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Season 3 is finally here!! And what an absolute thrill to start it off with incredible Aussie actor- Patrick Brammall. You’ve likely seen him on your  screen - offspring anyone? Colin from Accounts? (Of which he also wrote with his wife Harriet Dyer!) 
 And, now you get to hear him chat with Emily about what life as an actor is like for him- and hear his top tips for surviving a career in the arts.

This episode is sponsored by Actors Centre Australia.

Each episode of season three has BONUS CONTENT available, head to buymeacoffee.com/anactorsurvives to find out how to access Patrick’s bonus content.

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What an exciting end to season two of An Actor Survives - an episode featuring Lauren Grimson. If you are a horror fan, you might know her from: The Osiris Child (2016), The Legend of Ben Hall (2017), Water Horse (2020), and The Possessed (2021).
Emily hasn't watched much horror... and was beyond thrilled to chat to someone with so much knowledge acting in the genre. Lauren shares lots about her experience, and offers useful advice for all actors. 

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Actor, acting coach, pop singer, and all-round lovely person - Anthony Brandon Wong is this week's guest. Anthony shares stories, advice and experiences from his career and he and Emily discuss all sorts of things from music, to acting styles to cats! This was a hard episode to edit... there was so much good stuff, I am sure you will agree it was worth it to keep it a bit longer!

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This week on An Actor Survives, Emily chats to the incredible Nikita Waldron - having seen her onstage at Sydney Theatre Company the night before! If you are Sydney based, it's likely you have seen her on our stages, or know her from her recent Rebel Wilson Scholarship at ATYP. 

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Jade Fuda and Emily worked together last year with Sport For Jove Theatre Company - having both dreamed of one day working for them. Jade's continued working with them throughout 2022 (and already 2023!) She's been seen on our stages by young and old - also regularly working with children's theatre company CDP. She shares her experiences on this episode- and is open and honest about dealing with nerves, as well as the transition into life as a (regularly) working actor.

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Linda is a freelance voice, accents and dialect coach, an actor and a writer based in Sydney, Australia. Many in the theatre industry in Australia are likely to have worked with her in some capacity: as their teacher at drama school, as an accent coach on a play, a fellow actor, or indeed have discovered her through 'Accent Olympics' - a brilliant online accent coaching class she ran to help actors keep training in lockdown. Her story of working in the arts industry in Australia is fascinating - filled with much knowledge and experience of it from many different angles. 

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It's been one year since the podcast started! To celebrate, this episode features  Australia's National Living Treasure, John Bell.  Known best for running Bell Shakespeare Company for 25 years and for his incredible contribution to theatre in Australia. Emily recently had the opportunity to work with him at Ensemble Theatre, and they sat down to talk about John's life and work and how best to 'survive' as an actor. 

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Deborah An actually HAS been on Home and Away - so she can say that to uber drivers! She's also a regular on our stages and screens and has very refreshing insights about these experiences. We also discuss being an introvert in foyers, not always knowing famous actors names and of course, dogs! 

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Multi award winning First Nations artist, Sandy Greenwood has worked professionally across stage and screen as an actor, voice artist, cultural consultant and writer for over 20 years. In this episode she shares her journey creating her one-woman show, Matriarch, how her life experiences influence her artistry, and how much she continues to learn and grow as her career flourishes. 

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