Drama School Dropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Lin Tucci. We talk about their very different, but similar paths through the pandemic, living in New York City, stealing from set, working with Jodie Foster, learning to love the ladies of Lichfield, stealing from the Orange Is The New Black set, almost dropping out of Drama School to star in Grease on Broadway but choosing to go back to school, Jodie Comer, debating on whether to do on screen nudity, and surrounding yourself with people who’s eyes light up when they see you coming.

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Lin Tucci

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Lin's Instagram: @lintuccioitnb

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Gary Hollywood. We chat about his first role at the age of twelve on Taggart, how he met Brendan O’Carroll and landed the job on Mrs Brown’s Boys, and his well documented departure from the show, working on Take The High Road, twisted showcase scenes, Ingram’s lack of camera acting classes, being directed by Alan Rickman, dealing with losing part of yourself and we find out if Hollywood is his real surname. 

Host: Ingram Noble 

Guest: Gary Hollywood 

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble 

Links: 

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble 

Gary's Instagram: @mrgaryhollywood 

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Jessica Ellis. We chat missing out on a tour due to COVID, owning VHS tapes equating to you being old, working with Kay Mellor on Fat Friends, toxic primary school parents, studying at Italia Conti, students dry humping in the corner of the room, walking down Clapham High Street in practice skirts and shoes, our elf bar flavours of choice, the scary part of leaving drama school and having no work, auditioning for Hollyoaks in London, stealing joggers from Hollyoaks and getting caught with ‘Hollyoaks’ written across the arse of the joggers, nobody being safe in Soap Land, the crazy things you’re not allowed to show on TV, the superstar that auditioned for Hollyoaks and didn’t get it, refusing to include anything about covid in any media and Jess’ new writing project with Kieron Richardson.

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Jessica Ellis

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Jessica's Instagram: @jellis1987

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Jordan Fry. We chat about Johnny Depp telling him to shut up, being a professional from the beginning, stealing his mum’s audition and being an adorable child and also stealing his mum’s agent, going to Drama School with the confidence of a big dick in a locker room, the types of people in drama classes, Ingram’s favourite playback theatre story, his drama teacher being star struck by him, not being good at maths, a ‘woke’ version of Shakespeare that Jordan auditioned for and working on Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Jordan Fry

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Jordan's Instagram: @jordanpaulfry

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Michael Harney. We chat about getting into acting by acting, working with acting legends and getting sober, acting in and directing eighty plays, driving limousines, working with Jenji Kohan on Weeds which lead to his stint on Orange Is The New Black, learning how to justify a flawed character’s point of view, and there being no right way to acting - only your way.

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Michael Harney

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Michael's Instagram: @michaelharney7

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Michael Parr. We chat about performing Shakespeare, restoration plays, snobbery, auditions not being fair, toxic masculinity, the cool kids who peaked in year eleven joining the school musical, growing up as a “drama kid” in an area that always had the connotations of Billy Elliot, being a dual citizen, the financial side of the business, signing up to do stand-up comedy, navigating the invisible boundary of political correctness, getting dropped by agents, auditioning for Emmerdale, getting a new wardrobe from Emmerdale, working with Verity Rushworth, his acid attack storyline and soaps crossing over.

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Michael Parr

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Michael's Instagram: @mikeparr226

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Fern Deacon. We chat about Ingram finally graduating, things finally feeling like it's completely back to normal after lockdown, Fern getting her start in The King and I, actors not being "good" at "academic" subjects, going to Theatre School and starting a boarding house, harmonised happy birthdays, learning to deal with rejection, being guaranteed nothing, getting the role on Ackley Bridge, stealing from the Ackley Bridge set, imposter syndrome, having to do rugby training, acting with a real police officer and a possible Ackley Bridge and Waterloo Road crossover episode. 

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Fern Deacon

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Fern's Instagram: @fern_deacon

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Craig Mclean. We chat about Ingram’s latest play Vanity Fair, Craig’s football career, his new TV show, Dirty Water, Catherine Tate and Karen Dunbar, teachers belting Michael Buble, our love for Two Pints of Lager, getting his professional debut at Play, Pie and a Pint and one of the most horrific audition stories Ingram has ever heard.

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Craig Mclean

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Tracey Lynch. We chat about the end of Derry Girls, her first job with Kenneth Branagh, growing up in the height of the troubles in Northern Ireland, the new competitive nature of the industry, being part of the Billy Plays, bomb damage sales, London Irish, meeting Emma Thompson and Judi Dench and having a stalker.   

Host: Ingram Noble 

Guest: Tracey Lynch 

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble 

Links: 

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble 

Tracey's Instagram: @lynchtracey Drama School Dropout 

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the iconic Daniel Franzese. We chat about booking his first ever job, his time at the Florida school of the arts, his second career as a party planner, the biggest lesson he learned at drama school on day one, the realisation that being an actor doesn’t have to be your only identity, dealing with egocentric actors, the greatest apple pie story ever told, Daniel’s love for the Catherine Tate show and Little Britain, his amazing first meeting with Tina Fey, how he got his most famous role in mean girls and lots of behind-the-scenes stories from the famous film.

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Daniel Franzese

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Daniel's Social Media: @whatsupdanny

Daniel's Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/whatsupdanny?qid=1654599288

Drama School Dropout Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout