This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Laine MacNeil! We chat about Diary of a Wimpy Kid, scholastic book fairs, working harder, finally having a break, learning lines, taxes, working as a child, seeing the Patty Farrell illustration for the first time, Andrew Scott, Fleabag, improvising, working on comedy sets, hitting a guide dog in the face with a condom, when a co-star makes fight choreography unsafe, readers who spit, ripped trousers, our favourite live performances and how great Miley Cyrus is. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Laine MacNeil Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Laine's Instagram: @thelainemacneil Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Ross Jamieson! We chat about missing the TikTok bandwagon, growing up in the prime YouTube era, being famous on Club Penguin, our first ever brand deals, having to decide between a career in musical theatre or politics, drinking straight from gravy boats, accidentally meeting a very famous Tory politician’s parents, Peter Pan, Macbeth, mashing up Shakespeare with The Phantom of The Opera, learning from cast mates, Steve Carrell our dream Graham Norton couches and a frozen chicken. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Ross Jamieson Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Ross' Instagram: @rossjamieson_ Get tickets for Peter Pan in Livingston this Christmas!: https://www.howdenparkcentre.co.uk/panto-2024-reconnect-theatres/ Keep Up To Date With I Ran With The Gang: The Story of Original Bay City Roller Alan Longmuir: https://www.facebook.com/IRanWithTheGang Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Nicholas Marshall! We chat about being part of The Scottish Graduate’s Showcase, working for TikTok, shampoo, dreams of becoming the next Doctor Who, sticker books, our favourite jokes from Still Game, the state of arts education, being bad at going to the theatre, forgetting props, preparing to enter the industry, realising you still have to pay tax, playing sound effects direct from youtube, sending PDFs of takeaway menus to casting directors, student loan increases, crying, Nicholas’ new Christmas show and what era we would’ve liked to have been born in. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Nicholas Marshall Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Nicholas' Instagram: @nicholasmarshallactor Get Tickets for Nicholas' Christmas Show: www.macrobertartscentre.org/shows/583827APSTNQVHKTGHTHQLNKQBKCKJLRL Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Dionne Frati! We chat about getting robbed, possibly finally getting to see Catherine Tate in person, being the busiest actress in Scotland, working under pressure, making theatre more accessible, problematic tea towels, working at The Barras, Singin’ I’m No A Billy She’s A Tim, ending up in kink clubs, accidentally sending OnlyFans videos to agents, awful people succeeding, working with Scottish acting royalty, pre show nerves and wondering if a show is even funny anymore and overcoming our insecurities.  Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Dionne Frati Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Dionne's Instagram: @dionnefrati Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, David Fynn! We chat about The Inbetweeners, Am I Being Unreasonable, living in the US, calling teachers by their first names, free education in Scotland, working with Daisy May Cooper, improv, cults, catfishes, pervert castmates, hoping to work with Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, and weird DM’s. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: David Fynn Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble David's Instagram: @davidfynnn Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Caleb Castille! We chat about NCIS LA, growing up in an American College Football family dynasty, modelling, that Michael Caine acting masterclass on YouTube, the craziest beginning of a career, manifestation, the power of asking, getting fired off of a pilot, over protective mothers, pausing production, portraying a police officer during 2020 and tackling the issue of police brutality as an actor, working with stunt doubles, becoming a father and our favourite plays. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Caleb Castille Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Caleb's Instagram: @calebcastille Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets! The Naked Neds: www.thenakedneds.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Constance Shulman! We chat about Orange Is The New Black, the culture of streaming, Blockbuster, growing up in Tennessee, being a beauty school dropout, moving to New York City, getting kicked out of Drama School, being in the original cast of Steel Magnolias, meeting Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Dolly Parton and Elizabeth Taylor, coming back to film the series finale of Orange Is The New Black, meeting the real Yoga Jones and dodgy fake tans.  Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Constance Shulman Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets! The Naked Neds: www.thenakedneds.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Jake Davies! We chat about Screw, Jake’s one-man Steve Irvine show, JLS condoms, other artistic paths, making sacrifices, playing JLS in nappies, TikTok, still not seeing Game of Thrones, Martin Compston, Alex Lawther, filming during the height of the pandemic, living in Glasgow, working with Dame Judi Dench, Shakespeare inspired porn and giving out signed headshots. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Jake Davies Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Jake's Instagram: @jhdake Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets! The Naked Neds: www.thenakedneds.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Lucian Burlingame! We chat about The Naked Neds, the new normal, Peaky Blinders, age gaps, acting techniques, Cillian Murphy, binge watching, the return of Gavin and Stacey, Outnumbered and Squid Game, terrible acting CV’s, preparing for the full monty, on-stage nudity, partnering with Cahonas Scotland, learning how to check our balls, playing Margaret Thatcher, American Pie and the films that have impacted us the most. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Lucian Burlingame Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Lucian's Instagram: @lucianb3008 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets! The Naked Neds: www.thenakedneds.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Jordan Monks! We chat about doing three shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, forgetting lines, zoom Drama School, Jordan’s journey into acting, starting out as a welder and then moving on to be a civil engineer, character names, student loans, spotlight fees, learning to take care of yourself, preparing to do the full monty, vaping on stage, mum’s phoning agents, first Halloween costumes and why Jordan hates potatoes. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Jordan Monks Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Jordan's Instagram: @jordanmonks_4 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets! The Naked Neds: www.thenakedneds.com Malion Tickets: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/malion Murder! At Cirque Du Banquet! The Terrible Final Case Of Detective Ace Dekkard Tickets: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/murder-at-the-cirque-du-banquet-the-terrible-final-case-of-detective-ace-dekkard Well Played Tickets: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/well-played

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Chris Rankin! We chat about Harry Potter, the northern lights, Chelsea Lee Art, social media hate, having a £15,000 budget for a school show, our GCSE drama teacher, working with the best British actors on Potter, being a real life prefect and going on to play one of the most famous prefects, playing strip poker on stage and the joys of doing panto. Please support Mermaids: https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/?form=donate Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Chris Rankin Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Chris' Instagram: @cwrankin Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Hunter Emery! We chat about Orange Is The New Black, the SAG strike, parenting, plan B’s, OnlyFans, transitioning from varsity wrestling and baseball to acting, getting naked in class and on screen, holding on to your artistic integrity, letting go of egos, getting sober, Philip Seymour Hoffman, lessons learnt on the Orange Is The New Black set, the importance of time keeping and taking anal beads into Drama School. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Hunter Emery Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Hunter's Instagram: @itsjusthunteremery Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Aidan Curley! We chat about our new show: The Naked Neds, the general election, early morning rehearsals, getting stuck behind the orange walk, playing Jack Frost, joining the Scottish Youth Theatre, being an actor with dyslexia, dreams of being a porn star, traumatising Shakespeare lecturers, a lecturer that made a student shave his head, JLS and One Direction, SeaWorld, preparing to do the full monty, falling off stages and our very different music tastes. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Aidan Curley Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Aidan's Instagram: @curleyaidan Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Medalion Rahimi! We chat about NCIS: LA, the SAG strike, North West, wishing to be a nepo baby, having our own reality shows, my love of problematic tea towels, the differences between British and American theatre etiquette, the new twists of classic shows, licking floors and spitting in people’s mouths, learning to have a thick skin, joining an established show, stealing from set, working with ugly people, dodgy headshot sessions, the smell of cigarettes and skydiving. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Get Involved with The Matthew Perry Foundation: matthewperryfoundation.org Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Medalion Rahimi Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Medalion's Instagram: @medalion_r Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Ben Kay! We chat about This Is Where We Get Off, cutting your hair for a part, playing a dodo bird, Zoom Drama School, barefoot actors, Cillian Murphy, Doctor Who, Phoenix Nights, self taping in a sauna in Portugal, that incident with the guide dog, stealing, touring mishaps, fictional friends, mandatory weigh-ins at Drama School, inappropriate feedback forms, Drama School rankings, winning an Olivier award and preparing for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Ben Kay Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Ben's Instagram: @benkaymakestuff Malion Tickets: https://tickets.thespaceuk.com/event/911:2500/ Premiere of 'Trachatys of A Old Woman' and 'In Her Shoes' Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/premiere-of-trachatys-of-a-old-woman-and-in-her-shoes-tickets-919654470277 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, John Stuart! We chat about Play, Pie and a Pint, Dirty Water, This Is Where We Get Off, creating independent theatres, discovering you’re the one who’s got to get naked in the show mid rehearsal, John’s love of beer, living with the same characters for ten years, script writing, fake agents, page three, producing and 200 episodes of Drama School Dropout. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: John Stuart Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble John's Instagram: @johnstuart85 I Know A Guy Productions' Instagram: @iknowaguyproductions Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Will Gibson! We chat about Saltburn, moving to London, making Barry Keoghan break character, culture differences between the North and South, Greggs, dry humping at Drama School, being told no, learning to act for screen, being a dyslexic actor, the Saltburn audition process, how Will took his mum to the Saltburn premiere, improvising on set, a possible Saltburn sequel, how Will now avoids Murder on the Dancefloor, dreams of working with James Corden, faking a parent’s death, death row movies and Will breaks the only podcast rule. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Will Gibson Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Will's Instagram: @will_gibson1 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Marshall Williams! We chat about Glee, trying out for Canadian Idol, walk through interactive zoos, doing scenes in the mall, auditioning and getting cast in one of the biggest TV shows in the world, acting classes, working with Finneas, the Glee documentary, bad behaviour on the Glee set, stealing, culture differences when it comes to lingerie, dead parents, releasing a children’s book, music and pivotal moments in our lives. *THIS EPISODE OF DRAMA SCHOOL DROPOUT WAS RECORDED PRIOR TO THE SAG-AFTRA STRIKE* Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Marshall Williams Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Marshall's Instagram: @itsmarshallw 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, Max Ainsworth! We chat about G’wed, being mistaken for Paddy the Baddy, working on Hollyoaks, hating GCSE Drama, filming G’wed whilst at university, how TV shows make penis pictures, Max’s now immortal link to chicken dippers, joy riding on golf caddies, dodgy agents, Stephen Graham, Nike 95s, holding umbrellas, crashing golf carts, Laurence Fox and why it’s important to not be a dick. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Max Ainsworth Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Max's Instagram: @max.ainsworth_ 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, Ben Robert Cunningham! We chat about being on tour, the pandemic, problematic tea towels, university swans, very famous lessons learnt, ponds next to student accommodation, knowing everyone, The Collie’s Shed, Ben’s close connection to Baby Reindeer, shoplifting, working with famous actors who spit, method acting, snogging your on stage dad, parents stage crashing and I talk about my latest on stage mishap: kicking a blown up condom off stage and hitting a guide dog in the face. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Ben Robert Cunningham Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Ben's Instagram: @benrobertcunningham Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets!  This Is Where We Get Off Tour Tickets: www.thisiswherewegetoff.co.uk The Collie's Shed Tickets: linktr.ee/thecolliesshed Monogamy Musings Tickets: linktr.ee/lemonmeringue

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Joel Harper-Jackson! We chat about burnout, not giving a shit,  full circle moments, the current state of performing arts education, Macbeth’s witches being strippers, COCK, understudying Taron Egerton and Jonathan Bailey and eventually replacing Taron, theatre etiquette, getting the call to take over from Taron Egerton on April Fool’s Day, meeting Sir Ian McKellen, short circuiting theatres, slightly inappropriate outfits for wrap parties, Little Britain sketches and what we’d cook for our celebrity crushes. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Joel Harper-Jackson Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Joel's Instagram: @joelharperjacks 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 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? Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Jacob Fisher Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Jacob's Instagram: @jacoboliverfisher Get a Cameo from Jacob!: www.cameo.com/jacobfisher  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 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 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 Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble 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, 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Lorna Calder Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Lorna's Instagram: @lornacalder  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, 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 Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Scott Folan Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Scott's Instagram: @scott_folan  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, 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Daphne Maxwell Reid Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Daphne's Instagram: @msdaphne13  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, 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Niamh Currie Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Niamh's Instagram: @niamhcurrie_actor  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, 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Lauren Drummond Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Lauren's Instagram: @llaurendrummond 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, 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Lee Lomas Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Lee's Instagram: @thatleelomas Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Involved with The Working Actor's Studio: www.workingactorsstudio.co.uk 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, 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Zachary James Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Zachary's Instagram: @theofficialzacharyjames 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, 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# Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Lauren Kelston McMillin Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Lauren's Instagram: @lkelmcm 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 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9  Host: Ingram Noble  Guest: Zak Sutcliffe  Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble  Links:  Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble  Zak's Instagram: @zacharysutcliffe 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 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. Sponsor Jonny's London Marathon Run: https://join.targetovariancancer.org.uk/fundraisers/JonnyWeldon Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9  Host: Ingram Noble  Guest: Jonny Weldon  Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble  Links:  Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble  Jonny's Instagram: @jonnyyweldon Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout  Book a Cameo from Jonny: www.cameo.com/jonnyweldon 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 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9  Host: Ingram Noble  Guest: Christina Moore  Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble  Links:  Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble  Christina’s Instagram: @ladychristinamoore 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 Nicholas Webber. We chat about Orange Is The New Black, therapy, writing, Susan Nickson, This Is Where We Get Off, teaching, growing up around religion, the devil’s semen, The Future Forest, playing Elvis, scientology, understanding language, parental guilt, working with Jenji Kohan, Possey’s death (sorry! Spoiler!), how Orange Is The New Black educated a generation, Shakespeare, Mark Rylance, Whoopi Goldberg, being the first person to walk onto the brand new Orange Is The New Black set and war films.  Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9  Host: Ingram Noble  Guest: Nicholas Webber  Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble  Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble  Nicholas’ Instagram: @wuckald Check out The Future Forest: www.futureforestletters.com Follow The Future Forest: @thefutureforestletters Check out Nicholas’ band, NICKCASEY: www.nickcaseymusic.com Follow NICKCASEY: @nickcaseymusic 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 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* Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Wilson J. Heredia Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Wilson's Instagram: @wilsonjermaineheredia 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, 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Josh Knowles Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Josh's Instagram: @joshknowles__ 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, 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: James Baxter Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble James' Instagram: @jamesbaxterrealtalk Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets!  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, 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Oli Higginson Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Oli's Instagram: @oli_higginson Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets!  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, 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Lewis Gillon Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Lewis' Instagram: @lewisgillonx Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets!  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, 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.  Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Rivkah Reyes Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Rivkah's Social Media: @rivkah.reyes Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets!  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, 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Anthony Flanagan Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets!  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, 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Anthony Lewis Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Anthony's Instagram: @mranthonylewis Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets!  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, 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.   Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Tony Jayawardena Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Tony's Instagram: @tonyjayawardena Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets!  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, 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.   Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Nikki Runeckles Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Nikki's Instagram: @nikkiruneckles Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets!  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 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. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Samantha Siddall Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Samantha's Instagram: @samsiddalll Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Get Tickets!  Flatmates Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/flatmates This Is Where We Get Off Tour Tickets: www.thisiswherewegetoff.co.uk