Welcome to Season 4 of SDJ and who better to kick it off with than Olivier award winner, two time Tony award winner, BAFTA winner and the man who just won his second Emmy award for hosting The Traitors US- Scottish icon, national treasure, the Dionysus of 21st century theatre, the eternally youthful Alan Cumming. In Act 1 of their two part chat, Alan and Jonny have a frank, funny and freewheeling conversation that ranges over the power of saying yes, what The Traitors has taught him about acting (and why its like being double-jointed), his problem with the Method and the best piece of acting advice he’s ever received. They talk about bravery, the influence of Alan’s childhood, how his one man dance piece about Robert Burns in his fifties nearly ruined him, his fascination with portraying mental illness onstage - and giving people permission to dislike you.

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