The Uncensored Critic Podcast

Laura and I worked together on the National Theatre's "My Country; a work in progress" and I feel proud to call her a friend as well as a fellow actor.  Laura has vast experiences in theatre, TV, and film, since our time at the National, she has worked on BBC's Des , Line of Duty , and HBO's Chernobyl , and Game of Thrones .   She's also worked at the Bridge Theatre, and...

Ben Furey is voice and dialect coach currently teaching at the Guildford School of Acting (GSA). His credentials include working with actors of all ages in the USA and UK, coaching them on accents, vocal ability, and engagement with text.  He has taught children in Matilda to speak Russian, and young American actors in Billy Elliot to speak with a Geordie accent! As well as coaching an actress to...

Hannah is a multi-award winning photographer based in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, and she talks me through the various elements of photography in its various forms.   She has a wealth of experience from qualifying into The British Institute of Photography at 19 years of age to being in the running to win the National Business Women's award in 2019.   She has shot all over the world, working wit...

Christian and I both worked together at the National Theatre on a piece called "My Country; a work in progress", a verbatim play that centred around the result of the EU referendum of 2016 under the guidance of Rufus Norris, and Poet Laureate, at the time, Carol Ann Duffy. An experience that both of us treasure to this very day.  It was a genuine pleasure to hear Christian's stories...

David Barnett is currently Professor of Drama at the University of York. David's primary research point is the work of Brecht, and the Berliner Ensemble, he has written countless journal entries and articles about the foundations of Brecht's practice.  Telling the reader, performer, and director, how you can apply them to a production, and for that matter, any existing play, and come up wi...

Simon is an actor and Chekhov specialist.  We talk everything from Simon's earliest memories of Chekhov at drama school, to discussing Chekhov's yin-yang approach to life as a man of science, yet has a spiritual attachment to him at the same time.  We discuss Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya , and how Chekhov's influence was very much with us during the pandemic, and how he can capture...

Welcome to The Uncensored Critic Podcast ! Thank you so much for tuning in and listening to my show. For my first episode I had the pleasure of talking to long-term collaborator, and friend of Harold Pinter, Harry Burton.  We discuss everything from Pinter's early years growing up in Hackney, living through post-WW2 London, to finding out the best way to tackle Pinter's work in performance...