Justine Clarke
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Dec 23, 2024•33 min•Season 4Ep. 15
An Actor Survives
This podcast digs deep into Australia's most creative minds, to uncover the tools you need to survive being an actor.
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Genevieve Hegney
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Dec 18, 2024•46 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Daniel Monks
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Nov 26, 2024•57 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Huw Higginson and Hannah Waterman
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Nov 11, 2024•52 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Drew Livingston
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Nov 04, 2024•58 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Sheanna Parker Russon
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Oct 28, 2024•58 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Sarah Furnari
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Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Brandon McClelland
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Oct 07, 2024•53 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Darren Gilshenan
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Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Lauren Jimmieson Craig & Anthony Craig
Send us a text Lauren Jimmieson Craig & Anthony Craig are two multi-talented Australian performers. Having first met when they studied together at the Queensland Conservatorium, both Lauren and Anthony have led successful careers both together and separately. Lauren has appeared on stage in the international tour of ‘Paw Patrol’, serving as both a performer and the Associate Choreographer - she was also recently seen onstage in the stage productions of 'Cinderella' and 'Elvis'. Anthony was r...
Sep 23, 2024•53 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Guy Edmonds
Send us a text Guy Edmonds is an Australian artist who is proof that life in the creative industry can take many different paths. As well as being a talented actor with over 50 credits on stage and screen, he is also an Emmy Award winning writer and director who has had two TV series commissioned by the ABC. In this chat Guy discusses the rollercoaster of triumphs and struggles that he has faced throughout his career. In doing so, he speaks about the importance of building life experience as an ...
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Wendi Lanham
Send us a text Wendi Lanham is an Australian creative with many talents. Starting young in her professional creative career as an actor and model, she later added presenting and producing to her professional skill set. A true advocate for helping others thrive in the creative industry, she now spends her time mixing her acting talent with business acumen as both a freelance performing artist and the General Manager at Creative Plus Business. In this chat, Wendi speaks about finding ways to contr...
Sep 09, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Carissa Lee
Send us a text Carissa Lee is a talented and multi-faceted Noongar actor based in Naarm, Melbourne. Since graduating from Flinders Drama Centre, she has made her mark across film, television and theatre. Most recently, she appeared as Principal Cruz in ABC’s ‘Planet Lulin’, and has also performed with Melbourne Theatre Company, the Malthouse Theatre, and State Theatre Company of South Australia. More than just an actor, however, she also completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne in which ...
Sep 02, 2024•47 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Charles Wu
Send us a text Charles Wu is an Australian actor, writer and musician who has been building a strong career for himself across both the stage and screen. Perhaps best known for his role on screen as Ken Liu in ‘Doctor Doctor’ Charles has also regularly treaded the boards with some of Australia’s most respected theatre companies including Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Belvoir St. Theatre, and most recently the State Theatre Company of South Australia. In this chat, he talks a...
Aug 26, 2024•58 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Alexandra Jensen
Send us a text Alexandra Jensen is an AACTA-nominated Australian actress who you may recognise from her television roles in ‘Talk To Me’, ‘Frayed’, ‘Amazing Grace’ and ‘The Messenger’. In this chat, soon after her debut performance in a play in London play, she talks about learning on the job, navigating the highs and lows of acting, battling imposter syndrome, and the importance of asking questions when building a creative career. Support the show...
Aug 19, 2024•49 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Rose Marel
Send us a text Introducing Rose Marel - an Aussie actor living and working in Canada! If you have ever wanted to give that move a go - listen to how Rose did (and is doing!) it. When in Sydney she produced a film company called Chimera Storm Productions, and starred in a play called 'Tick Tick Boom' with subtlenuance (and me!) and since moving to Canada she's done numerous jobs for screen, and recently featured in the play 'Time Stands Still' at the Nest Theatre Granville Island. If you want to ...
Nov 21, 2023•45 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Jay James-Moody
Send us a text Jay James-Moody is an award-winning actor, director, writer and producer. Jay is the creator and Artistic Director of acclaimed boutique company Squabbalogic Independent Music Theatre - one of Australia’s premier producers of intimate musical theatre. In this chat he talks about how squabbalogic came about, and shares many thoughts and experiences from his ongoing, amazing career as an actor and a director. Support the show...
Nov 13, 2023•59 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Darius Williams
Send us a text You’ve seen him in plays in Sydney and Melbourne, or maybe on you Tv in Home and Away, Transfusion, Deadloch, The Secret Kingdom or many others!? Now you’ve heard him on An Actor Survives! A star of stage and screen - and a genuinely lovely person- chatting with Darius was heaps of fun and really inspiring. Episode out now! Support the show...
Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Taia Favale
Send us a text It’s exciting to hear about the experiences from actors at all stages of their careers- and this episode absolutely rings true to that! Taia graduated from Actors Centre Australia in 2022, so is in her very first year out in the industry. In this episode she chats to Emily about her first experiences with a professional job, life at drama school during a pandemic and her thoughts about life as an actor - as well as her hopes and dreams for the future. Listen now! Support the show...
Oct 30, 2023•47 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Julia Billington
Send us a text Season 3 episode 2 featuring Julia Billington. We chat about acting of course, but also religion, experience as a student and they share their love of yoga, of community, their dog (who you might hear chatting with my cat in the background!) and all the ways they are contributing to the world as a wonderful creative artist. I was also (as I often am) very much fan girling - Julia is an incredible actor- whom you may have seen in recent Bell Shakespeare productions. SO thrilled to ...
Oct 23, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Patrick Brammall
Send us a text Season 3 is finally here!! And what an absolute thrill to start it off with incredible Aussie actor- Patrick Brammall. You’ve likely seen him on your screen - offspring anyone? Colin from Accounts? (Of which he also wrote with his wife Harriet Dyer!) And, now you get to hear him chat with Emily about what life as an actor is like for him- and hear his top tips for surviving a career in the arts. This episode is sponsored by Actors Centre Australia. Each episode of season three has...
Oct 16, 2023•46 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Lauren Grimson
Send us a text What an exciting end to season two of An Actor Survives - an episode featuring Lauren Grimson. If you are a horror fan, you might know her from: The Osiris Child (2016), The Legend of Ben Hall (2017), Water Horse (2020), and The Possessed (2021). Emily hasn't watched much horror... and was beyond thrilled to chat to someone with so much knowledge acting in the genre. Lauren shares lots about her experience, and offers useful advice for all actors. Support the show...
Feb 27, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Anthony Brandon Wong
Send us a text Actor, acting coach, pop singer, and all-round lovely person - Anthony Brandon Wong is this week's guest. Anthony shares stories, advice and experiences from his career and he and Emily discuss all sorts of things from music, to acting styles to cats! This was a hard episode to edit... there was so much good stuff, I am sure you will agree it was worth it to keep it a bit longer! Support the show...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Nikita Waldron
Send us a text This week on An Actor Survives, Emily chats to the incredible Nikita Waldron - having seen her onstage at Sydney Theatre Company the night before! If you are Sydney based, it's likely you have seen her on our stages, or know her from her recent Rebel Wilson Scholarship at ATYP. Support the show
Jan 30, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Jade Fuda
Send us a text Jade Fuda and Emily worked together last year with Sport For Jove Theatre Company - having both dreamed of one day working for them. Jade's continued working with them throughout 2022 (and already 2023!) She's been seen on our stages by young and old - also regularly working with children's theatre company CDP. She shares her experiences on this episode- and is open and honest about dealing with nerves, as well as the transition into life as a (regularly) working actor. Support th...
Jan 23, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Linda Nicholls-Gidley
Send us a text Linda is a freelance voice, accents and dialect coach, an actor and a writer based in Sydney, Australia. Many in the theatre industry in Australia are likely to have worked with her in some capacity: as their teacher at drama school, as an accent coach on a play, a fellow actor, or indeed have discovered her through 'Accent Olympics' - a brilliant online accent coaching class she ran to help actors keep training in lockdown. Her story of working in the arts industry in Australia i...
Jan 16, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 16
John Bell
Send us a text It's been one year since the podcast started! To celebrate, this episode features Australia's National Living Treasure, John Bell. Known best for running Bell Shakespeare Company for 25 years and for his incredible contribution to theatre in Australia. Emily recently had the opportunity to work with him at Ensemble Theatre, and they sat down to talk about John's life and work and how best to 'survive' as an actor. Support the show...
Jan 09, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Deborah An
Send us a text Deborah An actually HAS been on Home and Away - so she can say that to uber drivers! She's also a regular on our stages and screens and has very refreshing insights about these experiences. We also discuss being an introvert in foyers, not always knowing famous actors names and of course, dogs! Support the show
Nov 14, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Hannah Raven
Send us a text Hannah Raven: Actor. Burlesque Artist. Edgar Allan Poe Aficionado. Hannah shares with us her experiences about all of the above in this episode - and how she navigates creating work and combining all her skills in her many varying roles. Currently seen in The Great Gatsby in Brisbane - don't miss her incredible performance! Support the show...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Sandy Greenwood
Send us a text Multi award winning First Nations artist, Sandy Greenwood has worked professionally across stage and screen as an actor, voice artist, cultural consultant and writer for over 20 years. In this episode she shares her journey creating her one-woman show, Matriarch, how her life experiences influence her artistry, and how much she continues to learn and grow as her career flourishes. Support the show...
Oct 25, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 12
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