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How Very Hannah
Hosted by Bear Lane Productions · EN
🎭✨ 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 getting the inside scoop from fellow theatre lovers, it’s all about the joy, chaos, and magic of the stage.So, warm up those vocal cords, get comfy, and let’s dive into the wonderfully stagey world of How Very Hannah! 🎤✨
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S3 Ep29: Solo Ep: 1.5 Million Streams, West End Transfer & Taking A Break…
2w ago00:23:15Tap to summarizeHi 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 incredible six months of my life, and say a proper thank you. BUT WE WILL BE BACK… ON SEPTEMBER 3rd!!We are cooking up some incredible guests have some very exciting things in store, but in the meantime there will be behind the scenes content dropping across the socials over the summer so make sure you're following everywhere!👇Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/howvery_hannahTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@howvery_hannah…And don’t forget to VOTE for How Very Hannah for Podcast of the Year at The ITV bCreator™ Awards 2026!! 🥹✨ Voting is officially open.Fill your details out and find us in the Creators Awards under ‘**Podcast bCreator of the Year’** 👉 http://bcreator.co.uk/awards/vote/ 🏆🏆Have the best summer, thank you for your amazing continues support, and I’ll see you so soon!!🎟️ Book tickets for the 2nd leg of the Legally Blonde tour!! https://legallyblondeshow.com/New episodes back Thursday 3rd September at 7am. Hit FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE so you're first to know ✨💌 Send your Confessions, hotline questions and stagey dares to hello@howveryhannah.com or slide into the DMs @howvery_hannahProduced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️Music by Joe Truscott 🎵
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S3 Ep28: Caitlin Tipping: Sharpay Evans, Six the Musical & the Audition That Changed Everything
3w ago00:49:08Tap to summarizeShe 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 her over the edge, and the moment she watched Six in a tent at Edinburgh Fringe before the rest of the world had any idea what it was about to become.We talk about building chemistry with scene partners you've never met, why rejection really is redirection, and the very specific joy of a Saturday morning coffee and pastry when you're out of a show.You can catch Caitlin as Sharpay Evans in High School Musical: https://highschoolmusicalonstage.com/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23872317508&gbraid=0AAAABDjATnOWWr8jwW6LNrL0P1Mmm4mWD&gclid=CjwKCAjwmdLSBhANEiwAkREMN9qHMSLXJudnwP70Oou6vAWi2FNfpyCrEw48DpOGCyLa9PsT9uo42BoCTlwQAvD_BwEAnd follow Caitlin on socials: https://www.instagram.com/caitlintipping/?hl=enNew episodes every Thursday at 7am! Hit FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an ep ✨💌 Send your Confessions, hotline questions and stagey dares to hello@howveryhannah.com or slide into the DMs @howvery_hannahInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/howvery_hannah TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@howvery_hannahProduced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️ Music by Joe Truscott 🎵
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S3 Ep27: Matt Henry MBE: How Skipping Class Changed His Life Forever… & Receiving an MBE for Services to Musical Theatre
Jul 900:52:06Tap to summarizeomigod 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 go to an open call, to first professional job in the West End, creating Nigel in Devil Wears Prada, and taking a holiday from Kinky Boots to with Cyndi Lauper?! ICONIC.But the bit that really got me was hearing about The Actors' House, Matt's mission to revolutionise touring digs for performers across the UK. After 25 years of horror stories, he went and did something about it himself and I am FULLY here for it. 🎉Go catch Matt as Nigel in The Devil Wears Prada at the Dominion Theatre now — get your tickets at the link 👉🏼 https://devilwearspradamusical.com/And follow him on IG https://www.instagram.com/mrmatthenry/?hl=enNew episodes every Thursday at 7am! Hit FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an ep ✨💌 Send your Confessions, hotline questions and stagey dares to hello@howveryhannah.com or slide into the DMs @howvery_hannahInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/howvery_hannah TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@howvery_hannahProduced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️ Music by Joe Truscott 🎵
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S3 Ep26: Solo Ep: Your Questions Answered - Surviving Tour, Covering Roles & Smiling Through the Pain
Jul 200:25:11Tap to summarizeRight, 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 Q&A solo special! From nightmare journeys to zombie apocalypse theorising, in this episode I'm answering your questions on everything from what each of my roles has taught me, how I get through a show on a bad day, how to look after your voice in rehearsals, plus so much more!!New episodes every Thursday at 7am! Hit FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an ep ✨💌 Send your questions, Confessions and stagey dares to hello@howveryhannah.com or slide into the DMs @howvery_hannahInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/howvery_hannah TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@howvery_hannahNew episodes of How Very Hannah are out every Thursday at 7am! Hit SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an ep ✨Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️ Music by Joe Truscott 🎵
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S3 Ep25: George Crawford: Emmett Forrest, Covering Corbin Bleu & His Real Life Waitress Love Story
Jun 2500:48:26Tap to summarizeClammy 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 debut on her birthday. Absolutely beautiful. 🥹We also get into Legally Blonde life - the sweaty hands situation, the charades game from behind the Harvard House, and the very honest conversation about stage door, when to do it and when to protect yourself.Plus we answer a listener confession about someone being told their breath was "actually really bad" by their scene partner in the first rehearsal of their kissing scene and I am not okay on their behalf.Come see us in Legally Blonde!! Tickets at the link in the bio 🎟️And if you love this episode as much as we do, George has his own live show coming up… An Evening with George Crawford at the Phoenix Arts Club, featuring songs, stories and behind the scenes memories from his incredible career.Get your tickets at phoenixartsclub.com/events/an-evening-with-george-crawford 🎟️New episodes every Thursday at 7am! Hit FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an ep ✨💌 Send your Confessions, hotline questions and stagey dares to hello@howveryhannah.com or slide into the DMs @howvery_hannahFollow George Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/georgecrawford_/?hl=en TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@georgeygriff97And make sure to follow the pod EVERYWHERE! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/howvery_hannah TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@howvery_hannahNew episodes of How Very Hannah are out every Thursday at 7am! Hit SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an ep ✨Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️ Music by Joe Truscott 🎵
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S3 Ep24: Dani Harmer: Tracy Beaker, 30 Years of Panto & the Role She Still Hasn't Read the Book For
Jun 1800:41:43Tap to summarizeBOG 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 like growing up on a TV set, the tutoring schedule, and the role her parent’s played in supporting her dreams.Dani also opens up about directing episodes of The Dumping Ground, her Loungefly addiction, her performing arts academy in Berkshire, and reveals her West End dream role - which she technically can't play, but we're manifesting it anyway. Oh, and she's done panto since the age of seven. This is her 30th year. ICONIC.New episodes every Thursday at 7am! Hit FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an ep ✨💌 Send your Confessions, hotline questions and stagey dares to hello@howveryhannah.com or slide into the DMs @howvery_hannahFollow Dani Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/missdanijharmer/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@daniharmerAnd make sure to follow the pod EVERYWHERE! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/howvery_hannah TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@howvery_hannahNew episodes of How Very Hannah are out every Thursday at 7am! Hit SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an ep ✨💌 Send your Confessions, hotline questions and stagey dares to hello@howveryhannah.com or slide into the DMs @howvery_hannah🎟️ See Legally Blonde on tour!! Book your tickets 👉🏼 https://legallyblondeshow.com/Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️ Music by Joe Truscott 🎵
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S3 Ep23: Tosh Wanogho-Maud: Kinky Boots, the Pros & Cons of Being an Alternate & Training at RADA Mid-Career
Jun 1100:44:15Tap to summarizePut 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 of Book of Mormon, Dreamgirls, Drifters Girl, Titanique… it’s incredible to hear that Kinky Boots was the last show on his list. The one he thought might never happen (!!)We talk about what it actually felt like to go from playing Lola full time on the European tour to alternating in London, the ego battle that comes with that decision, and the phone call to Matt Henry that helped him figure it all out.Oh, and he's currently training at RADA mid-career because he never wants to stop learning. Obsessed with him. 🙌Catch Tosh as Lola in Kinky Boots at the Coliseum every Monday until 6th July… do not miss it!! 🎭 https://kinkybootslondon.com/Follow Tosh Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/t0shee/And make sure to follow the pod EVERYWHERE! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/howvery_hannah TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@howvery_hannahNew episodes of How Very Hannah are out every Thursday at 7am! Hit SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an ep ✨💌 Send your Confessions, hotline questions and stagey dares to hello@howveryhannah.com or slide into the DMs @howvery_hannah🎟️ See Legally Blonde on tour!! Book your tickets 👉🏼 https://legallyblondeshow.com/Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️ Music by Joe Truscott 🎵
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S3 Ep22: Charley Marlowe: Red Carpets, Rachel Zegler & the Comic Relief Fart Nobody Knew About
Jun 400:44:58Tap to summarizeThis 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 watching Claudia and Tess work in the studio at Strictly.We also talk about how to actually get into presenting, why you just have to put yourself out there and make it happen, and what it's like navigating a huge online following whilst also trying to just be a normal person.Plus we go deep on something I think about a lot - dealing with opinions online, the Let Them Theory (love you Mel Robbins), and a Comic Relief fart that was eggy. This is a safe space and we will not be elaborating further… you'll have to listen instead 🤪💨Follow Charley instagram - https://www.instagram.com/charleymarlowee tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@charleymarloweAnd make sure to follow the pod EVERYWHERE! instagram - https://www.instagram.com/howvery_hannah tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@howvery_hannahNew episodes of How Very Hannah are out every Thursday at 7am!Hit SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an ep ✨💌 Send your Confessions, hotline questions and stagey dares to hello@howveryhannah.com or slide into the DMs @howvery_hannah🎟️ See Legally Blonde on tour!! Book your tickets 👉🏼 https://legallyblondeshow.com/Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️Music by Joe Truscott 🎵
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S3 Ep21: How Very Hannah Live: The Garrick Theatre Special with Marisha Wallace & Daisy Twells!!
May 2801:05:54Tap to summarize⚠️ 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 cover Amber Riley in Dreamgirls with five days notice, AND why London changed everything for her. And if you haven't already, make sure you go and catch Marisha in Something Rotten — get your tickets at www.somethingrottenthemusical.com 🎭Daisy Twells - my Margot sister in Legally Blonde - joined us for Act Two!! We got into the chaos of touring, 15-second quick changes, the infamous shoe incident, and how they both ended up playing the same roles since 2021 without even planning it.PLUS - we did Hannah's Hotline… I mean Hot Seat, some chaotic improv games and a whole lot more. And I had a very special surprise guest on stage to make her West End debut… 😭A huge thank you to all of you who joined me for this very special night, it means the world and is exactly why we do the podcast!!🎵 Due to copyright we've had to cut the musical performances from the audio — but make sure you're following @howvery_hannah on Instagram and TikTok because the clips are dropping on there and you do NOT want to miss them!!New episodes every Thursday at 7am! Hit FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an ep ✨💌 Send your Confessions, hotline questions and stagey dares to hello@howveryhannah.com or slide into the DMs @howvery_hannah🎟️ See Legally Blonde on tour!! Book your tickets 👉🏼 https://legallyblondeshow.com/And make sure to follow the pod EVERYWHERE! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/howvery_hannah TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@howvery_hannahps BUY MY BOOK - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/476785/les-quizerables-by-lowther-hannah/9781529978964—Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️ Music by Joe Truscott 🎵
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S3 Ep20: Sydnie Christmas: Winning Britain's Got Talent, Starlight Express & Brand New Music
May 2100:40:19Tap to summarize🎟️ 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 - ten years of auditioning and not being able to crack the West End, the side hustles that kept her going (and some of them are WILD 🥚🐓) and how she nearly retrained as a personal trainer… just before BGT changed everything.We talk about what stagey icon Amanda Holden is actually like backstage, the moment Amanda and her mum Janet ended up in their bras in a dressing room (you really do have to hear it), and what it's like going from reality TV winner to proper musical theatre contracts.AND we talk about Run, Sydnie's brand new single which dropped in April, the first taste of her second album, out later this year. It is cinematic, powerful and all about self-belief and resilience, SLAY QUEEN!! 🎵Follow Sydnie: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sydniechristmas TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@sydniechristmas YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UColIcTYCrCAv7eyItDQ4aCgNew episodes of How Very Hannah are out every Thursday at 7am! Hit SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an ep ✨💌 Send your Confessions, hotline questions and stagey dares to hello@howveryhannah.com or slide into the DMs @howvery_hannah🎟️ See Legally Blonde on tour!! Book your tickets 👉🏼 https://legallyblondeshow.com/And make sure to follow the pod EVERYWHERE! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/howvery_hannah TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@howvery_hannahps BUY MY BOOK - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/476785/les-quizerables-by-lowther-hannah/9781529978964—Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️ Music by Joe Truscott 🎵
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