Drama School Dropout

Oct 21 2024 217 ep. 47 mins 2

Drama School Dropout Podcast artwork

Listen to me, a Drama School Dropout talk to my friends about the highs and lows of being a drama school student, graduate, and dropout and trying to break into the industry!

Copy RSS

Subscribe on Podcast Addict

Ep 214. Ross Jamieson

Oct 21 2024 54 mins

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Ross Jamieson! We chat about missing the TikTok bandwagon, growing up in the prime YouTube era, being famous on Club Penguin, our first ever brand deals, having to decide between a career in musical theatre or politics, drinking straight from gravy boats, accidentally meeting a very famous Tory politician’s parents, Pe

Ep 213. Nicholas Marshall

Oct 14 2024 38 mins

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Nicholas Marshall! We chat about being part of The Scottish Graduate’s Showcase, working for TikTok, shampoo, dreams of becoming the next Doctor Who, sticker books, our favourite jokes from Still Game, the state of arts education, being bad at going to the theatre, forgetting props, preparing to enter the industry, rea

Ep 212. Dionne Frati

Oct 07 2024 55 mins

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Dionne Frati! We chat about getting robbed, possibly finally getting to see Catherine Tate in person, being the busiest actress in Scotland, working under pressure, making theatre more accessible, problematic tea towels, working at The Barras, Singin’ I’m No A Billy She’s A Tim, ending up in kink clubs, accidentall

Ep 211. David Fynn

Sep 30 2024 64 mins

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, David Fynn! We chat about The Inbetweeners, Am I Being Unreasonable, living in the US, calling teachers by their first names, free education in Scotland, working with Daisy May Cooper, improv, cults, catfishes, pervert castmates, hoping to work with Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, and weird DM’s. Submit your story for S

Ep 210. Caleb Castille

Sep 09 2024 77 mins

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Caleb Castille! We chat about NCIS LA, growing up in an American College Football family dynasty, modelling, that Michael Caine acting masterclass on YouTube, the craziest beginning of a career, manifestation, the power of asking, getting fired off of a pilot, over protective mothers, pausing production, portraying a pol

Ep 209. Constance Shulman

Sep 02 2024 62 mins

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Constance Shulman! We chat about Orange Is The New Black, the culture of streaming, Blockbuster, growing up in Tennessee, being a beauty school dropout, moving to New York City, getting kicked out of Drama School, being in the original cast of Steel Magnolias, meeting Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Dolly Parton and Elizabeth

Ep 208. Jake Davies

Aug 20 2024 60 mins

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Jake Davies! We chat about Screw, Jake’s one-man Steve Irvine show, JLS condoms, other artistic paths, making sacrifices, playing JLS in nappies, TikTok, still not seeing Game of Thrones, Martin Compston, Alex Lawther, filming during the height of the pandemic, living in Glasgow, working with Dame Judi Dench, Shakespea

Ep 207. Lucian Burlingame

Aug 05 2024 36 mins

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Lucian Burlingame! We chat about The Naked Neds, the new normal, Peaky Blinders, age gaps, acting techniques, Cillian Murphy, binge watching, the return of Gavin and Stacey, Outnumbered and Squid Game, terrible acting CV’s, preparing for the full monty, on-stage nudity, partnering with Cahonas Scotland, learning how to

Ep 206. Jordan Monks

Jul 29 2024 50 mins

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Jordan Monks! We chat about doing three shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, forgetting lines, zoom Drama School, Jordan’s journey into acting, starting out as a welder and then moving on to be a civil engineer, character names, student loans, spotlight fees, learning to take care of yourself, preparing to do the fu

Ep 205. Chris Rankin

Jul 22 2024 60 mins

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Chris Rankin! We chat about Harry Potter, the northern lights, Chelsea Lee Art, social media hate, having a £15,000 budget for a school show, our GCSE drama teacher, working with the best British actors on Potter, being a real life prefect and going on to play one of the most famous prefects, playing strip poker on stag