Podcast: Don’t Bump Into the Furniture – Potted Potter‘s Dan & Jeff
Welcome back to another episode of Don’t Bump Into the Furniture – an irreverent insider look at the world of theatre hosted by actors Oliver Jackson and Sarah Moyle.
This week their guests are former CBBC presenters Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner (aka Dan and Jeff), stars of the ever-popular Potted Potter, which continues its latest West End run at the Garrick Theatre until Sunday (21 April 2013).
The piece started life when Dan and Jeff originally “potted” some of the characters and creatures from Rowling’s
fantasy world for a five-minute performance commissioned by a bookshop
to launch the sixth novel in the series.
had several sell-out London seasons and toured extensively nationally and
internationally, including a 16-week off-Broadway run earlier this year.
Directed by Richard Hurst, Potted Potter is designed by Simon Scullion with composition by Phil Innes. It’s produced by Seabright Productions.
About Don’t Bump Into the Furniture
Oliver and Sarah began podcasting while working in She Stoops to Conquer at the National Theatre in 2012.
Oliver’s other theatre credits include Eric’s (Liverpool Everyman), Alice in Wonderland (Birmingham Rep), A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (New Wolsey Ipswich), The Glee Club (The Bush/Duchess/West Yorks Playhouse), Our House (The Cambridge) and Les Miserables (Palace Theatre/25th Anniversary at O2).
Sarah has recently been seen in Jerusalem (Royal Court, Apollo and Music Box Theatre New York), A Christmas Carol (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Wolves at the Window (Arcola and 59E59 Theater New York), Funny Turns (Hull Truck), Daddy Cool (Shaftesbury), My Fair Lady (NT and Drury Lane), Les Miserables (Palace), An Inspector Calls (Aldwych) and Oliver! (Palladium).
