Drewling Samantics

Season Twelve – Best of Guests      Another season is coming to an end, and we’ve been lucky enough to experience six more action-packed and content-filled episodes where Drew and Sam welcomed visitors to the podcast. The levels of talent and quality have only been matched by the laughs, banter, fascinating facts and overall brilliance these wonderful guests have brought to the show, and it’s safe...

Affordable Awardable     It’s the time of awards ceremonies, where new comers and regulars, remakes and rewrites, brilliance and genius are all rewarded for a job well done, and as always there have been some pleasant shocks along with the expectedly predictable results.   Looking specifically at films and their budgets, in today’s episode the boys take a curious peek at how big budget movies and...

Coming Out of His Shell     Regular listeners and viewers of Drewling Samantics will know all about how Drew and Sam found their respective ways into the industry, with their individual paths differing quite significantly, and in this week’s episode they introduce a guest who has taken another, rather uniquely timed, step into acting.   Dom Thomson is a relatively new member of the acting family,...

What is Next for Stage and Screen? AI-AI-Oh!      Don’t worry, despite what may be apparent from social media imagery, our two favourite podcasters haven’t been replaced by robot doppelgangers! But today’s episode does have a rather futuristic feel. You see in recent times two letters have caused puzzlement, consternation, hope, anger, worry, investment and much else in the entertainment industry,...

Unpacking The Trunk      The Drewling Samantics boys have always been great supporters of enterprising and determined creatives, so it’s no surprise that this week’s guest is one such professional.    Joe Potter is an ambitious and driven producer, and his company Trunk Theatre (that just happens to have one particularly familiar actor as part of the team...) is a testament to his approach to crea...

Didn’t See That Coming    Well Drew and Sam are really throwing a few surprises into the mix this season as in this episode they are unexpectedly united to do an in-person recording!   It really is a nice surprise to see them back on the sofa together, drinks in hand and banter at the ready, and to keep the theme of unpredictability going, in this episode of Drewling Samantics the boys’ discussion...

Straight from the Horse’s Mouth     Drewling Samantics fans and followers alike must feel so very lucky, as the great guests just keep on coming! Drew and Sam are fortunate of course to have worked and been associated with some wonderfully talented people, but they and the many guests that have been on the podcast are members of a very caring and dedicated profession. In today’s episode it shows t...

Here’s One I Made Earlier     Before you go looking for some sticky back plastic and fairy liquid bottles (if you know you know!) Drew and Sam haven’t turned to arts and crafts this week, rather the boys spend this episode discussing, exploring and debating the art of creating one’s own opportunities in the entertainment world.    In an increasingly crowded and traditionally competitive industry,...

A Fan-tastic Guest     The wait is over, Drewling Samantics is back! Yes Drew and Sam have returned for the second half (or to be more precise, the next two thirds) of Season Twelve! The boys have had a great Christmas season working and celebrating, but now they’re resuming the more serious, but equally enjoyable business of bringing their fans their favourite entertainment podcast!   And speakin...

Out with the Old      Following a summer of classic plays for both our Drewling Samantics hosts, this week’s episode gives them an opportunity to discuss new writing - something the pair have also enjoyed working on in the recent past as well.    From playwrights producing new plays, to TIE (Theatre In Education), and from commissioned works and competition winners to community theatre and the man...

Kites, Trains and Exotic Hotels      It’s guest week once again for Drew and Sam, and their visitor this time out is the brilliant Tiran Aakel, who is clearly conquering the stage both on tour and in town!     Tiran is a wonderful actor of great depth and character, with a career spanning several decades, but most recently having been involved in some modern classics like The Kite Runner, The Best...

Situations are Changing     After a brilliant visitor last week - the wonderful Jonathan Carlton, their first guest of the season no less - Drew and Sam are back in duo mode today, bringing us another content-filled thrill ride of epic podcast proportions! This week’s chat, and of course the inevitable banter, involves something very close to their hearts and indeed their careers.   Following a ve...

River Deep, Mountain High(Heels!)     Drew and Sam are feeling grateful and excited in equal measure this week, as for the first time in Season Twelve they are lucky enough to be joined by a brilliant visitor - and what a way to start the guest visits!   Jonathan Carlton is an extremely talented performer with numerous West End shows under his belt, including some of the most popular stage musical...

Feels Good to be Back, Dozen It     Finally the wait is over... they are back! Yes, the Drewling Samantics boys have returned for their much anticipated and eagerly awaited twelfth season!   The last couple of months or so have certainly seemed to drag on without Drew and Sam popping up with some podcast fun every week, and clearly they have missed chatting with each other and their guests too. Bu...

Season Eleven – Best of Drew & Sam     Whenever the fifteenth episode of the season comes around Drew and Sam know that it really has come to the end, and at that point they know there are only two things left to do - to look forward excitedly to the next season and (something just as exciting) to look back and choose their favourite moments and highlights from their seven episodes together!  ...

Season Eleven – Best of Guests     What an outstanding array of visitors it is that has graced Drewling Samantics this season! From stage and screen, in front of and behind the camera, acting, directing and producing, and sometimes doing many of these simultaneously, what an unbelievable amount of talent there has been filling the guest spots and telling their stories for all to enjoy! And topping...

Target Audience     It’s the last Drew and Sam episode of Season 11, and in this season finale they are singing the praises of their audience members - or at least appreciating the variety and quirks that different groups of patrons can bring.   Love them or hate them (with the latter only occurring on very rare occasions of course!) there would be no point to a performance of any kind without an...

Falling into Place     Season Eleven of Drewling Samantics is almost over - where has the time gone?! Indeed, today’s episode is the last time in the season that the chaps are visited by a guest, and it’s safe to say they are ending with a bang!   Pete Løvstrøm has had a fascinating career, and that is putting it lightly. Starting out he chanced his arm and landed on his feet, which you could say...

Labour of Love?     Well, it has been a very busy time lately hasn’t it! A general election in the UK, football’s European Championships and the Copa America, Wimbledon, and an election in France to name but a few big recent events. Drew and Sam have been very busy performing and rehearsing too, and even PicNick is busy (well he’s on holiday, but he works extremely hard so he’s earned it!) But the...

Three Shows are Better than One      The wonderful thing about the entertainment business is the opportunities and challenges it presents, and the joy that is to be had in enjoying and conquering them. If it weren’t for enterprising and creative people it could be said there would be no ‘Arts’.    This week’s guest is a perfect example of just that – Su Gilroy is a talented, hard-working, gifted a...

The Show Can’t Go On     This week we join Drew and Sam for the 159th episode of Drewling Samantics. Not necessarily a notable anniversary it’s true, but it is an achievement that the boys have kept this show going solidly, despite often being inundated with work, having personal commitments, regularly needing to change locations, and taking into account the sheer lack of time to bring entertainin...

Drums, Drama and Drizzle     No disguises or imposters this week on Drewling Samantics, just another visiting talent and friend to share experiences and stories with our happy hosts!   The chaps are delighted to welcome Andrew Lindfield this week, who shares his journey through the business with them, spreading knowledge and joy on the way. Despite early musical success drumming in a band, he was...

Sincerest Form of Flattery     Back with another week of ‘banter about the business’, on today’s show Drew and Sam throw around a few ideas and thoughts regarding portraying real life figures. They are inspired by the sad passing of Jeanette Charles, an actress who for many years impersonated the late Queen Elizabeth, and would probably these days be considered a “look-a-like”. Jeanette was belove...

A Hand in Everything     Guest week has arrived again on Drewling Samantics, and a treat is in store for all podcast fans and followers. This week’s visitor Roman Stefanski is an actor, director and puppeteer, however, those titles are far too vague for a performer who inspires others and breathes life into seemingly inanimate objects. Fun, energetic, very self-effacing, technically skilled, and t...

Setting Your Sights     The Drewling Samantics boys return again, and Drew and Sam are in a particularly revealing mood this week (ooh err!) Before diving into their main topic of discussion, they say cheers to, and share some wonderful memories of and facts about, two Hollywood greats that have sadly recently left us.   Today’s chat soon moves to their individual career paths - how they started,...