Drewling Samantics

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...

Off the Rails      Have no fear, today’s episode title isn’t suggesting that Drew and Sam are straying from the straight and narrow, nor have they lost all reason (well no more than usual anyway!) Thankfully, Drewling Samantics will continue to be the very best it can be. In actual fact, “Off the Rails” refers, rather appropriately, to this week’s fabulous guest, Tim Nixon.    Both the boys have h...

It's A No From Me      The boys are back in the flat this week, and Drewling Samantics regulars will know that Drew and Sam being together in the same room means there’s potential for perhaps even more chat, banter (and beers) than usual!    Today’s episode deals with the tricky business of turning down work, or having to say no to a job (be that before it’s even begun or due to developments...

Cruising and Conjuring      This season’s guests are a well-travelled lot, and that is equally true with Drewling Samantics’ latest visitor - Paul Burley.  After discovering at a young age that he had a joy and skill for performing, Paul pursued a career that has enabled him to travel and entertain across an impressive variety of locations and disciplines. Quietly ambitious, passionate and driven,...

So... How did it go?      It’s straight in in today’s episode, with a subject that is very much a regular topic of consideration for our podcasting pair - Drew and Sam are discussing auditions! A necessary evil some might say, but actors and performers spend a great deal of time trying to get, prepare for, and (with any luck!) nail them! Castings, test-shoots, auditions, all can be a bit of a head...

Multi National, Multi Skilled      This week the Drewling Samantics boys happened to be recording on a rather significant day, and a little word play hints at just that… but no spoilers here - all is revealed in the episode! And that is far from being the limit of the excitement in today’s show, as the chaps are also joined by yet another superb guest!    Fredrick “Freddie” Brandes has only just r...

At the Tap of their Game     An illness has targeted one half of our podcasting pair, but did that stop this week’s recording? Absolutely not! Drewling Samantics remains resilient, and a mere virus can’t halt the boys on their quest to bring entertaining content to the masses! Inadvertently though, being temporarily resigned to watching daytime TV in bed has helped inspire this episode’s subject m...

Tween Sensation      It could be said that every actor or performer takes some form of risk when working in the industry or has “skin in the game” to use modern parlance. Well, that is certainly true of this week’s guest, and in more ways than one!    Colleen Daley is a truly multi-talented actor and has certainly embodied the aforementioned phrase (no spoilers here though!) Early on her passion f...

All Work and No Play...      Just when you thought you knew someone, they catch you off guard you with something surprising! Drew and Sam may be pretty confident in their knowledge of each other (it’s to be expected having spent this long working together) but in this week’s show they actually learn new information about one another! Following on from a previous episode that looked into the day to...

A Cymbal of Success      The first guest of Season Thirteen makes a timely entrance and delights Drew and Sam with his wit, knowledge, joy for what he does, and a rather large helping of cheeky irreverence to boot! Robin Payne joins the Drewling Samantics boys this week and having already given the taller half of the podcast pair the immense pleasure of his company whilst on a UK and Ireland tour...

Unlucky for Some      It’s Easter time and whilst some of Drewling Samantics’ faithful listeners and viewers are on the hunt for Easter Eggs and the Easter Bunny, there is no need to search for the new season of Drewling Samantics - it’s finally here, in all its glory!    Yes the boys are back, despite popular demand (only joking of course!), and are ready to bring us all lots more top quality pod...

Season Twelve – Best of Drew & Sam     This is it, truly the last Drewling Samantics show of Season Twelve! So what do we do after this finale? There are no more episodes! (Well not until Season Thirteen anyway - but more of that in due course).   The simple answer of course is to enjoy this last outing, especially seeing it’s another highlights show - and what a season it has been! Numerous b...