The Uncensored Critic Podcast

Sarah Spring (or “Dame Sarah” to those close to her!) is an actor, coach and Shakespeare enthusiast. She shares her knowledge of The Bard across Instagram, TikTok and even on Amazon with a link to her Storefront, full of recommendations of books to help sharpen your knowledge of Shakespeare. She trained at Interlochen Arts Academy and Fordham University at the Lincoln Center. As an actress she has tackled most of Shakespeare’s cannon, a few of her favourites include:Beatrice, Much Ado About NothingIsabella, Measure for MeasureHermione, Winter’s TaleViola, Twelfth NightRegan, King LearAnd Lady MacbethHer brand new film, now on the short film circuit in the states, “A King’s Curtain”, starring Austin Pendleton, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Charles E.Gerber, just won Best Drama at the LA International Short Film Festival. There is no stone left unturned in Sarah’s work. From the original pronunciation of possessive noun endings, the difference between you and thou, the meaning of character’s names, trochaic tetrameter, verse vs prose, monologues vs soliloquies and how ultimately, Shakespeare belongs to you!Her various platforms (links below) are filled with helpful and accessible methods into the more complex and interesting areas of Shakespeare, especially those we didn’t think to look at in the first place. Check out her socials and reading list for more facts and inspiring content. Also if you’re looking for 1:1 sessions to help prepare for an audition or academic assignment you can book those via the link below. As well as follow her across her various platforms for regular updates, facts and topics. Helping you to ENJOY Shakespeare and see his work for what it is. Astonishing, vivid, timeless, beyond beautiful, beyond clever, just the best writing you will read and speak. Thanks so much Sarah! Here’s to next time!Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Thank you all for your support!Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning The Uncensored Critic Podcast was heard in over 34 countries in 2024. In the same year streams grew by 39%, listeners increased by 30%, brand new listeners were up by 88% and followers were up 136%. The show has an average rating of 5/5 Stars. Official stats from #SpotifyWrapped 2024. Sarah’s Links:FREE GUIDE/Shakespeare's Verse:stan.store/ShakespeareMadeClear/p/get-my-free-guide-to-unlocking-shakespeares-verseTikTok:tiktok.com/@shakespearemadeclear?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcBook One-on-One Coaching:stan.store/ShakespeareMadeClear/p/private-coaching-with-dame-sarahInstagram:instagram.com/shakespearemadeclearAmazon Storefront:amazon.com/shop/shakespearemadeclear?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfsho

David is an entrepreneur, business icon, charity founder, lover of football and the arts, specifically theatre. His work is dedicated to helping people in more ways than one. From an early age he has had a keen entrepreneurial flair starting with a wholesale business supplying food imported from West Africa and the West Indies. Inspired by his mother’s shop in Shepherd’s Bush Market during the Windrush years. To then setting up various charities including “The Twinning Project” which works extensively with people in prisons to help them get back on their feet after their sentence is up. The project partners with football and the Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice to help rebuild lives that have had a tough beginning. Trustees include Ian Wright and Dame Sally Coates. In terms of the arts, David was part of “Stage One”, a bursary that works with commercial theatre producers to help their work get made. In the last five years alone they have supported 80 new producer, awarded £430,000 to emerging producers, £320,000 worth of top ups to previous collaborators and created new partnerships to emerging musical theatre presentations. Of course he is most famously known for being the former vice-chairman of the greatest football club in the world, The Arsenal. Being the man who hired Arséne Wenger, winning 18 trophies and guiding us to a season completely undefeated. If that’s not enough, he also received an MBE in recognition of his achievements in 2019.David and I discuss his love for theatre, football and how both can help people in so many ways. You don’t get anywhere unless “you stick your neck out” and never fear “missing the moon because you’ll hit the stars”. Thank you David, such an honour!Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Thank you all for your support!Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning The Uncensored Critic Podcast was heard in over 34 countries in 2024. In the same year streams grew by 39%, listeners increased by 30%, brand new listeners were up by 88% and followers were up 136%. The show has an average rating of 5/5 Stars. Official stats from #SpotifyWrapped 2024. 

Robyn started acting professionally from the age of 14. She has a BA in Performing and Screen Arts from the Unitec School of Performing Arts in Auckland, New Zealand, graduating in 2009. During her time there she studied under Sanford Meisner graduate Michael Saccente. From there she continued her studies at The Neighbourhood Playhouse School of Theatre, otherwise known as The Meisner School in New York. She then returned to New Zealand to complete her post-graduate studies in Journalism from the Auckland University of Technology in 2012. Her acting work, like her studies, have taken her all over the globe. In 2013 she won the Best Female Newcomer at the Sydney Theatre Festival for her one woman show “The South Afreakins” which also enjoyed a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2016. Her show was also named as “The Edinburgh Reporters Pick of the Fringe”leading to a further tour of New Zealand. She moved to London in 2014 where she began working in post-production for television commercials across the UK, Europe and UAE (United Arab Emirates). Then onto teaching at Royal Holloway in the directing faculty, to taking her Meisner workshops to Kingston and Roehampton Universities among many more. On top of all this she is the commander-in-chief of The London Meisner Company, leading workshops across London on Sanford Meisner’s techniques to help actors give the best performance they can. Robyn is one of the brightest and attentive coaches of the Meisner technique so get in touch below to get yourself involved. thelondonmeisnercompany.com@the_london_meisner_companyRobyn’s passion for Meisner and helping actors is unparalleled and this was one of my favourite episodes to record! Thank you again Robyn, until next time!Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Thank you all for your support!Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

The return of Mildred Yuan!Mildred returns to the show to discuss the rise of AI, its impact on the performing arts and how now more than ever, we need to embrace our humanity. Mildred stresses that while AI is amongst us, it is not here to replace you. There are things it can do to help us as she has discovered with her own piece of software “AI Mildred”. Where you can ask it anything from which agent should I sign for? What reputation does this creative team have? To what does this clause in my contract mean?In “The Stage” recently, she wrote about how it can be an effective tool for things like the above. In this conversation she suggests that humans and AI should use this opportunity to get to know each other better. Not give our power away to it, but understand what it can do for us and where we should draw the line. In these changing times I believe it’s important to have these discussions so we know more about what’s coming and not allow anything to replace us. On a lighter note, Mildred and I both stress that no matter how advanced AI is prepared to go, it can never take away our authentic human experience. In her own words, “Let AI be the tool, you be the soul”. Let’s take some time to understand it, whilst also knowing it can’t take away the feeling of being human, having lived experiences, feeling genuine emotions and hearing stories that you simply can’t make up!For access to Mildred’s “Power Hour” sessions on Patreon (£12 a month), her articles in The Stage, “Mildred AI” and how to get in touch, visit her website and Instagram below:@mildredyuanmildredyuan.comGreat to have you back Mildred and for shining a light on this topic. Here’s to next time!Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Thank you all for your support!Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

The return of Cassandra Woodhouse!Cassandra returns to the show to discuss her second outing of Prima Facie and how actors can look after their nervous system. Since our last conversation she has taken Suzie Miller’s play around New Zealand for a second time, making new discoveries and deepening her relationship with the character Tessa. A young lawyer fighting her way into the British justice system from a working class upbringing. Until one night something awful happens to her and she is forced to face the cracks in the establishment she fully believed in. We discuss her new findings of the play, her continuous work with sexual assault charities and some of the latest reactions she’s getting from audiences. In addition to her future with the play, the rewards and benefits of producing a one woman show by yourself and how she implores actors to look after their nervous system. She discusses how performers should prioritise looking after their nervous systems as sometimes it doesn’t know what is real and what isn’t. It doesn’t know that you’re playing someone else’s story and not your own so when you’re tackling big material like Prima Facie, looking after yourself is paramount. ⚠️Trigger warning: This episode contains references to sexual assault⚠️For more information regarding her tour and future endeavours you can see that on the New Zealand Theatre Company website and her Instagram below:nztheatrecompany.com@cassandra_woodhouseThank you again Cassandra, here’s to next time!Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Thank you all for your support!Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

George graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Speech and Drama in 2016 and has many credits to his name across stage and screen.For screen:A Number of Short Films - Open, Re-live, Hangnail and SundowningUnpredictable - Amazon PrimeSpirit Rangers Series 1-3 - NetflixTore - NetflixWeb of LiesFor stage:Taming of the Shrew, Madness in Valencia and The Rover - Richard Burton CompanyBaby and Sold - Park TheatreWendy and Peter Pan - written by Ella Hickson at the Royal Lyceum, EdinburghOne Man Two GuvnorsThe Mousetrap, UK Tour and West EndPresent Laughter and Henry V - Barn TheatreSecond Best, understudying Asa Butterfield (Sex Education, Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) at the Riverside Studios, directed by Michael Longhurst and written by Barney Norris We discuss his understudying role in Second Best, the story of Martin Hill who came second to Daniel Radcliffe while auditioning for Harry Potter. The one man show sees Martin contemplating what life could have been if he had landed the role of a lifetime as he enters a new chapter in his own life, becoming a father. Second Best asks, would life be better if I was famous or was missing out the best thing to happen to me?We discuss George’s time being an understudy, behind the scenes and working alongside Asa on bringing Martin’s story to life. As well as his time on the longest running play in West End history, The Mousetrap. Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Thank you all for your support!Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

Joyce is the founder of “Off Book It” a platform dedicated to helping actors learn lines in a fun and creative way. She’s helped countless actors removing mental blocks and providing great techniques to help them now and in the future. She trained at The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, she is also a three day champion on the game show “Jeopardy” for NBC. Joyce has featured on many Q&A panels including:Actors Breakfast Club DaJuan Johnson’s “Self-Tapes that Book”Blythe Howard’s commercial workshopAnastasia Edward’s “Actor’s Biz”Actor Playbook“Why I’ll Never Make It” Podcast For more information check out her website and Instagram below:Website: https://www.offbookit.comInstagram: @offbookitContact: joyce@offbookit.comGo check out her website for your FREE MASTERCLASS video. For anyone who accesses the masterclass with receive a $100 discount on her courses which also can be found via her website. For any actors listening or watching who want advice on memorisation this one’s for you as we discuss her four part process to making you learn your lines quicker and more effectively. Especially when you’re against the clock!Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Thank you all for your support!Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

Harriet is a writer, producer and performer for stage, screen and radio.The Spectator said of her debut play THE LISTENING ROOM “You emerge with your consciousness altered, your conception of human beings elevated and amplified”. THE LISTENING ROOM transferred from the Old Red Lion to Stratford East and has since been performed at the National Theatre, The Lowry, Theatre Clwyd, Northern Stage and in prisons & psychiatric institutions across the UK. A radio adaptation was created with BBC Radio 4 and nominated for an ARIA in 2020.Harriet’s most recent radio drama THE OTHER TCHAIKOVSKY was shortlisted for a BBC Audio Drama Award in 2021 & a 90 minute film adaptation is now in development with BBC2.Harriet’s first solo show OUTPATIENT premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in 2024 and won the Summerhall Lustrum Award for Unforgettable Theatre.Harriet is currently developing a number of projects for stage and screen. She runs a theatre company, Crowded Room, with whom she was shortlisted for the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award at the Barbican.(This bio courtesy of Independent Talent - https://www.independenttalent.com/writers/harriet-madeley/) Harriet and I discuss how theatre can be so profound and impactful by asking questions that many are scared or uncomfortable to ask. Such as, how does it feel when you’re hit by a life-threatening illness and how does it feel knowing you’re going to die?Her recent show “Outpatient”, which I was lucky to see at the Park Theatre a few weeks ago, tackles these big questions. We meet character “Olive” an aspiring journalist who is struck down with PSC (Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis) a terrible illness for which there is no cure and could end her life either in 10 years or in 10 days. Based on Harriet’s own battle with the same illness, the play is a semi-autobiographical commentary on what life is like living with a disease you don’t know about and what it’ll be like for your loved ones when you’re gone. Harriet is so open and honest, talking about her love for truthful theatre, her journey with the play through the festival circuit and in London as well as her own personal journey with PSC. Thank you so much again Harriet for being so open and being so generous with my questions and of course for your art! I hope you all have the opportunity to catch this play in the future. Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Thank you all for your support!Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

Sarah attended both the Royal Court Young Writer’s and Studio Writer’s Groups programmes and has gone on to become an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. She’s also an alumni of the prestigious “4 Screenwriting” programme and the script she developed with them was picked up by production company Sunny March. An independent film and Tv company led by Benedict Cumberbatch. She was also listed on the BBC’s New Talent Hotlist and chosen from thousands of entries for the BBC Drama Writer’s Programme. Her plays have been produced all over the world and published by Bloomsbury Press, Oberon Books and Samuel French. Her first audio play “Mrs Wickham” starring Jessie Buckley (Chernobyl, Wicked Little Letters) and Johnny Flynn (Motive and the Cue, One Life), directed by Eleanor Rhode became a global success on Audible, winning the 2023 International Audio for Best Original Work. In addition to being selected as one of the iPaper’s 25 Best Audio pieces of all time and is currently being adapted into a feature film. Check out her new audible project “Billionaire For Sale” starring also Johnny Flynn, directed again by Eleanor Rhode, available now!We discuss both her audio projects, her writing process, finding her voice in her writing and what we can expect from her next. Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Thank you all for your support!Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

Gaia is not only a talented actress but writer as well, starring in some of the biggest shows of the last few years, The Witcher (Netflix) and Everything I Know About Love (BBC) to name a couple. She graduated from the University of Cambridge and has been involved in several other projects across stage and screen. Including:For screen:Red, White and Royal BlueShort Film: FerretThe Witcher Series 1-3 - NetflixEverything I Know About Love - BBCFor stage:Her Very Many Faces1984, Wimbledon TheatreThe Trial, KafkaMacbethWatership DownA Midsummer Nights Dream As a writer she has written and starred in her own plays, “Fake It Till You Make It” at the Edinburgh and Camden Fringes. Including her brand new one woman show that will be taking her back to both festivals this year. This one is called “Centre of the Universe”, which previewed at Theatre 503 in London very recently. A story about the impact of social media on the young population and how a TikTok influencer can make them believe they are indeed, the Centre of the Universe. Produced by the great Trish Wadley. I was lucky to see it in previews and it’s a brilliant show accurately documenting the power of social media as well as a fantastic performance from Gaia herself!Tickets for the Edinburgh run on sale now!https://festival.summerhallarts.co.uk/events/centre-of-the-universe/Gaia discusses her writing process, her inspiration for Centre of the Universe, the impact of social media on young people and her time filming The Witcher with Mr Cavill (not bad for her first ever on set experience!). Such a pleasure Gaia, here’s to next time. Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Thank you all for your support!Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

Sarah is an actor, director, producer who’s worked extensively with Off-West End productions. She holds a BA in Social and Political Science from Trinity Hall, Cambridge. As an actress she has worked extensively in theatre including roles at:The Citizens TheatreChichester FestivalSouthwark PlayhouseSalisbury PlayhouseAs a theatre producer, she has been involved in:GOOD BOY, “Timeless” and In Defiance of Gravity at the Edinburgh Fringe, 20241979, Finborough TheatreStitches, Hope TheatreOther works include:Web Series - “Lear Alone” - which won Best Series at the Off West End OnComm Awards 2022Web Series - “Late Night Staring at High Res Pixels” - winner of London Pub Theatre’s Standing Ovation Award for Best Theatre OnlineLeaves, Jermyn Street TheatreScrounger, Finborough, won Best New Play at the Off-West End Awards 2021Look out for her brand new show starring Sarah herself, “Elon Musk: Lost in Space” playing at both the Camden and Edinburgh fringe this year, tickets on sale now!A show looking at the impact of Elon Musk’s technology and what the future holds for us and AI. https://camdenfringe.com/events/elon-musk-lost-in-space/We discuss working on Off-West End projects, getting funding from the Arts Council and her brand new show!Links to more of her work and her process can be found here:https://www.scenesaver.co.uk/production/lear-alone/https://www.londonpubtheatres.com/interview-sarah-lawrieOliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Thank you all for your support!Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

Antonia is one of the most talented actresses around with a multitude of credits and awards to her name. She is the winner of the Best Actress Award at the 2019 London Independent Film Awards, as well as Best Short Film for “Held for A Moment”. Which also won at the Underwire, London Independent and DumboFilm Festivals respectively. Her other work includes:For TV:Letter for the King - NetflixThe DurrellsVictoria Series 2The Bear and Shantaram - Apple TVTheatre:Macbeth Red End The Cherry OrchardMidsummer Nights DreamCaucasian Chalk CircleCinema:Conte AnglaisOperation FinaleThe French DispatchMost recently: Modigliani - Three Days on the Wing of Madness, directed by Johnny Depp. 1916 Paris: A 72 hour insight into the life of celebrated Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, Antonia plays one of the many lovers he had in his life, Beatrice Hastings. A movie that looks not only at Modi’s art, but how you should never sell yourself for it. We discuss her training in the UK, her creative process and how she found Beatrice in Depp’s compelling film. Merci beaucoup Antonia, here’s to next time!Modigliani - Three Days on the Wing of Madness is in UK cinemas now.Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

Tom trained at Rose Bruford and has had an incredible career in the theatre as well as on screen. For screen he has appeared in:Starstruck 2For the BBC: Upstart Crow, The Woman in Red and Doctor WhoStar Wars Episode 7: The Force AwakensCinderella, directed by Ken BranaghMr Turner, directed by Mike Leigh, starring Timothy SpallFor theatre:Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Mischief Theatre CompanyOliver!, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, starring Rowan AtkinsonLes Misérables, Queens Theatre playing Thenardier Matilda, RSCPinter at the PinterCyrano de Bergerac with James McAvoy, directed by Jamie LloydAmadeus, National TheatreThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Donmar WarehouseWaiting for Godot, playing “Lucky” at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, directed by James MacdonaldOne Man, Two Guvnors, UK Tour, West End and Broadway, playing “Alfie”Tom discusses his role in Waiting for Godot and how the play in all its elusiveness still today attracts audiences from far and wide. Considering the fact that nothing happens we talk about how the play can be interpreted in so many different ways. How each audience took something different from it than the other and how it’s ambiguity makes it one of the most celebrated plays of all time. As well as his brilliantly chaotic performance as the waiter, “Alfie”, in the original cast of the hit show One Man, Two Guvnors led by James Corden. Tom talks about how they staged “Alfie’s” helter-skelter actions from being hit by cricket bat to falling down a flight of stairs. All this and much more in this one, thank you Tom!Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

Maria is a writer whose journey into the business started in HR. She attended Pensacola College from 1990 to 2000 obtaining a High School Diploma, since then she gained qualifications from The Open University focussing on Human Resource Management and Services. As well as a Level 5 CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personal Development) certificate. She’s held many positions from Head of HR, HR Manager and Head of HR and Resources totalling six and a half years of experience to date. Into the arts, as a writer she has 4 new pieces of writing out, including rehearsed readings of her plays:Dentures and Desire at the Southwark PlayhouseSkinfluencer at the Rhino TheatreHow to Destroy a Woman, venue TBCTickets are now on sale for her brand new play “Maybe You Should Know” which will be on at the Barons Court Theatre on Friday 22nd and Sunday 24th August as part of the Camden Fringe, directed by my brother Adam.Get your tickets here: https://offwestend.com/listing/maybe-you-should-know/ or via Instagram @maybeyoushouldknowtheplayMaria discusses her training at the Bridge Theatre Training Company, finding theatricality in everything (including HR!) and themes that make up her new play. From breaking generational trauma, to finding a new home in a foreign land to loving your children with your whole heart. Great discussion for any aspiring writers out there!Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Instagram: Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

Imogen is a movement director and artist working with the body with choreography, connectivity and somatic movement. She works across a number of mediums from theatre, Film and TV, classical and electronic music, performance and visual art, photography and opera. Musically, she’s worked with some of the brightest minds in the industry such as the London Sinfonietta, Southbank Sinfonia, London Contemporary Orchestra, Matthew Herbert, Keeley Forsyth, Anna Phoebe and Isobel Waller-Bridge. As well as the English National Opera (ENO) and many others. As a movement director she’s been involved in:Look Back in Anger, Almeida most recentlyUnder Milk Wood, National starring Michael SheenLes Blancs, National, starring Elliot Cowan and Danny SapaniKing Lear, Almeida, starring Danny Sapani and Faith OmoleThe Crucible, Old Vic, directed by Yaël FarberFor TV:Harlots, ITVPatrick Melrose, Sky Atlantic starring Benedict CumberbatchCall the Midwife, Hollow Crown, BBCChernobyl, HBO & Sky Atlantic - and much more!Imogen discusses her process as movement director, how each performer has a unique way of moving and her time working on the smash-hit series Chernobyl. A superb drama documenting how reactor 4 at the Chernobyl power plant exploded in 1986 and the ways in which the Soviet Union tried its best to cover it up. Starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Jessie Buckley and Laura Elphinstone. In addition, her time working on The Crucible at the Old Vic, particularly through the intense Act 3 of the play where the girls conduct their “victory dance” in the court. A great conversation about how she works with actors across different mediums and the best way to communicate without any words at all. Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Early Morning.

Naarah (pronounced Nay-ah-rah), is originally from Australia and has been working in the industry down under for several years across multiple platforms. Those include, musical theatre, songwriting, content creation and hosting the National Radio Show “The Musical Show” on ABC (Australian Broadcasting Co-operation).She was also Young Australian of the Year for 2024. After a few years in Australia she moved to London to attend the prestigious Royal Academy of Music. During that time she appeared in the recent Lyric Hammersmith production of “Our Country’s Good” by Timberlake Wertenbaker. A play that looked the mass exile of prisoners to Australia in the 1780s and the impact it had on its cultural landscape. Widely considered one of the greatest plays of our time. She was praised for her voice giving “weight to the story and an insight from the Earth, land, water, air and the Indigenous communities. Her voice, soft and lyrical, is a welcome relief when she wafts on stage to share an entirely different language and truth” (review by Nilgün Yusuf). As well as this she has appeared in:We Will Rock YouInto the WoodsCome From AwayRocky Horror Picture ShowDeadloch - Amazon PrimeThe Sunshine Club among many more!We discuss her time at the Royal Academy of Music, moving to London, the impact of “Our Country’s Good” and our mutual love of Australia!Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

Theresa began her training at a young age at the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School followed by the Guildford School of Acting. Her credits include:Bridgerton as Lady Hood EastEndersAvenue 5Motherland Critical Law and OrderOutnumberedAnd, Silk, to name a few, Other than that she also an accomplished writer, producer and activist. Her main point of attention is spreading awareness of Parental Alienation and the coercive control of children and have it criminalised. As well as fix the current state of the family court system. Highlighted in her own short film “The Stranger I Love” which is based on her own experience of Parental Alienation. She is currently producing another short film “Fire Lily” alongside the two time Academy Award winning producer Kim Magnusson and working on adapting “The Stranger I Love” into a TV series. Including another short called “Belonging” set to be shot in Southern Ireland.If you’re able, please donate to her Stranger I Love crowd funder so more people can see the film and spread the word about this terrible form of child abuse and how it needs to stop. Link to it is below:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tsil-finishingfundTheresa is such a brave and powerful soul and one I am very thankful to call my friend. Thank you for listening in to this episode to hear not only about making films but how he can wipe out alienation altogether.⚠️Trigger warning: This episode discusses issues relating to child abuse and self-harm⚠️Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

Oliver is an actor with an immense amount of experience in the theatre.He trained at East 15 and was recently part in the Olivier-Nominated play “Now, I See” at Stratford East, a play that he called one of the most profound experiences in his career. His other theatre credits include:All of Us, National Theatre, dir. Ian RicksonDr Strangelove, West End with Steve CooganMidsummer Night’s Dream, Young VicNow, I See, Stratford East amongst many more.He also has appeared in:MisfitsLovesick - NetflixThe Bay - ITVCollateral - BBC written by David Hare, starring alongside Carey MulliganRings of Power - Amazon Prime Wonder Woman 1984, dir. Patty JenkinsAmongst several short films. Oliver discusses his recent roles in “Dr StrangeLove” with the challenges and rewards of making comedy with Steve Coogan, to the profound impact “Now, I See” had not only on him but the audience as well. Including his unique process as an actor, how he believes an actor should prepare for the first day of rehearsal and what people can expect from him next. Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

Audrey is an award-winning UK and International freelance director with a passion for new work. Committed to making theatre that is rigorous, ambitious and above all else, truthful. She studied Psychology and Anthropology followed by a an MSc in Medical Anthropology. Theatre-wise she trained for three years alongside the late Sam Kogan in London and Moscow. Before continuing her directorial training at the Young Vic, King’s Head Theatre and workshops at the National Theatre and the RSC, one with the legendary Peter Brook. She also co-facilitated the National’s New Views program for new writers at the National and a panelist on the Women’s Prize for Playwriting. Her work has earned her a Best Director Finalist place for the Off West End awards 2017/18 and the Arts Foundation Awards 2018. Other credits as a director include:Six Artist’s in Search for an Author - Almeida Perspective - NationalJews. In their own Words - Royal Court with Jonathan FreelandAssociate Director on Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre in London dir. Justin MartinCatch also her work on video games, she’s worked with companies such as Ubisoft, Amazon Game Studios, CD Projekt RED and Kuno.Audrey and I discuss how theatre is a great instrument in storytelling as well as speaking our truth. Truth about our lives, politics, behaviours and our place in the universe. I was fascinated to hear about how she wants to make theatre truthful and what projects she has worked on and will work on in the future will be able to achieve that. Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

Sam is an actress from the Midwest  with roots in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Illinois. She graduated from Missouri State University with a degree in Theatre and Mass Media, before then travelling to LA to pursue her acting career.For those listening in from the USA she has been heard in voiceovers, seen commercials and booked several roles in TV and Films. Her biggest hit to date was the film “Followed”, winning Sam a Burbank Film Festival Best Actress Nomination and became the number 1 movie at the US box office for several weeks. Other credits include:Borsch Legacy for AmazonThe Orville for HuluSam’s main body of work other than acting, is her podcast “One Broke Actress” available on all podcast platforms. A show dedicated to documenting the real-life tasks and tribulations of being a working actor in the 21st Century. Sam and I talk about her journey into the business, a trip from LA to Atlanta for a Netflix call-back, how actors can keep themselves busy during quiet spells and how there’s more to life chasing success. Check out her Instagram and her website for more information on her Side Hustle Academy and where you can get her podcast:onebrokeactress.comGET YOURSELF A FREE WEBINAR ON SIDE HUSTLES - hosted by Sam and Gabrielle, get it below:https://event.webinarjam.com/register/2/1190nfyOliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning