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Drama School Dropout

Listen to me, a Drama School Dropout talk to my friends about the highs and lows of being a drama school student, graduate, and dropout and trying to break into the industry!

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00:59:29

Ep 155. L.J. Aitken

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2023/08/29

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, L.J. Aitken. We chat about the fringe, stage names, the toxic masculinity surrounding boys in the arts, Firewater Thursdays, first time directing, regrets, one person shows, transformative theatre, professional failures, cast members getting thrown out of Edinburgh Bus Station, getting fired, first kisses, Jack Grealish, and moving out. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram

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01:02:39

Ep 154. Charlotte Eaton

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2023/08/22

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Charlotte Eaton. We chat about working through the pandemic, auditions, self tapes, having fun, working with difficult people, being kind, Drama School bonding sessions, tackling assault courses, our craziest Drama School stories, giving out signed headshots, chastity belts, working on Benidorm and working with John Chalice. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest:

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00:37:39

Ep 153. Dean Fagan

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2023/08/15

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Dean Fagan. We chat about cast members talking about shows online, cast drama, how a chance lunch break changed the course of Dean’s life, fetishes, COVID, blackmail, auditioning for Coronation Street, being killed by Pat Phelan, doing live TV, cheating on Corrie, going to awards ceremonies, filming in Malta and our worst audition stories. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host:

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00:44:57

Ep 152. Rob Madge

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2023/08/08

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Rob Madge. We chat about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, problematic tea towels, creating shows as a child, our parents upstaging us, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, being a child actor, making paper breathe, attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School, My Son’s A Queer But What Can You Do, Julie Walters, Dawn French, fun behind the scenes moments, Disney, more Stage Right or Stage Shite? stories and doing the London Palladium pantomime. Submit

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00:51:08

Ep 151. Freddie Bolt

Drama School Dropout ·

2023/08/01

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Freddie Bolt. We chat about the SAG AFTRA strikes, Ackley Bridge, The Bolt Academy, zoom ptsd, wanting Drama School training but also the university lifestyle, feeling humiliated, auditioning for the role of Chesney on Coronation Street, being a child actor, being in Bernard’s Watch, farts in a yoga class, toxic competitiveness in Drama School, showcase struggles, playing racist characters, where the south really begins, disturbing Drama

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00:49:42

Ep 150. Sarah Byrne

Drama School Dropout ·

2023/07/25

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Sarah Byrne. We chat about Shameless, Sarah’s Drama School and Agency, the pandemic, feeling the calling to perform, diversity in the industry, discrimination against working class people, partying on Canal Street, Love Island, Paul Mescal, The Sarah Byrne Acting Academy, missing another friend’s wedding, working with Alice Barry, sunburnt willies, a politically correct Frank Gallagher, and going topless on telly. Submit your story for

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00:52:02

Ep 149. Hannah Hobley

Drama School Dropout ·

2023/07/18

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Hannah Hobley. We chat about Big Brother, parenthood, pregnancy, tea towels on heads, problematic primary school shows, Benidorm, Hannah’s first professional role, classical singing, bad auditions, supportive parents, how hard this industry is, BeniCon, a possible Benidorm return, the Garvey’s, dealing with insecurities as an actor, makeshift dildos, rejecting Lady Gaga, meeting heroes, patience and bad habits. Submit your story for

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00:52:19

Ep 148. Lauren McQueen

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2023/07/11

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Lauren McQueen. We chat about leaving Hollyoaks right before the pandemic, mental health, Annie, Cecil and Vessel, rude agents, working hard, advice, Prima Facie, watching plays in the cinema, learning to cry on cue, trauma dumping, the right way to tackle a self harm storyline, crossing the soap border into Coronation Street, fight classes with dildos, inserting suppositories and working with Tom Hanks. Submit your story for Stage Right

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00:46:16

Ep 147. Joseph Thompson

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2023/07/04

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Joseph Thompson. We chat about my Amsterdam Sex Dungeon, not being ready to go to Drama School, living in Japan, crazy Drama School feedback, schools merging, making chains with keyrings, interactive walk through zoos, eating out of date sweets on set, auditioning for Hollyoaks, ordering hits, Will Young, getting to work at the National, lecturers questioning your personality, Margaret Thatcher and what we’re bringing to new

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01:09:20

Ep 146. Francesca Curran

Drama School Dropout ·

2023/06/27

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Francesca Curran. We chat about wanting to be on BritBox, being plunged into the industry, imposter syndrome, the odds not being in our favour, the rise of TikTok, stepping down with grace, Irn Bru, playing Skinhead Helen, shit Drama School teachers, peeing in water bottles, auditioning for Orange Is The New Black fresh out of Drama School, embodying the character of a criminal, shaving your head for a role, being part of one of the

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00:37:02

Ep 145. Christopher Nicol

Drama School Dropout ·

2023/06/20

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Christopher Nicol. We chat about first roles being a lead role in a brand new play, telling little white lies to calm someone down, switching from Computer Science to Acting, the toxic masculinity aimed towards boys in schools who want to study Drama, the size of the Scottish acting industry, discovering that we went to the same secondary school, being inspired by Indiana Jones, the brand new play Alba, going to the Edinburgh Fringe

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00:40:44

Ep 144. Vicki Pepperdine

Drama School Dropout ·

2023/06/13

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Vicki Pepperdine. We chat about our new panto, working with Channing Tatum, studying art history, going to Drama School at 28 years old, terrible impressions of Alison Steadman, shopping for wedding dresses, doing a TV show with Don Draper and Harry Potter, working on Magic Mike and the Bad Education reboot, working on The Windsors, Scottish Independence and the stories we like to tell. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite:

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00:48:31

Ep 143. Sam Phillips

Drama School Dropout ·

2023/06/06

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Sam Phillips. We chat about the weather, being grateful for lockdown, spicy accountants, self tapes, auditions, self tape studios, being farted on, growing up in the industry, finger sucking, Meryl Streep, Catherine Tate, agents drawing on headshots, working on The Crown, being Imelda Staunton’s son-in-law, perfecting the Princess Diana “Alright”, working with Kevin Spacey, forgetting lines, forgetting props, therapy, pressure, finding a

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00:54:21

Ep 142. Aaron Sidwell

Drama School Dropout ·

2023/05/30

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Aaron Sidwell. We chat about performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and making the mistake of packing summer clothes, setting life goals at a very young age, the government’s negligence of the arts industries, the stage and screen being linked, dealing with personal challenges on set, working on EastEnders, the difficulties of working on a continuous drama, Shakespeare, stealing from EastEnders, being a tattooed actor, making friends

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01:01:56

Ep 141. Jack Byrne

Drama School Dropout ·

2023/05/23

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Jack Byrne. We chat about doing get outs, This Is Where We Get Off, the importance of life experience, gap years, our favourite Shakespeare plays, Nicola Sturgeon, rapping, crying, emotional recall, Jack’s new play Alba, rapping, Scottish politics, instagram follows, disagreeing with lecturers, Scottish actors, traumatising Drama School exercises, online Drama School, Urban Frubing, writing and creating worlds. ALBA TICKETS:

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01:07:51

Ep 140. Zachary Ray Sherman

Drama School Dropout ·

2023/05/16

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Zachary Ray Sherman. We chat about Scientology, performing in the new play Alba, 90210, money, making theatre accessible, our favourite Shakespeare roles, playing Santa Claus, 90210 drama, actors being influenced into starting acting by an older sibling, working with Kirsten Dunst, sliding doors moments, dreams of being a Beverly Hills brat, mental health, going to New York City as a sixteen year old, getting feedback, struggling with

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00:34:38

Ep 139. Kerry Ellis

Drama School Dropout ·

2023/05/09

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Kerry Ellis. We chat about being the first ever British actress to play Elphaba, never saying no, not being able to swim, tackling My Fair Lady straight out of Drama School, going through Drama School without mobile phones and social media, covering for Idina Menzel, her new album ‘Kings and Queens’, getting involved in the industry, Kerry’s advice to Drama School graduates, the world of social media, playing Titania in A Midsummer

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00:57:27

Ep 138. Sanjeev Kohli

Drama School Dropout ·

2023/05/02

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Sanjeev Kohli. We chat about so many actors not being able to drive, unexplored possibilities for Still Game, Sanjeev’s first ever panto, Still Game, losing out on a pant award to Judge Rinder, Fags, Mags and Bags, having a degree in maths, starting out hosting a multi-cultural magazine radio show for BBC Scotland, reporting on gangsta rap, writing the lonely shopkeeper sketch on Chewin’ The Fat, the final Still Game episode and Still

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01:32:04

Ep 137. Rock Anthony

Drama School Dropout ·

2023/04/29

Today on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Rock Anthony. We chat about Glee, YouTube tutorials, hurt squirrels, Twitch streaming, Glee drama, being pinned for a Denzel Washington movie, mental health, writing movies, the things that Cory Monteith did for Rock on set, missing friend’s weddings for auditions, self tapes, getting feedback, working with Hillary Swank and Hugh Jackman, shit jobs, trying to exist in LA, The Price of Glee, scene studies, acting classes, Catherine Tate,

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00:45:15

Ep 136. Daniella De Jesús

Drama School Dropout ·

2023/04/28

Today on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Daniella De Jesús. We chat about reconnecting with the reasons we want to do what we do, playwriting, Grad School, being asked to clean the floors and change bedding in Drama School, knowing your worth, auditioning for Orange Is The New Black a month after graduating, the pressures of being on Orange, syphoning your passion for TV shows into real life advocacy and naked polaroids. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite:

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