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Tim McArthur's CURTAIN UP SHOW Launches on Resonance FM March 26
By: James T Harding Mar. 22, 2012
A brand new weekly chat show for theatre will launch on Resonance 104.4FM with a pilot on Monday 26 March 2012 at 8pm. Hosted by Tim McArthur, the hour long programme will take a light-hearted look at the current state of London theatre, showcasing both established and up-and-coming talent, both on stage and behind the scenes.
Each week, Tim will be joined by two guests, and together they will review the latest theatre openings across the capital, and attempt to unravel the rumours shrouding forthcoming productions. Tim will also be playing a selection of showtunes reflecting both contemporary and traditional musical theatre tastes.
The very first guests joining Tim on The Curtain Up Show will be West End actress Shona White, and theatre Director Ray Rackham.
The Curtain Up Show launches on Resonance 104.4FM on Monday 26 March 2012 at 8pm. The hour-long broadcast will be a live pilot programme, which, once commissioned, will become a weekly chat show on Resonance 104.4FM.
Resonance104.4FM is the world’s first radio art station, established by London Musicians’ Collective. It started broadcasting on May 1st 2002. Its brief is to provide a radical alternative to the universal formulae of mainstream broadcasting. Resonance 104.4FM features programmes made by musicians, artists and critics who represent the diversity of London’s arts scenes, with regular weekly contributions from nearly two hundred musicians, artists, thinkers, critics, activists and instigators. Based in London Bridge, it broadcasts across Central London on 104.4FM but the broadcast can be received globally via the Internet. The station regularly attracts in the region of 1.4M listeners per month.
Shona White is an experienced musical theatre performer having appeared in Chess, Wicked, Mamma Mia!, Shout, Les Miserables and The Rocky Horror Show to name a few. She is also no stranger to the cabaret and concert circuit having performed in venues including Pizza On The Park, The Pheasantry, Queen Elizabeth Hall and The Royal Albert Hall. Her debut album, I'll Bring You A Song, is out now.
Ray Rackham is the Director of Assassins which is currently running at the Pleasance Theatre in Islington (starring our very own Tim McArthur as Samuel Byck). He has produced/directed a variety of musicals, with a particular focus on the musical theatre canon of Stephen Sondheim, including: the revue Just Another Love Story (Bridewell and Battersea Barge); Assassins (Bridewell Theatre); Into the Woods (Greenwood);Company (Greenwood) and the concert Celebrating Sondheim (Bloomsbury) a one off gala concert in aid of the RNIB.
Tim McArthur has a wealth of experience on radio and television, and on stage, both as an actor and director. He can often be heard BBC Radio London and Gaydar Radio, and hosted his own show, 'Tim McArthur Interviews...' on TheatreRadio for almost three years. He attended many an opening night in the West End, presenting for Theatre247 on Sky, and hosted the online video coverage of The Laurence Olivier Awards in 2007.
As a solo performer, he has performed his one man show at the Purcell Room, Don't Tell Mama NYC, Pizza On The Park and Jermyn Street. He appears regularly as his comedy alter-ego, Sister Mary McArthur, popping up at the Jermyn Street, RVT, with Graham Norton on BBC1, at the New Space theatre in Cape Town, New York, the Comedy Store and even at one of Elton John's parties!
Tim's theatre credits include: Sam Byck in 'Assassins' at the Pleasance Theatre, 'Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered' (2011), 'Classic Moments, Hidden Treasures' (2010) (Jermyn Street), 'Silence of The Lambs' (Above The Stag), John Prescott in 'Blair on Broadway' (Arts Theatre) 'Forever Plaid' (UK Tour) and 'Helen Lederer's One Night Stand' (UK Tour) 'Side By Side By Sondheim' (Upstairs at The Gatehouse) and 'Company' (WestCliff). Plays include 'As You Like It' (Colchester) 'Twelfth Night' (Catford) and 'Another Country' (Greenfields).
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