Square Peg in a Round Hole

The tables turn this week as Andy Maycock talks to Rebecca Guillain about growing up around theatre, feeling like an outsider and how performance, teaching and learning shaped her life. They also talk candidly about the psychological condition, Maladaptive Daydreaming and its role as a coping mechanism and a hidden driver of her creative life.

A working class kid with a double bass and a musical theatre obsession. A man who has lived through addiction, loss and reinvention, Andy Maycock's story is proof that being a square peg can be the very thing that makes you unforgettable.

From drama school to motherhood, Vanessa's life has taken turns she never could have predicted. She talks candidly with Rebecca about relationships, raising three children through difficult circumstances and finding the strength to reinvent herself along the way. An honest conversation about resilience, change and creating a new path when the stars sometimes don't align.