Drama School Dropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Blayne Weaver. We chat about our love of LA, joining a children's theatre company in Louisiana, Blayne shares his advice for advice for first time creators, how he wrote the new American Pie film after auditioning for the original movie and not getting the part, his new film The In-between, playing Captain Hook after playing Peter Pan for twenty years, teaching acting and I do some more campaigning to prove the British Shameless is better than the American. Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. 

Credits: 

Host: Ingram Noble 

Guest: Blayne Weaver 

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble 

Links: 

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble 

Blayne's Instagram: @blayneweaver 

The In-between: www.inbetweenmovie.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Heather Spiden. It's an episode of announcements as we chat about returning to drama school, reading Harry Potter for the first time, our Disney+ recommendations, creating online theatre, the origins of the Drama School Dropout theme tune, YouTube tutorials, our weirdest eBay purchases, and our new play 'This Is Where We Get Off'. Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. Credits: Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Heather Spiden Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Heather's Instagram: @hevspiden

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Emily Pemberton. We chat about battling mental health and uni, the prospect of theatres finally being able to reopen, the pressure of getting acting work, the joys of getting your first paid acting job, why I will always and forever be #TeamSharpay, preparing and previewing a fringe show during a pandemic.  *This episode of Drama School Dropout contains conversations surrounding mental health and suicide. If you are affected by these conversations and feel that you may need support, please contact The Samaritans by calling 116 123 from any phone at any time.  Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries. 

Credits: 

Host: Ingram Noble 

Guest: Emily Pemberton 

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble 

Links: 

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble 

Emily's Instagram: @empem94

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by one of my heroes, the creator of the ICONIC TV show 'Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps', Susan Nickson. We chat about who we'd love to write for, my future role on the Two Pints comeback series, our love for Kathryn Drysdale and my poor audition choices.

Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries.

Credits:

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Susan Nickson

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Susan's Twitter: @nicksons

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Sabrina Mandulu. We chat about Sabrina's band, Kodak Ghosts and their new song, 'Fine to be Frightened' (available to stream everywhere now!), our predictions for June 2021, our love of Whoopi Goldberg and Sister Act, my dodgy fashion obsessions, how we found our confidence, understanding Shakespeare, and the most important lessons we've ever learnt. 

Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries.

Credits:

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Sabrina Mandulu

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Sabrina's Instagram: @s_mandulu

Kodak Ghosts' Instagram: @kodakghosts_

The Scottish Association of Mental Health: https://donate.samh.org.uk

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by Dominic Applewhite. We chat about studying music at Oxford University, the arts throughout lockdown, the table read for the King's Speech, being a child actor and his time on The Inbetweeners.

Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries.

Credits:

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Dominic Applewhite

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Dominic's Instagram: @dom_pearblack

The very first bonus episode of Drama School Dropout is here! Half of this episode was recorded on a moving train, which is why it is a bonus episode! I'm joined by one of London's leading ladies, Jodie Steele and we chat about creating theatre during a global pandemic, her iconic roles in Rent, Wicked, Heathers, SiX and so much more. And a train conductor makes an extra special guest appearance as he checks Jodie's train ticket. 

Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries.

Credits:

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Jodie Steele

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Jodie's Instagram: @jodiesamsteele

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the only Hollyoaks matriarch that matters, Nicole Barber-Lane. We chat about Nicole's Oscar deserving performance as the Alien Queen, menopause: the musical, playing characters with views and opinions that completely oppose our own, Nicole's time on Hollyoaks as the iconic Myra McQueen and the audition process, being part of trailblazing storylines and being ignored by the media and the process of learning lines. 

Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries.

Credits:

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Nicole Barber-Lane

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Nicole's Instagram: @Nicole_barberlane

Nicole's Cameo: www.cameo.com/nbl

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the Chatsworth Estate's favourite copper, Warren Donnelly. We chat about the first time I watched Shameless, Warren's time as a child actor, how he ended up on the Chatsworth Estate, his biggest WTF moment on Shameless, and how Warren is slowly turning his home into a library.

Submit your theatre stories for Stage Right or Stage Shite by emailing [email protected] Drama School Dropout is now part of the HI! Productions family. Please contact [email protected] with all enquiries.

Credits:

Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Warren Donnelly

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Warren's Instagram: @warrendonnelly2

Warren's Twitter: @wazdon1