{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/646e20934edb000011c714e4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Eddie Izzard on gender, acting, and Dickens solo","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/5883ea1e-0ebe-4d27-9746-2bf0605b19e6.jpg?height=200","description":"<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><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Twitter #TheLeaderPodcast</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}