Welcome to "Behind the Curtain," the captivating theatre podcast that takes you on a thrilling journey beyond the stage. I'm your host, Hollie Nelson, and I'm thrilled to have you joining me on this journey of exploration and discovery.

Intentional Tour. We talk about Christmas, backstage antics, vocal health and what the show means to them.

I also delve into intentions for the new year and help plant a seed in your minds for the new year.

Whether you're a theatre professional, aspiring actor, or simply someone who loves the magic of the stage, this podcast is your golden ticket. Prepare to be captivated as we pull back the curtain and reveal the secrets, stories, and struggles that bring the stage to life.

Welcome to "Behind the Curtain," the captivating theatre podcast that takes you on a thrilling journey beyond the stage. I'm your host, Hollie Nelson, and I'm thrilled to have you joining me on this journey of exploration and discovery.

On this weeks episode I am guiding you through a meditation that is aimed for a deep relaxation and reset inspired by the Yoga Nidra. Yoga Nidra, often referred to as "yogic sleep," is a powerful meditation technique that induces deep relaxation while maintaining a state of consciousness.

Music is by Neil Rigg - thank you!

Whether you're a theatre professional, aspiring actor, or simply someone who loves the magic of the stage, this podcast is your golden ticket. Prepare to be captivated as we pull back the curtain and reveal the secrets, stories, and struggles that bring the stage to life.

Welcome to "Behind the Curtain," the captivating theatre podcast that takes you on a thrilling journey beyond the stage. I'm your host, Hollie Nelson, and I'm thrilled to have you joining me on this journey of exploration and discovery.

On this weeks episode I am talking to Chloe-Jo Byrnes.

Chloe is a MT Performer with credits in the West End, TV, Concerts and more. She also is the Head of Theatre at Rhythmic Academy. In this conversation we talk about audition processes and how this differs for certain roles, how other jobs such as gigs, teaching and workshops are all apart of our career. And also, how having a social media presence is becoming bigger in castings and how we feel about this.

Whether you're a theatre professional, aspiring actor, or simply someone who loves the magic of the stage, this podcast is your golden ticket. Prepare to be captivated as we pull back the curtain and reveal the secrets, stories, and struggles that bring the stage to life.

Welcome to "Behind the Curtain," the captivating theatre podcast that takes you on a thrilling journey beyond the stage. I'm your host, Hollie Nelson, and I'm thrilled to have you joining me on this journey of exploration and discovery.

On this weeks episode, I am guiding you through a grounding meditation that is personalised for before an audition, self tape or even interview. This is something that has been calling to me over the last few months and I wanted to share my passion and knowledge with yoga & meditation on this podcast to help performers.

Whether you're a theatre professional, aspiring actor, or simply someone who loves the magic of the stage, this podcast is your golden ticket. Prepare to be captivated as we pull back the curtain and reveal the secrets, stories, and struggles that bring the stage to life.

Welcome to "Behind the Curtain," the captivating theatre podcast that takes you on a thrilling journey beyond the stage. I'm your host, Hollie Nelson, and I'm thrilled to have you joining me on this journey of exploration and discovery.

On this weeks episode I'm talking to Reece Kerridge. Reece is a west end performer with a CV including The Book of Mormon, Shrek the Musical, and most recently in the UK Premiere of the SpongeBob Musical playing the role of Old Man Jenkins alongside covering and played SpongeBob and Squidward.

We talk about fitting the jigsaw of a cast, being creative individually, reminding ourselves why we do this and also remembering we are on our own journeys.

Whether you're a theatre professional, aspiring actor, or simply someone who loves the magic of the stage, this podcast is your golden ticket. Prepare to be captivated as we pull back the curtain and reveal the secrets, stories, and struggles that bring the stage to life.

Welcome to "Behind the Curtain," the captivating theatre podcast that takes you on a thrilling journey beyond the stage. I'm your host, Hollie Nelson, and I'm thrilled to have you joining me on this journey of exploration and discovery.

Every other week, I release solo episodes talking about different topics that I want to explore and dive deeper into. This week I talk about the boundaries around alcohol and how this has evolved and changed for me over the years. With press events and social settings, alcohol is always flowing and recently been brought to my attention of how this feels quite pressured with the social setting.

I discuss boundaries around this and in general life of how to harness back the power and be clear of when you say yes, its from a place of honesty and truth and not people pleasing.

Whether you're a theatre professional, aspiring actor, or simply someone who loves the magic of the stage, this podcast is your golden ticket. Prepare to be captivated as we pull back the curtain and reveal the secrets, stories, and struggles that bring the stage to life.

Welcome to "Behind the Curtain," the captivating theatre podcast that takes you on a thrilling journey beyond the stage. I'm your host, Hollie Nelson, and I'm thrilled to have you joining me on this journey of exploration and discovery.

On this weeks episode I am talking to Jo Bird. Jo is the Co-Founder of SansDrama - 2 part platform that is taking the tax drama out of being self-employed in the Arts. 

You can check out the platform here:

⁠https://www.sansdrama.com⁠

And also the SansDrama web App here:

https://www.sansdrama.com/appsplash.php

SansDrama offers a blog that is a free platform offering industry specific information to help educate people in the performing arts with the basics of being self employed.

It also offers a Web App that is ideal for self employed performers, creatives and freelancers who work in the industry to have a organised, paperless and simple solution to managing their accounts. 

If you are a graduate, you can get your first tax year for free. If you want to get it for free then email [email protected] with:

Whether you're a theatre professional, aspiring actor, or simply someone who loves the magic of the stage, this podcast is your golden ticket. Prepare to be captivated as we pull back the curtain and reveal the secrets, stories, and struggles that bring the stage to life.

Welcome to "Behind the Curtain," the captivating theatre podcast that takes you on a thrilling journey beyond the stage. I'm your host, Hollie Nelson, and I'm thrilled to have you joining me on this journey of exploration and discovery.

Every other week, I release solo episodes talking about different topics that I want to explore and dive deeper into.

This week I talk about some top tips about being on tour. On my fourth contract touring, I have picked up quite a few helpful tips along the way that I feel might help you if you are going on your first UK or International Tour.

And for this weeks Mindful Moment, I guide you through a grounding meditation. Why not go and listen to the episode and gift yourself some time to listen to the rest of this meditation.

Whether you're a theatre professional, aspiring actor, or simply someone who loves the magic of the stage, this podcast is your golden ticket. Prepare to be captivated as we pull back the curtain and reveal the secrets, stories, and struggles that bring the stage to life.

Welcome to "Behind the Curtain," the captivating theatre podcast that takes you on a thrilling journey beyond the stage. I'm your host, Hollie Nelson, and I'm thrilled to have you joining me on this journey of exploration and discovery.

On this weeks episode I am talking to Ceili O'Connor. Ceili graduated from ArtsEd with a BA in Musical Theatre and went on to perform in the WestEnd, UK & International tours.
Ceili is also the Founder & Director of PREP YOUR REP LDN. A training institution that combines life coaching to ensure professional performers are staying on top of their mental & physical health. Her aim is to help create an industry that is healthy in mind and body, to have a better work/life balance as well as working collectively with creatives, producers and performers.

Check it out: Prep Your Rep

⁠https://www.prepyourrepldn.com⁠

Whether you're a theatre professional, aspiring actor, or simply someone who loves the magic of the stage, this podcast is your golden ticket. Prepare to be captivated as we pull back the curtain and reveal the secrets, stories, and struggles that bring the stage to life.

Welcome to "Behind the Curtain," the captivating theatre podcast that takes you on a thrilling journey beyond the stage. I'm your host, Hollie Nelson, and I'm thrilled to have you joining me on this journey of exploration and discovery.

Every other week, I release solo episodes talking about different topics that I want to explore and dive deeper into. This week I talk about Authenticity. I explore my experience of loosing that through work, life, beliefs and stress and how I'm coming back to it and setting habits and boundaries to keep my authenticity shining.

Whether you're a theatre professional, aspiring actor, or simply someone who loves the magic of the stage, this podcast is your golden ticket. Prepare to be captivated as we pull back the curtain and reveal the secrets, stories, and struggles that bring the stage to life.