An Actor Survives

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Andrew Hearle is an actor and acting coach. He is the founder of StageMilk.com, one of the world's largest acting resources, and has trained thousands of actors over the last 10 years. He graduated WAAPA in 2012, and has worked professionally across film, TV and Theatre. As you can imagine, with all of the above, he has a lot of interesting thoughts and experiences about ‘surviving’ as an actor!

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Monica Sayers is an Actor, Yoga Teacher and DJ - who has worked extensively in different performance mediums over the past 15 years in Australia, the UK and Ireland. In this episode she shares about many of these experiences. 

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If you are in the industry in Sydney, you have probably come across Emma Wright in some capacity. She wears multiple hats - actor, writer, producer - and co-founder of Eye Contact Theatre Company. She manages to be outstanding at all of the above, (aswell as be a very good human) and in this episode she offers her insights into how to juggle all that, and her experiences managing said juggle.

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Christopher Tomkinson (AKA: CT!)  has worked as an actor, director, producer and writer in theatre, radio, TV & film. 
This chat originally went for over 2hrs and was hard to cut - CT has many a story to share about his experiences - and this ep even has a BONUS five survival tips.  
You can find the Dylan Alcott speech referenced here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-26/dylan-alcott-australian-of-the-year-speech-in-full/100783308

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Maddison Burridge is a Meanjin/Brisbane actor, who is currently understudying the main role in shake&stir’s national touring production of Jane Eyre. She’s also one of Emily’s best friends - they met when touring Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand with Poetry In Action in 2017. In this chat, they discuss navigating a career as a freelance actor, what it’s like working as an understudy, importance of support networks and the transition of craft from university to employment. 

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If you live in Sydney, you would definitely have seen Shan-Ree onstage. He has hopped from stage to stage for the last few years - performing in many different roles, and winning a Sydney Theatre Award in the process! Emily and Shan worked together in Sport For Jove's 'As You Like it' over summer, and in this episode they discuss that experience, juggling multiple careers and a great audition mindset. 

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Sarah Bartolo is an actor, writer and singer based in Naarm/Melbourne. She is also... an instagram 'influencer.'  Well, Emily was 'influenced' by her - Sarah posts hilarious characters and satirical sketches on her page, which Emily discovered during the pandemic lockdowns. In this ep that chat about Sarah's experience as an actor in New York (in comparison to Australia), creating the instagram characters and the ways to survive the times when the work is few and far between. 
The book referenced is called: The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. 

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In this episode, Emily and Catherine discuss a lot of BIG topics in the industry (and indeed society!) Catherine shares a lot of insight and wisdom about how she got to where she is now - a regular on our stages, our TVs (currently on The Twelve and Barons) as well as the Co-Artistic Director of Redline at the Old Fitz theatre in Sydney. 

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Simon Ward is an Actor, Singer, Psychologist, Director, Teacher and.. a guest on this episode! Emily and Simon discuss the importance of emotions - especially when coupled with stressful situations ( ie auditions) aswell as the many ups and downs of the industry. Lots of laughs and lots of practical tips in this ep - check it out! 

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Billy's first Belvoir Theatre show was 1993... and he just performed in one in 2021. He's an incredible indigenous actor, writer and voice over artist, who tells many a story and offers some of the best advice I've ever had in this ep. It's a must-listen, right to the end!

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