The Uncensored Critic Podcast

Welcome back to Shakespeare Saturday!  Connecting modern hearts to timeless stories.  Hosted by myself and Sarah Spring 🎭 This week we look at one of the Bard’s most performed comedies, Twelfth Night.  The story starts at sea, a shipwreck, Viola thinking she is the only survivor between herself and her twin brother Sebastian, sets foot on the island of Illyria. “What country, friends, is this?” S...

Chloë is a classically trained singer who achieved a grade 8 in her ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) with distinction when she was only 17.  She studied Contemporary Theatre and Performance as well as Popular Music at University in Manchester for 4 years graduating with a first in 2014.  Her vocal interests stretch across genres such as jazz, musical theatre, pop, however her...

Kate is now one of three women on the Equity Register of Fight Directors since 2001, and has enjoyed working as a fight director for more than twenty years.  Being a retired competitive boxer and qualified coach, she knows how to choreograph a physical fight, be it a bar brawl to battle scenes to make it look as effective as possible. While making sure the actors do it as safely as possible.  She...

Katie has worked extensively in immersive and interactive theatre both as a script writer, collaborator and immersive theatre specialist.  Her acting credits include: Manhunt Slow Horses Bluestone 42 Call the Midwife The Crimson Petal Number of plays both at the National and Bush Theatre.  In immersive theatre she has led a number of projects, those include: Paddington Bear Experience  Boots on th...

Hello guys and welcome back to Shakespeare Saturday!  Hosted by myself and Sarah Spring 🎭 Today we look at not only one of our most loved Shakespeare texts, but one of our favourite plays of all time, Othello.  Set against a backdrop of a conflict in Cyprus, Iago fuelled with anger that Michael Cassio has become the Moor’s lieutenant and assumption that Othello has slept with his wife abroad, set...

Grace trained at East 15 Acting School and has been a Boris Karloff Trainee Assistant Director at the Young Vic, a Catalyst Director at the North Wall, and participated in TalentLAB at Théâtre National du Luxembourg. She is a Theatre Director and Community Artist from East London and her work is rooted in collaboration, bold storytelling, and amplifying voices.  She has worked with theatres and co...

Kate is an actress, writer and teacher, she graduated from RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) and her work can be seen across theatres, BBC and Channel 4. As well as in classes at Arts Ed, LAMDA, Rutgers Uni at the Globe, National Opera Studio and for the New Actors Centre.  Her acting credits include: Theatre: Echo - Royal Court The Old House - RADA Festival and Camden Fringe - Kate’s own one w...

Cassandra Woodhouse Part 3! Cassandra returns to talk about her latest discoveries about playing Tessa in her latest tour of Prima Facie around New Zealand.  As well as her debut book, “Sex, Power and Prima Facie: When Art Becomes Activism and the Creatress Rises”. In this beautiful book, Cassandra delivers a powerful, poignant and vivid understanding of not only Suzie Miller’s play, but of the he...

Flora trained in musical theatre at Arts Ed and has gone on to be part of some of the biggest shows for stage and screen.  Her credits include, for screen: Judy, dir. Rupert Goold Streetdance: The Movie  Malory Towers, Series 1, 4 and 5 - BBC Geek Girl - Netflix Theatre: Singin’ in the Rain - Chichester Festival and West End Kiss Me Kate - Welsh National Opera Funny Girl Wonderful Town The America...

Vivian trained at the Codarts University for the Arts in Rotterdam, Netherlands.  Her credits include, for film: ​Heather Duke, Heathers: The Musical , 2022 For theatre: ​Dear Evan Hansen, Manchester ​Heather Duke, Heather’s: The Musical, The Other Palace Theatre ​Judy Benly, 9-5 The Musical UK Tour She is currently starring in the UK and Ireland Tour of Mean Girls in the iconic role of Regina Geo...

Hi guys and welcome to another new series! Fringe in Fifteen 🎭 A show for artists and production companies putting on their shows at every respected Fringe festival in the UK and beyond.  Guests get a fifteen minute elevator pitch style opportunity to promote their show, cast, what it’s about and where people can see it. First up, the brilliant Verity Bajoria with her show “Smile” currently on at...

It’s a big welcome back to the master that is Chris Palmer!  Chris is a voice, breath, movement, yin yoga, tai chi, Shakespeare and accent expert. Now celebrating her second book, exploring more about the voice and how some of the world’s leading practitioner’s methods can tie into vocal support helping you with pitch, resonance and articulation. Those include Michael Chekhov, Meisner and Stanisla...

Hello guys and welcome back to Shakespeare Saturday!  Hosted by myself and Sarah Spring 🎭 This time we look at another widely studied and most performed play, Romeo and Juliet.  Verona, two households both alike in dignity, where out of the ashes of this conflict a pair of star cross’d lovers appear, and what unfolds is one of Shakespeare’s most beautiful and devastating tragedies.  Performed all...

Lucy is a Movement Director, Choreographer and Intimacy Director who has worked on some of the biggest shows in the British and International theatre scene.  Her work across all three professions include, for screen: Banana, E4 Truthseekers, Amazon The Nutcracker, The Snow Queen, Thumbelina and Peter Pan, BBC Criminal Record Series 2, STV Studios for Apple + For theatre: Workshop Leader for the Pa...

Melissa is an actress, journalist and producer whose work expands way beyond acting. To the opera, working as a dramaturg, in advertising, cinema, television and leading workshops.  Her training came from a number of institutions, one being Campagnia Finzi Pasca , a company she has collaborated with from a young age, the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, and also with José Sinisterra in Barcelo...

Daisy is a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter whose work has been heard on her singles, albums, television series narrated by David Attenborough, to films such as “Loki” and “Yesterday”.  While at school she signed to Decca (Universal) records to become part of the quartet “All Angels” as a lead vocalist.  Her work has also featured on Film/TV/Video Games from: The Sims 4 Shaun the Sheep BBC Rad...

Lauren trained at “The Television Workshop” with Ian Smith and has gone on to great things in her career thus far.  Her credits include: Film: Burn Out Faith Stage: 8 productions with “The Television Workshop” including: Dark of the Moon Measure for Measure He’s Talking The Priority The Daughter in Law TV: Doctors, BBC Truckers, Company and BBC Banana, E4 Vera, ITV Granchester, ITV Coronation Stre...

Hello everyone and welcome to a brand new series, Shakespeare Saturday! Hosted by myself and fellow Shakespeare enthusiast Sarah Spring! This series is for all you Shakespeare and theatre lovers, as well as those studying the plays at a high level. For those in the UK that could be for your GSCE’s, A Levels or degree. Or for your SAT’s in the USA to college standard. To begin with we look at one o...

Morgan is a playwright, screenwriter and dramaturg who has penned many successful hits across stage and screen.  Some of her most celebrated work includes the plays, “Belongings”, and, “The Wasp” that both enjoyed runs at the Hampstead Theatre and Trafalgar Studios.  “Belongings” was shortlisted for The Charles Wintour Most Promising Playwright Award.  Where “The Wasp” was adapted into a hit film...

Tómas Howser and Emily Dilworth are two fellow members of the GSA family that I was proud to share my year with.  Tomas graduated in 2022, he can be seen as the role of “Deputy Commissioner Miles Irving” in all six of Sony Liv’s streaming series “The Walking of a Nation, directed by the multi-award winning Ram Madhuani. Other credits include “Entrapped” for Netflix, “When the Light Breaks” which m...

Nicki is a critically acclaimed singer with a passion for Jazz music. After spending her formative years singing in choirs and starting a band at 17, she went on to drama school before moving to London.  Following a chance meeting with composer Simon Wallace, it led to her first studio album “Forbidden Games” which was The Evening Standard ’s Album of the Week as well as raking in a four star revi...

Katie is an actor and writer who has graduated from Goldsmiths University and East 15 Drama School.  Her credits include: Film: Burlesque Films Animal Charm TV: The Cut Theatre: Caviar and Chips - Soho Theatre and Tour Two’s Tales - King’s Head Theatre Uncle Vanya - Theatre Nomad Hamlet, The Seagull and The Odyssey - Factory Theatre Company  As both an actor and writer she has also appeared in her...

The return of Georgia Bird! Georgia is a stage manager extraordinaire, writer, lover of the arts, advocate for mental health and someone who has travelled the world with some of the biggest shows in the theatre. She is of course a member of the Prima Facie team which to this day continues to help people across the globe in more ways than one. It’s a big, big welcome back to the indomitable, the br...

Helen is a professional moment catcher from Derry whose work is used not only in the theatre, but for portraits, editorial work, promotional campaigns to making celebrities look good in iconic venues such as Wimbledon.  She originally trained as an actor but after some time she realised, in her own words, she “preferred observing the chaos rather than being a part of it”. She made that decision in...

Son of actor David Troughton and Grandson of the second Doctor Who Patrick Troughton.  Sam studied Drama at the University of Hull and after graduating he began his career with the RSC which brought three nominations for an Ian Charleston Award to his door. The award honours outstanding performances for young actors in classic plays.  Since then he’s been part of some the most celebrated shows for...