MALDWYN POPE

A little act of kindness shown by Johnny Tudor 50 years ago that Max Boyce never forgot.

On reflection I still think the kids are alright and Socrates was wrong!

It’s a year on since we went into lockdown but the good news is…Sunday’s coming!

It’s GRAND to be back performing. After a year of cancellations and postponements finally a week where I managed to get back into a theatre and in front of an audience.

It seems that as more and more of us get vaccinated against Covid 19, finally, the world will start to open up again. It’s got me thinking about my personal relationships. Having been in lockdown for a year and only seeing family in my bubble and acquaintances from a distance I’m wondering if I’ll ever go back to normal, pre pandemic, human interaction.

Life, as they say, is full of surprises. I’ve been thinking about this more and more over the past week.  Maybe it’s because we are approaching the anniversary of going into lockdown, or maybe, and you can call me shallow if you like, maybe it’s the strange outcomes we have had in a number of …

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If I said the name Ruth Madoc to you it wouldn’t surprise me if the first words out of your mouth were ‘Hi Di Hi’. But there’s much more to Ruth as we found out recording our latest podcast. www.themalandjohnnyshow.com

So now I have 2 podcasts, ‘The Mal and Johnny Show’ and ‘Mal Pope in Conversation’. There are no limits to the choice of podcast guests and no limits on where the stories can go. With no one watching the clock there really is time to talk.

Mal Pope chats to Swansea born Theatre director Nick Evans about his new socially distanced production of Romeo and Juliet. Set in a virtual theatre the show stars Sir Derek Jacobi and Olivier Award winner Sam Tutty from ‘Dear Evan Hansen’.

It only takes a little light to break the darkness. Mal Pope shares the secret of his latest, greatest present!