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The stage show of Indestructible goes in tour in Autumn 2024!
Visit the MOCA North virtual gallery
And listen to Catherine Shaw's curated studio playlist on Spotify.
You can join Proteus Theatre's mailing list to stay up to date on this and other productions.
How do you enter an industry when you can't see yourself represented?
Actor Danny Charles loved being on stage from a young age.
But as a black pupil at a North London state school, a career in theatre seemed an impossible idea. So he set aside his thespian ambitions in favour of what he imagined would be a more likely career.
"I did a three-year apprenticeship, and on day one of my starting my job as an engineer on the Post Office, I thought 'This is hell. I absolutely hate this'. I stayed there for nine years."
It was the start of a long and varied journey to becoming a professional actor and writer, that has seen Danny work in roles from pantomime dames to Macbeth.
Danny also plays gallery curator Christian in Proteus Theatre's stage production, Indestructible.
In a wide-ranging interview with show host Mary Swan, Danny describes what drove him from a life as a telecoms engineer to a career on stage, how he was motivated to become a writer, and the artists he feels he most looks up to - and have most let him down.
Chapters
1:41 Falling in love with being on stage
4:18 The future for working-class actors
7:08 Actors Danny admires
10:05 The persistence of prejudice in theatre
12:11 Writing for stage and print
17:12 Responding to artists how behave badly
22:36 Danny's unsung actor-writer hero
Credits
The podcast Indestructible is a Creative Kin production for Proteus Theatre Company.
Executive Producer & Producer: Jason Caffrey
Mixing and Mastering: Adam Double
Production Music: DEX 1200
Artwork: Y Designs
Links
Indestructible stage show
Moca North Gallery
Proteus Theatre Company
Omnibus Theatre Clapham
Creative Kin
Indestructible podcast mini-site at Creative Kin
Creative Kin client guest book
Remember to rate and review this show!
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By Proteus TheatreThe stage show of Indestructible goes in tour in Autumn 2024!
Visit the MOCA North virtual gallery
And listen to Catherine Shaw's curated studio playlist on Spotify.
You can join Proteus Theatre's mailing list to stay up to date on this and other productions.
How do you enter an industry when you can't see yourself represented?
Actor Danny Charles loved being on stage from a young age.
But as a black pupil at a North London state school, a career in theatre seemed an impossible idea. So he set aside his thespian ambitions in favour of what he imagined would be a more likely career.
"I did a three-year apprenticeship, and on day one of my starting my job as an engineer on the Post Office, I thought 'This is hell. I absolutely hate this'. I stayed there for nine years."
It was the start of a long and varied journey to becoming a professional actor and writer, that has seen Danny work in roles from pantomime dames to Macbeth.
Danny also plays gallery curator Christian in Proteus Theatre's stage production, Indestructible.
In a wide-ranging interview with show host Mary Swan, Danny describes what drove him from a life as a telecoms engineer to a career on stage, how he was motivated to become a writer, and the artists he feels he most looks up to - and have most let him down.
Chapters
1:41 Falling in love with being on stage
4:18 The future for working-class actors
7:08 Actors Danny admires
10:05 The persistence of prejudice in theatre
12:11 Writing for stage and print
17:12 Responding to artists how behave badly
22:36 Danny's unsung actor-writer hero
Credits
The podcast Indestructible is a Creative Kin production for Proteus Theatre Company.
Executive Producer & Producer: Jason Caffrey
Mixing and Mastering: Adam Double
Production Music: DEX 1200
Artwork: Y Designs
Links
Indestructible stage show
Moca North Gallery
Proteus Theatre Company
Omnibus Theatre Clapham
Creative Kin
Indestructible podcast mini-site at Creative Kin
Creative Kin client guest book
Remember to rate and review this show!