Drama School Dropout

This week on Drama School Dropout it's my birthday and I am joined by the amazing, Jason Ritter! We chat about Raise Your Voice, the SAG AFTRA strike, being registered to vote, working with a seventeen year old Jack Black, being roommates with Simon Helberg whilst studying at NYU, the US remake of Gavin and Stacey, preparing to be ignored, studying at RADA, Hilary Duff, religious activists trying to have actors put on the sex offenders’ register, lecturers confiscating ID’s before shows, working on  Law and Order: SVU, getting GTA advice from Ice-T, Matlock and Jason’s stick figure family on Instagram. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Jason Ritter Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Jason's Instagram: @jason_ritter Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets!  This Is Where We Get Off Tour Tickets: www.thisiswherewegetoff.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Jacob Fisher. We chat about Nigel Farage in the jungle, the GCSE drama hierarchy, playing villains, Drama School speed dating, gym life, Newsies, meeting Abby Lee Miller, relearning how to tap on Anything Goes and then auditioning for Newsies, gargling TCP, why being a Newsie meant so much to Jacob, performing on the Royal Variety Show, favourite lines of dialogue and we play possibly the most uncomfortable game of Stage Right or Stage Shite?

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Jacob Fisher

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Jacob's Instagram: @jacoboliverfisher

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This week on Drama School Dropout we're doing something a little bit different. As we countdown to episode 200 we're taking a look back on some of my favourite Stage Right or Stage Shite stories. On stage proposals, danger wankers, insurance fraud, fisting, catching teachers wanking, chastity belts, Queen Camilla and wafflestomping. Stage Right or Stage Shite? has it all.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Episodes Featured:

Episode 71 w/ Jazmine Franks (@jazzfranks)

Episode 121 w/ Tanya MacDonald (@tanyamac88)

Episode 138 w/ Sanjeev Kohli (@terminatorsanj)

Episode 139 w/ Kerry Ellis (@kerryellis79)

Episode 151 w/ Freddie Bolt (@freddieb1993)

Episode 154 w/ Charlotte Eaton (@charlotteeaton_)

Episode 162 w/ Dylan Wood (@dylandwood1)

Episode 174 w/ Lewis Gillon (@lewisgillonx)

Episode 175 w/ Oli Higginson (@oli_higginson)

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Lorna Calder. We chat about that very first mental showing of This Is Where We Get Off, acting on zoom, in person auditions, first jobs being with companies in LA, not knowing what a tech rehearsal is, not being a fan of drama in school, starring in a BBC feature film, struggling with the industry, performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Shakespeare, James Norton, being late, rolling people in wheelchairs off stage, bringing drugs into Drama School and we reveal who we’d love to work with again and who we refuse to work with again.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Lorna Calder

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Lorna's Instagram: @lornacalder 

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Scott Folan. We chat about rejection, auditions, quitting theatre, the current lack of theatre etiquette, England shutting down at 4PM on a Sunday, joining the National Theatre at thirteen years old, alcoholic nuns, being forced to method act, professional lives interfering with personal lives, self confidence, Macbeth with Catherine Tate, therapy, life coaching, making music and our favourite alcoholic beverages.

*THIS EPISODE OF DRAMA SCHOOL DROPOUT WAS RECORDED PRIOR TO THE SAG-AFTRA STRIKE*

This conversation contains mentions of suicide and mental health. If you have been affected by the subjects discussed and feel you need help please utilise the following resources: 

UK: Call Samaritans 24/7 on 116 123 or text SHOUT to 85258

USA: Call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline on 998

For the rest of the world please click here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Scott Folan

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Scott's Instagram: @scott_folan 

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Daphne Maxwell Reid. We chat about the SAG AFTRA strike, working at a news station, unions, the price of Spotlight, being the first black woman to be on the cover of Glamour Magazine, acting on camera, being a trailblazing woman, replacing Janet Hubert as Aunt Vivian on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and how she originally passed on the role a few years earlier, how Will Smith paid for everyone to decorate their dressing rooms, Idris Elba, working with your partner, skipping acting class to see the Queen’s coffin, having your hair chopped off without consent, condoms being blown up to the tune of ‘Voulez Vous’ by Abba and our favourite pick me up songs.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Daphne Maxwell Reid

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Daphne's Instagram: @msdaphne13 

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Niamh Currie. We chat about Flatmates, going back to Drama School, Niamh’s first time at Drama School being over Zoom during the pandemic, losing our Fringe virginities together, learning more about our own history through acting, joining shows a week before opening night, having to learn to act while standing up, Zoom Drama School students loving self tapes, learning to handle rejection, Scottish primary schools forcing kids to do Shakespeare, having a week to learn an entire script, having to learn x-rated scripts while working in a toy shop, preparing your parents to hear you say dirty things on stage, Karen Gillan, naked zoom calls, dodgy masturbation sketches and we get up close and personal with our question from the previous guest.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Niamh Currie

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Niamh's Instagram: @niamhcurrie_actor 

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Lauren Drummond. We chat about Waterloo Road, Holby City, parenting, keeping secrets, hoarding scripts, auditioning for Drama School, studying at Yale, near death experiences, UKIP campaigning classmates, learning to be free and open, knock off Nuts magazines stealing production shots, Sarah Lancashire, being part of a trailblazing show from the beginning, sharing a car with Denise Welch, why Mika didn’t attend Chlo’s funeral, studying acting outside of school, becoming a jack of all trades and OnlyFans.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Lauren Drummond

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Lauren's Instagram: @llaurendrummond

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Lee Lomas. We chat about the work/life balance of a freelance creative, teaching, living with chronic pain, finding confidence, leaving the industry, preparing to be ignored, nepotism, being a hand mixer, Lee’s school - The Working Actor’s Studio, Brian Cox, Shameless, only being able to do one episode of your favourite TV show, the lines of political correctness, Little Britain and Bo’Selecta, smoking real cigarettes on screen, having sex in Drama School classrooms, Lee’s new short film and what colour lightsaber we’d like.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Lee Lomas

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Lee's Instagram: @thatleelomas

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Zachary James. We chat about Hadestown, winning a Grammy, how I’ve finally signed with an agent, an unconventional approach to Drama School auditions, being awarded “performer of the decade”, my journey to winning a Grammy, sophomore streak, finding your acting process, crying on command, Marisha Wallace on Celebrity Big Brother, vegetables being taped to foreheads for Drama School assignments, the Full Monty gone wrong, manifestation, the importance of carrying a dry erase marker, being called Handsome Squidward and we start early prep for the Oliviers.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Zachary James

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Lauren Kelston McMillin. We chat about Orange Is The New Black, avoiding social events because of COVID, transitioning from athletics to acting, toxic masculinity, Yoga For Alex, mental health, The Cherry Orchard, supporting local theatres, studying at LAMDA, big pink swords, divas, not meeting the actor who is playing the older version of your character, stealing from Orange Is The New Black, a potential spin off, being given classifieds, being tall or short, Elizabeth Olsen, Marvel and a potential trip to the Fringe.

*THIS EPISODE OF DRAMA SCHOOL DROPOUT WAS RECORDED PRIOR TO THE SAG-AFTRA STRIKE*

This conversation contains mentions of suicide and mental health. If you have been affected by the subjects discussed and feel you need help please utilise the following resources:

UK: Call Samaritans 24/7 on 116 123 or text SHOUT to 85258

USA: Call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline on 998

For the rest of the world please click here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

Support Yoga For Alex: https://join.hopefordepression.org/campaign/yoga-for-alex/c241816#

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Lauren Kelston McMillin

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Lauren's Instagram: @lkelmcm

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Zak Sutcliffe. We chat about Waterloo Road, not paying attention to the government, the time I almost shaved my head, Lord of the Rings, lightsaber colours, playing a donkey in school, getting to play Peter Pan, the era of chinos and vans, sword fighting with Stanley Tucci, Shakespeare, auditioning for Waterloo Road for multiple different roles, stealing from the set, what’s coming up for Schuey, working with Sacha Baron Cohen on The Brothers Grimsby, Murder On The Dance Floor, your agent making you pretend to be deaf and fighting grizzly bears.

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Host: Ingram Noble 

Guest: Zak Sutcliffe 

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble 

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Zak's Instagram: @zacharysutcliffe

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Jonny Weldon. We chat about One Day, London Marathon training, the SAG strike, streaming, The Traitors, being a child actor on the West End, studying at the Sylvia Young theatre school, flirting with Rita Ora, pantomimes, being the original TikTok sketch artist, working in the art department, Celia Imrie, hanging out with the cast of Ted Lasso, lecturers attaching their student’s headshots to his dartboard, secondary school teachers asking parents to die and mastering the home latte.

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Host: Ingram Noble 

Guest: Jonny Weldon 

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble 

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Christina Moore. We chat about 90210, Ingram’s overuse of the royal “we”, having permission to fuck the fuck off, the SAG-AFTRA strikes, walking the picket lines, interim agreements, cancel culture, being the obligatory plus one, Christina getting her SAG card on the original 90210, the golden era of television, the lost generation of actors, performing a Catholic mass before eating a McDonalds, learning how to learn, underwater basket weaving degrees, actors using fake teeth, show mementos being stolen, sunglass acting, a possible 90210 reboot, working on Friends with Matthew Perry, replacing a character on That 70's show and being booed by the audience and becoming a CIA agent.

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Host: Ingram Noble 

Guest: Christina Moore 

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble 

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Christina’s Instagram: @ladychristinamoore

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Hannah Mary Taylor. We chat about £1 Megabus tickets, Flatmates, Hannah's hatred for the Virgin Mary, Flatmates, the time Hannah flashed her entire year of Drama School, learning to let go and not care, rehearsing in working men's clubs, zoom drama school, your first time on stage being your BA Acting showcase, Gillian Anderson, working with friends, a Flatmates tour, classmates having fake babies and Tinder mishaps. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Hannah Mary Taylor Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Hannah's Instagram: @hannahmarytaylor Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets!  This Is Where We Get Off Tour Tickets: www.thisiswherewegetoff.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, the Tony Award Winner, Wilson J. Heredia. We chat about Rent, becoming a parent for the first time, the injury that started his acting career, living so close to Broadway during the pandemic, British TV, Facebook doctors, latin representation, working with Jonathan Larson, Rent being Wilson's first musical, that first preview after Jonathan's passing, Rent's legacy, Shameless, almost moving to London, the odd couple, winning a Tony award and using live creatures on costumes.

*THIS EPISODE OF DRAMA SCHOOL DROPOUT WAS RECORDED PRIOR TO THE SAG-AFTRA STRIKE*

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Wilson J. Heredia

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Wilson's Instagram: @wilsonjermaineheredia

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Josh Knowles. We chat about our old episode. This Is Where We Get Off, doing the fringe, the implications of COVID, going on stage without props, rehearsal room snacks, big willies, stealing, the very first This Is Where We Get Off turning into Bongo's Bingo, Steve Carrell, Ed McVey, creating comedy roles, being told to sit in a bin, bomb scares, theatre revolving around the treatment of the Highlands and Islands and we find out just how much Josh loves bread.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Josh Knowles

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Josh's Instagram: @joshknowles__

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, James Baxter. We chat about Waterloo Road, James being a home town hero, McDonalds, growing up in the North East, the pressures of growing up in a working class town but wanting to pursue the arts, my new play “Flatmates”, the joy of working with other actors, doing the twenty-four hour plays at the Bristol Old Vic and forgetting lines, I gush over Dame Judi Dench’s impromptu sonnet performance on the Graham Norton show again, Steve Carrell, auditioning for Waterloo Road, reboots, self tapes and in the room auditions, auditioning for Game of Thrones, naked auditions, the cardboard cut out of James that causes havoc on the Waterloo Road set, the time a Drama School Dropout recording session was interrupted by bailiffs, stealing, getting paid in gift cards, OnlyFans adverts and food.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: James Baxter

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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James' Instagram: @jamesbaxterrealtalk

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Oli Higginson. We chat about meeting at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the SAG strike, Fringe after parties, my new play Flatmates, having your first kiss on stage, Shakespeare, Karen Fishwick in Romeo and Juliet, seeing local representation, being asked to passionately defend Brexit, lessons learnt, finding your own version of a character, going into Othello at The Globe, waffle stomping, the play that goes wrong and a decapitation during a nativity.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Oli Higginson

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Oli's Instagram: @oli_higginson

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Lewis Gillon. We chat about Flatmates, creating content, Still Game, finding out your lecturer was in Still Game, halloween parties gone wrong, football, college auditions gone wrong, taking over a role last minutes, piss kinks, bonding with casts, being naked on stage, online perverts, the monarchy, nerves, self confidence, having a wank over Camilla Parker-Bowles, hometown heroes, David Tennant and Catherine Tate, our forever meals and the perfect temperature of a Greggs sausage roll.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Lewis Gillon

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Lewis' Instagram: @lewisgillonx

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Rivkah Reyes. We chat about School of Rock, sitcoms, Gillian Anderson, finding career freedom during the pandemic, psychic mediums, changing your professional name once you already have an established career, choosing our battles, having Joan Cusack as your real life neighbour, frozen capri-suns, having to learn to play the guitar standing up for School of Rock, being “interested” in Sarah Silverman, how Joan  Cusack gave out the best Halloween candy, the School of Rock twenty year reunion, bringing a ouija board to set, death, having sex on stage in between shows, Ibiza, Ted Lasso, Catherine Tate and what we love about ourselves. 

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Rivkah Reyes

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Rivkah's Social Media: @rivkah.reyes

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Anthony Flanagan. We chat about Shameless, being busier than ever, losing out to James McAvoy, being expelled from Drama Class at thirteen, acting never being the dream, studying at Oldham College, breaking into the industry with The Royal Shakespeare Company, lessons learnt, learning that the appreciation of your craft is subjective, moving forward, working with agencies, being in charge of your own career, Shameless having it's resurgence, Liam Neeson, pink furry handcuffs and Maggie O'Neill.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Anthony Flanagan

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Anthony Lewis. We chat about Emmerdale, Ackley Bridge, The Full Monty, raising a toddler throughout the pandemic, the boom of podcasts, time passing so fast, how major world events impact TV shows, acting, becoming a family affair, being on heartbeat at nine years old, being Mr CITV for a while, skipping Drama School to join Emmerdale, the story of how his brother became Neville Longbottom, open casting calls, teaching, being self aware, context, pre show rituals involving urinals, performing the local takeaway's menu, Torchwood and working with Kay Mellor.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Anthony Lewis

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Anthony's Instagram: @mranthonylewis

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Tony Jayawardena. We chat about the Christmas season, traditions, internet dating, going to see shows in the West End as a child, dealing with your inner monologue, the nothingness, being ignored, Dame Judi Dench's viral performance of Shakespeare's sonnets, the Crown, trying to be the nice guy, studying Chekov for eleven weeks straight, valuing your humanity, reality checks at Drama School, Miriam Margolyes, Ackley Bridge, storytelling being the biggest form of activism, representation, The Little Mermaid, pretending to be working class, being a sparkler and show revivals.  

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Tony Jayawardena

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Tony's Instagram: @tonyjayawardena

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Nikki Runeckles. We chat about Bad Education, Layton Williams, Strictly Come Dancing, studying at Italia Conti, being an extra in a Morrisons advert, missing your first Drama School show because of appendicitis, learning to lose yourself, working in a nursing home, how Nikki came to play Chantelle, the Bad Education reunion, stealing, the Bad Education movie, Nikki's reservations on returning for the reunion, writing erotic novels and regrets.  

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Nikki Runeckles

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Nikki's Instagram: @nikkiruneckles

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This week on Drama School Dropout it's our third birthday! I am joined by the amazing, Samantha Siddall. We chat about three years of Drama School Dropout, Shameless, lockdown, nativity stories, missing out on the part of Mary, the hierarchy of secondary school drama departments, back up plans, going to Drama School, flatmates using your crockery as underwear, the only creative limit being money, creating your own work, shit your pants moments, being paid for existing work being uploaded to streaming platforms, the SAG strike, Shameless being Samantha's first audition, working with James McAvoy and Anne Marie Duff, watching your own "death", the realities of acting, Shameless USA and social media habits.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Samantha Siddall

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Samantha's Instagram: @samsiddalll

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Spencer Macpherson. We chat about discovering TV shows on TikTok, School Spirits, our killer theories, following siblings into the industry, playing Tiny Tim, finding the right agent, performing naked, discussing on screen nudity with parents, weed vs. tobacco, behind the scenes moments, The Green Mile, our favourite TV shows, problematic casting, the importance of being nice, Catherine Tate, actors not following COVID rules on set and spoilers. 

*THIS EPISODE OF DRAMA SCHOOL DROPOUT WAS RECORDED PRIOR TO THE SAG-AFTRA STRIKE*

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Spencer Macpherson

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Spencer's Instagram: @jspencermac

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Dystin Johnson. We chat about finding peace, Shameless, training in the North East, being scared to admit that you want to be an actor, our histories colliding, accent party games, physical theatre, terrible teachers, mime school, racial bias and pigeon holing, auditioning for the Barbie Movie, trying to destroy the element of play, LGBTQ+ representation, Helen Mirren anecdotes, Autoglass, heckling and working with Catherine Tate on Hard Cell. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9  Host: Ingram Noble 

Guest: Dystin Johnson

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, William Ellis. We chat about EastEnders, loving lockdown, FOMO, teaching, studying at LAMDA, portraying religion on stage, playing undesirable characters, being heckled in the street, transcending TV culture, working with Lacey Turner, having to create a separation between yourself and the character, stillness, casting, stage combat, getting hurt, working on Great Expectations with Ralph Fiennes, being volunteered to do your own stunts, competitive swimming and how to properly make diluting juice.

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Mark Beswick. We chat about Waterloo Road, power napping, the nature of the industry, music, advert auditions, Spotlight's prices, the nothingness of the industry, training, on stage mishaps, the possibility of Mark returning to Waterloo Road, filming in Scotland, life experience, comedy, working with Sacha Baron Cohen, instagram scammers, filming in Morocco, multi million pound budgets, psychic actors, accents and creating content. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Mark Beswick Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Mark's Instagram: @markbeswick Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets! Flatmates Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/flatmates

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Santino Smith. We chat about Moorcroft, pressure and expectations, acting becoming a family affair, playing ages, training in Cardiff, the unique differences between studying at Drama School versus a traditional degree, group warm ups, bare feet, the Scottish theatre scene, breaking into the industry, how Moorcroft has changed the landscape of theatre, toxic masculinity, our favourite Moorcroft moments, moving scenery, Billy Connelly, Stephen Graham, grabbing the wrong props and what food dish we would be. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Santino Smith Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Santino's Instagram: @piacentini94 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets! Moorcroft Tour Tickets: https://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/moorcroft Flatmates Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/flatmates This Is Where We Get Off Tour Tickets: www.thisiswherewegetoff.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Daniel Delaney. We chat about playing a young Phil Mitchell, council tax, Only Fools and Horses, free tuition, Drama School audition fees, Sam Fender, friendships, egos, confidence, the EastEnders flashback episode, working with Paul Pogba, adverts, meeting Steve McFadden, working with firearms, getting an agent, going back to school, winning the lottery and the UK's obsession with education.

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Guest: Daniel Delaney

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Dylan Wood. We chat about living in London when COVID hit, Moorcroft, the Rangers and Celtic divide, Les Mis, acting lecturers abusing their power, stage combat, the paranoia that surrounds stillness, bringing onions on stage, auditioning for Moorcroft, plays with no intervals, working with Robert Florence, weird insta DMs, the correct way to make diluting juice and we reveal the secret behind some stage magic.

This episode contains conversation that some listeners may find distressing. If you need help and support please contact Samaritans on 116 123 or for help with your mental health while you're studying please visit Student Minds at www.studentminds.org.uk.

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Guest: Dylan Wood

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Iona Deveney. We chat about #twinning, graduating, the realities of trying to break into the industry, Moorcroft, supporting local theatre, mistaking one twin for the other, going through Drama School throughout COVID, gagging on peanut butter pretzels backstage, multi rolling, your granny watching your onstage kisses, creating a safe space, keepsakes from shows, possibly the worst 'Stage Right or Stage Shite?' story, working with family, our biggest 'what the fuck?' moments and the Good Bit podcast.

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Guest: Iona Deveney

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Osian Morgan. We chat about Waterloo Road, Pobol y Cwm, starting acting professionally at sixteen, the price of Freddos, reboots, keeping secrets, stunts, going from football to acting, auditioning for Les Mis, being released from football, streamlining education, hiding in the roof of a classroom, micro directing, terrible adlibs, people being arseholes in auditions, dicks hanging out and side hustles.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Osian Morgan

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Osian's Instagram: @osian.hw.morgan

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Bailey Newsome. We chat about Moorcroft, doing the fringe, the SAG strike, everybody knowing everybody, breaking into the industry, our personal problematic primary school shows, starting out young, animal studies, getting clocked on instagram, working with Eilidh Loan and joining the Moorcroft cast, improv, going on tour and sets and costumes being repossessed by bailiffs.

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Guest: Bailey Newsome

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Bailey's Instagram: @bailey_newsome_

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Jude Monk McGowan. We chat about Hollyoaks, podcasting, making your own work, goals and aims, the unseen behind the scenes graft, stage managers, stagecoach, auditioning for Harry Potter, being obsessed with education, studying at Drama Centre, Jude's lecturer being the inspiration for Hannibal Lecter, the prospect of being sacked from Drama School, performing almost naked, comedy being hard, joining Hollyoaks and learning on the job, the show's aesthetic, shooting sex scenes, professional acting vs. amateur acting and the importance of proof reading. 

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Guest: Jude Monk McGowan

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Nathan Sussex. We chat about Hollyoaks, Carol Vorderman, striking, growing up in Wales, Bugsy Malone, Drama School, being forced to shop in Selfridges whilst staying in character, becoming self-conscious, the Opera House study, being part of heavy hitting storylines, playing a villain, the responsibilities of an actor, preparing to film harrowing scenes, Hollyoaks' staff sales, leaving Hollyoaks with a brand new wardrobe, a possible return to the village, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Barbie and viagra.

We discuss mental health issues and suicide during the episode. If you're struggling and need help please contact Samaritans on 116 123.

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Daniel Roche. We chat about Outnumbered, becoming fond of doing nothing, education, transitioning from a child actor to an adult actor, becoming self sufficient, learning from mistakes, negative press, acting crushes, Stephen Graham, handing over leaflets instead of headshots, favourite Outnumbered moments and club penguin usernames.  

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, L.J. Aitken. We chat about the fringe, stage names, the toxic masculinity surrounding boys in the arts, Firewater Thursdays, first time directing, regrets, one person shows, transformative theatre, professional failures, cast members getting thrown out of Edinburgh Bus Station, getting fired, first kisses, Jack Grealish, and moving out. 

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Charlotte Eaton. We chat about working through the pandemic, auditions, self tapes, having fun, working with difficult people, being kind, Drama School bonding sessions, tackling assault courses, our craziest Drama School stories, giving out signed headshots, chastity belts, working on Benidorm and working with John Chalice.

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Guest: Charlotte Eaton

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Dean Fagan. We chat about cast members talking about shows online, cast drama, how a chance lunch break changed the course of Dean’s life, fetishes, COVID, blackmail, auditioning for Coronation Street, being killed by Pat Phelan, doing live TV, cheating on Corrie, going to awards ceremonies, filming in Malta and our worst audition stories. 

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Guest: Dean Fagan

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Dean's Instagram: @deananthonyfagan

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Rob Madge. We chat about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, problematic tea towels, creating shows as a child, our parents upstaging us, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, being a child actor, making paper breathe, attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School, My Son’s A Queer But What Can You Do, Julie Walters, Dawn French, fun behind the scenes moments, Disney, more Stage Right or Stage Shite? stories and doing the London Palladium pantomime.

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Guest: Rob Madge

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Freddie Bolt. We chat about the SAG AFTRA strikes, Ackley Bridge, The Bolt Academy, zoom ptsd, wanting Drama School training but also the university lifestyle, feeling humiliated, auditioning for the role of Chesney on Coronation Street, being a child actor, being in Bernard’s Watch, farts in a yoga class, toxic competitiveness in Drama School, showcase struggles, playing racist characters, where the south really begins, disturbing Drama School stories, Superman and overnight megabuses to London.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Freddie Bolt

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Freddie's Instagram: @freddieb1993

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Sarah Byrne. We chat about Shameless, Sarah’s Drama School and Agency, the pandemic, feeling the calling to perform, diversity in the industry, discrimination against working class people, partying on Canal Street, Love Island, Paul Mescal, The Sarah Byrne Acting Academy, missing another friend’s wedding, working with Alice Barry, sunburnt willies, a politically correct Frank Gallagher, and going topless on telly. 

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Sarah Byrne

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Sarah's Instagram: @itssarahbyrne

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Hannah Hobley. We chat about Big Brother, parenthood, pregnancy, tea towels on heads, problematic primary school shows, Benidorm, Hannah’s first professional role, classical singing, bad auditions, supportive parents, how hard this industry is, BeniCon, a possible Benidorm return, the Garvey’s, dealing with insecurities as an actor, makeshift dildos, rejecting Lady Gaga, meeting heroes, patience and bad habits. 

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Hannah Hobley

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Hannah's Instagram: @hannahhobley

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Lauren McQueen. We chat about leaving Hollyoaks right before the pandemic, mental health, Annie, Cecil and Vessel, rude agents, working hard, advice, Prima Facie, watching plays in the cinema, learning to cry on cue, trauma dumping, the right way to tackle a self harm storyline, crossing the soap border into Coronation Street, fight classes with dildos, inserting suppositories and working with Tom Hanks.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Lauren McQueen

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Lauren's Instagram: @laurennmcqueen

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Joseph Thompson. We chat about my Amsterdam Sex Dungeon, not being ready to go to Drama School, living in Japan, crazy Drama School feedback, schools merging, making chains with keyrings, interactive walk through zoos, eating out of date sweets on set, auditioning for Hollyoaks, ordering hits, Will Young, getting to work at the National, lecturers questioning your personality, Margaret Thatcher and what we’re bringing to new parts.

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Guest: Joseph Thompson

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Joseph's Instagram: @aguycalledjoe

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Francesca Curran. We chat about wanting to be on BritBox, being plunged into the industry, imposter syndrome, the odds not being in our favour, the rise of TikTok, stepping down with grace, Irn Bru, playing Skinhead Helen, shit Drama School teachers, peeing in water bottles, auditioning for Orange Is The New Black fresh out of Drama School, embodying the character of a criminal, shaving your head for a role, being part of one of the biggest TV shows ever made, playing a Neo-nazi, The Crown, changing casts, pressure and getting paid.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Francesca Curran

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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