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Joyful Raven’s solo show Breed or Bust will be performed at the Gilded Balloon at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023 2nd - 28th August. Tickets can be found at www.gildedballoon.co.uk
Joyful Raven is an actor, writer and comedian. Born into an iconic political theater family, she has been devising theater for over 25 years. Her last solo comedy Tales of a Sexual Tomboy was dubbed “…one of the funniest shows now on display on Bay Area stages” by the SF Chronicle. Tomboy won “Best of the Fringe '' at the 2016 San Francisco Fringe Festival and was awarded an ‘Encore Performance’ at the 2017 United Solo Festival in NYC. Her additional theatre credits include lead actor and co-author of four plays for “Prize of Hope '' winning company Human Nature and co-founder of the ensemble-driven theatre company Rococo Risqué, winner of SF Weekly Best Theater Ensemble.
Joyful has also appeared as an actor in many projects on stage and film, including Odyssey Works, an immersive theatre project; The Pursuit of Happiness, with Will Smith; and Spring Awakening, directed by Broadway and West End director Stafford Arima. She studied theater at Sarah Lawrence College in NY and holds an MFA in theater from UC Davis. She teaches Solo Performance and Storytelling at Berkeley Rep School of Theater.
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Rebecca McGlynn (she/they) is a transgender queer writer, actor, songwriter, and filmmaker working in film and TV production in Los Angeles. She premiered her original, award-winning one-woman show “Asexuality! The Solo Musical” in the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2022. She co-wrote and produced 2016's My Big Fat Blonde Musical, which she has since adapted into a digital series as a creator, writer, composer, cinematographer and editor. Awards include the Hollywood Fringe Festival's TOP OF THE FRINGE, BEST MUSICAL, BEST WORLD PREMIERE, ENCORE PRODUCERS' AWARD, PICK OF THE FRINGE; LA Music Critic's BEST SOLO SHOW; OUTDOOR VOICES FESTIVAL Official Selection; JOSHUA TREE SOLO FESTIVAL Desert Salon Official Selection; SOARING SOLO STARS SERIES Official Selection; Official Selection; iO West's 24hr SKETCH COMPETITION; LA 48hr Film Project's BEST DIRECTOR. Previous stage roles include: Vice Principal Douglas Panch (Spelling Bee), Trevor Graydon (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Caldwell B. Cladwell (Urinetown), Pooh-Bah (The Mikado), Mrs. Gloop (Willy Wonka), Rachel Brown (Inherit the Wind), and God (Spamalot!). Rebecca is also an Emmy-nominated photojournalist, writer and composer of the musical Norton! The Astonishingly True Story of America's Forgotten Emperor, and founder of Denison University's first non-singing a cappella group, Talkapella.
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/acesolomusical
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Alex Kern (she/her) is an actor, writer, comedian, and clown from Cleveland, Ohio. Her short films and original series’ (the critically acclaimed “SingleDumb” and “Pawla Dean’s White House Kitchen”) have screened at The Cleveland International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Comedy Festival, Los Angeles Animation Festival, and more. Her acting and writing work has been featured in numerous outlets, some of which include: HULU, Vulture, and Vanity Fair. Alex trained at The New Actor’s Workshop (NYC) under the guidance of Mike Nichols before focusing on comedy (Groundlings, Upright Citizen’s Brigade) but identifies most as a clown (Idiot Workshop, The Clown School). In her comedy, Alex is interested in the risk of losing the logical and luxuriating in the joy of the moment.
For more details you can visit Alex’s website alexandrakern.com
Hollywood Fringe Dates: 10th June @9pm, 11th June @11am, 20th June @9.30pm, 23rd June @5.30pm.
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Los Angeles based actor, writer and director Katierose Enriquez created the solo show "Queen of Fishtown" which is returning to New York City following award winning runs at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Hollywood Fringe Festival, in London at the King’s Head Theatre, at Theatre Row on 42nd Street, and in Philadelphia at Plays and Players Theatre where Katierose performed her show in the city that inspired it.
"Katierose has created such a heartfelt and honest story with a perfect unsung hero. That's not a character we hear from very often and it's about damn time she gets her own show. It's hilarious but I didn't expect to be so moved by it..."
-- Andrew Rannells (Girls, Book of Mormon, Black Monday, Boys in the Band)
“In this one woman show, Katierose brings Kathleen to life with a fantastic narrative of a 40-year-old woman, dealing with change to the neighbourhood she has grown up with and the dramatic changes in her own life. She also brings to life all the other characters in the plot in this truly poignant and hilarious piece of work, a somewhat Irish stubborn humour made better with the fantastic Philly accent.” – The Artiscape
“The prime strength of Queen of Fishtown to my mind is the voice it affords to a certain kind of woman in our society, not necessarily from Northeast Philly, who is often overlooked or ignored” RECOMMENDED - Deborah Klugman at Stage Raw
Awards:
* Best Character Driven Solo Show Fireworks Award at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
* Platinum Award, TVolution for Best Female Solo Show at Hollywood Fringe
* Best of Broadwater Encore Award Hollywood Fringe
* Namba Performing Arts Encore Winner
* Best Solo Show Hollywood Fringe Nominee
* SPLASH Award Female Voices Nominee
Katierose has her MFA from American Repertory Theater’s Institute at Harvard University and the Moscow Art Theatre and is an alumnus of the Groundlings Sunday Company. Her solo sketch showcase, “THAT WOMAN!” was directed by Saturday Night Live's writer and cast member, Mikey Day.
Acting TV credits: 2 Broke Girls (CBS), How I Met your Mother (CBS), The Comeback (HBO), Future Man (HULU), American Crime (ABC), Astronomy Club (NETFLIX)
Find Queen of Fishtown online:
Official: https://queenoffishtown.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queenoffishtown
Twitter: https://twitter.com/QueenOfFishtown
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queenoffishtown
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/QueenOfFishtown
Katierose recently directed the world premiere play “Final Interview” by Gabriel Olivia at the Pico Playhouse and is currently directing Tony Bartolone’s dark comedy, “Homeless Romantic” at Hollywood Fringe.
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Gregg Ibbotson is an actor, singer-songwriter, poet, and comedian from the UK.
As an artist with disabilities, he speaks openly about them to spread light and joy to others finding their way.
Gregg studied theatre and screen acting at the Yorkshire School of Acting (now 'Matt Zina Acting'). He has studied improv comedy with Disney's Bill Chott 'The Improv Trick' in LA. He is a current student with the Upright Citizens Brigade and recently performed his stand-up comedy at a sold-out show at the Flappers Comedy Speakeasy Showcase. Gregg is looking forward to future stand-up performances and comedy shenanigans.
Gregg has a number of Albums and singles on Spotify and Apple Music. Hisemotive yet resolute lyrics are carefully fused with a contemporary uplifting sound, noted with the release of the album 'Crossroads'. The lead single 'Dream' explores the themes of sacrifice in pursuit of becoming one's true self. A video can be found here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B9jLxgZ-uE
Find out more about upcoming shows and tell him how much you love Earl grey tea too by following him on Instagram @greggibbotson
Websitewww.greggibbotson.com
Subscribe to YouTube for music, comedy and more!
https://www.youtube.com/c/GreggIbbotson
IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7330500
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Welcome back to the show Cat LaCohie aka Vixen DeVille.
In this episode we deep dive into devising a solo show on a time limit. That show becoming an award winning hit that goes on tour to then become a television show.
Talk about a journey or what.
How did Cat get inspired and what was her process? Listen now to find out.
Follow Cat on all the socials @catlacohie and @vixendeville
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Matthew Quinn is a theatre veteran in Hollywood and oozes knowledge on not only the spaces he runs, basically any space in Los Angeles as well as being a Hollywood Fringe Festival knowledge king.
If you have any questions on the Hollywood Fringe Festival this is the episode for you as we dive into the Fringe and how to get the best out of it.
Matthew also has a three hour workshop that you can watch here:
https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/4267
Usual price is $100 and you can get it for $80 with discount code: EARLYBIRD
The Hollywood Fringe Festival is such a fantastic experience to have and I would highly recommend it to all.
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Aadip Desai is a writer, comedian, drummer, friend to the puppies and semi vegan. He dropped out of the American Film School after getting accepted onto the Disney fellowship program that he had forgotten he had even applied for…ya gotta love him.
Aadip was named a BAFTA Breakthrough as a Staff Writer on THE GOLDBERGS (ABC)
A graduate of the Upright Citizen Brigade Aadip and I don’t really get around to many of the several questions I had for him, instead this show should have been sponsored by Kinder Beauty, Hart House and any other vegan place as we mention a lot of them and not much else.
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Gaby Santinelli is an Oscar Winning Dialect coach for the short film, SKIN. Dog Lover, a short film Gaby is in is currently having wonderful success in the film festival circuit. You can cath the new screening at The Newport Beach Film Festival on 18th October at 8pm.
Gaby is an award winning singer and has just finished writing a feature film. What can I say about Gaby except that she is a force to be reckoned with.
You can follow Gaby on Instagram @gabysantinelli and Twitter @gaby_santinelli and you can find her on Facebook under Gaby Santinelli
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Ali James is a multi talented actress, improviser, director, teacher, overall great human and a Showstopper, literally. You can go watch Ali in Showstoppers the Musical in London. You can also catch this fab person in Scared Scriptless, the fully improvised show that performs in Southend that is quite literally the funniest show I have ever seen.
Not only is Ali a great comedian, she is also an incredibly talented musical theatre performer, having toured the UK as well as performed multiple times in the West End as well as performing up in Edinburgh at the Fringe Festival.
Want to see an improvised Panto in February? Ali has you covered. I told you, she does it all.
You can follow Ali on Twitter and Instagram @ali_james22
Showstoppers @TheShowstoppers
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Hello everybody,
Tea Time with Lindz the podcast will be back for Season Two in about a week. This season I will be doing things slightly differently, if you listened to the podcast you would know that I just had my darling baby and therefore it is slightly harder for me to record with guests.
So sit back and enjoy some mental stories, all true, right from the horses mouth…I’m the horse.
Follow my on Instagram and Twitter for updates at @duchesslindsay
Thanks for listening.
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Rebecca Ferdinando is a British actress, model and host as well as an advocate to helping young people from all backgrounds a chance to get into the performing world.
Rebecca trained at Sylvia Young Theatre School before heading to Middlesex University where she gained her BA (Hons) degree before headed to drama school.
Rebecca has had a fabulous run in the British indie film world and she is going from strength to strength. Rebecca’s first film, Shank lead her onto wonderful, scene stealing roles in films such as Bonded by Blood, Outside Bet and Get Lucky. Most recently Rebecca wrapped Nemisis and has a new film, Election Night that is currently in the festival circuit.
You can follow Rebecca on Instagram @Rebeccaferdinando
Throwing out that energy for Rebecca to be in Call the Midwife wearing a wig and me being on Grey’s Anatomy, wig or no wig. -
In this mini Bonus episode I give a run down on the books I swear by and would highly recommend to anyone in the acting world or anyone who is just starting out. From acting on screen, accents, storytelling to screenwriting and monologue books.
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Meet Tehmina Sunny, British, Indian and American. Her charm, wit & curiosity makes her an actor’s actor, a director’s actor and a crew’s actor. She has portrayed memorable characters in Emmy award winning TV shows, Golden Globe nominated productions & Oscar winning movies. But really, Tehmina Sunny is the same little girl that once dreamed of one day acting. Not for the fame, but because as an actress she is a storyteller.
Born in London, her passion for the arts was developed at an early age. She received a scholarship for playing the violin, Viola and piano. With no previous training she was a finalist for the BBCs cross-country search for acting talent.
Sunny put her artistic dreams aside and attended the University of Leeds in England, where she studied Business Information Systems with an emphasis on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science. This combined with marketing and business studies earned her a Bachelor of Science degree with honors. After graduating, she worked for Richard Branson’s Virgin corporation. But soon after a UK acting agent persuaded her to embark in the entertainment industry as an actress.
Sunny has also taken the helm as a producer and is developing a TV series called ‘The Spaceman’ and feature films The Right Man?, 92nd Street & Elliot.
You can currently watch Tehmina in Chicago Med and Pandora.
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Shaan Dasani is an American actor who started out in the world of production before making the jump to acting. Shaan not only is an actor but he also writes and creates his own projects. In the past several years he has directed and produced projects such as Game Night and Bollywood Invasion.
We discuss the importance of community, fears in the creative world and what it is like being transgender in the ever changing industry today.
You can watch Shaan in projects such as Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.
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Hailing from Bedfordshire, England, growing up on the American roots music of her Anglo-Indian grandmother’s record collection, singer/songwriter Danni Nicholls has been paving her way in UK Americana for over a decade, building a loyal fan base and much critical praise. “I absolutely love the beauty and elegance of her music” - Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2. With the wind still in her sails from three consecutive Americana Music Association UK award nominations (Album, Artist and Song of the year in 2017, 2018 & 2020 respectively) plus extensive tours and opening slots with the likes of The Secret Sisters, Shakin' Stevens and Lucinda Williams, Danni, her powerful, arresting voice and her dynamically poetic original songs are ever-gaining presence and reach. April 12th 2019 saw the release of Danni's third studio album The Melted Morning. Produced by Jordan Brooke Hamlin (The Indigo Girls, Lucy Wainwright-Roche) at the idyllic woodland studio MOXE, Nashville TN, The Melted Morning is a collection of closely personal yet widely relatable songs.The themes of this album span an array of life’s takeaways; from the pain and darkness of rejection, the fear of losing yourself and the power of human connection to offering up hope, light and new perspectives in the face of adversities. “I needed a new challenge, a new landscape to work in sonically, physically, energetically and viscerally. Collaborating with Jordan and this incredible team of women gave me that opportunity and we have created a delicate, vibey, honest and vulnerable collection of songs. We dove deep to find out who they wanted to become”. This team team is made up of the cream of the Nashville crop including Annie Clements (Maren Morris, Amos Lee), Larissa Maestro (Margo Price) Jordan Hamlin (Brandi Carlile, Katie Herzig), Engineer, Gena Johnson (Jason Isbell, John Prine) and background vocals from grammy award nominated duo The Secret Sisters. “Working with almost exclusively women for this project felt like the most natural and obvious path, partly out of a desire for a whole new record-making experience and knowing wholeheartedly I wanted to work with Jordan in this inspiring safe-haven she has built and partly because it just feels good and important to play a small part in addressing the ongoing gender imbalance in the music industry. But mostly because I admire and respect these people immensely and felt they were the absolute right people to help bring these songs to life”.Her vibrant, captivating performances are guaranteed to melt your heart into the soles of your boots. Danni’s passionate delivery, captivating velvet voice and charmingly engaging between-song banter compel you to fall under her spell.You can follow Danni and her music at the links below:Website: https://www.danninicholls.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danninichollsmusicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/danninichollsmusicSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3eD9PioRhPQtJOWTM3Od1R?si=y-MuSCLEQMiPuC9qaYVLaQ&dl_branch=1Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/danni-nicholls/355381948Instagram @danninichollsmusicWe discuss the subject of fear a lot in this episode and a video I have found to be very helpful to me personally that we talk about is linked below - Lindsayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5nVqeVhgQE
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Troy Titus-Barrow (Titus-Adams) is a British actress based in Los Angeles. Troy has appeared in soap operas EastEnders as Nina Harris and Family Affairs, as Kim Davies as well as several films and stage productions. She has also appeared in Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.
Finding her passion as a performer from an early age in Holland where Troy spent her early years, Troy grew up with a strong musical theatre background Troy was a dancer in Mexico for seven months and in Starlight Express in the West End. Then Troy decided to explore what it was like to live Stateside before returning back to the UK to appear in Eastenders and Family Affairs, before returning back to living Stateside once again.
Not only has Troy had a wonderfully creative journey but also a spiritual journey as well, which we discuss at length.
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Anthony Mark Barrow is an actor, director and coach originally from Birmingham currently based in Los Angeles, California. Knowing he wanted to pursue a career in the arts from an early age Anthony took the plunge and started training at the prestigious drama school, East 15. After not being able to afford the expensive tuition fee’s Anthony auditioned and got offered a place at The Central School of Speech and Drama at his audition.
After many successful theatre runs Anthony moved to Los Angeles where he has had many successes over the years including directing, working in audio books and most recently working with David Fincher on his new project.
We discuss the craft of acting, family, and Anthony’s experience of how resting on his laurels cost him work.
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Jane Gull is a director, writer and producer from Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. Jane has just finished wrapping on her second feature film, Love Without Walls after a highly successful run with her first feature film My Feral Heart that won over 14 International Awards. My Feral Heart can be watched on platforms such as iTunes, GooglePlay and Microsoft as well as being purchased from Sky Store.
Not only has Jane directed feature films she has also had many successes with several short films including multi award winning short, Sunny Boy.
You can follow Jane and keep up with her projects here:
My Twitter - @gulljane
http://www.lovewithoutwallsfilm.com
Crowdfunding page for post-production for Love Without Walls
https://greenlit.com/project/love-without-walls
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Josh Jarvis aka Verses Bang is a rapper, hip hop artist and creative from South on Sea, Essex who has recently made the leap across the pond to Los Angeles.
Josh has been writing his own material since he was sixteen recording his first record at the age of seventeen.
Listen to how Josh gets inspired by what’s going around him, navigating mental health into his music and how his hometown has influenced him and his music. You can listen to us have lots of Southend talk and what words of wisdom Josh has for anyone pursuing a career in the arts.
You can listen to Verses Bang on any of the links below and on any streaming service such as Spotify and iTunes.
Watch Verses Bang music videos from Southend to Los Angeles on YouTube and see how his life has changed dramatically in the past eighteen months since Covid hit.
https://versesbang.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/Versesbang1/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZTWwuezLVk7hkOFWYdFBDw
You can follow Josh on Instagram @bangcam and Twitter @versesbang - Vis mere
