Drama School Dropout – Details, episodes & analysis

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Ryan Dean! We chat about Ackley Bridge, setting birthday precedents in rehearsal rooms, being inspired by Billy Elliot, starting ballet and eventually being cast as Billy in the West End, becoming the new face of an established TV show, getting stuck in a role, drama school scams, failed stand up, theatre etiquette, Ryan’s favourite Ackley Bridge scenes and our maths skills are called into question.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Ryan Dean

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Ryan's Instagram: @itsryandean

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout it's the podcast's FOURTH birthday! I am joined by the amazing, George Sampson! We chat about Waterloo Road, Britain’s Got Talent, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, the current audition drought, Brassic, how winning Britain’s Got Talent has been slightly detrimental to George’s acting career, working with Lorraine Stanley, doing panto, the final ever Gavin and Stacey, starting as a busker, paying off his mum’s mortgage at age fourteen, travelling to work by helicopter, killing Mr Clarkson, working with, meeting Beyonce, George’s love/hate relationship with his Singing In The Rain remix, vibrating cock rings, missing cues and our most embarrassing school moments.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: George Sampson

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble

George's Instagram: @georgesampson

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

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 Taylor, coming back to film the series finale of Orange Is The New Black, meeting the real Yoga Jones and dodgy fake tans. 

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Constance Shulman

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Joel Montague. We chat about fans thinking they have ownership of people’s private lives, trying to make waves in the industry, Dance Moms, perceived nepotism, being a bumblebee, being bribed with fruit pastilles, the King’s Chest, breaking into Drama School, getting big roles, CV’s and headshots at Showcase, Gemma Collins, working at Hamilton, stealing from sets, working with Zoë Wanamaker, being an actor when COVID hit being happy and the engagement story to end all engagement stories.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Joel Montague

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Joel's Instagram & Twitter: @joelmontague10

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing John McCrea. We chat about singing his first solo in school, how we both got into acting, self tapes, smoking behind Drama School, Ben Mitchell going from camp to gangster, your loved ones watching you act, soaps up and down the country, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, getting fired from a cruise ship, the very first workshops for Jamie, working with Michelle Visage, taking momentos from shows, going from the stage show to the film adaptation, The Jamie Legacy, Heartstopper, our dream dinner parties and venturing into Toryland.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: John McCrea

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Paul Bazely. We chat about filming in Belgrade, sending an audition up into smoke, our manifestations for 2023, growing up in South East London, being from a working class background, studying Drama at Manchester Met, being rebellious, not paying for Drama School, tutors wandering around in kilts, undermining the ensemble, auditioning for Benidorm, how subversive Benidorm was, the crazy nights out, doing the YMCA, the show coming back, doing a one night two hander, playing Ghandi, taking out adverts in programmes to break up with people in the show and working on Pirates of the Caribbean.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Paul Bazely

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Paul's Instagram: @paulbazely

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It's the final Drama School Dropout of 2022 and I am joined by the amazing Gabrielle Monica Hughes. I open up about anxiety and we chat about the end of the second year of Drama School Dropout, the impact of Glee, the prospect of bragging, networking, showcases, Drama School Incest, break ups, half arsed auditions, getting her first big job on Two Doors Down, having the press write articles about you, ‘The Time Machine’ and getting paid to sleep.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Gabrielle Monica Hughes

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Gabrielle's Instagram: @gabriellemonicahughes

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Vanessa Hehir. We chat about the thought of giving up acting, joining Coronation Street, lucky cats, being a covid back up, playing Mary twice, our issues with Drama School, bad agents, playing Jimmy Saville, killing family members off, orgasming over clothes, working on Waterloo Road, bribing producers with cake, bullying and formal complaints at Waterloo Road, nearly killing dogs, falling over on the Coronation Street cobbles, working on Heartbeat, being on the Four Screenwriting Programme and writing TV scripts.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Vanessa Hehir

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Vanessa's Instagram: @vanessahehir81

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Jared Garfield. We chat about the famed forty degree day, Scottish Independence, transitioning to a post covid way of navigating the industry, self taping, expectations of the industry, performing Shakespeare at Windsor Castle, studying at ArtsEd, going too far in a class exercise, working on The Unreturning with Frantic Assembly, singing, naked chess games and working on Hollyoaks.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Jared Garfield

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Jared's Instagram: @jaredgarfield

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This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Kelly Schumann. We chat about growing up as a dancer, the Bridgerton Musical, coping with people using your intellectual property, going to Drama School in New York City, a Drama School sitcom, getting ghosted, the Yes/No button, getting the job on Superstore, networking tips, driving from day jobs to dream jobs, a possible Superstore reunion, filming on the Universal lot, working with Betty White and TV shows ending before they get terrible.

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Host: Ingram Noble

Guest: Kelly Schumann

Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble

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Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble

Kelly's Instagram: @thatkellymarie

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