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This week on Drama School Dropout, I’m joined by the brilliant Ty McPhee! We chat River City, Shakespeare, drama school, Firewater Thursdays, auditioning for Trainspotting 2 with Danny Boyle, working on stage versus screen, The Naked Neds, and River City’s final episode being written by Johnny McKnight. We also get into what it’s like working with your real-life best friend, farting on set, pre-show rituals, and what it means for Scottish audiences to lose our national soap. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Ty McPhee Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Ty's Instagram: @tymcphee_ Get your tickets for The Naked Neds: www.thenakedneds.com Vote for The Naked Neds: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoJjeU6-Vvoqj7vgktxSyxDAT943XN5JanzJmArax7xICg4Q/viewform

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Olivia Caw! We chat about Common Tongue and being crowned the Queen of the Fringe to studying at East 15, volunteering in South Africa and working in call centres. We also get into street performance, consensual waterboarding, on-stage nudity and where the boundaries lie between actors and audience members. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Olivia Caw Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Olivia's Instagram: @oliviacaw Get your tickets for PALS: https://www.dundeefringe.com/events/pals/ Get your tickets for The Naked Neds: www.thenakedneds.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, George Miller! We chat about Tip Toe, being inspired by Dr Who, the absurdities of drama school, learning to not apologise for things you can’t change, playing far right characters, working with Russell T. Davies, sitting next to Paul Rhys at the Tip Toe table read, accidentally trying to audition for a ballet show, the technicalities of filming such an angry state of the nation piece, our favourite lines of dialogue, some Masterchef shit and The Naked Neds. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: George Miller Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble George's Instagram: @ge0rgemiller Get your tickets for The Naked Neds now: www.thenakedneds.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Éimi Quinn! We chat about the financial realities of being a working class actor, writing for A Play, A Pie and A Pint, creating your own work, the power of bragging, arts funding, humping bins, on stage nudity mishaps, our writing complexes, pivoting from studying business and law to a career in the performing arts and auditioning to write for SNL. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Éimi Quinn Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Éimi's Instagram: @its_eimi Get your tickets for The Naked Neds now: www.thenakedneds.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Jennifer Neil! We chat about Glasgow Kiss at the Pavilion Theatre, those new lids on coke bottles, post show blues, the realities of producing theatre, going to the same primary school, auditioning for dance school, going to drama school in London, Jennifer living on her own in London, not loving the city, the realities of casting, being a mainstay in The Pavilion Theatre pantomime, The Naked Neds, playing the hydro and the habits we’re losing in 2026. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Jennifer Neil Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Jennifer's Instagram: @jen_neil Get your tickets for The Naked Neds now: www.thenakedneds.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Lucia Ireland! We chat about muggle jobs, taking a show to the fringe, auditioning, playing Sonny in Grease, auditioning for Drama Schools, adjusting to living on campus, pretending to do puppy yoga, taking a show to the fringe months after graduation, the difficulty of finding good parts for women, creating feminist theatre, writing and expanding on our previous works, performing to five people and the roles we’re manifesting for each other. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Lucia Ireland Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Lucia's Instagram: @luciacatex Get your tickets for The Naked Neds now: www.thenakedneds.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Lucian Burlingame! We chat about playing the Pavilion Theatre this month, tour gossip, how going to the fringe festival helped us get to the next level, the moment our venue lost power during the fringe, dealing with hecklers, taking The Naked Neds back to my home town, our favourite tour moments, Lucian’s recent surgery, my play being stocked in Waterstones, stripping on stage and the development of The Naked Neds. Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Lucian Burlingame Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Lucian's Instagram: @lucianb3008 Get your tickets for The Naked Neds now: www.thenakedneds.com

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Ross Baxter! We chat about The Naked Neds at The Pavilion Theatre, learning to slow down, starting out as a dancer, losing out to main roles at an early age, manifesting going to the Conservatoire from an early age, living in the party flat, my teeth fear, learning to open your horizons, always playing a policeman, Still Game Live: The Final Farewell, performing at The Hydro, The Restless Natives tour, knowing that a rejection isn’t the end of an audition journey, Ross’ own cabaret Drive Official, Funeral For My Boobs, Glee, The High Life with Alan Cumming, Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande, awful student panto stories and our favourite venues to perform in. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Ross Baxter Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Ross' Instagram: @rossjbaxter Get your tickets for The Naked Neds now: www.thenakedneds.com Get your tickets for The High Life: https://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-high-life Get your tickets for Funeral for My Boobs: https://playpiepint.com/whats-on/event/funeral-for-my-boobs/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Jacqueline Boatswain! We chat about Shameless, lockdown life, working during the pandemic, being a geriatric dancer at the age of eleven, training at The Royal Academy of Dance, working as a commercial dancer, being in the original West End cast of Chicago, the joy of Shameless, Viola Davis, Hollyoaks and being sidelined, the kneecap film, wearing a nappy on stage, being cast as Fagin and then proceeding to get a full mouth of veneers, accent work and Glasgow being the new New York. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Jacqueline Boatswain Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Jacqueline's Instagram: @jacqui_boats Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Ned Cooper! We chat about The Full Monty, going to a secondary school with a specialism in performing arts, the SAG strike, not drinking hot drinks, animal studies, student nights being on a Thursday, the expectation vs the reality of third year at Drama School, not being Barbara Windsor, being nicknamed the council estate chav, misprints in a drama school showcase programme, having your career connect to your family and childhood, filming self-tapes and our favourite things about our job. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Ned Cooper Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Kellie Shirley! We chat about EastEnders, saying goodbye to seasonal depression, COVID and the SAG strikes, being inspired by panto, going to the BRIT school with Amy Winehouse, lecturers falling off stages, the culture of eating disorders at Drama School, the Oscars, being working class at Drama School, the importance of having non-acting hobbies, a student production of Romeo and Juliet On Ice, dodgy expulsions from Drama School, Kellie’s time on EastEnders, having her name literally in lights, reading reviews, offensive comedy and our favourite musicals. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Kellie Shirley Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Kellie's Instagram: @kelshirl GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE NAKED NEDS: www.thenakedneds.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Fionnuala Flaherty! We chat about the Kneecap film — and its outrageous Oscar snub, my new obsession with my Stanley cup, Love Island, career milestones, doing a degree in media, Irish Gaelic TV, being ballsy enough to phone a director for an audition, being photobombed by Kieran Culkin, falling off stage, Kneecap’s Oscar snub, being part of the biggest Irish language film ever made, the funniest sex scene in film history, hungover rehearsals, tricolour balaclavas, a future Kneecap TV show, what happens when your mum thinks your vocal steamer is a bong, P***y Galore and our worst auditions. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Fionnuala Flaherty Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Fionnuala's Instagram: @fionnualaflaherty2 GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE NAKED NEDS: www.thenakedneds.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Jack Byrne! We chat about Jack’s new show Going Soft, my easter egg problem, procrastinating as a writer, going from working with a large cast to a very small cast, changing writing routes after writing political plays, going from collaborative writing to solo writing, our favourite lines we’ve ever written, taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe, our favourite venues in Scotland, urban frubing, kissing classes, confusing Scotland and Newcastle and Dr. Who. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Jack Byrne Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Jack's Instagram: @jack.byrne_ Action Theatre Scotland's Instagram: @actiontheatrescotland GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE NAKED NEDS: www.thenakedneds.com GET YOUR TICKETS FOR GOING SOFT: https://underbellyedinburgh.co.uk/event/going-soft Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

In this special episode of Drama School Dropout, I’m joined by none other than my co-star, Barry Morrell! We’re diving deep into all things The Naked Neds — from the chaos HI! Productions’ first fringe, working as a musician, the importance of having a slightly inflated ego, going back to Drama School, joining an established cast, being signed up for a local marathon, classmates who like extra bows, inappropriate gifts from lecturers, preparing to do a full monty, taking on the fringe, our dream roles and a chat about the show’s powerful themes, including men’s mental health and testicular cancer awareness. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Barry Morrell Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Barry's Instagram: @morrellmusicx GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE NAKED NEDS: www.thenakedneds.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

In this special episode of Drama School Dropout, I’m joined by none other than my co-star, Aidan Curley! We’re diving deep into all things The Naked Neds — from the chaos HI! Productions’ first fringe, having roses thrown at you on stage, ripping stripper trousers, our new poster, falling off stage, our favourite tour moments, moving house while touring, learning that show business really is a business, Fringe advertising costs, Aidan’s ideal co-stars, bad Still Game impressions, inappropriate school teachers, being the child who should have been aborted and the weirdest things we’ve had to do on stage. Expect behind-the-scenes stories, wild theatre mishaps, and a chat about the show’s powerful themes, including men’s mental health and testicular cancer awareness. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Aidan Curley Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnoble Aidan's Instagram: @curleyaidan GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE NAKED NEDS: www.thenakedneds.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout