Drewling Samantics

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,...

Architect of His Own Destiny     The lads at podcast HQ are joined by another guest this week, but you could be forgiven for thinking there must be more than one due to the extensive list of things this man does! Yes indeed, Drew and Sam’s visitor has an impressive collection of academic qualifications, and while for many that would be enough, for him that is simply not the case. Drewling Samantic...

Agree to Disagree     We’re back once again with Drew and Sam, and this week’s agenda promises some spirited discussion and subject matter for both the boys to get their teeth into!   A review of a couple of current industry news items prompts some interesting diversions, and results in raising some differing opinions (not the first time the chaps have been in this sort of territory!) Our podcasti...

Behind the Lens     It’s guest time for the first time this season, and the Drewling Samantics boys are delighted to be joined this week by the brilliant Gary-Anthony Rogers.   We’ve all heard the phrase “the power behind the throne”, well Gary takes that in a slightly different direction by being the power behind the camera. As a talented and dedicated Director of Photography (DOP), he is always...

Eleventh Heaven     “In numerology, the number eleven is not just any number; it’s considered a master number. This means that it carries a heightened level of spiritual significance and a unique vibration. It’s like a cosmic door that opens to a spiritual awareness and inner wisdom…” Following that description Drew and Sam have a lot to live up to with this, the first episode of the brand new sea...

Season Ten – Best of Drew & Sam     Drew and Sam very much enjoyed looking back at highlights of their guest visits in last week’s show, and today they are equally confident in putting a smile on the faces of all their loyal followers and fans by sharing some of their own best bits of Season Ten.    There has been much to discuss - news, industry controversy, awards and rewards, sad losses, tr...

Season Ten – Best of Guests      It’s been a season of great variety, with the guests dropping in on Drewling Samantics representing many industry disciplines, and (directly or indirectly) many countries too. Drew and Sam have had the pleasure of talking to Allan Turner-Ward, Tony Jopia, Matt Trayler, Tyler Marlow, Paula Fareri and Leo Abad over the past three and a bit months, and to say this col...

Ten-tatively Paused      People often say you should never look back, however there is always an exception to every rule which today the Drewling Samantics boys are glad to exercise, with every reason to look back over what has been such a great season!    Once again we have reached the time where Drew and Sam round off their exploits, ruminate on what has been experienced, and head into a well ea...

In the Fast La(i)ne      Today the Drewling Samantics chaps are joined but someone so fresh faced and youthful that it’s enough to make them both feel old! Yes this show sees the lads welcome their most recent guest, the bright and brilliant talent that is musical theatre performer Leo Abad.    Having not long graduated from Laine Theatre Arts stage school, Leo was straight off on a national tour,...

Perks of the Job     The Drewling Samantics boys are back for another glorious week of podcast fun, and this week, although it is just the pair of them, Drew and Sam certainly seem to be in a good mood. After kicking off as they always do with some choice industry stories, the chaps soon get stuck in to this week’s main topic. Many will have noticed that Sam has been a little cryptic and mysteriou...

Outstanding in Anyone’s Language     Everyone involved with Drewling Samantics loves a guest, be that all the lovely listeners and viewers, or indeed the boys themselves, and Drew and Sam are definitely loving the visit this week of the wonderful Paola Fareri. Multi-talented and multi-lingual, Paola joins the chaps from her home, for the moment, in Paris. And it is “for the moment”, as her feet ha...

Prizewinning Performance     As is the case with practically any kind of job or vocation, the people working in the entertainment industry can be a fairly temperamental lot at times. It’s probably not all that surprising, given the unpredictability of the career they have chosen, being so fraught with challenges and rejection at one moment, but then oozing with triumph and success at the next. It...

Park-Life      After the grilling Drew and Sam received last week from their past guests, the Drewling Samantics boys return things to normal today as they seize the opportunity to put some questions to, and hear stories from another fabulous visitor!    Leaping into the podcast world of Drew and Sam is the wonderful Tyler Marlow, actor, pantomime dame, and holiday park entertainment team leader....

Turning the Tables... AGAIN!         They’re at it again! Yup, this week Drew and Sam face their past guests for a second time, bringing us all another session of inverted interrogation - side note, wouldn’t that have been a better title?! Anyway... if you enjoyed the last episode as much as they did (I mean why wouldn’t you?!), this latest show is another treat for the ears and eyes, that proves...

West Meets East     There’s no telling where life might take you, especially if you are prepared to take a risk or two, and this week Drew and Sam welcome a guest who has certainly taken a few risks – and fortunately reaped the benefits as a result.   Matt Traylor is an international performer and acting coach who is particularly highly skilled when it comes to imparting knowledge and guidance upo...