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Well. What a 7 months it has been since we last spoke...

I've been wanting to record an episode like this for the longest, but for the longest I haven't felt fully able to speak on my experiences this year. Even this is only scratching the surface of what I have learned recently, but listen up if you're keen for some insights on:
- Overnight success vs overnight exposure
- What it means to be a "working actor"
- Doing the work of letting go

I hope you enjoy the episode! For those of you who prefer to watch their podcasts, you can also catch this episode on YouTube by clicking here.

Let me know what you think over on the ITR Instagram page 💛

It’s the first day of Spring y’all & it’s also 🎉MY BIRTHDAY! 🎉 To honour *finally* entering the last year of my 20s, I wanted to share 29 things I have learned as an actor so far: 

1. Everything passes
2. If you ever need the toilet on set ask to go for a “10-1” (ten, one)
3. You can feel so alone sometimes, but all actors want to be seen. None of us is alone in that
4. The nerves never go away
5. Things happen in the time they are supposed to
6. Collaboration is the true gift of this industry
7. There is no such thing as a bad offer in a rehearsal space
8. No one will give a sh*t about that hair that’s out of place in your headshot
9. Nothing is ever as it seems, be open to everything
10. An agent should feel like a teammate
11. Being an actor is the best job in the world, but it’s not the most interesting thing about you
12. Downstage means the front of the stage. Upstage means the back of the stage
13. Being number 1 on the call sheet is a huge honour but an immense responsibility
14. Be kind to everyone. Not because you don’t know where they’ll end up, but because you don’t want to be an a$$hole
15. That thing you’re struggling with now will seem so easy one day soon comparatively
16. Direction is not a personal attack, take it
17. Fretting about an audition won’t change the outcome
18. There are worse things than being ‘out of work’
19. This is a people business and some of the most amazing people are in this business
20. Touring is gruelling, pack a solid survival kit of home comforts
21. No one ever misses a job because they took a holiday
22. You might have to miss a holiday to take a job though
23. You always have more to learn about the craft of acting
24. The work you make with friends is the best kind
25. There is no shame in working a muggle job
26. Every life experience you have is preparing you for some role, someday
27. A great teacher/mentor is invaluable
28. You deserve to be in every audition you’re called in for
29. Life is short, don’t neglect the other parts

Have a beautiful week! And some cake - we celebratin' x

This week, I have been thinking a lot about balance and more specifically, the choices I (and all of us) get to make around the prioritisation of our time. After all, she really is the most precious resource we all have...

In Making Our Way this week I am addressing a question from the In The Room (coaching) Instagram Q+A a few weeks ago, about how I spend my time when I am not working (on an acting job). A valuable and complimentary topic for this week's time focus.

Do you have a topic idea for a future Making Our Way segment? Email it over to: itrpod@stepintotheroom.co.uk or join the Friday Q+A on the Instagram stories of my coaching business for Actors, In The Room (@ITRcoaching).

Podcast social details: www.instagram.com/itrpod

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Just as I had hoped it would be, the move into the new house this week has brought with it the freshest of fresh starts, with the priority this week being mental space, nourishment and clarity (even if only on what to get more clarity on...).

As such, I haven't done a single thing that was acting-related. Instead, I have mostly been pouring myself into my life coaching diploma and thus, myself. I can't wait for you to share in the observations I have gained from doing that!

In Making Our Way this week I am addressing a question from the In The Room (coaching) Instagram Q+A this week, about knowing if you have found the "right" agent for you, but more widely, trusting in your inner compass more to guide you along your journey of what is "right" and "wrong" for you...

Do you have a topic idea for a future Making Our Way segment? Email it over to: itrpod@stepintotheroom.co.uk or join the weekly Friday Q+A on the Instagram stories of my coaching business for Actors, In The Room (@ITRcoaching).

Podcast social details: www.instagram.com/itrpod

Thank you to our sponsors, London Nootropics. You can get 15% off any of London Nootropics' awesome adaptogenic coffee for yourself now, using the voucher code 'adelej' exclusively at www.londonnootropics.com0

Well, this week's episode might feel like it has nothing to do with pursuing an acting career... but in that way that there is no acting without the actor, it has everything to do with it!

As I make (yet another) move to a new home this weekend, it feels only right to open up about my long-standing wrestle with depression - something which has been very prevalent in the time I have spent in the home I am leaving - and my subsequent love of new starts. Plus, hear my tribute to my album of the year: 'This Is What I Mean' by Stormzy. It has all at once personally shattered and creatively inspired me beyond measure.

In Making Our Way this week I am addressing a question from the In The Room (coaching) Instagram Q+A about being seen regularly by the same casting director, because I feel this question actually speaks to a wider trap that I myself am guilty of falling into - creating problems where they don't exist...

Do you have a topic idea for a future Making Our Way segment? Email it over to: itrpod@stepintotheroom.co.uk or join the weekly Friday Q+A on the Instagram stories of my coaching business for Actors, In The Room (@ITRcoaching).

Podcast social details: www.instagram.com/itrpod

Thank you to our sponsors, London Nootropics. You can get 15% off any of London Nootropics' awesome adaptogenic coffee for yourself now, using the voucher code 'adelej' exclusively at www.londonnootropics.com

A few weeks ago when I was still on tour, I had the good fortune of being able to sit down with my good friend, Vincent Jerome.

Vincent Jerome is a London-based artist with a degree in Performing Arts from London Metropolitan University. Since working in theatre venues, he has acted in films such as Transformers: The Last Knight and Wonder Woman 1984. He has written, produced and starred in two award-winning short films and has various upcoming film and TV roles including a lead role in the BBC revival of beloved school drama Waterloo Road. Vincent is an advocate for diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry and recently became an ambassador for the Anna Fiorentini Performing Arts School for young people based in East London.

In this episode, we chat all about Vince's come-up in the industry from independent filmmaking and theatre, via his approach to developing characters, owning every role and working with industry family; to the point that he is at right now: soon to air as one of the leads, Deputy Head Lindon King, in the upcoming reboot of Waterloo Road (BBC). I hope you will enjoy hearing him speak on his experience of being an Actor as much as I did!

You can follow Vincent Jerome on social media at:
Instagram: @vincent_jerome_
Twitter: @vincent_jerome_

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This week has been a big week for me... started with a blue tick, included a meaningful heart-to-heart with my agent, and finished with our final performances of The Importance of Being Earnest UK tour!

By all accounts, its been a great week, albeit surprising in places. As always, there is much to take away from it all.

Do you have a topic idea for a future Making Our Way segment? Email it over to: itrpod@stepintotheroom.co.uk

Social details: www.instagram.com/itrpod

Thank you to our sponsors, London Nootropics. You can get 15% off any of London Nootropics' awesome adaptogenic coffee for yourself now, using the voucher code 'adelej' exclusively at www.londonnootropics.com

This week I have been slapped around the face by the anniversary of some very big life changes. It has had me reflecting on what it has been like to survive personally and thrive professionally throughout a tough grieving process.

If you would like to talk to anyone about anything you are struggling with, please visit checkout Papyrus - a charity for the prevention of young suicide, or Samaritans, who are both FREE to contact by phone or email.

I also had the good fortune of watching a West End show last week before we moved into The Rose Theatre Kingston for the final two weeks of The Importance of Being Earnest. I have come away with some observations about being on the other side of the curtain whilst in the middle of a show run.

Thank you to my In The Room (coaching) client for inspiring this week's Making Our Way segment: trusting your auditions and being ready for work.

Do you have a topic idea for a future Making Our Way segment? Email it over to: itrpod@stepintotheroom.co.uk

Social details: www.instagram.com/itrpod

Thank you to our sponsors, London Nootropics. You can get 15% off any of London Nootropics' awesome adaptogenic coffee for yourself now, using the voucher code 'adelej' exclusively at www.londonnootropics.com

This week I sat down with a very good friend I made earlier this year filming in Morocco - the awesome actress, Kaysha Woollery (she/her).

Kaysha is a London-based actor. With over a decade's acting experience, she has worked with a range of notable companies, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, National Theatre Scotland, The Young Vic, The Bush, Lyric Hammersmith, and The Old Vic. She recently starred as Chantelle Fry in an episode of Doctors, which is available to watch NOW on BBC iPlayer: click here to watch Kaysha's episode of Doctors on iPlayer!

Kaysha is frank, funny and oh so talented and I am so excited for you to hear her very refreshing perspective on both the industry and her own career. Enjoy!

You can follow Kaysha Woollery on social media at:
Instagram: @kayshawoollery
Twitter: @kayshawoollery

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This week I am coming to you from gorgeous Los Angeles, California! However, and perhaps contrary to expectation, I am here purely for pleasure this week visiting friends and taking a well-needed/deserved holiday break from touring The Importance of Being Earnest around the UK. I have made absolutely no business engagements whatsoever for the time I am out here and having already done a lot of the tourist-y things in LA on my last trip here years ago, this time around I have relished the unique opportunity to view LA from a much more local perspective and get a sense of what it might be like to actually live here one day. Here are my findings...

Do you have a topic idea for a future Making Our Way segment? Email it over to: itrpod@stepintotheroom.co.uk

Social details: www.instagram.com/itrpod

Thank you to our sponsors, London Nootropics. You can get 15% off any of London Nootropics' awesome adaptogenic coffee for yourself now, using the voucher code 'adelej' exclusively at www.londonnootropics.com