About

What We Do: Our Podcasts

West End Frame is the home of theatre podcasts, producing The West End Frame Show and In The Frame.

The West End Frame Show is your weekly stagey catchup! Each week West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins is joined by an industry co-host for a round-up of the latest theatre news and reviews. Guest co-hosts include performers (including understudies and swings) as well as producers, journalists, creatives and more, giving you the opportunity to hear from under-represented voices within theatreland.

S14 Ep18 (ft. Toby Shellard): Tony Awards, Beetlejuice, High Society, Kimberley Akimbo, Hadestown + more! – The West End Frame Show: Theatre News, Reviews & Chat

  1. S14 Ep18 (ft. Toby Shellard): Tony Awards, Beetlejuice, High Society, Kimberley Akimbo, Hadestown + more!
  2. S14 Ep17 (ft. Odelia Dizel-Cubuca): Redcliffe, Chess, Cole Escola, The Last Ship, My Fair Lady + more!
  3. SHOW TALK: Megan Hilty, End of the Rainbow, 1536, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind & Sherlock Holmes

In The Frame is an interviews podcast, featuring candid conversations with guests from the world of theatre. The podcast regularly welcomes the biggest stars of the West End and Broadway, as well as up-and-coming fresh talent you should be keeping an eye on.

S11 Ep28: Kayna Montecillo, star of Ride The Cyclone, Starlight Express & The Lightning Thief – In The Frame: Theatre Interviews from West End Frame

  1. S11 Ep28: Kayna Montecillo, star of Ride The Cyclone, Starlight Express & The Lightning Thief
  2. S11 Ep27: Angela Marie Hurst, alternate Satine in Moulin Rouge
  3. S11 Ep26: Ryan Carter, The Iceberg in Titaníque

The West End Frame back-story

In 2012 Andrew Tomlins accidentally started a theatre blog which went on to become the UK’s leading independent theatre website, West End Frame.

West End Frame became renowned for breaking theatre news and publishing in-depth interviews with theatre performers whilst The West End Frame Awards received over 100,000 votes each year. As well as reporting on the West End, coverage expanded to off-West End, UK tours, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Broadway.

West End Frame closed as a theatre website in 2016, throughout its final year the site was receiving over a million hits each month.

The Podcasting era

Guests Pictured: Courtney Bowman, Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky, Rachel Tucker, Zizi Strallen, Ben Joyce & Jordan Luke Gage

In 2019 it was time for a West End Frame revival! West End Frame made its comeback as the home of theatre podcasting.

The West End Frame Show launched in July 2019, with In The Frame launching three months later in October 2019. West End Frame is the biggest producer of theatre podcasts in the UK with a minimum of two episodes (sometimes three or four) dropping weekly. In 2025, both podcasts celebrated reaching 300 episodes, meaning West End Frame has produced over 600 podcast episodes to date.

Meet Your Host: Andrew Tomlins

MusicalCon, ExCel Centre

Andrew Tomlins hosts The West End Frame Show and In The Frame. He is the founding Editor of West End Frame, having created the website in 2012. During West End Frame’s tenure as a theatre website, Andrew reviewed all major UK theatre openings, wrote long-form interviews, news articles and features. He also managed The West End Frame Awards.

As a writer, Andrew was previously a regular contributor to London Theatre Direct, managing the site’s news-desk and publishing a weekly column. He has also written for BroadwayWorld and Gay Times.

As a presenter, Andrew is a regular host for MusicalCon, the UK’s official musical theatre fan convention. He has hosted and compèred countless events, festivals and panels at prestigious venues such as The BFI, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, The O2, The ExCel Centre and Everyman Cinemas.

Andrew has hosted all episodes of The West End Frame Show and In The Frame, and also produces and edits both podcasts.