This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Samantha McGowan. We chat about being mesmerised by the west end, having to choose between drama and maths in school, the transition from Drama School Dropout to Drama School Graduate, back up plans, losing her mum at an early age and how that affected her, our love for Catherine Tate, a bitch called Jenny, love lives in Drama School and becoming a TikTok sensation. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Samantha McGowan Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Samantha's Instagram: @Samantha_mcgowanxo Samantha's TikTok: @samperforms Drama School Dropout Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Cole Stewart. We chat about accidentally becoming the school’s ‘drama kid’, the difference between listening and waiting to talk, feeling the fomo watching the ‘covid graduates’ being pushed into jobs, being a late arrival in a college class, the Brassneck Theatre Company, obsessing over Elaine C. Smith, singing on cruise ships and our industry showcase manifestations. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Cole Stewart Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Cole's Instagram & Twitter: @colestw BigFatBig's Instagram: @bigfatbig Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the wonderful June Gable. We chat about my latest business venture of giving tours of Scotland to the stars, how playing a nurse on Friends lead to the role of a lifetime in Estelle Leonard, how June’s mother’s bizarre clothes helped create one of her first ever roles, studying at Carnegie Melon, wearing a lot of different hats in order to make it in this business and the show on Broadway that closed on it’s opening night. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: June Gable Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble June's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gablehouse7 Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Annette Badland. We chat about feeling the audience for the first time, being in the local W.I’s plays, actors being locked in room’s in drama school, studying animal’s behaviour, being fat shamed, adapting to the new digital world of acting, being nominated for an Olivier, the realities of soap opera fame and tackling a soap opera character, receiving death threats while being at EastEnders, working with Tim Burton on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and co-stars freaking out on set during a drowning scene. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Annette Badland Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Annette's Instagram: @annettebadland Annette's Twitter: @AnnetteBadland1 Book Annette on Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/annettebadland?utm_campaign=profile_share Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the wonderful Camilla Power. We chat about not wanting to be in a singing class with Denise Van Outen, Camilla’s latest projects Showtrial and Trigger Point, getting royalties from streaming, the return of Waterloo Road,  our horrible school experiences, being cast as the shepherd and having to wear ugly costumes, filming Narnia with Tom Baker, rehearsing scenes for screen and our love of Tuk Tuks. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Camilla Power Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the wonderful Maria Canals-Barrera. We chat about realising her call to acting while she was playing Amanda in the Glass Menagerie in High School, learning lines the night before an exam, missing opening night and getting dumped, the global appeal of Wizards of Waverley Place, opportunities for diverse casting that aren’t stereotypical, the Lizzie McGuire spin off that never happened, the reiteration of the proud family, and her mother: the queen of the carnival. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Maria Canals-Barrera  Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Maria's Instagram & Twitter: @maria_cb Book Maria on Cameo!: https://www.cameo.com/maria_cb Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Jemma McKenzie-Brown. We chat about student’s mental health, switching back to our native accents, London’s lack of mash, whether Jesus was born in Pret A Manger, moving to London at 11 years old and living with a host family, Rita Ora asking Jemma to feel her armpit, 50 Shades of Grey: The Musical, being in M.I. High, being in High School Musical 3, working with Ashley Tisdale and Zac Efron, the confidence of youth, being in a band and making music with her band, About Bunny. And Heather Spiden is back for another This Is Where We Update You segment. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Jemma McKenzie-Brown Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Jemma's Instagram: @jemmamckenziebrown Jemma's Twitter: @jemmamckbrown About Bunny's Latest Single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7cGfCD-jFU Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com Heather's Instagram: @hevspiden This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by one of my favourite actors, Jack Deam. We chat about Alison Steadman playing his mum, being terrified of cameras, his not normal experience of getting a role on Shameless, I carry on my Shameless USA hate campaign, the generation of actors that won’t know what it’s like to do an in person audition, UCAS fees, bad auditions, travelling back and forward to London for auditions. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Jack Deam Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Jacqueline Emerson. We chat about being a fan of The Hunger Games and then being cast in it, Jennifer Lawrence’s very kind gesture, the past two years, working on film sets during the pandemic, I find out if Caitlyn Jenner won the election, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, being a child actor, being part of Disney’s kids rock band and touring the country, becoming friends with Evanna Lynch, encountering world wide fame for the first time and then being accepted into Stanford, the differences between having a lot of training and employing that training on a film set, our very similar paths, the female empowerment organisations Jackie runs and improvising with Stanley Tucci. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Jacqueline Emerson Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Jacqueline's Social Medias: @jackie_emerson Watch Jackie Play Dungeons & Dragons: https://youtu.be/98M-kqsy7E8 Jacqueline's Website: www.jackieemerson.com Jacqueline's Cameo: www.cameo.com/search?q=jacqueline%20emerson&qid=1638837753 Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Chris Jenkins. We chat about missing out on being in the iconic Nativity story, being in Gel! The Musical (not Grease), the Animal Studies classes we both took in Drama School, how having a little bit more life experience can propel your success in drama school, playing the sexy nun in Spamalot, working with the Royal Opera House, touring China with Titanic The Musical, being part of the Billy Elliot musical in the West End, the coming out letters they received at Stage Door, being part of history in It’s A Sin and the new play ‘All That’. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Chris Jenkins Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Chris' Social Medias: @chrisjenko Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout we're celebrating our one year anniversary! I am joined by the iconic Dinah Manoff. We chat about her iconic role of Marty Maraschino in the biggest movie musical of all time, her new novel The Real True Hollywood Story of Jackie Gold, Stella Adler kicking her out of her acting class, growing up in showbusiness, her mother Lee Grant and following in her footsteps, being the youngest member to be admitted to The Actor’s Studio in New York City, being paired up in acting class with Tina Turner, becoming an acting teacher, keeping acting fun, teaching acting in a woman’s prison, working with Shakespeare’s texts, partying at Studio 54 and winning a Tony Award after her Broadway debut. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Dinah Manoff Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Dinah's Social Medias: @therealdinahmanoff Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com Heather's Instagram: @hevspiden This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk Dinah's Website: www.dinahmanoff.org Student Minds Donation: https://studentminds.enthuse.com/donate Buy The Real True Hollywood Story of Jackie Gold: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-True-Hollywood-Story-Jackie/dp/194680276X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=The+Real+True+Hollywood+Story+of+Jackie+Gold&qid=1638234341&qsid=257-8136444-0139561&sr=8-2&sres=B0926WSTJD%2CB07C52MQ4Q%2C0634060384%2C1408876981%2CB00004TLB2%2CB006UN3K4O%2C1941610498%2C1942209819%2C1941765882%2C0241355087%2C0190681012%2CB00B2KZB9C%2CB00O7M2ZXM%2C0141982543%2CB000TCSWJA%2C1788400577&srpt=ABIS_BOOK

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Brian Falduto. We chat about our trip to Broadway, the reopening of HadesTown, Brian forcing his family to finish their dinner to watch him perform in the living room, the line that cemented his place in the hall of iconic movie quotes, the ten step audition process for The School Of Rock, being one of the only forms of LGBT representation in the early 2000’s, struggling with the pressures of the media, how great Jack Black is, his new single, his journey with music, his upcoming album, his struggles with accents, both of our struggles of studying a craft and artform within an academic setting and Heather Spiden is back for another segment of ‘This Is Where We Update You’. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Brian Falduto Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Brian's Social Medias: @brianfalduto Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com Heather's Instagram: @hevspiden Brian's Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/brianfalduto?qid=1637627261 This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Rebecca Ryan. We chat about getting out of lockdown and being able to support our friends in theatre, the misconception that the wages from working on major TV shows is enough to set you up for life, how a chance audition changed her life, the improvised audition that really kick started her career, growing up on the set of Shameless, how Netflix just breathes live back into a show, joining Waterloo Road, and the amazing nights out with the Waterloo Road Cast. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Rebecca Ryan Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Rebecca's Instagram: @rebeccaryan__ Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Josh Knowles. We chat about This Is Where We Get Off, lying to his mates about taking drama at school, the toxic masculinity that comes with studying acting, dodgy primary school performances that included tap dancing witches in Macbeth, my hate for separate acting Instagram accounts, growing up on the Isle of Skye with dreams of being a superstar, being represented while still being in college, we recount our worst on stage experiences and we make some bold choices regarding a very popular musical. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Josh Knowles Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Josh's Instagram: @joshknowles__ Josh's Twitter: @joshk_knowles Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Holly Prowse. We chat about This Is Where We Get Off, being a shy child in drama classes, making our stage debuts, trying to find our feet after secondary school, auditioning with Kevin Bacon’s monologue, classic Drama School monologues, Shakespeare, and the end of college celebrations being cancelled by COVID. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Holly Prowse Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Holly's Social Medias: @hollsprowse Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Bart Johnson. We chat about car accidents, growing up on the sets of iconic TV shows, toxic masculinity surrounding boys doing drama, meeting Robin Williams and Farrah Fawcett and having dinner with Hugh Jackman, Hugh Heffner showing up to acting class in his limo, how High School Musical was almost missing our favourite basketball coach, the duet we were robbed of, Heather Spiden is back as we update you on how things are going as we approach our first ever stage show of This Is Where We Get Off, and we find out if Coach Bolton is #TeamSharpay. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Bart Johnson Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Bart's Social Medias: @bart_johnson Bart's Website: www.bartjohnson.com Official Podcast Website: www.dramaschooldropout.com Heather's Instagram: @hevspiden Bart's Cameo: www.cameo.com/bart?nodeId=&nodeType=category This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/

It’s another podcast first! We’ve had Jodie Steele on the podcast recording from a moving train (complete with ticket checks!) and now, for the 50th episode Kabir Bery joins me from a car. We chat about playing Swampy the Pirate, studying in New York City, playing Kevin Gnapoor in the US tour of Mean Girls, the infamous Kevin G rap, auditioning in front of Tina Fey, stage combat going wrong, and discovering our mutual personality traits as we both announce that we’re definitely Gretchen Weiners in the world of Mean Girls, improv scenes going wrong and broken bones. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Kabir Bery Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Kabir's Social Media's: @kabirbery

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the wonderful Chloë Johnson. We chat about starting off with the Scottish National Youth Theatre, seeing Scottish working class people working in theatre, the 2021 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, performing plays over Zoom, playing Dorothy in pantomime, performing fringe previews with masks on and how stage lights and visors don't mix well.  Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Chloë Johnson Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Chloë's Social Media's: @chlo_jo18

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the iconic Freddie Hogan. We chat about binge watching iconic TV shows during lockdown, the arts post-pandemic, playing Bugsy Malone in the local Library, reading aloud as Lady Macbeth in School, studying at the Oxford School of Drama (with Nicola Coughlan), the Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Reunion, being a vocal coach, forging CV credits, working as a bouncer in Hackney and auditioning for Two Pints against Ray Quinn.  Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Freddie Hogan Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Freddie's Social Media's: @freddiehogan8 Get Vocal Coaching from Freddie: www.fredhogvoices.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Kelli Hollis. We chat about the past year, Tina Goes Shopping, street casting, Kelli’s Shameless audition journey, secrets from the first series of Shameless, a life-size cardboard cut-out of Chris Bisson, rewriting the English curriculum, Ackley Bridge, starting on Emmerdale in The Woolpack, breaking iconic Emmerdale sets, walking down the street and having people shout ‘PARTY!’, nearly getting murdered in LA, organising the Emmerdale kids Christmas party, and Heather Spiden is back for this month’s This Is Where We Update You segment. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Kelli Hollis Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Kelli's Instagram: @kelli.hollis Kelli's Twitter: @kelhollis76 Heather's Instagram: @hevspiden Kelli's Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/kellihollis?qid=1632778710 This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Ethan Lawrence. We chat about our transition into adulthood, Bad Education with Jack Whitehall, After Life with Ricky Gervais, anti-vaxxers, student loans, how Catherine Tate would make me look like a piece of sh*t, not having any formal training, the two reasons people go to Drama School, why universities don't let students take time off for professional jobs, working as a pizza delivery boy and the problems with Spotlight's sign up requirements.   Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Ethan Lawrence Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Ethan's Social Medias: @ethandlawrence Ethan's Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/ethandlawrence?qid=1632103220

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Erin Clark. We chat about Erin's career as a figure skater, being part of female lead plays, jumping into the deep end at the Conservatoire, my most recent RCS rejection, creating our own theatre, getting pissed with Olivia Colman, our time at the fabulous Glasgow Kelvin College, backstage arguments and making the decision to not carry on with further education. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Erin Clark Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Erin's Instagram: @erinclarkkkk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Ryan Clayton We chat about finally having a guest from each of the ‘Fab Four’, being part of issue-based storylines, coming from a background where it just wasn’t really okay to do acting, the toxic masculinity that comes with wanting to pick GCSE Drama as a ‘lad’, losing a line on Prisoner’s Wives, product placement in soaps, walking into a class and being a kitchen appliance for 45 minutes, weird drama school classroom moments, and his time on Coronation Street. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Ryan Clayton Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Ryan's Instagram: @rclayton_92 Ryan's Twitter: @RClayton92 Survivors Manchester: www.survivorsmanchester.org.uk Support Odd Arts: www.oddarts.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing AnnaLynne McCord. We chat about my internet and tech issues, being a drama school dropout, the Unzipped podcast, the monetisation of podcasts, burning sage on Instagram Live, the origins of AnnaLynne, stealing roles from siblings, problematic school shows, charity work in Cambodia, Ugly Betty, and a little bit about 90210 before Zoom cuts us off and Heather Spiden is back for the monthly instalment of This Is Where We Update You as we get another month closer to putting on our first ever production.  Credits:   Host: Ingram Noble   Guest: AnnaLynne McCord   Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble    Links:   Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble   AnnaLynne's Instagram: @theannalynnemccord  Heather's Instagram: @hevspiden   This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.webstersglasgow.com   Visit the Love Storm: www.thelovestorm.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by James Phoon. We chat about my Big Brother headshots, the Guildford School of Acting, getting outside your comfort zone, finding your place in a class, crazy TV advert auditions, conversion therapy, issue based storylines, marketing, aerial performance, playing Peter Pan, being part of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and East-Asian representation in the West End. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: James Phoon Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble James' Instagram & Twitter: @jamesphoon_ Conversion Therapy Link: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/campaign-groups/conversion-therapy

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Karen Fishwick. We chat about getting through Drama School, Shakespeare, having the courage to perform in front of your peers, after show parties, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, the curse of Macbeth, the West End and almost missing Andrew Lloyd-Webber. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Karen Fishwick Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Karen's Instagram: @kfwick Buy This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Georgie Jennings. We chat about going from a tree to an international superstar, working with Chris Lilley on Ja'mie: Private School Girl, Drama School advice, falling in love at Drama School, sex scenes, sensuality classes, Rhonda the iconic manager, and how Ja'mie influenced one of my final College assessments.  Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Georgie Jennings Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Georgie's Instagram: @georgiejennings Georgie's Photography Instagram: @georgiejennings96

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Ross Harmon. We chat about working on Heathers, studying English language and linguistics, the academic bias in British secondary schools, west end debuts, performing as a dog, the pros and cons of stage door, two weeks of prep for the west end, creating original music and Ross’ lovely jumper. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Ross Harmon Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Ross' Instagram: @rossharmon_ Ross' Twitter: @rossharmon Buy Heathers Tickets: https://trh.co.uk/whatson/heathers-the-musical/

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Sammy Winward. We chat about hating early mornings, joining a national soap at fifteen, being in this industry on your own terms, doing things for yourself, people who aren’t actors being cast in soaps, declining other soaps after Emmerdale, the death of open call auditions and forgetting lines on stage. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Sammy Winward Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Sammy's Instagram: @sammy_winward1 Buy This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Andrew Houghton. We chat about his new Camden Fringe Festival show, 'Naughty', acting over zoom, how having a supportive family can help you so much, suffering from imposter syndrome, secondary school show mishaps and originating roles. Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Andrew Houghton Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Andrew's Instagram: @arhoughton Andrew's Twitter: @arhoughton13 Follow Naughty: @naughty_theatre on Instagram Buy Naughty Tickets: https://camden.ssboxoffice.com/events/naughty/

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Lorraine Stanley. We chat about our fondness for the pub, bizarre drama school lessons, our favourite musical theatre character, playing multiple characters in EastEnders, filming with the parents of stabbing victims and being a new mum and working on TV sets. Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. This Episode of Drama School Dropout is sponsored by Bone Struck Theatre Company and their new show 'Wish List' which is debuting at the 2021 Edinburgh Fringe Festival from August 8th until the 28th. Get your tickets here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/wish-list Please help fight knife crime by supporting Lives Not Knives. Visit their website to learn more and donate here: www.livesnotknives.org Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Lorraine Stanley Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Lorraine's Instagram: @lorraine_stanley_ Lorraine's Twitter: @loustar76

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Blayne Weaver. We chat about our love of LA, joining a children's theatre company in Louisiana, Blayne shares his advice for advice for first time creators, how he wrote the new American Pie film after auditioning for the original movie and not getting the part, his new film The In-between, playing Captain Hook after playing Peter Pan for twenty years, teaching acting and I do some more campaigning to prove the British Shameless is better than the American. Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries.  Credits:  Host: Ingram Noble  Guest: Blayne Weaver  Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble  Links:  Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble  Blayne's Instagram: @blayneweaver  The In-between: www.inbetweenmovie.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Heather Spiden. It's an episode of announcements as we chat about returning to drama school, reading Harry Potter for the first time, our Disney+ recommendations, creating online theatre, the origins of the Drama School Dropout theme tune, YouTube tutorials, our weirdest eBay purchases, and our new play 'This Is Where We Get Off'. Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Heather Spiden Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Heather's Instagram: @hevspiden

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Emily Pemberton. We chat about battling mental health and uni, the prospect of theatres finally being able to reopen, the pressure of getting acting work, the joys of getting your first paid acting job, why I will always and forever be #TeamSharpay, preparing and previewing a fringe show during a pandemic.  *This episode of Drama School Dropout contains conversations surrounding mental health and suicide. If you are affected by these conversations and feel that you may need support, please contact The Samaritans by calling 116 123 from any phone at any time.  Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries.  Credits:  Host: Ingram Noble  Guest: Emily Pemberton  Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble  Links:  Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble  Emily's Instagram: @empem94

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Willam. We chat about the four b's, encountering divas on set, Death Drop on the West End, sitting on bins, creating and producing online content, being part of Emmy history, working with Lady Gaga and Willam gives graduating actors his advice.  Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Willam Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Willam's Social Media: @willam 

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by one of my heroes, the creator of the ICONIC TV show 'Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps', Susan Nickson. We chat about who we'd love to write for, my future role on the Two Pints comeback series, our love for Kathryn Drysdale and my poor audition choices. Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Susan Nickson Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Susan's Twitter: @nicksons

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Sabrina Mandulu. We chat about Sabrina's band, Kodak Ghosts and their new song, 'Fine to be Frightened' (available to stream everywhere now!), our predictions for June 2021, our love of Whoopi Goldberg and Sister Act, my dodgy fashion obsessions, how we found our confidence, understanding Shakespeare, and the most important lessons we've ever learnt.  Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Sabrina Mandulu Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Sabrina's Instagram: @s_mandulu Kodak Ghosts' Instagram: @kodakghosts_ The Scottish Association of Mental Health: https://donate.samh.org.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Dominic Applewhite. We chat about studying music at Oxford University, the arts throughout lockdown, the table read for the King's Speech, being a child actor and his time on The Inbetweeners. Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Dominic Applewhite Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Dominic's Instagram: @dom_pearblack

The very first bonus episode of Drama School Dropout is here! Half of this episode was recorded on a moving train, which is why it is a bonus episode! I'm joined by one of London's leading ladies, Jodie Steele and we chat about creating theatre during a global pandemic, her iconic roles in Rent, Wicked, Heathers, SiX and so much more. And a train conductor makes an extra special guest appearance as he checks Jodie's train ticket.  Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Jodie Steele Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Jodie's Instagram: @jodiesamsteele

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the only Hollyoaks matriarch that matters, Nicole Barber-Lane. We chat about Nicole's Oscar deserving performance as the Alien Queen, menopause: the musical, playing characters with views and opinions that completely oppose our own, Nicole's time on Hollyoaks as the iconic Myra McQueen and the audition process, being part of trailblazing storylines and being ignored by the media and the process of learning lines.  Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Nicole Barber-Lane Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Nicole's Instagram: @Nicole_barberlane Nicole's Cameo: www.cameo.com/nbl

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the Chatsworth Estate's favourite copper, Warren Donnelly. We chat about the first time I watched Shameless, Warren's time as a child actor, how he ended up on the Chatsworth Estate, his biggest WTF moment on Shameless, and how Warren is slowly turning his home into a library. Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Warren Donnelly Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Warren's Instagram: @warrendonnelly2 Warren's Twitter: @wazdon1

This week on Drama School Dropout I chat to one of my favourite people in the entire world, and former classmate, Conor Patrick. We chat about Conor's favourite tactic to regain power during a scene (hint: it's in the title!), what happened after our first ever college assessment, our award winning devised piece, how Conor nearly managed to break my nose, matching with your uni classmates on Tinder, missing your uni inductions and my favourite Stage Right or Stage Shite story is revealed!  Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Conor Patrick Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Conor's Instagram & Twitter: @conorp98 This Restless Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO8HHWcF4tc&t=2s

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Scottish acting duo, Daniel Cullen and Hannah Morton. We chat about the beginning of their performing partnership, Daniel's latest trip to the Co-op, playing car hide 'n' seek, Scotland's first drive-in pantomime produced by Kapow Theatre, Hannah's stunning performance of the sun and my love for Catherine Tate.  Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. Daniel's Instagram: @dankapowcullen Hannah's Instagram: @hannahmorton_94

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the star of the film 'This Is England', Thomas Turgoose. We chat about his recent fake death announcement, auditions, our plans to get drunk when the nightclubs reopen, his new film 'Creation Stories', and how he charged the producers of This Is England £5 for him to audition.  Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries.

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by my old college classmate who just happens to be one of my favourite actresses in the world, Hope Carberry. We reminisce college and chat about Hope's experience with Shakespeare which earns Russell Kennedy his 100th Drama School Dropout shoutout, we talk about the train wreck of a production we were involved in and how Hope's mum made her way to the stage playing the role of Sandy in Grease.  Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries.

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Conor Clarke-McGrath and we chat about the National Youth Theatre and doing workshops with the cast of Hadestown, how many emails he had to send before getting an agent, how he almost missed out on Sex Education because he turned them down to go see Hamilton on the West End, doing extra work, and Series Three of Netflix's 'Sex Education'.  Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries.

This week on Drama School Dropout, its my birthday! I'm finally 23! To celebrate I am joined by one of my favourite actresses, Lauren Mayhew. We chat about Tinder bios, DJ'ing at the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa, her new single 'Boys', my never-ending love for Raise Your Voice, what Aerosmith said to her after she opened the Super Bowl, what Michael Jackson did after she performed for him and we officially start talking about a possible Raise Your Voice Broadway Show!  Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries.

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the man who brought Joel Luschek to our screens, Matt Peters! We chat about his journey from production assistant on Weeds to star of Orange Is The New Black, Luschek's fascination with Back to the Future, trying to balance work and his dream of becoming a stand up comic and my love for Ruth Jones. Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries.