Eddie Izzard on gender, acting, and Dickens solo

<p>Taken from <a href="https://podfollow.com/the-evening-standard-theatre-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our theatre podcast</a>, Eddie Izzard speaks with the Evening Standard’s Chief Theatre Critic Nick Curtis about her one-woman adaptation of Dickens’s Great Expectations, her gender fluidity, and her personal drive to succeed. In this episode:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Izzard explains her names &amp; pronouns</li><li>How Izzard’s one-woman Great Expectations show was born</li><li>Why it was launched in New York</li><li>How Izzard’s adapted from comedy into acting</li><li>The rave reviews from the New York show</li><li>Izzard’s one-woman Hamlet show</li><li>Why the ‘vast majority’ of people are vying for a ‘live and let live world’</li><li>How being gender fluid supports Izzard’s male and female roles</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/17db0f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">You can listen to more of this interview from the Evening Standard Theatre Podcast here</a>.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Follow us on Twitter #TheLeaderPodcast</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>