Ride the Cyclone at Southwark Playhouse Elephant. The panel dives into their individual journeys to musical theatre, how they discovered this cult hit, and their experiences in the show’s demanding, multi-genre score. Highlights include playful banter, reflections on swinging multiple roles, the camaraderie of cast and band, and audience Q&A touching on favorite songs, lines, and the deeper messages of Ride the Cyclone.
(01:53–04:16)
Each cast member shares their name, role, and a personal anecdote about choosing a career in theatre.
Music Director Ben McQuigg also introduces himself and shares his transition from engineering to music:
(04:39–09:05)
Notable moment: Several mention “bootlegs” and “slime tutorials” (YouTube coded references to unofficial recordings).
Many came to love the score before knowing the plot.
International journeys to the casting process—traveling between Poland and London was noted as significant by one cast member.
Notable quote:
"There is not one song in the whole show where you go 'skip'. Whereas, let's be real, most musicals skip on occasion."
— Lud Campo (09:05)
(10:04–11:38)
Methods: Colour-coded “maps,” keynote presentations, running through tracks physically to memorize placements.
Notable quote:
"I put each character in a different voice placement...lot of maps, a lot of colours."
— Swing Performer (10:23)
"There's like a full diagram of the stage, bird's-eye view, move everyone around side by side the whole show."
— Nathaniel Penell (10:58)
(12:14–17:22)
“Space Age” was cited as both a favorite and a nightmare due to its choreography and the need for precise coordination.
“This Song is Awesome” and “Puzzlements” are highlights for group energy and character moments.
Notable exchange:
"I love 'Space Age' even though it's probably the biggest nightmare for me because all three girlies... I love the chaos."
— Swing Performer (12:35)
"It is the one that takes the most out of you and it's the one directly before my song and I'm breath control. I actually can't even speak and now I have to sing."
— Grace Gal (12:53)
(18:01–19:22)
(18:57–20:11)
Cast reflects on performing at West End Live in Trafalgar Square—a major milestone, especially for newer performers.
(20:18–22:48)
Notable quote:
"It's actually getting to watch this lot work every night...it's a real privilege."
— Lud Campo (20:25)
Appreciation for the live band, and pride that most of the show is performed live rather than to backing tracks.
(23:02–25:38)
(25:59–28:16)
(29:00–32:18)
(32:47–36:40)
This episode is a lively, candid window into the camaraderie, challenges, and revelations of performing Ride the Cyclone on the London stage. Cast and creatives share a genuine passion for the show’s unconventional material, love for each other’s work, and a deep awareness of the musical’s emotional resonance—particularly for young, diverse audiences. The conversation is approachable, often hilarious, and consistently heartfelt.