Dressing Room Confidential Podcast

A podcast in which a sometimes working actor talks to actual working actors in their dressing rooms before they hit the stage. Creator Sean McConaghy goes backstage to some of London's most prestigious theaters and chats to some of his colleagues about the art, business and life of actors and acting.

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Episodes

DRC - John Trindle

In this episode Sean heads to the New London Theatre and chats to John Trindle who was appearing in the hit West End show WARHORSE. Also, Sean and Donnla chat about Sean's recent professional tragedy - getting dropped by his agent...

May 21, 2014•48 min

DRC - Stephen Leask

The Understudy Spectacular!! This episode of DRC has Sean visit the Royal Haymarket theatre in London where he finds out what it's like to be an understudy in the hit West End show ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS! Step inside!!

Apr 30, 2014•29 min

DRC - Anthony Welsh

Sean heads to London's National Theatre and chats with actor Anthony Welsh who was appearing in a play called NUT which was on in The Shed - the NT's temporary space. Anthony chats about keeping a level head in the acting game, filming a crazy commercial in South Africa, and what it was like to get hit in the face by a professional boxer whilst training in preparation for the play SUCKER PUNCH.

Mar 05, 2014•42 min

Dressing Room Confidential - Rory Keenan

This first episode of DRC has Sean at London's National Theatre where he chats to Irish actor Rory Keenan - star of the play LIOLA directed by Richard Eyre, feature film THE GUARD (co-starring Brendan Gleason) and television adaptation of the bestselling book BIRDSONG. They chat about how Rory got into acting, his "process" and what it's like to work at one of the world's leading theaters.

Feb 17, 2014•42 min

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