The Uncensored Critic Podcast

Bobby and Steffan are behind the great Fit2Talk Podcast you’ll be able to find on Apple and Spotify. They are not only actors, but certified personal trainers who have a wealth of knowledge not only on acting, but on health and fitness as well. They discuss how you can balance going to the gym alongside acting work, and how a healthy diet doesn’t mean you should eat super-healthy all the time. Kee...

Christopher McElroen is a director and founder of theatre companies The American Vicarious and Classic Theatre of Harlem based in Brooklyn in New York City.  He creates work that reflects what unites and divides the population of the United States through productions such as The Invisible Man and The Debate: Baldwin vs Buckley the latter you'll be able to catch at the Stone Nest Theatre in Lon...

Alexander (Alex) Gage is a musician, writer and performer with a passion for musical theatre.  He trained in musical theatre at the Guildford School of Acting, and was involved in shows from Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady and appearing at the Olivier Awards at the Royal Festival Hall in 2016.  He talks about his experience of drama school, how you learn the discipline, proactiveness and diligence to...

Steven is an actor and writer who also trained at the Guildford School of Acting. He’s been involved in a number of projects across the UK, notably in The White Handkerchief musical based around the events of a Bloody Sunday in Derry, to The School of Good and Evil on Netflix. As well as writing his own short film Chasing which is available to watch here: https://vimeo.com/393435491 Steven would l...

Quick message to say thank you very much for this year!  Thank you to all of you who listened or watched the podcast it means so much.    Thanks to you guys The Uncensored Critic Podcast was in the top 25% most globally shared podcasts of 2022 being heard in over 20 countries. In 2022 streams grew by 710%, listeners increased by 404%, and followers were up 379%. Official stats from #SpotifyWrapped...

Andy is an actor, writer, director and comedian.    As an actor and writer he starred in BAFTA award winning BBC show Short Change and has also won a Fringe First award among many others for his work on the Edinburgh Fringe.    On top of this he's the author of one of the best audition advice books available The Excellent Audition Guide . Link to buy your copy is below, it's also available...

David Grindley is a theatre director that has been at the helm of many shows across the UK and the world. One of his most celebrated shows is R.C. Sherriff's play Journey's End set in the trenches in the final stages of WWI. A truly excellent play that David has directed multiple times. He's directed it in the West End and on Broadway in 2007, where he won a Tony award for the Best Rev...

Kate Godfrey is a voice and dialect coach, as well as Shakespeare mastermind.  She's been involved in some extraordinary work from working at the RSC, across the West End with Mark Rylance, and recently working on Prima Facie with Jodie Comer at the Harold Pinter Theatre.  She discusses how you can tackle Shakespeare from looking at how the text is written, and how you can find new life in a w...

Chris and Tom Godwin are actors with a supreme wealth of experience on stage, screen and television. They were the first father and son to play the roles of Arthur Kipps and The Actor in the West End in the outstanding play The Woman in Black .  They both take me through what's it like to scare an audience, working with director Robin Herford, and how rewarding it is to perform such a brillian...

Mark is an actor, writer, dramaturg, and founder of Stratford Productions based in Hertfordshire.  His first one man show The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, adapted from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, played to sold out audiences both at the Watford and Brighton fringe in 2020 and 2021.  His second show Drama King based on the life of famous actor-manager William Charles Macready pre...

Adam is an actor, singer and public speaker who is currently on the UK tour of Les Miserables . He's worked with the RSC, BBC, and appeared in ad's for Tesco and Google. Adam offers some great insight into the life on the road, how to organise yourself when on tour with a show, and shares some stories from his experiences up and down the country, as well as in Europe.  Great conversation w...

Tom Berkeley and Ross White are Academy Award and BAFTA award-winning filmmakers.   They met after completing the BA Acting programme in 2014 and have since set up their own production company Split Second Productions. Which is for everyone from actors, musical theatre performers, and those interested in technical theatre.   Their experience in playwriting has seen them be shortlisted for the Brun...

Jack is an extraordinary actor whose worked across stage and TV with some of the best people in the business.  We discuss his involvement in Sam Mendes' epic global touring production of Shakespeare's Richard III. How he approaches Shakespeare's text, how to find the meaning, and important it is to actors. As Jack says, keep yourself fit with Shakespeare! Also his experience working al...

Katie is a trained musician, actress, dancer, and hypnotherapist who works closely with actors, and creative people of all calibre's.  This episode was such a great and interesting exploration about what hypnotherapy can do. Helping us conquer any mental boundaries that we as human beings carry around with us in a relaxed, judgement-free zone. Guiding us from burden to liberation in our minds...

Michael is one of the most prestigious and distinguished directors, writers, producers, and actors that has worked in Hollywood. Michael takes me through the process of directing, his experiences of working in the editing room, behind the camera, and working with some of Hollywood's elite, such as Robert Downey Jr, Kiefer Sutherland, Stanley Tucci, and Christian Bale to name a few. Also, he sh...

Rebecca is a movement director, actress, and all round lover of the arts.  She specialises in movement sequences for screen and stage.  Rebecca and I both worked together at GSA on our public show Widows by Ariel Dorfman and Tony Kushner, and it was a pleasure to learn from her techniques and rehearsal activities to help myself and my peers immerse ourselves in the play, and find the inner journey...

Mike Jibson in an incredible actor and another member of the GSA family, and since graduating he has worked across stage, screen and television with some of the best people in the business. From Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sam Mendes and Anne Hathaway to name a few! We both worked together recently on the upcoming short film A Path to Ecstasy with Louie Serkis, son of Andy! Filmed in Casino Nightclub in G...

Andrew is a director and composer who has been involved in a variety of projects across the artistic industry.  From plays, musicals, cabaret, opera, and ballet he is a man who loves the arts! I've had the pleasure of being taught by Andrew at GSA, looking at the play Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire, how to breakdown the text, learn lines mechanically, but not perform mechanically. Perform...

Chris is an inspirational voice teacher as well as person, and it was great to hear about her journey working with the voice.  She is currently the Head of Voice at the Guildford School of Acting, with BA and MA's in Advanced Voice Studies.  She works with actors, singers, and even politicians about how they can use their voices to their best effect.  Her practice is all about learning from on...

Dan is a movement director with a wealth of experience in the industry as a filmmaker and especially as a movement director. He has worked with Sally Cookson on A Monster Calls (Bristol and London Old Vic) and Jane Eyre (Bristol Old Vic and National Theatre). As well as, Kneehigh, Punchdrunk, DV8, and Fabulous Beast companies.  He also has his own theatre company Still House, links to his and the...

Matthew (Matt) Coulton is an actor and movement director with a passion for physical theatre. He trained at Central School of Speech and Drama in Collaborative and Devised Theatre graduating in 2014, and since has been a part of several movement influenced shows and theatre companies. Including Chester Storyhouse, Leicester Curve and BBC TV and Radio. He's part of projects here in the UK as we...

Adrian Schiller is an actor with many credits that stand across Film, TV and Theatre to his name. He's worked on video games to Shakespeare, and has a great knowledge of the actor's process and the industry itself. It was great to talk to him about his role in the astonishing 2014 production of The Crucible , directed by Yael Farber where he played Reverend John Hale. He discusses Hale's journey a...

Rose is a movement teacher at GSA (Guildford School of Acting) whose passion for Rudolf Laban's work is unparalleled.    Having trained at the Laban centre, as well as studied MA movement at the Central School of Speech and Drama, she has become fascinated by the vast potential our bodies have in the non-verbal realm, and how we can transform ourselves physically.     She takes me through his...

Sabina "Sabs" Netherclift is a teaching fellow at GSA with over 20 years of movement experience.  She has worked with many companies including the Young Vic, Central and the English National Opera. Her primary teaching point at GSA is the work of movement director Jacque Lecoq, having trained with the man himself in Paris.  She schools me on his foundations, the way he worked with his st...

Stu was part of the simply astonishing cast and creative team that put together the spellbinding play A Monster Calls that premiered at the Bristol Old Vic and transferred to the London Old Vic in 2018.   Stu shares with me the process of building a show essentially from scratch, working with Sally Cookson, and how devising needn't be something to be scared of for an actor!   So much covered a...