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[0:06] Josh Mitchell: Hey guys, what's going on? It is Josh Mitchell here and you are listening to We Are Theatre where we are introducing you to this show this week. We are so close to launching and I am so excited to get started. It is going to be an incredible journey and I can't wait to take you guys along for the ride. But first, who am I, you ask? I am just a guy from Australia. I love theatre. I love this industry. Um yeah, I just love being around creative people, and I found this industry to be the best place for that. So I have worked uh been around the theatre industry for about six to seven years now. I have uh been working as a lighting and sound tech, makeup hair, um, marketing. I've done a lot. Uh I've tried to put my finger into nearly every facet in the industry, and hopefully that comes across when I'm talking to these amazingly talented people who are the top of the top in their field in their area.

Um so hopefully you guys pick up on that. I I am really, really passionate about this industry. I'm really passionate about the people in this industry, and I hope you guys um connect to that and understand that this shutdown, lockout, blackout, whatever it is, whatever you want to call it, um, worldwide of the theatre industry doesn't just affect the performers, the producers, the techies, the musicians. It affects a whole other range of people um as well. There's the tourism industry, people that uh uh influences on social media. There's people who um run Broadway adjacent businesses which stock and sell some incredible handcrafted and handmade um artworks and merchandise um that aren't official but are really, really incredible.

And um there's a lot of other avenues in this industry that have been affected that I don't think a lot of people realise. So that's uh what I'm aiming to do here essentially is to not only shine a light on those other um professions, I guess you could call them, uh that have been affected during this time, but also just to have a conversation. I found that to be really therapeutic over the last year. Um during COVID I was lucky enough to be running the Queendom podcast where I was chatting to some amazing cast and crew of Six of Musical around the world and there were definitely moments where just having a conversation was just what we needed and I think that's what this is gonna be. It's gonna be probably a very emotional, a very real podcast.

Um I'm not here to dress anything up or uh put anyone on a pedestal. I'm here to have a conversation with people and talk to people about what I love and what they love. Uh 'cause that's a big thing guys. We uh the people in this industry we don't do what we do for the money. We don't do it for the fame or the wealth. We do it because we love it. We love seeing little Susie in the front row light up when she sees her favourite character or when someone connects to a show and walks out of the theatre being like, damn, really thinking about their life, you know. Um there's so much I could talk about right now, but we're gonna touch on that throughout the season, so I'm not gonna spoil anything right now.

But we are kicking things off with a huge bang very soon. So January 2021, we are gonna have our first episodes out. Uh and if all is according going to plan, like I think it's going to, it is going to be probably one of the best launches I've ever done in my life, which I am really pumped about. I don't wanna work it up too much just in case I let you guys down, but I promise, guys, there's big things in the works. So um right now, if you're listening anywhere, um, please look at that follow button or that I think follow, subscribe, whatever button it is, click it so you get those notifications whenever new episodes drop. We're gonna be dropping episodes on Mondays. You can expect a new episode every Monday, uh and uh yeah, it's gonna be good fun.

I love talking about this industry. I love talking with people in this industry about this industry. Um but we're not just gonna be talking to those people on stage, as I said, guys, we're gonna be talking the people around everything. Um, and it's not just gonna be about shows, it's gonna be about hey, how have you handled this situation? Um, what have you done for your mental health, for your physical health? Uh, what have you done to find a second income? Because God knows that's been a struggle this year. Um, how have you survived? What have you gone out and done to survive? And that's what I'm looking for in our guests is those people that have really gone out of their way to change something up or look at a different way of working with people in this industry to create art or it's it's just gonna be a really fun experience for me and hopefully you guys listening is to talk to these incredible people um about how they've gone about their business and I I'm so excited just thinking about it.

But we're also gonna be talking to those people that are going back to work because we know that's happening worldwide. Um obviously there's hiccups here and there, but we're gonna be talking to people from um Australia, UK, New York as things open up and we're gonna be at the forefront of documenting uh the return of theatre to the world. Um so I'm gonna be reaching out to productions all over the world to uh chat to their amazing casts and get the inside scoop on what it's been like to head back into a rehearsal room, head back onto a stage, and then have an audience come back in and uh see live art for the first time. If you want to follow this journey, guys, uh you can follow me at Josh on the Air.

Uh I post all my theatre kind of travels uh on there. You can also follow the show here at We Are Theatre underscore. You'll find us there on Instagram and Facebook. That's gonna be a really fun place to stay up to date with all your news, your goss, um just some cool updates about the podcast, about the industry, about what's going on in the world. Um so we are theatre underscore is gonna be your hub for everything for this show. Before we wrap things up and uh I hope you guys have stayed with us this long, uh this is this is not what get every episode's gonna be like I promise there's gonna be guests there's gonna be good fun laughs everything um just a few thank yous to uh some amazing people that have helped me get this show off the ground first of all the incredible team at the Broadway Podcast Network Alan, Katie, Brit and yo uh for all your help uh with the branding and ideas behind this show thank you for helping me get it up and running and you guys can catch some incredible podcasts on the Broadway podcast network like uh I I'm not even gonna attempt to hype any of these up because they are incredible so make sure you're checking out Broadway podcast network just google it guys click that top link and uh go down the rabbit hole because trust me it is worth it it is so worth it um next up is the incredible uh writer of my intro and outro track Josh Byrd uh an incredible writer who I am really stoked to work with um right now and he has done my intro and outro track and I I love his work I uh he's an incredible person and all the best wishes for him as I I hope there is incredible work coming out of him very soon but guys that wraps us up first episode done out of the books this is the intro to the show episode zero if you will uh we're gonna be back in twenty twenty one with some incredible guests some incredible content and uh hope you guys are along for the journey.

So make sure you're jumping on Instagram. We want to create a really cool in uh community over there. I want to get to know you guys. I hope you guys want to get to know me. So make sure you're commenting, liking, sharing, whatever it is, tagging me and stuff. Take a photo of this right now. Screenshot it. Boom, boom. Upload it to your story, tag Josh on the air. We are theatre. I want to see who's listening. And we will see you very soon, guys, for the first episode of season one of We Are Theatre right here on the Broadway Podcast Network. Bye.