The Actor’s Waiting Room
Grace has had it rough. She’s spent thousands on training and years in customer service. Like most actors her life is a perpetual cycle of waiting. Join Grace as she tries to uncover the mysteries of the industry and why she isn’t famous yet. Some may call this investigative journalism, others may call it a waste of breath. But who can blame her, she’s just trying to pass the time, while she sits in the waiting room.
Episodes
37 episodes
Ep 37. A Very Waiting Room Christmas
Welcome to the Christmas special of The Actor’s Waiting Room! It’s just me this week - armed with a festive drink, Christmas film recommendations and an actors survival toolkit for the holidays. In this solo episode, I’m div...
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Ep 36. Acting Lessons from Blunt, Walters, Gosling and Staunton
This week in The Actor’s Waiting Room, I’m doing what all actors do best: obsessing over other actors who are better than me.But in a healthy, educational way. Obviously.In this episode, I’m breaking down four performers ...
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Ep 35. Murder Before Evensong, Voiceover and Staying Positive with Sophie Bloor
In this week’s episode of The Actor’s Waiting Room, I am joined by the brilliant Sophie Bloor, a powerhouse voiceover artist and actor whose career spans over 500 clients, including Spotify, Sky, Lidl, the BBC, and more.Sophie shares what i...
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54:04
Ep 34. Drawing the Story: Illustration, Animation, and the art of story telling with Florence Waters
As actors we may receive the opportunity to voice some beautiful animations. Therefore I think its important to know how much time is spent creating these pieces. In this episode we step into the imaginative world of illustrator and an...
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Ep 33. Scene Stealing Villains
In this episode, I dive into the psychology and performance craft behind some of cinema and television’s most compelling villains and morally grey characters. From Rosamund Pike’s chilling precision in Gone Girl to Judi Dench’s unsettl...
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52:36
Ep 32. Clutch Casting with Casting Director Laura Meredith
As actors, we never really know what happens in the casting office. I have always thought it's better to know more about every aspect of this industry so 1. You know what to expect but 2. To humanise the industry. This means you can start to wo...
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43:14
Ep 31. Writing for screen, producing your own work and staying active with Karla Williams
Screenwriter and production company founder, Karla Williams, joins me in the studio to talk about how she is navigating the screenwriting industry. Karla has gained some invaluable experience working on projects for ITV, Audible, Am...
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46:24
Ep 30. Chaotic Creators magazine, writing and dentistry with Kate and Abs
Kate and Abs are the creators of Chaotic Creators. A Magazine designed for creatives and queers. The magazine includes poetry, photography, interviews, film recommendations, writing opportunities and more. We talk about what sparked them to lea...
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42:40
Ep 29. Leaving drama school, audition rooms and would you rather with Jay O'Connell
The podcast has been going for a little while now and I haven't introduced you to my amazing camera man, Jay O'Connell. Myself and Jay live together in North London and he has always helped out with podcast from the beginning. In t...
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52:38
Ep 28. Hamilton Hodell, Voiceover and Emails with Aaron-Lee Eyles.
I am joined by my good friend, Aaron-Lee Eyles! Starting out as an actor, Aaron quickly immersed himself into all aspects of the entertainment industry. This included agenting at North Artist Management, writing and producing two s...
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42:37
Ep 27. Graduating, Dept Q and staying present with Gabrielle Hughes
I am joined this week by the lovely Gabrielle Hughes. Gabby has been out of drama school for 2 years and has worked for the BBC and Netflix. We talk all about pursuing a career as a person of colour, her insightful time on Dept Q a...
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47:00
Ep 26. BFI, Short Films and Producing Your Own Work with Phoebe Cowley
I was very lucky to be joined by Phoebe Cowley this week who is an actor, writer and producer of her own short films. The world of short film was a mystery to me. It is something that isn't spoken about, compared to the feature films that we al...
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33:30
Ep 25. Staying Creative
Staying Creative for long periods of time is SO hard! But, it is crucial in keeping your spark going for your creative career. This week I am welcoming you back, in a brand new studio, to talk about how we get that creative sp...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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41:42
Ep 24. Acting, writing and developing your artistic taste with Ally Ibach
This week I am joined by my good friend Ally Ibach! We met back in December 2022 when we were both cast in 'A Comedy of Errors' here in London and have stayed in touch ever since. Ally is an Actor and Playwright who is b...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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38:38
Ep 23. 'Politely bang down the doors of people that you want to work for' - Millie Innes
This week I am joined by the lovely Millie Innes! Millie's acting career started at the age of 8 working with David Tennant on the BBC series 'Single Father.' She has worked on the iconic show 'Dani's House' and even had her own TV ...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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35:45
Ep 22. OVERSHARE with Eleanor Hill
Ever wondered how you create a show? How a creative writes their first draft to performing it on a stage? Well my guest this week has done just that. Eleanor Hill, the writer and performer of 'OVERSHARE' has come to speak to me abou...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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50:58
Ep 21. Acting, Modelling, Presenting and Coaching with Steven Luemba
Steven is an actor, model, presenter and even a life coach, so I think its fair to say that Steven knows exactly what it's like to be in entertainment industry. Through years of practice, he knows how to keep his head level and healthy th...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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46:36
Ep 20. How does that work?
You could say that since starting the podcast and my 6 years in the acting industry, I have learnt a lot. However, there is still so much I don't know yet. I have my very good friend and actor, Brittni Shaw, on this week where we ta...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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45:31
Ep 19. Things I Wish I Knew!
It is just you and I this week. Throughout my creative journey I have learnt so much, but I wish I knew these things when I was in my early 20s. Like most actors, I didn't know much when I first entered the industry, but if someone ...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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44:48
Ep 18. Happy Valley, Comedy Vs Drama and Staying Creative with Amit Shah
I am incredibly lucky to have Amit Shah as my creative guest on the podcast this week. Amit has worked on a huge variety of projects. His early career started in theatre, performing for The Royal Shakespeare Company, The National Th...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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52:02
Ep 17. Agenting life, seeing new work and .MOV files with Red Talent agent Conor Nolan
I am joined by Red Talent agent Conor Nolan who shows us what its like on the agenting side of the industry. We talk about the significance of supporting the arts, what the process is for the agent and how to reach out to casting di...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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46:56
Ep 16. The Actors Fitness Coach - Celeste da Palma
A creatives lifestyle is pretty hectic. We balance multiple day jobs, auditions and performing jobs that all have their own schedule. When we think about working out on top of all this? We think there it no way we can do this too. Celeste da Pa...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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36:02
Ep 15. Surviving Rejection
I am happy to confirm that this episode, when listening back in the editing room, did not sound as depressing as the title may suggest. Therefore, 'Surviving Rejection' has made its final reveal on the podcast. Surviving rejection i...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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41:33
Ep 14. Growing up on screen with Lee Abbate
You may recognise my guest this week from the original Waterloo Road series as Zack Diamond. Lee Abbate has been acting professionally from the young age of 14 when he landed his first job on Waterloo Road. Since then, Lee went on to work on Sh...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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36:39
Ep 13. Owning your Screen Acting Career
Working in the film and TV industry is a goal every actor wishes to achieve but acting on screen can seem really intimidating. There is a lot of equipment pointing at you that tries to take you out of your performance. How do we get over this?<...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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44:36