Drewling Samantics

Full Steam Ahead     Our podcasting pair certainly are having a busy summer, with numerous projects and productions, self-tapes, assignments and castings taking up their time (not forgetting cheering on England in the World Cup!) Someone else who is just as busy - and similarly revelling in the opportunities - is this week’s guest, Paul Andrew Goldsmith. An actor, writer, director, producer and vo...

Social Security      The times they are a changing, and in this rapidly moving world things have to adjust and evolve quickly, which often means substantial consequences in many areas of our lives. Today we’re treated to Episode Three of Drewling Samantics Season Sixteen, where Drew and Sam discuss the recent developments surrounding social media.    Social media is an enormous part of life that c...

Northern Powerhouse     Your favourite Sunday Podcast is steaming ahead, and today Drew and Sam bring us their second episode, and first guest, of Season Sixteen.   A recurring colleague of both our podcasting pair, and, despite even having worked with the two of them together on occasion, strangely still willing to appear on the show with them, the brilliant Ian Archdeacon leaps onto our screens...

Sweet Sixteen      Yes, no need to adjust your YouTube, and you can believe your ears, the boys are back! But it’s not difficult to admit that neither Drew nor Sam are anywhere near sixteen, and as for sweet... well, that’s definitely something not to comment on! So, what exactly is going on with the episode title? Well as everyone has worked out it’s pretty simple, Drewling Samantics has returned...

Season Fifteen – Best of Drew & Sam      So for the final time this season, we join the boys as they round off Drewling Samantics Season Fifteen by presenting us with their favourite moments from the past 3 and a half months.    As usual they have spread their net wide week after week, addressing, debating and considering an eclectic mix of opinions, events and subject matter. Among the numero...

Season Fifteen – Best of Guests      Regular listeners and viewers are well aware that during this season Drewling Samantics celebrated an impressive milestone - five years of podcasting. So that’s half a decade of chat and banter from the boys, but also five years of fantastic guests from all spheres of the industry.    Season Fifteen certainly sustained the high level of brilliance we have all c...

Certain Uncertainty      Drewling Samantics Season Fifteen is on the brink of completion, with only the always enjoyable “Best Of” episodes to come after this week, before Drew and Sam take a break from podcasting and run off for some performing adventures. They are sure they will both have a fabulous time on their upcoming projects, but, enjoyable as they no doubt will be, the chaps are also cert...

Write Place, Write Time      Drew and Sam host their final guest of Season Fifteen this week, and it’s safe to say they are rounding off in style with a visit from the delightful and enormously talented Liz Garland. Both boys have had the pleasure of working with Lizzie, and indeed she has crossed paths with quite a few of the podcast’s previous guests as well, but being the in-demand actor, write...

Hopes, Hosts and Hoorays      The Drewling Samantics boys are playing catch up this week, having got together with friend of the pod Phillip Lee a fortnight ago to record an episode in style, and actually getting the chance to work together in person on a immersive  job last week, as well as welcoming the brilliant Vittorio Verta to the show, this latest outing finally provides the opportunity for...

Lighting Up The World     Tuning in to Drewling Samantics this week provides a chance to shine a light (if you’ll excuse the pun!) on another facet and specialised area of the performance world - stage and show lighting. It is rather ironic that the experts and technicians in one of the most important focal points (forgive that one too!) in a production, and one without which performers would very...

You Scratch My Back      An episode about collaboration, brought to you by means of a collaboration! This week Drew and Sam are joined (albeit hiding behind all his fancy technical gear!) by past Drewling Samantics guest Phillip Lee, who, using his talents as a videographer and creator, helps record this latest podcast appearance of the boys at Sam’s flat - a rare but always welcomed in-person mee...

Tommy, To You    This season of Drewling Samantics may have passed the half way mark, but the boys are certainly not delivering any half measures with their latest guest - the enormously entertaining and fabulously funny, Tommy Murray.   He may spend a great deal of his time clowning around and playing for laughs, but when it comes to his work Tommy is nothing but serious. Taking inspiration from...

High Five      Whether you’re a regular listener, a sporadic viewer, a past guest, or a relative newcomer, you may not realise that this has been a rather momentous week for Drewling Samantics - the show is five years old! That’s right, for half a decade Drew and Sam have been delighting (or disappointing, depending on your point of view - although if you’ve come back for more, it certainly can’t...

Proud to Present      ‘Inspiring’ is a word that’s often overused, but in the case of this week’s Drewling Samantics guest, it is not only accurate, but well and truly deserved.    Christophe Philipps has taken a professional journey as a musician, actor and presenter that has been as much shaped and determined by powerful personal circumstances, as it has his talent. He speaks of his experiences...

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...