Drama School Dropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Nikki Runeckles. We chat about Bad Education, Layton Williams, Strictly Come Dancing, studying at Italia Conti, being an extra in a Morrisons advert, missing your first Drama School show because of appendicitis, learning to lose yourself, working in a nursing home, how Nikki came to play Chantelle, the Bad Education reunion, stealing, t...

This week on Drama School Dropout it's our third birthday! I am joined by the amazing, Samantha Siddall. We chat about three years of Drama School Dropout, Shameless, lockdown, nativity stories, missing out on the part of Mary, the hierarchy of secondary school drama departments, back up plans, going to Drama School, flatmates using your crockery as underwear, the only creative limit being mon...

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Spencer Macpherson. We chat about discovering TV shows on TikTok, School Spirits, our killer theories, following siblings into the industry, playing Tiny Tim, finding the right agent, performing naked, discussing on screen nudity with parents, weed vs. tobacco, behind the scenes moments, The Green Mile, our favourite TV shows, problemat...

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Dystin Johnson. We chat about finding peace, Shameless, training in the North East, being scared to admit that you want to be an actor, our histories colliding, accent party games, physical theatre, terrible teachers, mime school, racial bias and pigeon holing, auditioning for the Barbie Movie, trying to destroy the element of play, LGB...

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, William Ellis. We chat about EastEnders, loving lockdown, FOMO, teaching, studying at LAMDA, portraying religion on stage, playing undesirable characters, being heckled in the street, transcending TV culture, working with Lacey Turner, having to create a separation between yourself and the character, stillness, casting, stage combat, ge...

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Mark Beswick. We chat about Waterloo Road, power napping, the nature of the industry, music, advert auditions, Spotlight's prices, the nothingness of the industry, training, on stage mishaps, the possibility of Mark returning to Waterloo Road, filming in Scotland, life experience, comedy, working with Sacha Baron Cohen, instagram sc...

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Santino Smith. We chat about Moorcroft, pressure and expectations, acting becoming a family affair, playing ages, training in Cardiff, the unique differences between studying at Drama School versus a traditional degree, group warm ups, bare feet, the Scottish theatre scene, breaking into the industry, how Moorcroft has changed the lands...

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Daniel Delaney. We chat about playing a young Phil Mitchell, council tax, Only Fools and Horses, free tuition, Drama School audition fees, Sam Fender, friendships, egos, confidence, the EastEnders flashback episode, working with Paul Pogba, adverts, meeting Steve McFadden, working with firearms, getting an agent, going back to school, w...

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Dylan Wood. We chat about living in London when COVID hit, Moorcroft, the Rangers and Celtic divide, Les Mis, acting lecturers abusing their power, stage combat, the paranoia that surrounds stillness, bringing onions on stage, auditioning for Moorcroft, plays with no intervals, working with Robert Florence, weird insta DMs, the correct...

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Iona Deveney. We chat about #twinning, graduating, the realities of trying to break into the industry, Moorcroft, supporting local theatre, mistaking one twin for the other, going through Drama School throughout COVID, gagging on peanut butter pretzels backstage, multi rolling, your granny watching your onstage kisses, creating a safe s...

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Osian Morgan. We chat about Waterloo Road, Pobol y Cwm, starting acting professionally at sixteen, the price of Freddos, reboots, keeping secrets, stunts, going from football to acting, auditioning for Les Mis, being released from football, streamlining education, hiding in the roof of a classroom, micro directing, terrible adlibs, peop...

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Bailey Newsome. We chat about Moorcroft, doing the fringe, the SAG strike, everybody knowing everybody, breaking into the industry, our personal problematic primary school shows, starting out young, animal studies, getting clocked on instagram, working with Eilidh Loan and joining the Moorcroft cast, improv, going on tour and sets and c...

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Jude Monk McGowan. We chat about Hollyoaks, podcasting, making your own work, goals and aims, the unseen behind the scenes graft, stage managers, stagecoach, auditioning for Harry Potter, being obsessed with education, studying at Drama Centre, Jude's lecturer being the inspiration for Hannibal Lecter, the prospect of being sacked f...

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Nathan Sussex. We chat about Hollyoaks, Carol Vorderman, striking, growing up in Wales, Bugsy Malone, Drama School, being forced to shop in Selfridges whilst staying in character, becoming self-conscious, the Opera House study, being part of heavy hitting storylines, playing a villain, the responsibilities of an actor, preparing to film...

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Daniel Roche. We chat about Outnumbered, becoming fond of doing nothing, education, transitioning from a child actor to an adult actor, becoming self sufficient, learning from mistakes, negative press, acting crushes, Stephen Graham, handing over leaflets instead of headshots, favourite Outnumbered moments and club penguin usernames.  ...

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....

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...

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 stori...

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 momen...

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...

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, sunbu...

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, mak...

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 cla...

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...

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 Sch...