Drama School Dropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Lauren Kelston McMillin. We chat about Orange Is The New Black, avoiding social events because of COVID, transitioning from athletics to acting, toxic masculinity, Yoga For Alex, mental health, The Cherry Orchard, supporting local theatres, studying at LAMDA, big pink swords, divas, not meeting the actor who is playing the older version of your character, stealing from Orange Is The New Black, a potential spin off, being given classifieds, being tall or short, Elizabeth Olsen, Marvel and a potential trip to the Fringe.

*THIS EPISODE OF DRAMA SCHOOL DROPOUT WAS RECORDED PRIOR TO THE SAG-AFTRA STRIKE*

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Lauren Kelston McMillin

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Lauren's Instagram: @lkelmcm

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Zak Sutcliffe. We chat about Waterloo Road, not paying attention to the government, the time I almost shaved my head, Lord of the Rings, lightsaber colours, playing a donkey in school, getting to play Peter Pan, the era of chinos and vans, sword fighting with Stanley Tucci, Shakespeare, auditioning for Waterloo Road for multiple different roles, stealing from the set, what’s coming up for Schuey, working with Sacha Baron Cohen on The Brothers Grimsby, Murder On The Dance Floor, your agent making you pretend to be deaf and fighting grizzly bears.

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Host: Ingram Noble 

Guest: Zak Sutcliffe 

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble 

Links: 

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble 

Zak's Instagram: @zacharysutcliffe

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout 

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Jonny Weldon. We chat about One Day, London Marathon training, the SAG strike, streaming, The Traitors, being a child actor on the West End, studying at the Sylvia Young theatre school, flirting with Rita Ora, pantomimes, being the original TikTok sketch artist, working in the art department, Celia Imrie, hanging out with the cast of Ted Lasso, lecturers attaching their student’s headshots to his dartboard, secondary school teachers asking parents to die and mastering the home latte.

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Host: Ingram Noble 

Guest: Jonny Weldon 

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble 

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Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble 

Jonny's Instagram: @jonnyyweldon

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout 

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Christina Moore. We chat about 90210, Ingram’s overuse of the royal “we”, having permission to fuck the fuck off, the SAG-AFTRA strikes, walking the picket lines, interim agreements, cancel culture, being the obligatory plus one, Christina getting her SAG card on the original 90210, the golden era of television, the lost generation of actors, performing a Catholic mass before eating a McDonalds, learning how to learn, underwater basket weaving degrees, actors using fake teeth, show mementos being stolen, sunglass acting, a possible 90210 reboot, working on Friends with Matthew Perry, replacing a character on That 70's show and being booed by the audience and becoming a CIA agent.

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Host: Ingram Noble 

Guest: Christina Moore 

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble 

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Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble 

Christina’s Instagram: @ladychristinamoore

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout 

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Nicholas Webber. We chat about Orange Is The New Black, therapy, writing, Susan Nickson, This Is Where We Get Off, teaching, growing up around religion, the devil’s semen, The Future Forest, playing Elvis, scientology, understanding language, parental guilt, working with Jenji Kohan, Possey’s death (sorry! Spoiler!), how Orange Is The New Black educated a generation, Shakespeare, Mark Rylance, Whoopi Goldberg, being the first person to walk onto the brand new Orange Is The New Black set and war films. 

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Host: Ingram Noble 

Guest: Nicholas Webber 

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble 

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Check out Nicholas’ band, NICKCASEY: www.nickcaseymusic.com

Follow NICKCASEY: @nickcaseymusic

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, the Tony Award Winner, Wilson J. Heredia. We chat about Rent, becoming a parent for the first time, the injury that started his acting career, living so close to Broadway during the pandemic, British TV, Facebook doctors, latin representation, working with Jonathan Larson, Rent being Wilson's first musical, that first preview after Jonathan's passing, Rent's legacy, Shameless, almost moving to London, the odd couple, winning a Tony award and using live creatures on costumes.

*THIS EPISODE OF DRAMA SCHOOL DROPOUT WAS RECORDED PRIOR TO THE SAG-AFTRA STRIKE*

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Wilson J. Heredia

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Wilson's Instagram: @wilsonjermaineheredia

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Josh Knowles. We chat about our old episode. This Is Where We Get Off, doing the fringe, the implications of COVID, going on stage without props, rehearsal room snacks, big willies, stealing, the very first This Is Where We Get Off turning into Bongo's Bingo, Steve Carrell, Ed McVey, creating comedy roles, being told to sit in a bin, bomb scares, theatre revolving around the treatment of the Highlands and Islands and we find out just how much Josh loves bread.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Josh Knowles

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Josh's Instagram: @joshknowles__

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, James Baxter. We chat about Waterloo Road, James being a home town hero, McDonalds, growing up in the North East, the pressures of growing up in a working class town but wanting to pursue the arts, my new play “Flatmates”, the joy of working with other actors, doing the twenty-four hour plays at the Bristol Old Vic and forgetting lines, I gush over Dame Judi Dench’s impromptu sonnet performance on the Graham Norton show again, Steve Carrell, auditioning for Waterloo Road, reboots, self tapes and in the room auditions, auditioning for Game of Thrones, naked auditions, the cardboard cut out of James that causes havoc on the Waterloo Road set, the time a Drama School Dropout recording session was interrupted by bailiffs, stealing, getting paid in gift cards, OnlyFans adverts and food.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: James Baxter

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

James' Instagram: @jamesbaxterrealtalk

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Oli Higginson. We chat about meeting at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the SAG strike, Fringe after parties, my new play Flatmates, having your first kiss on stage, Shakespeare, Karen Fishwick in Romeo and Juliet, seeing local representation, being asked to passionately defend Brexit, lessons learnt, finding your own version of a character, going into Othello at The Globe, waffle stomping, the play that goes wrong and a decapitation during a nativity.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Oli Higginson

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

Links:

Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Oli's Instagram: @oli_higginson

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

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Flatmates Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/flatmates

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