Artists in Depth

Our guest today is Pat O’Toole https://www.patotoole.co.uk/ Pat is a life long learner and admits to being a work in progress. Currently she’s a Trainer, Facilitator and Coach for Business, Education and the Performing Arts. Her work encompasses being an acting tutor in drama school, management and leadership training for organisations, directing, personal development coaching, academic research a...

Our guest today is UK actor David Nellist https://www.eamonnbedford.com/davidnellist/#squelch-taas-tab-content-0-1 Davey, as he likes to be called, has been an actor for over 20 years. He has worked in film television and theatre, appearing in london west end theatre productions such as Billy Elliot , Nicholas Nickleby, Pitman Painters and War Horse. He’s treaded the boards at National Theatre, an...

Our guest today is Dr. Mark Seton https://www.actorswellbeingacademy.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/markcaristonseton/ Dr. Seton is an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies at The University of Sydney, Australia. He also teaches actor wellbeing in several drama schools and coaches actors dealing with highly vulnerable and potentially traumatising roles....

Our guest today is Kari Iveland Kari is a Norwegian singer and song maker who started her career in the mid 1980’s when She completed Vocal Performance-studies in Los Angeles and obtained a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. She has released several albums and worked as a vocal coach, session singer, and free-lance composer and lyricist. Kari re-entered academia in 2015 and completed...

Our Guest today is Carlos Diaz https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224955/ Carlos is an actor/Voice actor, acting coach, dialect coach, director, writer, and father. He was born in Chile to Chilean parents and emigrated to Canada in 1974 a year after the military coup. He studied acting in New York City and upon his return to Toronto began to work in theatre, film and television and animation. Carlos was...

Our guest today is Catherine McNally www.mcnallykennedyacting.com Catherine is an award winning Canadian actor, educator, and acting coach with 36 years’ experience in theatre, t.v and film. She received a BA Honours at Queens’ University in Canada and studied at LAMDA in London England. In Canada, she has created numerous art workshops, and curriculum for the public schools, theatres, and acting...

Our guest today is Emile Pandolfi   https://www.emilepandolfi.com Emile is professional pianist and entertainer based in south Carolina, USA. Emile has over 40 years of performance experience. and has recorded and released over 30 albums. Since his first release in 1991, Emile has sold over 4.5 million copies in the USA and has reached more than750 million collective streams online. His conce...

To kick off season two of Artists in Depth I decided to have a conversation with my co-host Bill Key. A former actor turned therapist and still has his hand in the acting world with small projects here and there as well as being a musician. My background is in directing trauma-based narratives for educational purposes. I also do a little bit of acting on the side. Interestingly, my initial connect...

Our guest today is Jonathan Emond Jonathan does not fit our usual profile for guests being that he’s not established yet but it’s who he is as an artist that intrigues me. Jonathan is Huron Wendat, French, Polish and Canadian and at 26 years old he has many talents of which he pursues all. He’s a gifted pianist, and  A poet – having written two yet to be published poetry books. At 10 yrs old...

Our Guest today is Marcia Johnson. Marcia is an actor, playwright, dramaturge and librettist. She was born in Jamaica and has lived in Toronto since the age of six. She became a WGC member when her 90-minute Fringe, play Perfect on Paper was commissioned for Sunday Showcase on CBC Radio in 2003. She played the lead in both the stage and radio versions. Perfect on Paper  was a silver medalist...

Tomi Janežič is a Slovenian theatre director, professor at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film, and Television in Ljubljana, Slovenia , and a psychodrama psychotherapist. He is also one of the founders and the artistic director of the Studio for Research on the Art of Acting which runs its activities mostly at Krušče Workcenter for Artistic Research, Creation, Residency and Education in Krušče ,...

Our guest today is Dorothy Atabong https://dorothyatabong.com/ Born in Cameroon, West Africa, Dorothy moved to the US as young woman. After graduating university as a biochemist in Michigan she moved to New York to study acting at the Neighbourhood Playhouse. She eventually settled in Toronto Canada where, among her TV and stage credits, she produced, directed, and starred in the multiple internat...

Our guest today is Joanne Vannicola. https://joannevannicola.com/ Jo is a Canadian artist who’s first prominent role was in the teen drama 9B , for which they received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Actress in 1989. In 1991, they won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance in Maggie's Secret ,and in 1994 received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the film Love and Huma...

Our guest today is Sonia Gemmiti https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3557507/ Sonia has a distinguished decade-long career as a Set Designer, working on notable films such as Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak and Suicide Squad. In 2016 She was nominated for the Art Directors Guild - Excellence in Design Award. Sonia now adds director and producer to her list of accomplishments. In 2019, she received the C...

Our guest today is Schelby Jean-Baptiste. https://agencemva.com/fr/artistes/schelby-jean-baptiste/ Schelby is a Haïtian Canadian actress and filmmaker based in Montreal. She’s known for her roles on Television and the big screen such as Trécee in 'Unité 9', Marie-Carmel in 'L'Heure Bleue' and Chloé in 'L'échappée', to name a few. She’s been nominated at the Gala du Cinéma Québécois in the 'best su...

Our guest today is Rupinder Nagra. https://www.rupindernagra.com/ Rupinder was born in Punjab, India and grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He’s known for his critically acclaimed and award winning portrayal of Amal Kumar in the feature film 'Amal'. The film itself won over 20 awards internationally. Other film credits include 'Kurbaan', 'Omerta' and the multiple award winning ' The Etruscan Sm...

Our guest today is Anand Jaggernauth. http://anandsart.com/ Anand is a visual artist born and raised on the beautiful Caribbean island of Trinidad. With a successful  career in Geophysics he had little time to pursue his art yet always had a hand in it. After his brothers passing he made the decision to leave the corporate world and become a fulltime visual artist.  Since then he has bec...

Our Guest today is Juan Carlos Velis https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1146884/ Juan Carlos started His acting career in TV at the age of three, in his native El Salvador. When he was eight, he made his film debut in Paper Boat, a film that represented El Salvador, for which he received critical acclaim. Now, at age 48 Juan Carlos has worked in theatre, film, tv, radio, voice AND motion caption for vide...

Our Guest today is UK based actor Gary Oliver. https://garyoliveractor.com/ Gary began his career in the Theatre most notably seasons at the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company He's worked with many great directors including Rufus Norris, Sir Trevor Nunn and David Farr. highlights include Festen at the Almeida and playing Marc Anthony for the RSC, and Julius Caesar in Stratford, A...

Our Guest artist today is Kate Drummond https://www.katedrummond.com/ Kate is a multi-award winning Canadian actress with an extensive list of credits in film, television and video games. She is widely known for her role in the People’s Choice Award winning show, Wynonna Earp, streaming on Netflix internationally. She also stars in the SYFY cross-genre HULU/CBC Gem Original series, Utopia Falls. a...

Co-host and creator Alan Powell reflects with his co-host Bill Key on their new podcast series involving guest artists exploring links between their creativity and their identity.   Visit https://www.artistsindepth.com/ and sign up for podcast reminders or subscribe here.

This clip from our discussion with Kate encapsulated everything that Artists in Depth stands for and that we all can relate too, including her fearless search for herself through the artistry of acting to fusing with characters she plays to her achilles heal of needing approval and finding her ‘mama bear’ voice.   Kate is a multi-award winning Canadian actress with an extensive list of credit...