Empowered Actors Podcast

Merry Christmas podcast listeners! My gift to you this year is the conversation I had with the delightful Harry Collett!

Harry is an Essex-born actor best known for playing Ollie Hide in Casualty from 2014 til 2022, Tommy Stubbins in Dolittle and for his latest role, Prince Jace Valeryon, in HBO’s House Of The Dragon.

I’ve admired Harry’s work, but more so his work ethic- particularly as such a young performer in such high end projects, ever since our paths first crossed on Casualty and I am so proud and excited to see the heights he is reaching now. He is still humble as ever, so funny and just lovely to chat to. I hope that you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it!

You can follow Harry Collett on social media at:

Instagram: @harrycollettactor

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This week, I have been thinking a lot about balance and more specifically, the choices I (and all of us) get to make around the prioritisation of our time. After all, she really is the most precious resource we all have...

In Making Our Way this week I am addressing a question from the In The Room (coaching) Instagram Q+A a few weeks ago, about how I spend my time when I am not working (on an acting job). A valuable and complimentary topic for this week's time focus.

Do you have a topic idea for a future Making Our Way segment? Email it over to: [email protected] or join the Friday Q+A on the Instagram stories of my coaching business for Actors, In The Room (@ITRcoaching).

Podcast social details: www.instagram.com/itrpod

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Just as I had hoped it would be, the move into the new house this week has brought with it the freshest of fresh starts, with the priority this week being mental space, nourishment and clarity (even if only on what to get more clarity on...).

As such, I haven't done a single thing that was acting-related. Instead, I have mostly been pouring myself into my life coaching diploma and thus, myself. I can't wait for you to share in the observations I have gained from doing that!

In Making Our Way this week I am addressing a question from the In The Room (coaching) Instagram Q+A this week, about knowing if you have found the "right" agent for you, but more widely, trusting in your inner compass more to guide you along your journey of what is "right" and "wrong" for you...

Do you have a topic idea for a future Making Our Way segment? Email it over to: [email protected] or join the weekly Friday Q+A on the Instagram stories of my coaching business for Actors, In The Room (@ITRcoaching).

Podcast social details: www.instagram.com/itrpod

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Well, this week's episode might feel like it has nothing to do with pursuing an acting career... but in that way that there is no acting without the actor, it has everything to do with it!

As I make (yet another) move to a new home this weekend, it feels only right to open up about my long-standing wrestle with depression - something which has been very prevalent in the time I have spent in the home I am leaving - and my subsequent love of new starts. Plus, hear my tribute to my album of the year: 'This Is What I Mean' by Stormzy. It has all at once personally shattered and creatively inspired me beyond measure.

In Making Our Way this week I am addressing a question from the In The Room (coaching) Instagram Q+A about being seen regularly by the same casting director, because I feel this question actually speaks to a wider trap that I myself am guilty of falling into - creating problems where they don't exist...

Do you have a topic idea for a future Making Our Way segment? Email it over to: [email protected] or join the weekly Friday Q+A on the Instagram stories of my coaching business for Actors, In The Room (@ITRcoaching).

Podcast social details: www.instagram.com/itrpod

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A few weeks ago when I was still on tour, I had the good fortune of being able to sit down with my good friend, Vincent Jerome.

Vincent Jerome is a London-based artist with a degree in Performing Arts from London Metropolitan University. Since working in theatre venues, he has acted in films such as Transformers: The Last Knight and Wonder Woman 1984. He has written, produced and starred in two award-winning short films and has various upcoming film and TV roles including a lead role in the BBC revival of beloved school drama Waterloo Road. Vincent is an advocate for diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry and recently became an ambassador for the Anna Fiorentini Performing Arts School for young people based in East London.

In this episode, we chat all about Vince's come-up in the industry from independent filmmaking and theatre, via his approach to developing characters, owning every role and working with industry family; to the point that he is at right now: soon to air as one of the leads, Deputy Head Lindon King, in the upcoming reboot of Waterloo Road (BBC). I hope you will enjoy hearing him speak on his experience of being an Actor as much as I did!

You can follow Vincent Jerome on social media at:

Instagram: @vincent_jerome_

Twitter: @vincent_jerome_

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This week has been a big week for me... started with a blue tick, included a meaningful heart-to-heart with my agent, and finished with our final performances of The Importance of Being Earnest UK tour!

By all accounts, its been a great week, albeit surprising in places. As always, there is much to take away from it all.

Do you have a topic idea for a future Making Our Way segment? Email it over to: [email protected]

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This week I have been slapped around the face by the anniversary of some very big life changes. It has had me reflecting on what it has been like to survive personally and thrive professionally throughout a tough grieving process.

I also had the good fortune of watching a West End show last week before we moved into The Rose Theatre Kingston for the final two weeks of The Importance of Being Earnest. I have come away with some observations about being on the other side of the curtain whilst in the middle of a show run.

Thank you to my In The Room (coaching) client for inspiring this week's Making Our Way segment: trusting your auditions and being ready for work.

Do you have a topic idea for a future Making Our Way segment? Email it over to: [email protected]

Social details: www.instagram.com/itrpod

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This week I sat down with a very good friend I made earlier this year filming in Morocco - the awesome actress, Kaysha Woollery (she/her).

Kaysha is a London-based actor. With over a decade's acting experience, she has worked with a range of notable companies, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, National Theatre Scotland, The Young Vic, The Bush, Lyric Hammersmith, and The Old Vic. She recently starred as Chantelle Fry in an episode of Doctors, which is available to watch NOW on BBC iPlayer: click here to watch Kaysha's episode of Doctors on iPlayer!

Kaysha is frank, funny and oh so talented and I am so excited for you to hear her very refreshing perspective on both the industry and her own career. Enjoy!

You can follow Kaysha Woollery on social media at:

Instagram: @kayshawoollery

Twitter: @kayshawoollery

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This week I am coming to you from gorgeous Los Angeles, California! However, and perhaps contrary to expectation, I am here purely for pleasure this week visiting friends and taking a well-needed/deserved holiday break from touring The Importance of Being Earnest around the UK. I have made absolutely no business engagements whatsoever for the time I am out here and having already done a lot of the tourist-y things in LA on my last trip here years ago, this time around I have relished the unique opportunity to view LA from a much more local perspective and get a sense of what it might be like to actually live here one day. Here are my findings...

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This week I sat down with my current co-star of The Importance of Being Earnest and the incredibly multi-talented, Mr Daniel Jacob (he/him), to catch up about how our tour has been going for him so far and more...

Daniel Jacob is an Actor and Cabaret Performer who graduated from the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts (LIPA) 

Some of Daniel’s credits include The Importance of Being Ernest, Death Drop, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Aladdin & Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 

Daniel has also gained international recognition as his Drag Queen alter ego Vinegar Strokes. Vinegar became a household name when she strutted her heels into the werkroom of the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. After the National and International success of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Vinegar Strokes has toured and performed across the UK, Ireland, Europe and America, starred in an Opera in Copenhagen for World Pride, appeared on numerous podcasts and radio shows, including Radio 1 and Gaydio, presented multiple Drag Race associated web series’ and also gained several TV credits including Eastenders, Dinner With My Ex and Drag Karaoke Club.

Vinegar is also the lead singer of music act, Vinegar Strokes & The Morning Afters, a 6-piece Funk/Synth/Pop band performing live shows across the UK.

Vinegar Strokes & The Morning Afters music can be found on Spotify & iTunes.

This episode is packed with lots of laughs, lots of sound wisdom, and a bit of innuendo - safe to say, this one has something for everyone! I hope you enjoy listening to this one as much as we enjoyed recording it.

You can follow Daniel Jacob (AKA Vinegar Strokes) on social media at:

Instagram: @theonlyvinegarstrokes

Twitter: @theonlyvinegar

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