Drewling Samantics

The Chicken or the Egg      Film? Book? Play? TV? No, despite how it may appear, Drew and Sam aren’t playing charades on Drewling Samantics this week; however there are some questions to be asked, and they’re certainly doing their best to make sure they answer them!    Many of us will have watched a production on stage or screen, and wondered where the idea first came from. Equally, reading a book...

Pulling the Strings      The Drewling Samantics boys welcome a guest with magic in her hands this week, the wonderful Kim Scopes, whose talent is bringing seemingly inanimate objects to life, to delight and entertain. Kim is a highly skilled puppeteer and theatre creative, working in numerous areas of performance from TV to commercials and theatre to immersive events. She trained as an actor but,...

The Big O      Another year comes around, another awards season swings in to action, and it’s another year where Drew and Sam have been passed over for glory. Are they disappointed? Well, maybe just a little, but certainly not enough to stop them seizing the opportunity to mull over the nominations and potential winners! It may not be one of the boys that ends up with a lovely shiny statue on thei...

Double Trouble      It’s always an exciting prospect when Drew and Sam welcome a visitor to Drewling Samantics, so that surely means this week is even more special, as the boys have the pleasure of welcoming delightful couple Emily Juler and Tom Capper to podcast HQ.    Performers, creatives, writers, producers, teachers and more, Emily and Tom are a truly charming pair, who successfully manage bo...

eXciting reVival     What, well where did that come from?! It’s only an episode of Drewling Samantics, that’s all! Yes the boys are finally back and rather than building up to this exciting new season they’ve just dropped it on us without warning - shocking, but rather enjoyable we can all agree!   So yes, Christmas is over, New Year has been and gone, and it remains to be seen whether Drew and Sa...

Season Fourteen – Best of Drew & Sam      Well another season of Drewling Samantics has reached its climax, and rather good timing too as both boys are now fully immersed in their respective seasonal contracts (it’s almost like they planned the dates - maybe they’re better at this than they give themselves credit for?!)    It’s been a fantastic fifteen weeks or podcast content, which has inclu...

Season Fourteen – Best of Guests      Drew and Sam are back for this, their penultimate episode of Season Fourteen, and as always they have found it extraordinarily difficult but extremely enjoyable selecting their favourite highlights from the brilliant guest episodes of this season.    An exciting and interesting, varied and fascinating gathering of visitors dropped into Drewling Samantics HQ du...

Legends and Legacies      Another fabulous season of Drewling Samantics may be drawing to a close, but Drew and Sam aren’t slowing down - no they’re doing what they do best, and keeping the content coming by having another a good old chat!    Reflecting on the fantastic episodes and wonderful guests of the past three or so months, it really isn’t all that surprising that they still have immense fu...

Dance To Your Own Tune      Today the final Drewling Samantics guest of Season 14 steps through the virtual doors, and how very lucky we all are to meet her! Rachel Fullegar is one busy lady, particularly at this time of the year, what with many seasonal productions in various stages of creation and completion, but what is it exactly that she does?    Well, you’ll have to check out this episode fo...

We’re Gonna Need Another Quote      It’s probably not that tricky to predict this week’s subject matter if you take a look at the episode title! Yes, famous film quotes are the topic of discussion in this latest Drewling Samantics show, and if you’re listening to or watching this podcast it’s fair to say you’re probably a keen film fan. Like many fans Drew and Sam are fond of a good memorable and/...

Literarily Laughing      A gentleman of letters joins Drewling Samantics as this week’s fabulous guest. Ralph Jones is a journalist, author, script writer and comedian, and as if that wasn’t enough to keep him busy, he also crops up on various platforms as a performer and contributor. How does he fit it all in?!    Fortunately he’s full of energy, and to aid in keeping all his plates spinning as i...

What On Earth Are You Wearing?      Drew and Sam are back for another instalment of chat and banter, so, having both engaged in a very busy week of work related travelling, they hang up their coats and settle in for a bit podcast fun. Today’s meeting sees the chaps taking the opportunity to discuss dressing up for a living - in other words, costume and wardrobe!    One of the great joys of being a...

All in the Mind      Another week means another guest, but any suggestion that that brings an element of repetition is nonsense, as today’s episode is far from boring or run of the mill! You see today the Drewling Samantics boys welcome a guest with a difference - he’s very much a part of the industry, but has a unique combination of skills that you could say put a very different slant on things! ...

Self Improv-ment     Despite careful pre-planning and in-depth discussion, Drew and Sam readily admit that it may at times look as if they are making things up on the spot. In fact the content they bring us is frequently sporadic and “off-the-cuff”, but actually it’s fair to say that that’s part of the joy of Drewling Samantics. Yes, regardless of how much prep they’ve done, our podcast presenters...

Dress to Impress      Whether you are a regular listener or viewer, or a relative newcomer to the podcast, this week’s episode is sure to be quite the treat, as the delightful and talented Tilly Burrows joins Drew and Sam for a chat. Tilly is a theatre professional and creative currently working in yet another field of the business that gets less coverage (excuse the slight pun!) than it deserves...

In The Spotlight      This week there’s a VIE (Very Important Episode) coming from Drewling Samantics HQ, and not just because Drew and Sam are tackling a rather serious subject. Why then? Well, insert fanfare here - today’s is the two hundredth show! Yes, they said it couldn’t be done, there was no future, the boys must be fools… well actually no one said anything of the sort, but nonetheless our...

The Heart of the Matter      The Drewling Samantics boys are back once again with another cracking episode, and to make things even better they are joined by another fabulous guest this week who drops in with an amazing story to tell!    Syed Jawad is a film-maker, musician, songwriter and YouTube content creator, and, despite being relatively new to the industry, he certainly isn’t hanging around...

Play It Again Sam?     Our podcasting pair are in an inquisitive mood this week, firing questions at each other and delving into past roles and shows. Drewling Samantics followers may remember the boys previously discussing some of the favourite plays and parts they’ve enjoyed, and it just so happens that Drew had the opportunity to revisit one of his most fondly remembered during his recent “rep”...

CrackerJack      Everybody loves a good podcast guest, but a good guest isn’t what’s on the menu this week on Drewling Samantics, as describing the first visitor of Season Fourteen as merely “good” would be quite the insult! Yes, today the boys are thrilled to welcome the immensely talented and rather bloody brilliant Mr Jack Tyler Fisher to the show.    Jack, like many of the highly-skilled frien...

Ten-Four Good Buddies     Fourteen isn’t normally considered to be a particularly significant number. It’s not the first teenage year, it’s more than a Baker’s Dozen, it isn’t associated with bad luck or other superstitions, and from a mathematical point of view it doesn’t really have many special numerical characteristics. But to Drew and Sam, everyone’s favourite podcast presenters, it is a rath...

Season Thirteen – Best of Drew & Sam      What do you possibly do after enjoying one hundred and ninety-four episodes of a fantastic podcast? Well, you dive right in to the one hundred and ninety-fifth episode of course! Yes, the boys at Drewling Samantics have reached their final show of Season Thirteen, and it just so happens to be a compilation of their highlights, better known as the Best...

Season Thirteen – Best of Guests      Sadly we’re nearly there, the end of Season Thirteen. But Drew and Sam would never leave us hanging, and as is customary in the latter stages of a season, they’ve managed to take an entertaining dip into all Season Thirteen’s guest episodes, and assembled a selection of prize moments for us to re-live and re-enjoy.    It seems immensely tricky trying to squeez...

Bag of Tricks      So for the final time this season, Drew and Sam get together for a podcast appearance full of the usual banter and nonsense, before they take a break and recharge their podcast batteries in readiness for Season Fourteen. While both the boys are about to be off for a few weeks, Drew is taking that quite literally, embarking on a month long stint in Lyme Regis performing in three...

Photogenius      Sadly, we have reached the final guest episode of this Drewling Samantics season, but the boys (and their visitor) are making sure Season Thirteen is finishing up in picture-perfect fashion!    Now it could be said it doesn’t take a genius to be photogenic, but it does take a certain genius to spot it, or to be able to seize an opportunity to take a perfect photograph and capture...

Panel Beating      It can be a strange and interesting journey in the entertainment world, just when you think you know your place and start to establish some form of predictability, along comes a job or opportunity and the tables are turned!    A few episodes ago Drew and Sam took on the topic of auditions, and discussed what can be involved in, and how they navigate those tricky but oh so very i...