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Starving ArtistsEP#35 - Adam Scott-RowleyAdam is a multidisciplinary artist whose work transcends traditional theatrical boundaries, inhabiting a fluid space between live art and physical theatre. With a bold avant-garde aesthetic, Adam’s work explores themes of compassion and existentialism, challenging audiences to confront deeper emotional truths in unexpected ways.Adam trained at The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and works as an actor, writer, director, and teacher. As a theatre practitioner, Adam teaches at The Danish National School of Performing Arts, where he developed and directs his methodology, ‘The Sensitised Theatre.’ He has taught at a range of institutions, includ...2025-05-121h 35Starving ArtistsEP#34 - Kerry ShaleKerry Shale is a Canadian actor, VoiceOver artist, writer and podcast co-host. His career spans more than 4 decades and includes theatre work at The National, The Almeida, The Hampstead, The Donmar Warehouse, The Royal Court among others. Selected credits on screen include Yentl, The Trip, Wednesday, The Sandman, Patrick Melrose and many many more. He is a prolific VoiceOver actor, as well as co-host of the podcast 'Is it Rolling Bob?' - a podcast about the life and work of Bob Dylan.
Among other subjects Kerry and I discussed Wallace Shawn, BOB DYLAN (!), reframing your artistic...2024-12-263h 01Starving ArtistsEP#33 - Theo Toksvig-StewartTheo Toksvig-Stewart is an internationally produced, multi-award nominated writer for stage, screen, and radio. He is a BAFTA Connect member, and an alumnus of the BBC Writersroom Drama Room, and the Minack Emerging Playwright programme. His first play 'Endless Second', which blew me away when I first saw at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019, was nominated for the Holden Street Theatre Award and the Sit Up Award at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe. The play's adaptation for BBC Radio 4 was featured in the Observer, Sunday Times, and Mail on Sunday's Pick of the Week and received a special mention at...2024-12-041h 38Starving ArtistsEP#31 - My Mate Got Nominated For a BAFTA - with Leah HarveyThis week I am delighted to introduce actor, songwriter, BAFTA Nominee, and old friend of mine from our drama school days - Leah Harvey.Since graduating from LAMDA in 2016, Leah has gone from strength to strength, appearing both on our screens, as well as on some of the biggest stages in this country and abroad. Some of her credits include: Fighting with My Family (Channel 4 Films), Sweetpea (Sky), Foundation (Apple TV), Les Miserables (BBC), As You Like It (Soho Place), Small Island (The National), Emilia (The Globe) and The Donmar's Shakespeare Trilogy.I am so proud of...2024-11-121h 51Starving ArtistsEP#29 - The Way, Awakening & Sharing Poetry - with Henry ShukmanI will simply say that this is one of the most insightful, interesting and wonderful conversations I’ve ever had the privilege of being a part of.
Henry Shukman is a poet, writer and - more prominently in the last few decades - a zen Buddhist master. Henry runs the Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He wrote his first book at the age of 19, subsequently publishing several award books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. His work has been included in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Guardian, The Sunday Times and Th...2024-09-231h 24Starving ArtistsEP#28 - The 'Reservoir', Working with Bon Iver & The Australian Music Scene - with GordiI am delighted to introduce Gordi to the podcast this week. Gordi (born Sophie Peyton) is an Australian singer-songwriter whose music I describe as 'a punch to the heart', in the best way possible.
Gordi has had an unbelievable career so far, in a relatively short space of time. Her debut album Reservoir is a particular favourite of mine. Her debut single Can We Work It Out was featured on the Vampire Diaries, her 2017 single Heaven I Know was featured on the tenth season of The Walking Dead. She also co-wrote the theme song for the Oscar-nominated...2024-09-091h 17Starving ArtistsEP#27 - Redefining Success, Abuse in the Arts & The 98% Podcast - with Alexa MordenI am thrilled to have Alexa Morden on the podcast this week. Alexa is an actor, writer, podcaster and coach, and you may know her as the co-host of the brilliant The 98% Podcast, which was a real inspiration for me to start this podcast, so thank you Alexa for that!
Alexa is a shining light in an industry that can often be dark and difficult. Her work in exposing industry malpractice, as well as championing and supporting voices of those who have been mistreated has taken courage, determination and hard work. I am thrilled to have her...2024-08-272h 00Starving ArtistsEP#26 - Dark Night of the Soul - BONUS EP#1Hello there, today I bring you something a little different. From this point forwards these bonus episodes will only be available to our lovely Tier 2 Patreon subscribers, but I wanted to give you all the chance to listen to the first bonus episode to see if it's something you enjoy enough to subscribe to Tier 2.
This week I talk about The Blindboy Podcast, Irish art and culture, my Dublin accent, Colin Farrell, Tom Waits, ASMR, 'bad' singing voices, ego within art, and my struggles with ego death and the Dark Night of the Soul.
Art...2024-08-191h 07Starving ArtistsTom Bright - EP#25This week I welcome the talented, genuine and generous Tom Bright onto the podcast. Tom is a musician and songwriter, who has gone from strength to strength since his debut album Self-Service Checkout in 2020. Since then he has gone on to feature on the One Show, BBC Radio 2, BBC 5 Live, Radio X, as well performing at iconic venues and festivals such as the London Palladium, Shepherd's Bush Empire and Glastonbury Festival. As well as playing his own headline shows throughout Europe, he has also supported The Libertines, The Leisure Society, Mystery Jets, Tom Grennan and Reverend & The Makers, to...2024-07-201h 13Starving ArtistsRosa Hesmondhalgh - EP#24Rosa is an actor and writer whose plays include Madame Ovary, premiering at the Pleasance in Edinburgh in 2019, before going on to run at Vault Festival in 2020.
As an actor she has worked with Hull Truck, The Arcola, Wildchild Productions and on multiple UK Tours, as well as for the BBC and Netflix, about to appear in the upcoming series of Bridgerton.
Rosa was a beautiful guest to get to sit down and chat to. Her resilience, humour and kindness are palpable and it was a joy to sit down with her and have this...2024-04-171h 36Starving ArtistsAdvice from an Acting Mentor & Coach - with Charlotte Thornton - EP#23This week we welcome acting mentor and career coach Charlotte Thornton to the podcast.
Charlotte trained at Mountview and after graduating without an agent, she worked primarily in Fringe Theatre before an encounter with a career coach specifically in LA changed the trajectory of her career.
After going on to appear on the West End and at The National Theatre, Charlotte has gone on to coach actors at every stage of their career. Her wisdom and advice was so good to hear and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.
2024-04-031h 23Starving ArtistsShelby Flannery - EP#22This week we welcome actor Shelby Flannery to the podcast. Shelby is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Shelby trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and has gone on to appear on stage and screen in The 100, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, FBI: Most Wanted, and short film Together, as well as working with Krymov Lab in New York. She stars in the film 'April', that will be coming soon in 2024.
Art of the Week:
Simone Leigh (artist) - Shelby's pick
Belfast (film) - Dan's pick
Artist Spotlight of the...2024-03-201h 51Starving ArtistsEmmanuel Olusanya - EP#21This week I am delighted to introduce to the podcast the incredible Emmanuel Olusanya. Emmanuel is an actor, musician and podcast host. Since graduating from LAMDA Emmanuel has released three singles: Runnin' (2022), Let's Go (2022), La tete dans les etoiles (2023), and last year he released his debut EP 'Genre Pending'.
He has also appeared in Phaedra at the National Theatre, as well as Eastenders on your tellybox, and theatre credits for the King's Head Theatre, Proforca Theatre, Terra Nova Productions and Hammerpuzzle.
He is also a co-host of The Crunchtime...2024-03-061h 29Starving ArtistsAndrea von Kampen - #EP20We are back with a bang for 2024! I am so honoured to welcome Andrea von Kampen to the podcast this week. Andrea is an American musician who has been likened to Nick Drake by The New York Times. She has worked with some of the finest folk musicians working today, including The Tallest Man on Earth, Punch Brothers, Anais Mitchell's band Bonny Light Horsemen, Lief Vollebekk and many others.
After releasing a handful of EP's she released her debut 'Old Country' in 2019, following it up in 2021 with the album 'That Spell'. Her new album 'Sister Moon' will...2024-02-211h 46Starving ArtistsThe Drama School Dropouts - with Ella Mitchell EP#19This week I welcome a guest who has a very special place in my heart. When I had to step away from drama school in 2015, I had a year before I returned and it was the darkest period of my life. Ella had left the same drama school due to similar mental health reasons in 2014 and her love, care and guidance may have saved my life. She gave me hope again and I gained a truly special friend, and for that I will always be grateful to her.
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Starving ArtistsS2E4 - The Drama School Dropouts - with Ella Mitchell EP#19This week it is my pleasure to welcome my wonderful friend and fellow drama school dropout Ella Mitchell on to Starving Artists. Ella and I trained at LAMDA together, however due to struggles with mental health at the time, we each had to drop out at different times. Ella is a truly special person to me, as she was a real rock to me when I had to step away from drama school and I think her care and love was one of the things that may have saved me during that very dark time in my life. I...2023-08-141h 13
Starving ArtistsS2E3 - Girls! Girls! Girls! - EP#18We hope you are enjoying Season 2 thus far, and we want to thank the people who have supported the podcast this week. They know who they are and we are supremely grateful and we hope with continued support we can take the podcast a step further, get it as filmed content as well as audio and widen our list of guests. Thank you, Thank you!
If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us then please visit https://www.patreon.com/user?u=30855788 to become a monthly Patreon supporter, or if you...2023-08-0753 minStarving ArtistsSeparating the Art From the Artist - with Lewis Shepherd (musician) - EP#15This week Daniel and Lewis discuss some responses to our King of Biscuits Episode, cancel culture, Guinness, the guitarist Slash and if it's possible to separate the art from the artist. We'd also like to thank you for helping us get to over 1,000 downloads. If you enjoy this podcast as much as we enjoy making it, then please consider supporting us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=30855788) or Buy Me a Coffee (buymeacoffee.com/starvingart). For more info and the Starving Artists Blog please visit www.starvingartistspod.com.
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Starving ArtistsStanley Morgan - EP#14This week I am delighted to share with you all the conversation I had with Stanley Morgan. Stanley trained at LAMDA and since graduating is known for I Used to Be Famous, The Sandman and Argylle. It was a real pleasure to talk to him and I think you're all really going to get a lot from this one. I want to thank Stanley for his openness, honesty and passion for his craft.
Art of the Week: A Meditation on Grief by Cardinal Basil Hume - Stanley's pick
Consolations by David Whyte (poetry collection...2023-05-222h 01
Starving ArtistsGeorgie Bailey - EP#13This week we welcome the supremely talented Georgie Bailey to Starving Artists. George is a playwright, poet, producer and co-founder of Chewboy Productions. I have always admired Georgie as a writer since seeing the wonderfully surreal 'Tethered'. Not only is his work moving, truthful and often absurd (in the best of ways!), but I think he challenges the conventions and form of theatre itself in many of his pieces. His next project is 'these words that'll linger like ghosts till the day I drop down dead' at The Pleasance Theatre, Islington and I'M IN IT!! Please come along and...2023-05-151h 23Starving ArtistsThe Dream Band Line-Up - with Lewis Shepherd (musician) - EP#12This week Daniel and Lewis share with you their picks for the dream rock band, plus some honourable mentions.
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Starving ArtistsVermonty Python - with Gianna Kiehl - EP#11This week we grace your earholes from the beautiful Charlotte, Vermont. I spent ten days here and was struck by the natural beauty, the open and kind nature of the people and how Vermont might be the best kept secret the USA has to offer. Joining me this week is friend of the podcast and native Vermonter Gianna Kiehl. I was in a rather difficult headspace when we had this conversation, but I think it produced a really great conversation between two friends.
If you enjoy this podcast then please consider supporting us on Patreon, it helps...2023-05-011h 26Starving ArtistsA Spiritual Path to Creativity - with Michael Defilippis - EP#10Welcome back, as we start the second half of season one. This week I am honoured to have been talking to the wonderful Michael Defilippis. Michael is an actor living in Brooklyn, New York. He trained at LAMDA and has worked extensively in theatre. However, most of our discussion falls on the topics of God, the ego, the nature of the mind and consciousness, spiritual awakenings, plus a whole realm of other topics. Michael's story is very unique and I hope you get as much from listening to this as I got from chatting to him.
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