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On today's episode Josh and Lyndsay discuss "circus-washing" and whether or not it is a significant issue for large companies like Cirque Du Soleil and Dragone that have opened new shows in Saudi Arabia. Later in the show they call up award winning circus and theater director Cal McCrystal. They chat about Cal's past directing experience with Cirque Du Soleil, Spiegelworld, and Giffords Circus as well as his philosophy on creation and clowning. If you enjoy today's show please subscribe and share it with a friend!

Episode 129 - Cal McCrystal, acclaimed circus and theater director

"Your Life &amp; Times With Me Chris Grimes!" The adventure continues!Please welcome Award Winning Comedy &amp; Theatre Director - Cal McCrystal - Director of many seminal Theatre, Opera, Circus &amp; Film Productions."One Man Two Guvnors" +  "Gifford's Circus" to name but two of very many others, which have collectively won him the accolade of being:"Britain's Funniest Comedy Director" The Guardian.Hurrah!A wonderfully warm conversation indeed - with a touching tribute also to Nell Gifford in Cal's talking about his long standing Artistic relationship - as ongoing Resident Director with the glorious institution and Circus phenomenon that is Gifford's Circus.The founder of England’s Giffords Circus, Nell Gifford (1974-2019) wrote: "A good circus is a sublimely existential thing, living acutely and only for the present moment." She also wrote: "A good circus should make you cry." She created a circus conform to these ideas, a circus with a soul, which understands its purpose. In time, Giffords Circus has generated an amazingly faithful and enthusiastic following in the countryside of the south of England—not a large territory, but Nell Gifford wanted hers to be a "village-green circus." And indeed, Giffords Circus has this unique quality: it takes its audience into a nostalgic world of quaint simplicity and tangible wonder.Marvellous!“The Good Listening To: Your Life &amp; Times With Me Chris Grimes!” is the Show &amp; Podcast series that features “The Clearing”:Where all good Questions come to be asked - and all good Stories come to be told…With some lovely juicy Storytelling metaphors to also enjoy along the way:The Clearing itself - a Tree - a lovely juicy Storytelling exercise called “5-4-3-2-1” - some Alchemy - some Gold - a cheeky bit of Shakespeare - and a CAKE!So it’s all to play for! Hurrah!(…and indeed Huzzah!)Enjoy!Tune in next week for more stories of 'Distinction &amp; Genius' from The Good Listening To Show 'Clearing'. If you would like to be my Guest too then you can find out HOW via the different 'series strands' at 'The Good Listening To Show' website.  Show Website: https://www.thegoodlisteningtoshow.com  You can email me about the Show: chris@secondcurve.uk Twitter thatchrisgrimes  LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-grimes-actor-broadcaster-facilitator-coach/  FaceBook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/842056403204860   Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE &amp; REVIEW wherever you get your Podcasts :) Thanks for listening! 

"Your Life &amp; Times With Me Chris Grimes!" The adventure continues! Please welcome Award Winning Comedy &amp; Theatre Director - Cal McCrystal - Director of many seminal Theatre, Opera, Circus &amp; Film Productions. "One Man Two Guvnors" +  "Gifford's Circus" to name but two of very many others, which have collectively won him the accolade of being: "Britain's Funniest Comedy Director" The Guardian. Hurrah! A wonderfully warm conversation indeed - with a touching tribute also to Nell Gifford in Cal's talking about his long standing Artistic relationship - as ongoing Resident Director with the glorious institution and Circus phenomenon that is Gifford's Circus. The founder of England’s Giffords Circus, Nell Gifford (1974-2019) wrote: "A good circus is a sublimely existential thing, living acutely and only for the present moment." She also wrote: "A good circus should make you cry."  She created a circus conform to these ideas, a circus with a soul, which understands its purpose. In time, Giffords Circus has generated an amazingly faithful and enthusiastic following in the countryside of the south of England—not a large territory, but Nell Gifford wanted hers to be a "village-green circus." And indeed, Giffords Circus has this unique quality: it takes its audience into a nostalgic world of quaint simplicity and tangible wonder. Marvellous!“The Good Listening To: Your Life &amp; Times With Me Chris Grimes!” is the Show &amp; Podcast series that features “The Clearing”:Where all good Questions come to be asked - and all good Stories come to be told…With some lovely juicy Storytelling metaphors to also enjoy along the way:The Clearing itself - a Tree - a lovely juicy Storytelling exercise called “5-4-3-2-1” - some Alchemy - some Gold - a cheeky bit of Shakespeare - and a CAKE!So it’s all to play for! Hurrah!(…and indeed Huzzah!)Enjoy!Tune in next week for more stories of 'Distinction &amp; Genius' from The Good Listening To Show 'Clearing'. If you would like to be my Guest too then you can find out HOW via the different 'series strands' at 'The Good Listening To Show' website. <ul> <li>Show Website: <a href="https://www.thegoodlisteningtoshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thegoodlisteningtoshow.com</a> </li> <li>You can email me about the Show: chris@secondcurve.uk</li> <li>Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/thatchrisgrimes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thatchrisgrimes</a> </li> <li>LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-grimes-actor-broadcaster-facilitator-coach/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-grimes-actor-broadcaster-facilitator-coach/</a> </li> <li>FaceBook Group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/842056403204860" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/842056403204860</a> </li> </ul> Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE &amp; REVIEW wherever you get your Podcasts :) Thanks for listening!

80 Welcome to The Clearing: Award Winning Comedy Director (of Gifford's Circus, One Man Two Guvnors & Many Many More!) Cal McCrystal!

Drama at Inish director Cal McCrystal talks with Lisa Farrelly about the freedom of directing, the limits of comedy and the pride &amp; delight he takes in making people laugh.Recorded on Wednesday 13 November 2019 at the Abbey Theatre.Interviewer &amp; Editor: Lisa FarrellySound operator: Derek Conaghy17/2019 Broadcast 19/11/2019Photo Malcolm  McGettigan(C)

Drama at Inish director Cal McCrystal talks with Lisa Farrelly about the freedom of directing, the limits of comedy and the pride &amp; delight he takes in making people laugh. Recorded on Wednesday 13 November 2019 at the Abbey Theatre. Interviewer &amp; Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Derek Conaghy 17/2019 Broadcast 19/11/2019 Photo Malcolm McGettigan(C)

Abbey Talks Series: Meet the Makers: Cal McCrystal

Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty. His guests this week are the pianist Zhang Zuo, director Cal McCrystal, who chats about his new production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe, and three of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's rising stars - Ciara Hendrick, James Way and  James Newby.

"We've got fairies flying all over the stage...It's very expensive!" Cal McCrystal on Iolanthe

Diana Quick

Libby Purves meets Will Moult, a Romanian orphan who was adopted by a British couple after the fall of the Ceausescu regime; actor Diana Quick; theatre director Cal McCrystal and sculptor Nic Fiddian-Green.Will Moult was adopted by a British couple in 1990 after the fall of the Ceausescu regime in Romania. More than 20 years later he returns to the country in search of his birth mother for an ITV1 documentary, From Romania with Love.Actor Diana Quick is appearing in Richard Greenberg's The American Plan at the Theatre Royal Bath. Diana's repertoire ranges from Troilus and Cressida to The Threepenny Opera. She has also curated the Aldeburgh Documentary Festival. The American Plan is at The Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath.Cal McCrystal is directing Alan Ayckbourn's Mr Whatnot at the Royal &amp; Derngate Theatre in Northampton. He is a physical comedy specialist who worked on One Man, Two Guvnors and the Sacha Baron Cohen film The Dictator. A former clown, he also works with physical theatre company Spymonkey and Cirque du Soleil. Mr Whatnot is at the Royal &amp; Derngate, Northampton.Nic Fiddian-Green is a sculptor known for his equine sculptures, notably his striking head of a drinking horse at Marble Arch - a permanent work of art for London. His latest work, Christ Rests In Peace, is a continuation of his quest to create the face of Christ. It is an 8 foot head of Jesus cast in lead with the crown of thorns and finished in gold leaf. The sculpture is on display at Southwark Cathedral in London during Lent and Holy Week.Producer: Paula McGinley.

Libby Purves meets Will Moult, a Romanian orphan who was adopted by a British couple after the fall of the Ceausescu regime; actor Diana Quick; theatre director Cal McCrystal and sculptor Nic Fiddian-Green. Will Moult was adopted by a British couple in 1990 after the fall of the Ceausescu regime in Romania. More than 20 years later he returns to the country in search of his birth mother for an ITV1 documentary, From Romania with Love. Actor Diana Quick is appearing in Richard Greenberg's The American Plan at the Theatre Royal Bath. Diana's repertoire ranges from Troilus and Cressida to The Threepenny Opera. She has also curated the Aldeburgh Documentary Festival. The American Plan is at The Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath. Cal McCrystal is directing Alan Ayckbourn's Mr Whatnot at the Royal &amp; Derngate Theatre in Northampton. He is a physical comedy specialist who worked on One Man, Two Guvnors and the Sacha Baron Cohen film The Dictator. A former clown, he also works with physical theatre company Spymonkey and Cirque du Soleil. Mr Whatnot is at the Royal &amp; Derngate, Northampton. Nic Fiddian-Green is a sculptor known for his equine sculptures, notably his striking head of a drinking horse at Marble Arch - a permanent work of art for London. His latest work, Christ Rests In Peace, is a continuation of his quest to create the face of Christ. It is an 8 foot head of Jesus cast in lead with the crown of thorns and finished in gold leaf. The sculpture is on display at Southwark Cathedral in London during Lent and Holy Week. Producer: Paula McGinley.