Grace trained at East 15 Acting School and has been a Boris Karloff Trainee Assistant Director at the Young Vic, a Catalyst Director at the North Wall, and participated in TalentLAB at Théâtre National du Luxembourg.

She is a Theatre Director and Community Artist from East London and her work is rooted in collaboration, bold storytelling, and amplifying voices. 

She has worked with theatres and communities across the UK. Previously, Grace was the Resident Assistant Director at the Donmar Warehouse. 

Theatre includes: as director: Holy Show, UK tour; Weeping Woman at Theatre503; Wild Actually at Islington Pleasance; after birth at Omnibus and Northwall on UK tour; Lysistrata at the Arcola; and WOOD at VAULT Festival. 

As associate director: Inter Alia at National Theatre; and Otherland at Almeida Theatre. 

As assistant director: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, The Fear of 13, Skeleton Crew and The Human Body at the Donmar Warehouse, What If If Only at the Royal Court; and Ivan and the Dogs at the Young Vic Theatre. 

We discuss her role as associate director on the hit show Inter Alia at the National Theatre, the conversations it sparks and the process of putting the whole show together. 

The production is set to make its Broadway debut later this year. 

All this and much more, thank you Grace!

Oliver Gower

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Kate is an actress, writer and teacher, she graduated from RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) and her work can be seen across theatres, BBC and Channel 4. As well as in classes at Arts Ed, LAMDA, Rutgers Uni at the Globe, National Opera Studio and for the New Actors Centre. 

Her acting credits include:

Theatre:

• Echo - Royal Court
• The Old House - RADA Festival and Camden Fringe - Kate’s own one woman show
• Opening Skinner’s Box - devised by the Improbable Theatre company, written by Lee Simpson at the Northern Stage, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Bristol Old Vic
• One Cold Dark Knight - Bush
• Stone Circle, directed by Matthew Dunster

Film:

• Six Underground, directed by Michael Bay
• Flawless, dir. Michael Radford
• Seven Lucky Gods - nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Milan International Film Festival 

Currently developing her new show “Murmurations”. 

In 1997 she met Scott Williams and discovered the Meisner Technique which she now teaches across the UK and Internationally. Her practice is helping actors with their “Present Performance”. 

On top of all this, she is part of the rejuvenation project of the New Actors Centre, formally known as The Actors Centre. Kate is part of the team, including Harry Burton, which is helping to get it back on its feet. By providing London based actors with a place that will run classes and help rebuild the actor and creative community that was under threat when it initially closed. 

More information about this and how to support the cause can be found via the websites below. 

newactorscentre.org

katemaravan.com

Kate and I discuss drama school training, her work on Meisner technique and how she has helped to rebuild The Actors Centre back to where it needs to be. 

Thank you Kate!

Oliver Gower

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Cassandra Woodhouse Part 3!

Cassandra returns to talk about her latest discoveries about playing Tessa in her latest tour of Prima Facie around New Zealand. 

As well as her debut book, “Sex, Power and Prima Facie: When Art Becomes Activism and the Creatress Rises”.

In this beautiful book, Cassandra delivers a powerful, poignant and vivid understanding of not only Suzie Miller’s play, but of the healing journey after the curtain comes down. Sex, Power and Prima Facie delves into her experience of taking this play around New Zealand, a one woman show in more ways than one, and the profound impact it had on the audiences and herself. From advice on how to regulate your nervous system after a demanding acting challenge, to having empathy for people sharing their stories for the first time. 

This book is not only for fans of the play, but for those discovering it for the first time. 

This is for you and the one in three. 

Get your copies now on from any major retailer, and it’s also available as an audiobook on Spotify. 

All this and much more!

Thank you again Cassandra always a pleasure!

Oliver Gower

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Flora trained in musical theatre at Arts Ed and has gone on to be part of some of the biggest shows for stage and screen. 

Her credits include, for screen:

• Judy, dir. Rupert Goold
• Streetdance: The Movie 
• Malory Towers, Series 1, 4 and 5 - BBC
• Geek Girl - Netflix

Theatre:

• Singin’ in the Rain - Chichester Festival and West End
• Kiss Me Kate - Welsh National Opera
• Funny Girl
• Wonderful Town
• The American Clock - Old Vic
• Macbeth - Players Theatre Company
• The 47th - Old Vic, Rupert Goold, understudy Ivanka Trump
• Suddenly Last Summer, English Theatre Frankfurt
• Stranger Things: The First Shadow, West End, dir. Justin Martin 
• Currently - Understudy to Rosamund Pike in Suzie Miller’s latest hit play Inter Alia - playing at the Wyndham’s Theatre in London and will soon be making its Broadway debut later this year. 

Not to mention, she was also part of the Walker’s crisps 70th Birthday advert in 2018 playing the “Tupperware lady”. Brilliantly I must say!

Flora discusses her time at Arts Ed, the rewards and challenges of musical theatre training as well as  understudying Rosamund Pike in the huge role of Jessica Parks in Inter Alia. In addition, how the play’s subject matter (slight spoilers ahead) sparks tough but essential conversations about consent, what teenagers can access on the internet and creating a safe space to discuss sensitive subjects. 

Thank you Flora!

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Vivian trained at the Codarts University for the Arts in Rotterdam, Netherlands. 

Her credits include, for film:

• ​Heather Duke, Heathers: The Musical, 2022

For theatre:

• ​Dear Evan Hansen, Manchester
• ​Heather Duke, Heather’s: The Musical, The Other Palace Theatre
• ​Judy Benly, 9-5 The Musical UK Tour

She is currently starring in the UK and Ireland Tour of Mean Girls in the iconic role of Regina George, made famous by Rachel McAdams in the hit 2004 film alongside Lindsay Lohan. 

For more information and to book tickets you can do so via the link below:

https://meangirlsmusical.com/

Vivian and I discuss her journey into the business, training at Codarts and getting cast in Mean Girls. As well as, life on the road, the demands and rewards of the job and how she makes this famous role her own. 

Thank you Vivian!

Oliver Gower

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Hi guys and welcome to another new series!

Fringe in Fifteen 🎭

A show for artists and production companies putting on their shows at every respected Fringe festival in the UK and beyond. 

Guests get a fifteen minute elevator pitch style opportunity to promote their show, cast, what it’s about and where people can see it.

First up, the brilliant Verity Bajoria with her show “Smile” currently on at the Drayton Arms Theatre in South Kensington. 

The show follows Tammy Woodburn trying to get an agent and the journey she goes on to obtain one. Binding together all forms of comedy from traditional stand up to humour through music, this is one for all comedy and theatre lovers out there!

Tickets available here: https://www.thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk/smile

Anyone else who wants to promote their show on here, please get in touch. 

Thank you Verity and good luck with the show!

Oliver Gower

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It’s a big welcome back to the master that is Chris Palmer! 

Chris is a voice, breath, movement, yin yoga, tai chi, Shakespeare and accent expert.

Now celebrating her second book, exploring more about the voice and how some of the world’s leading practitioner’s methods can tie into vocal support helping you with pitch, resonance and articulation.

Those include Michael Chekhov, Meisner and Stanislavski to name a few. 

The book is called Voice Training Through Acting and Movement and is now available online as well as in major retailers. 

Chris delves into the Meisner, Michael Chekhov and Stanislavski and how their methods can apply to training your voice as well as helping you develop the characters you play. 

Oliver Gower

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Hello guys and welcome back to Shakespeare Saturday! 

Hosted by myself and Sarah Spring 🎭

This time we look at another widely studied and most performed play, Romeo and Juliet. 

Verona, two households both alike in dignity, where out of the ashes of this conflict a pair of star cross’d lovers appear, and what unfolds is one of Shakespeare’s most beautiful and devastating tragedies. 

Performed all over the world in multiple languages, this play covers themes from adolescent love both requited and unrequited, conflict between families, political tension, hormones raging and how love is always there even in the darkest of times.

Join us for further geek out session for another of our favourite plays and stay tuned for more!

Follow Sarah on Instagram: @shakespearemadeclear

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Lucy is a Movement Director, Choreographer and Intimacy Director who has worked on some of the biggest shows in the British and International theatre scene. 

Her work across all three professions include, for screen:

• Banana, E4
• Truthseekers, Amazon
• The Nutcracker, The Snow Queen, Thumbelina and Peter Pan, BBC
• Criminal Record Series 2, STV Studios for Apple +

For theatre:

• Workshop Leader for the Paralympic Opening Games, London 2012
• Wind in the Willows, West Yorkshire Playhouse
• Twelfth Night, Sheffield Theatres 
• The Effect, Sheffield Theatres
• No’s Knife, Old Vic
• Ugly Lies the Bone, National Theatre
• Girl from the North Country, Old Vic, Noel Coward Theatre and Public Theatre (Off-Broadway)
• Billy Elliot, Curve Leicester 
• Machinal, Old Vic
• Waiting for Godot, Theatre Royal Haymarket
• Fear of 13, Donmar
• Christmas Day, Almeida
• Road, Royal Exchange
• Inter Alia, National Theatre, Wyndham’s and soon Broadway, directed by Justin Martin - amongst many more!

Lucy and I discuss her work across all three of her professions and specifically her time on the recent West End transfer of Suzie Miller’s Inter Alia. A play about the impact on the youth of today as a result of what they can access on the internet, as well as how she works with her actors choreographing intimate scenes and making them as comfortable as possible. 

All this and much more! Thank you Lucy!

Oliver Gower

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Melissa is an actress, journalist and producer whose work expands way beyond acting. To the opera, working as a dramaturg, in advertising, cinema, television and leading workshops. 

Her training came from a number of institutions, one being Campagnia Finzi Pasca, a company she has collaborated with from a young age, the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, and also with José Sinisterra in Barcelona. 

Campagnia Finzi Pasca uses resources of acrobatic movements and clown presences based on the “Theatre of Caress”, a concept developed by Daniele Finzi Pasca. 

Some of the most important things in her process as an actor are movement research and body expression. In helping actors develop their interpretations of the characters that they play. During this time she was also an assistant to the great director Elias Andreato, preparing actor Juca de Oliveira as King Lear among other great roles. 

Also with Campagnia Finzi Pasca she has also joined the dynasty of actors performing “Tessa” in Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie. A play about the flaws in the legal system when it comes to women defending themselves in sexual assault cases. Making the point that even now, as we speak, more still needs to be done and something has to change. 

Melissa and I take a deep dive into Prima Facie, hearing about some of the surreal reactions she has had performing across Italy and Switzerland in recent months. In addition to discovering new things about the text that I never thought about before, and the show’s global effect in helping numbers of people in more ways than one.

Grazie Melissa! 

Oliver Gower

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