The Maybe You Like It Podcast

Happy Leap Day! We're back after a break for our preview performances of 'Pleading Stupidity'. Jake and Caleb are joined by Learning, Education and Participation officer of Chichester Festival Theatre Elspeth Barron to discuss staging 'Leap Year'. We'll be putting the 2010 film, starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode, into our hypothetical theatre! Leap Year follows a real estate worker who heads to Ireland to ask her boyfriend to accept her wedding proposal on leap day, when tradition supposedly holds that men cannot refuse a woman's proposal for marriage. Her plans are interrupted by a series of events and are further complicated when she hires an Irish innkeeper to take her to her boyfriend in Dublin.Yet another poorly reviewed Rom-Com on the pod you say? Well, this ones a road trip movie too! See how we end up with a static one act musical?Come for Leap Year, stay for Jake's rant about Come From Away and Six.Take a listen and let us know your thoughts @maybeulikeit or info@maybeyoulikeit.co.uk. What would you do differently? What are your thoughts on one act musicals?You can find Leap year on Amazon Prime video at the time of writing.Find Elspeth @elspethrebecca on twitterFind Jake @jakereesh on twitterFind Caleb @caleblebster on twitter and instagramFind out more about us at https://www.maybeyoulikeit.co.ukMusic is from Kavana CrossleyMaybe You Like It, Maybe You Don't See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jake and Caleb are joined by actor James Akka to discuss staging '50 First Dates'. We'll be putting the 2004 Adam Sandler film, starring Drew Barrymore, into our hypothetical theatre! In 50 first dates, Henry, a womanizing marine veterinarian who falls for an art teacher named Lucy. Realizing she was involved in an accident that means she looses her memory since the crash each time she falls asleep, he resolves to win her over again each new day.This is an incredibily interesting premise stuffed into a rom-com and as such we really take it off-genre this week!Take a listen and let us know your thoughts @maybeulikeit or info@maybeyoulikeit.co.uk. What would you do differently?You can find 50 first dates on Netflix UK or Amazon at the time of writing.Find Jake @jakereesh on twitterFind Caleb @caleblebster on twitter and instagramFind out more about us at https://www.maybeyoulikeit.co.ukMusic is from Kavana CrossleyMaybe You Like It, Maybe You Don't See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jake and Caleb are joined by Actor, Originator of the "Maybe You Like It, Maybe You Don't" catchphrase and enemy of the podcast Daniel Ergas to discuss staging 'Brewster's Millions'.We'll be putting Winchell Smith and Byron Onley's 1906 play, based on George McCutcheon's novel , into our hypothetical theatre. Or perhaps our dockside warehouse? 'Brewster's Millions' is about a young man who must spend a million dollars that he has inherited in order to inherit many millions more. By the end of this episode we're planning an all-late-middle-aged-women ensemble promenade piece with musical elements. Listen to find out how Daniel gets us there!Take a listen and let us know your thoughts @maybeulikeit or info@maybeyoulikeit.co.uk. What would you do differently?You can find the full playscript of 'Brewster's Millions' at this address on babel hathitrust. It is also available to buy online in hardcopy.Find Jake @jakereesh on twitterFind Caleb @caleblebster on twitter and instagramFind out more about us at https://www.maybeyoulikeit.co.ukMusic is from Kavana CrossleyMaybe You Like It, Maybe You Don't See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this Christmas Special, Jake and Caleb go it alone to discuss staging 'Christmas with the Kranks' . We'll be putting Joe Roth's 2004 film, starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, into our hypothetical theatre! Based on John Grisham's 2001 novel 'Skipping Christmas', the film follows a couple who decide to skip Christmas one year since their daughter is away, much to the chagrin of their neighbours. The couple are then sent into a panicked backtrack when their daughter calls them on Christmas Eve to announce she is coming home for Christmas after all, and with a boy no less.We're not a film critisism podcast so aplogies for how much we bash the movie in this episode. A rotten tomatoes score of 5% doesn't lie.Take a listen and let us know your thoughts @maybeulikeit or info@maybeyoulikeit.co.uk. What would you do differently?Despite what we say in the episode, Christmas with the Kranks is now back on Netflix UK at the time of writing. The full script doesn't seem to be available online.Find Jake @jakereesh on twitterFind Caleb @caleblebster on twitter and instagramFind out more about us at https://www.maybeyoulikeit.co.ukMusic is from Kavana CrossleyMaybe You Like It, Maybe You Don't See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jake and Caleb are joined by Actor Gemma Daubeney to discuss staging 'Hamilton'... the 1917 play, that is, not the musical.We'll be putting Mary Hamlin's play on in our hypothetical theatre... or will it even be a theatre? 'Hamilton' dramatises the events of Hamilton's life around the states debts and Maria Reynold's scandal. Or in other words, 'Say no to this', 'the room where it happens', 'we know', 'hurricane', 'the Reynolds Pamphlet' and 'burn'... but with a quite different message...There's a lot to love in this piece, and a lot to fix. Here's our stab at it!Take a listen and let us know your thoughts @maybeulikeit or info@maybeyoulikeit.co.uk. What would you do differently?You can find the full playscript of 'Hamilton' at this address. It is also available to buy online in hardcopy.Find Jake @jakereesh on twitterFind Caleb @caleblebster on twitter and instagramFind out more about us at https://www.maybeyoulikeit.co.ukMusic is from Kavana CrossleyMaybe You Like It, Maybe You Don't See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jake and Caleb go it alone to discuss staging '15 Million Merits' from anthology series Black Mirror. We'll be putting Charlie Booker and Kanak Huq's 2011 feature length episode, starring Daniel Kaluuya and Jessica Brown Findlay, into our hypothetical theatre! In 15 Million Merits, Bing, who has recently inhereted 'credits' from a relative, meets Abi, an excellent singer, and convinces her to participate in a talent game show to escape the slave-like world around them. The episode is a science-fictiondystopia which features a parallel to reality shows such as The X Factor and figures such as Simon Cowell.15 Million Merits was the second episode to air despite being the first to be written, and similarly this was the first episode we recorded!Take a listen and let us know your thoughts @maybeulikeit or info@maybeyoulikeit.co.uk. What would you do differently?You can find 15 Million Merits on Netflix UK at the time of writing, and the full script can be found at this web address.Find Jake @jakereesh on twitterFind Caleb @caleblebster on twitter and instagramFind out more about us at https://www.maybeyoulikeit.co.ukMusic is from Kavana CrossleyMaybe You Like It, Maybe You Don't See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jake and Caleb are joined by Lighting Designer Will Hayman to discuss staging 'Attack The Block'. We'll be putting Joe Cornish's 2011 film, starring John Boyega and Jodie Whittaker, into our hypothetical theatre! In Attack The Block, a teen gang in a South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasionWhen we first came to this film, we thought it would be near-impossible to stage. But with Will's expertise in lighting design we manage a coherent and exciting set of ideas!Take a listen and let us know your thoughts @maybeulikeit or info@maybeyoulikeit.co.uk. What would you do differently?You can find Attack the Block on Netflix UK or All4 at the time of writing, and the full script can be found at this address.Find Will at www.willhaymantech.co.uk or drop him an email at willhaymantech@gmail.comFind Jake @jakereesh on twitterFind Caleb @caleblebster on twitter and instagramFind out more about us at https://www.maybeyoulikeit.co.ukMusic is from Kavana CrossleyMaybe You Like It, Maybe You Don't See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Maybe You Like It Podcast starts Wednesday 27th November!On the Maybe You Like It Podcast, we take a play or a film that has never been staged before or is never likely to be staged again, and... talk about how we'd stage it!​Hosted by Producer/Director duo Jake Rich (@jakereesh) and Caleb Barron (@caleblebster), and with music from Youtube sensation Kavana Crossley, the Maybe You Like It team are joined each episode by incredibley talented guests to chat everything about our hypothetical production; From set, to lighting, to character, to sound, making this is the ultimate podcast for theatre nerds.Find out more about Maybe You Like It Productions and our upcoming (non-hypothetical) shows at www.maybeyoulikeit.co.ukFind us on:Twitter @maybeulikeitInstagram @maybeulikeitFacebook @maybeyoulikeitWe'd love to hear from you! E-mail us at info@maybeyoulikeit.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.