Balancing Acts

By Steve Whiteley

A series of conversations with an array of creatives, hosted by Steve Whiteley. We talk about their journey, the struggles they’ve faced whilst progressing their career, strategies they use to unlo

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Balancing Acts episodes:

November 17, 2021 Bel Knight & Clare Hoey on becoming a successful writing partnership
Bel Knight and Clare Hoey are a writing partnership working across TV, film and podcast projects.
They wrote and starred in their debut play It's Not Cute Anymore, which ran at Underbelly at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2018. The play was optioned as a TV show and they now have six original TV shows and a podcast in development: Delilah Must Die, a black comedy drama in development with Big Talk that made the Brit List in 2021. Dody The First a mockumentary with Roughcut. Flutter, a romantic comedy with Sid Gentle. Heart Squad 5, a Y2K whodunnit with Firebird Pictures and BBC Studios. King Hit, an Australian zillennial noir with NBC Universal and That's Showbiz Baby, a musical comedy podcast with Audible.
They are writing their first feature film for Netflix, due to shoot in Summer 2022.
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Steve

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1h 4min
November 02, 2021 Ryan Dalton on growing his podcast and going back to nature
Ryan Dalton is the host of the nature and wildlife podcast 'Into The Wild'.
Ryan spent seven years as a comedian, performing all across London, Surrey and Berkshire, alongside the likes of Paul Foot, Sara Pascoe and Joel Dommet.
He also ran his own nights, The Comedy Wire, based in Surbiton, Surrey and Bracknell, Berkshire, where he would often MC. At the start of the pandemic Ryan decided to leave stand up and solely focus on growing the already successful podcast.
In each episode of 'Into The Wild', Ryan chats to experts in the field of natural science. Discussing everything from facts of individual specie, to more complex conservation topics.
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Steve
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October 24, 2021 Simon London on the good, bad and ugly side of the BBC and TV industry
Simon has a well-deserved reputation as a broadcast ‘all-rounder’.
His television career started at the Daily Mirror as the paper’s youngest ever television critic. He then joined LIVE TV as a presenter fronting the daily show Live With London as well as the Breakfast Show alongside Claudia Winkleman. He was the roving reporter on the Saturday night National Lottery Show, before joining the BBC’s City Hospital presenting team. After presenting shows for several major broadcasters he joined the production team of the BAFTA award-winning So Graham Norton before producing V Graham Norton, which won a NTV Award. He then joined Talkback as Head of Comedy Entertainment and has held executive television roles at Fremantle, RDF and back at the BBC where he was the Creative Head of Comedy and Head of Comedy North. Simon is also an expert in digital media after a stint as Social Content Director for The Stylist Group. More recently he was Head of Original Programming and Content for Africa Media Works’ Yanga TV, winning the channel a Screen Nation Award in 2019 for Favourite Black Broadcaster.
Simon has given talks at Google, You Tube and Guardian Panels about content creation. He is also a regular contributor on Talk Radio and BBC Radio London where he discusses news, current affairs and pop culture. Finally, he is the co-founder of KidRated – a website where children review family days out and attractions.
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1h 10min
October 10, 2021 Stephen Tomlinson on using the breath to increase physical and mental performance
Stephen is one of the few people in the UK who is fully trained in the Neuromuscular Activation technique known as Be Activated.
Over the last thirteen years, he has trained in a wide range of advanced physical therapy, injury assessment, exercise rehabilitation and sports performance improvement techniques. Be Activated is a ground breaking and relatively new method used by elite sports teams and professionals to effectively treat injury and revolutionise performance. A former national medallist swimmer and a single figure handicap golfer himself, Stephen has Activated Olympians, Paralympians, Ladies & Mens European and PGA tour golfers, world record holders and me...
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October 01, 2021 Naomi Shragai on how our past informs our working relationships
Naomi is an author, freelance journalist, business consultant and psychotherapist.
She has written for The Times and The Guardian and since 2008 has been a regular contributor to the Financial Times, where she writes predominantly about the psychological aspects of working life. Her first book, The Man Who Mistook his Job for his Life, was published by Penguin in August 2021.
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Steve - @offkeysteve

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September 22, 2021 Ethan Lawrence on going from delivering pizzas to starring in After Life
Ethan is an actor and comedian.
He has starred in Bad Education both the TV series and feature film, starring Jack Whitehall. Ethan has also starred in Modern Horror Stories on Comedy Central and more recently as James in Ricky Gervais' After Life.
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Steve - @offkeysteve

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1h 14min
September 15, 2021 Dugan O'Neal on balancing Fatherhood and filmmaking
Dugan is a writer, director and actor.
He has directed music videos for the likes of Duck Sauce, Haim and Temper Trap and lots of very funny commercials. He was a staff writer on the animated TV series Dream Corp LLC. Dugan also sits on the board of directors for non-profit group OMG Cameras Everywhere.
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Steve - @offkeysteve

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1h 13min
September 07, 2021 Oenone on balancing life as an influencer, podcaster and comedian
Oenone is an influencer, presenter, podcaster and comedian.
Her podcast Adulting has been downloaded over 3 million times. Oenone creates content about fitness, feminism, books, jewellery, politics and everything in between.
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Steve - @offkeysteve

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1h 6min
May 01, 2021 Christine Rose on her accidental path into becoming one of the most sought after TV comedy writers
Christine Rose is a TV comedy writer.
Christine has written on shows including Graham Norton, Jonathan Ross Show, Chatty Man, Have I Got News For You, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Would I Lie To You, Roast Battle, Horrible Histories and awards shows such as the BAFTAs, The Brits and The Royal Variety. As well as reality shows, dating shows, survival shows and loads more. Christine won the TV Best Comedy Writer in the 2020 Funny Women Awards.
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Steve - @offkeysteve

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1h 15min
April 06, 2021 James Farmer on how he became one of the UK's most in demand gag writers
James Farmer is a comedian and writer.
James has worked as a writer on some of the most successful UK TV shows. From pretty much all of Jimmy Carr shows, to the Last Leg, Romesh on the Ranganation and Frankie Boyle on his shows. As a stand up he has supported both Jimmy Carr and Patrick Kielty on tour.
Jimmy Carr on several dates for his Funny Business tour. In 2015 he went on the road again to tour support for Patrick Kielty.
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Steve - @offkeysteve
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FAQs about Balancing Acts:

How many episodes does Balancing Acts have?

The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.