Richard Crouse

1/4 A few years ago I took Andrea on my David Bowie Walking Tour of London which ends at the Ship pub, just a few steps from Trident Studio where the Ziggy Stardust album was recorded. I've whiled away quite a few hours at that bar over the years, but this visit was special.

I'm excited that some the interviews I did for my book Raising Hell: Ken Russell and the Unmaking of #TheDevils (newly reissued here: ecwpress.com/products/raisi…) will be part of the Warner Bros. Clockwork 3-Disc 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Collector’s Edition of Ken Russell's The Devils (available for purchase on April 20, 2027)! While you wait for the April home release, go see this masterpiece on the big screen (come scream and blaspheme with me this Saturday at The Playhouse in Hamilton, Ont playhousecinema.ca/movie/ken-russ…) and read my book!

This is what I’m doing tonight! Review coming on Friday! #HowToRobABank

On last night's edition of The Richard Crouse Show we met Kristen Joiner. She is a writer, activist, and producer. After two decades in nonprofit and human-rights work, she was asked to co-author the memoir of disability rights leader Judy Heumann—a collaboration that became Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist, and later the YA book Rolling Warrior.

Judy was blunt from the first meeting: Kristen had spent a career in social change and still had not understood disability as a civil rights issue. That tension—between a nondisabled writer and one of the movement’s central figures—shaped both the book and what followed. Kristen is now an executive producer on the feature film Being Heumann, directed by Oscar winner Siân Heder and starring Ruth Madeley as Judy and now playing in theatres.

Then, Noam Tomaschoff, an actor and writer who turned a family secret into an award-winning musical joins me. He is the writer and star of Our Little Secret: A True New Musical. After a DNA test revealed he wasn’t an only child, he and composer Ryan Peters and producer Russell Citron turned the story into a musical that began at Toronto Fringe, won over Edinburgh, packed Montreal’s Segal Centre, and now comes to the CAA Theatre in Toronto until November 22.

Listen to the whole thing here: on.soundcloud.com/yPQ41tm0jUzyUx…

The Entertainment Is Broken podcast is back… and Brittlestar has joined as a co-host!

Brittlestar, Richard Crouse and Sarah Hanlon unpack Love Is Blind’s relationship drama, Nathan Fielder’s appeal and Canada’s Eurovision plans. Plus, a fake game show with a serious message—and a debate about whether audiences want authenticity or just great entertainment.

Watch it on YouTube: youtu.be/Gh_wkmPpe1o?si…
Listen to the audio podcast: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ent…