The WhatsOnStage Podcast
Sarah Crompton & Alex Wood
Conversations · Ongoing · ~34 min
Taste attributes: documentarytalk-showfresh & originalrealisticlinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirring
Boxlist takeA grounded conversation podcast that is contained, stylish and fresh. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Based on your film and TV taste: podcasts are matched on the same ten characteristics, with your own match bands.
About this podcast
WhatsOnStage managing editor Alex Wood and chief theatre critic Sarah Crompton host a weekly podcast on all things theatrical. News, views, frank exchanges and lists offer an unmissable guide to what’s happening on stage (and in film and on television) now, in the past and in future. From musicals,…
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Details
- Publisher
- Sarah Crompton & Alex Wood
- Format
- Ongoing
- Typical episode
- About 34 minutes
- Latest episode
- 6 November 2026
- Categories
- Performing Arts, Arts, Society & Culture, TV & Film
- Taste scores
- How we score
How podcast matches work
Podcasts are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with your own match bands, from your film and TV taste. The scores are estimates, from fixed rules plus a one-off AI reading of each show's own description and episode titles. Quality badges never change your match.
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