Drama School Dropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by one of the funniest women in Scotland, Louise McCarthy. We chat about being one half of Scotland's most successful cabaret double acts, The Dolls, being brought to Drama Clubs with the promise of meeting hot boys, quitting smoking, studying in London, how your first acting job is like losing your virginity, Ingram's worst audition to date, auditioning for Bard in the Botanic, our love for Catherine Tate, being in the new musical 'Orphans', being pregnant every time Louise gets a big job and acting students pretending to be dogs.  

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Louise McCarthy

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Louise's Instagram: @louisemccarthy1

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

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing John Stuart. We chat about creative ways to get agents to take your calls, dislocating his shoulder in class, vomit machines not working on stage, how going to a random networking event changed the course of a TV treatment script John had written, doing the full monty to raise funds for his first ever fringe show, his play (and now TV show, Dirty Water), on stage pranks, accosting theatre producers in petrol stations and the sacrifices you sometimes have to make.

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: John Stuart

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

John's Instagram: @johnstuart85

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

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing John Ross Bowie. We chat about getting slapped in the face by a teacher on the first day of Drama School, his agent dropping him from their books right before he was cast on The Big Bang Theory, the handling of Barry Kripke’s speech impediment, the freedom to improvise on set, the filming locations of Britain, the American take over of Glasgow, we reminisce about Dinah Manoff’s great acting class story involving Tina Turner and two dobermans, John’s podcast Household Faces and we dissect some great pantomime stories in ‘Stage Right or Stage Shite?’

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: John Ross Bowie

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

John's Instagram: @johnrossbowie

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

This time on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Amy Anzel. We chat about getting ready to go to the Olivier Awards, auditioning for the Sound of Music in Westchester, New York. Her parent’s influence that lead to a bachelor’s degree in Music, the behind the scenes gossip from Amy’s recent stint on The Apprentice, her dislike of Alan Sugar and the respect lost for Karen Brady, producing Dream Girls on the West End, the differences between American Graduates and British Graduates, being in Kick Ass 2 and lazy agents.

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Amy Anzel

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Amy's Instagram: @amy_anzel

Amy's Twitter: @amyanzel

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

This time on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Ciarán Griffiths. We chat about being in Shameless and playing relatable characters and portraying the working class, relocating to Australia after touring with a play, the Maguire Family whatsapp chat,  a chance job thanks to an casting director coming outside for a cigarette, being in The Bill, going to Drama School for the opportunities; not the education, his new tv show ‘The Flats’, trying to navigate escaping the anxiety of being in one of the biggest TV shows in the UK whilst being instantly recognisable and accessible to the public on nights out and the person that took the wrong toiletry bag to work and ended up with no stage makeup and a dildo and some lube.

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Ciarán Griffiths

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Ciarán's Instagram: @ciarangriff83

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

This time on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Sarah Jayne Dunn. We chat about her controversial sacking from Hollyoaks with immediate effect and not being able to film exit scenes, being allowed to lads mags and not allowed to do OnlyFans, not watching the news, the Pritchard Brothers, finding passions in school, Ingram’s fear of singing, still in school and working on Hollyoaks, dropping out of college, the lack of camera classes in Drama School, the Hollyoaks audition process at fourteen years old, the legality of on screen marriages, rankings on pyramids and origami animals.

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Sarah Jayne Dunn

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Sarah Jayne's Instagram: @sarahjaynedunn

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

This time on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Fraser Allan Hogg. We chat about his first performance in a pantomime in the SECC, the differences between writing for stage and screen, the importance of having life experience before studying acting, the intensity of Drama School, dealing with nerves, being scared to fail, our show Vanity Fair and our manifestations for our final Drama School show, dislocating my knee on stage and Fraser's dreams of acting opposite Timothée Chalamet.

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Fraser Allan Hogg

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Fraser's Instagram: @fraserallanhogg

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

This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout, it's my birthday and I am joined by EastEnders' current bad boy, Charlie Wernham. We chat about a possible Bad Education Reunion, getting older, career worries, doing stand up comedy in Haven Holiday Parks, being on Britain's Got Talent and The Inbetweeners and giving one of the producers a good hiding, being an Essex boy on EastEnders, acting bucket lists and a Hollyoaks reunion on the set of EastEnders. 

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Charlie Wernham

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Charlie's Instagram & Twitter: @charliewernham

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

This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Amanda Beveridge, who also happens to be my Drama School Lecturer. We chat about the heart-breaking circumstance that lead Amanda to pursue acting as a career, how my Drama School showcase transformed me, being willing to get things wrong, being on a show report for peeing yourself, not getting the right information for an audition, being on Take the High Road, being part of the second ever lesbian kiss on British TV and weird fan interactions in charity shops

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Amanda Beveridge

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Amanda's Instagrams: @thriftyquine & @rag_bags

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

This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Will Ropp. We chat about working with Zac Efron and Maddie Ziegler, Ingram's constant jealousy of anyone who lives in LA, growing up in Connecticut, going to Musical Theatre summer camp, the heartbreak (and irony!) of being too old to play Peter Pan, the concept of the American Summer Camp phenomenon, faking playwright's names, creating your own way into the industry, acting for Scientology on their American HQ and driving through Starbucks while filming. 

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Will Ropp

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Will's Instagram & Twitter: @willropp

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

This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: www.hiproductions.co.uk