Drama School Dropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Jared Garfield. We chat about the famed forty degree day, Scottish Independence, transitioning to a post covid way of navigating the industry, self taping, expectations of the industry, performing Shakespeare at Windsor Castle, studying at ArtsEd, going too far in a class exercise, working on The Unreturning with Frantic Assembly, singing, naked chess games and working on Hollyoaks.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Jared Garfield

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Jared's Instagram: @jaredgarfield

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Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Kelly Schumann. We chat about growing up as a dancer, the Bridgerton Musical, coping with people using your intellectual property, going to Drama School in New York City, a Drama School sitcom, getting ghosted, the Yes/No button, getting the job on Superstore, networking tips, driving from day jobs to dream jobs, a possible Superstore reunion, filming on the Universal lot, working with Betty White and TV shows ending before they get terrible.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Kelly Schumann

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Kelly's Instagram: @thatkellymarie

Get This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Brian Thomas Smith. We chat about Ingram’s dreams of LA, the world of self tapes, losing and gaining jobs because of COVID, winning best actor in High School, throwing great parties, illegal drinking, letting your authenticity shine, pretending to be sizzling bacon, sniffing bums in class, booking a one time guest slot on The Big Bang Theory that turned to a repeating guest role, what Kaley Cuoco said to him while they were filming the series three finale of The Big Bang, the spin off Brian wrote, losing jobs in the worst way possible, manifesting life, and what roles we’d love to play.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Brian Thomas Smith

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Brian's Instagram: @brian_thomas_smith

Get This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Sacha Parkinson. We chat about finding your feet, getting comfortable, learning to shut up, turning thirty, setting boundaries, accepting that you’re not going to play younger roles, Ingram’s screen acting anxiety, starting acting as a child versus starting as an adult, our shared TV obsession, where Sacha gets a really weird shooting pain, dressing up as Frank Gallagher for Michelle Keegan’s leaving party, getting a whole new wardrobe from Coronation Street, stealing, the funniest stage rights and stage shites, being in Mr Selfridges, being ten feet away from Angelina Jolie and having a film at the Toronto Film Festival.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Sacha Parkinson

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Sacha's Instagram: @sachalparkinson

Get This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Billy Price. We chat about losing hope, two years of Drama School Dropout, controversial primary school acting, themed Christmas wrapping, rude celebrities, Billy Elliot, the fear of working on a TV show with no experience in camera acting, the north/south border, his many crazy storylines on Hollyoaks, OG Hollyoaks characters, our favourite Gavin & Stacey moments and onlyfans. 

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Host: Ingram Noble 

Guest: Billy Price 

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble 

Links: 

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble 

Billy's Instagram: @billypricee 

Get This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/ 

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by a childhood hero of mine and Broadway icon, Jenna Ushkowitz. We chat about the TV show that changed my life, being on Broadway at nine years old, being a child actor, going to Drama School after having a successful Broadway career, Drama Schools not accommodating actors working professionally, attending a performing arts high school, being in the very first high school production of Les Misérables, impersonating your heroes, working with Broadway icons, the early days of Glee, representation, living in the world of social media, cancel culture, what Jenna took from the Glee set, being too fat and not funny enough, singing at the White House for the Obamas, being on Oprah and being on Celebrity Drag Race.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Jenna Ushkowitz

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Jenna's Instagram: @jennaushkowitz

Get This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Chris Moffat. We chat about my Big Brother experience, Scottish crime dramas, picking up accents, reinforcing stereotypes, refusing to sing, doing a Magic Mike strip dance on his last day of Drama School, New College Lanarkshire, people moving to Australia, playing Judas, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Good Bit Podcast and being famous.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Chris Moffat

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Chris' Instagram: @cm42tv

Get This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/

Listen to the Good Bit Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-good-bit-podcast/id1104662962

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Georgia Henshaw. We chat about our shared connection to Cambodia, seeing her first audition brief and it saying ‘tubby’, meeting Ruth Jones, the return of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, auditioning with Ray Quinn, the famous Two Pints pre show ritual, stealing a giant BAFTA head, being part of Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging, playing characters based on real people, employing acting techniques, how we cry on command, wasabi on toast, our favourite Two Pints couple, fangirl moments and making your own dildo.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Georgia Henshaw

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Georgia's Instagram: @misshenshaw

Get This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Michelle Collins. We chat about how Michelle got into acting, childhood trips to the Palladium pantomimes, being told at school you can’t be an actor, doing a pottery GCSE, Drama School Rejection, her music career, the benefits of Equity, lying about being able to play the trumpet, her first TV job alongside Gary Oldman, auditioning for the part of Punk Mary on EastEnders before landing the role of Cindy Beale, theatres burning down left, right and centre, the tricks they used to hide her pregnancy on EastEnders, the fundraiser for actors she pulled off in lockdown, supporting local theatres, being proactive as an actor, how she felt about joining Coronation Street after being in EastEnders, her mad commute from Coronation Street to home and advice from our younger selves.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Michelle Collins

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Michelle's Instagram: @michelledcollins

Get This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Andrew Ellis. We chat about How Andrew coped during lockdown, getting into acting for the girls, getting paid £50 a day to be an extra during the Summer holidays, his mum mistaking Stephen Graham for a camera man on his audition for This Is England, the price of Drama School, having to sit in a puddle, having to eat sausage after sausage on the set of This Is England, his podcast with Thomas Turgoose Overrated Everything, what he stole from the sets of This Is England, how I came to stop smoking, the issue with me being a prepper, the time Andrew auditioned for a condom advert and accidentally auditioning for a character that’s a different a race.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Andrew Ellis

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Andrew's Instagram: @andy_lp_ellis

Get This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

Listen to Overrated Everything: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/overrated-everything/id1438388714