The Uncensored Critic Podcast

Georgia is a creative ageing specialist, academic, pro-ageing advocate and Applied Theatre expert.  Her work is focussed on the elderly population, care homes and ageing positively. Using her creative powers to spread the word of issues within the older community and how the problems they are facing can be eradicated. Georgia’s practice started in 2014 when she founded a resident-led theatre compa...

Maddie’s journey started the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, to both the National Youth Music Theatre in 2016 to the Guildford School of Acting from 2019-2022.  To date her credits include: Brass - National Youth Music Theatre Into the Woods - GSA  The Baker’s Wife - GSA Tripping the Velvet The Witches of Eastwick Concert for Jack Maple Productions, directed by Maria Friedman  Brassed Off wit...

The long awaited return of Simon Furness! I’ve been meaning to have Simon back on the show since he was my second only guest back in 2021! This time we take a dive back into Vanya and Chekhov’s other celebrated work “The Seagull”. Both plays were given huge London revivals in recent times and we take a look at how their interpretations of the text are similar and different to how Simon believes Ch...

Olivia trained at Drama Studio, after graduating from UEA (University of East Anglia) and has been a part of some incredible work since graduation.  Her credits include, for Film: Where the Hands Touch A Beautiful Cruise - which won three awards at the Paris International Film Festical 2022 Leonora in the Morning Light TV: Doctor Who Midsomer Murders The Woman in White Roadkill Queens of Mystery T...

The return of Sarah Spring! Sarah returns to the show to dissect more Shakespeare, this time we look at the most famous speech in the world, “To be, or not to be” and the brilliant dialogue between Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado about Nothing.  We look at what makes “To be, or not to be” so famous as well as so beautiful. In Act 3 Scene 1 of Hamlet, the young Danish prince tormented by the susp...

Sam’s journey started at the Hackett-Kyne Academy of Irish Dancing, inspired by a VHS copy of My Fair Lady starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison that ignited his passion for the arts! He graduated from Guildford School of Acting in 2012 with a BA in Musical Theatre and his parts there included: Mr Sherlock in “Billy” Aegisthus in “Oresteia” Egeon in “Comedy of Errors” Captain Cook/Dr Chambers i...

Laura trained at the Guildford School of Acting and Tring Park Performing Arts (partnered with Arts Educational Schools, London).  She has performed in many capacities (instrumentalist, actor and musician) across the world, from West End shows, actor-musician Shakespeare to playing on the world’s stage at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, 2022.  She plays a multitude of instruments including saxophone,...

Siobhan has training in voice work from a number of sources and organisations such as: Gravy for the Brain The Showreel City Academy She works as a voice artist across many different mediums, from commercials, video games, audiobooks, column commentary and with weekly updates on her instagram series “Thoughts while Running”.  Some of her collaborations have been with some of the most well-known co...

Jayne trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and has gone on to appear in some of the biggest shows to date.  For Theatre: Kiss Me Kate - Lyric Belfast Aladdin - Belfast Grand Opera House Parade - Donmar Warehouse Notes to Future Self - Birmingham Rep Dear Arabella - Lyric Belfast, recently finished.  TV: Misfits - E4 Brave New World - Amblin and Dreamworks London Irish - BBC The...

Genevieve is a former Team GB artistic swimmer turned actress.  Her work has been seen in short and feature films, music videos, commercials and on TV.  Genevieve talks about her early years working with Team GB, and the dedication, craft and motivation that goes into being an professional athlete. In addition how the years in the water supported her early jobs as an actor. Including Calum Scott’s...

Georgina trained at Central School of Speech and Drama and has gone on to tackle the musical theatre scene in London’s West End with great effect.  Her credits include, for TV: Doctors New Trials Radio: Featured vocalist on Magic Radio’s “Magic at the Musicals” at the Royal Albert Hall Recordings: An Evening at the Musicals  Zoovolution for Disney Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Original Cast Recording of C...

⚠️Trigger warning: This episode contains references to self-harm and physical abuse⚠️ Ellie is an entrepreneur, business tycoon and podcaster, host of her own show “On A Mission 2.0”. Her conversations are a deep dive into someone’s story, a no holds barred experience that gets to know the person at their core and not what just lies on the surface.  From ex-drug dealers turned investigators, survi...

The return of Elliot Cowan! Elliot returns to the show to talk more about the other roles he’s had in his career.  Today we take a dive into Shakespeare’s Henry V that he played at The Royal Exchange in Manchester in 2007 and Stanley Kowalski at the Donmar Warehouse in 2009 alongside Rachel Weisz’s Blanche and Ruth Wilson’s Stella .  From finding Henry V ’s commanding presence which took him on a...

Claire and Verônica are leaders of Fractured Time Productions , a UK-based theatre company that brings together both classic and modern plays through a contemporary lens. From Shakespeare, Chekhov, Tennessee Williams, the Ancient Greeks to their latest show The Dying Wish by Mauro Fazion.  Claire: Claire is an actor, musician and producer who graduated from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, N...

Kimberley is a former actress turned filmmaker with her own company “KollabKreate”. That she started in 2023 off the back of a full time degree in independent film production, obtaining a first class honours from the University of Lancashire.  During her time studying she was introduced to feminist film theory, which explores the power of story-telling through a gendered lens. Observing authentic...

Katie trained at LAMDA and at The BRIT School (graduates include Adele and Amy Winehouse) and has been a part of some incredible things in recent years, including: Short Films: A Punch From The Sun These Walls Angel TV: Criminal Record Titans - HBO Theatre: The Mirror Crack’d - Millennium Centre, Cardiff Museum of Austerity - English Touring Theatre and National Theatre Othello - also National dir...

Sarah Spring (or “Dame Sarah” to those close to her!) is an actor, coach and Shakespeare enthusiast.  She shares her knowledge of The Bard across Instagram, TikTok and even on Amazon with a link to her Storefront, full of recommendations of books to help sharpen your knowledge of Shakespeare.  She trained at Interlochen Arts Academy and Fordham University at the Lincoln Center. As an actress she h...

David is an entrepreneur, business icon, charity founder, lover of football and the arts, specifically theatre.  His work is dedicated to helping people in more ways than one. From an early age he has had a keen entrepreneurial flair starting with a wholesale business supplying food imported from West Africa and the West Indies. Inspired by his mother’s shop in Shepherd’s Bush Market during the Wi...

Robyn started acting professionally from the age of 14. She has a BA in Performing and Screen Arts from the Unitec School of Performing Arts in Auckland, New Zealand, graduating in 2009. During her time there she studied under Sanford Meisner graduate Michael Saccente.  From there she continued her studies at The Neighbourhood Playhouse School of Theatre, otherwise known as The Meisner School in N...

The return of Mildred Yuan! Mildred returns to the show to discuss the rise of AI, its impact on the performing arts and how now more than ever, we need to embrace our humanity.  Mildred stresses that while AI is amongst us, it is not here to replace you . There are things it can do to help us as she has discovered with her own piece of software “AI Mildred”. Where you can ask it anything from whi...

The return of Cassandra Woodhouse! Cassandra returns to the show to discuss her second outing of Prima Facie and how actors can look after their nervous system.  Since our last conversation she has taken Suzie Miller’s play around New Zealand for a second time, making new discoveries and deepening her relationship with the character Tessa. A young lawyer fighting her way into the British justice s...

George graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Speech and Drama in 2016 and has many credits to his name across stage and screen. For screen: A Number of Short Films - Open, Re-live, Hangnail and Sundowning Unpredictable - Amazon Prime Spirit Rangers Series 1-3 - Netflix Tore - Netflix Web of Lies For stage: Taming of the Shrew, Madness in Valencia and The Rover - Richard Burton Company Baby and...

Joyce is the founder of “Off Book It” a platform dedicated to helping actors learn lines in a fun and creative way. She’s helped countless actors removing mental blocks and providing great techniques to help them now and in the future.  She trained at The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, she is also a three day champion on the game show “Jeopardy” for NBC.  Joyce has featu...

Harriet is a writer, producer and performer for stage, screen and radio. The Spectator said of her debut play THE LISTENING ROOM “You emerge with your consciousness altered, your conception of human beings elevated and amplified”. THE LISTENING ROOM transferred from the Old Red Lion to Stratford East and has since been performed at the National Theatre, The Lowry, Theatre Clwyd, Northern Stage and...

Sarah attended both the Royal Court Young Writer’s and Studio Writer’s Groups programmes and has gone on to become an award-winning playwright and screenwriter.  She’s also an alumni of the prestigious “4 Screenwriting” programme and the script she developed with them was picked up by production company Sunny March. An independent film and Tv company led by Benedict Cumberbatch. She was also liste...