The Honest Actors' Podcast

My chat with Steve starts with a kid shitting on his own shoulder and ends with a welshman sipping gin in a camisole. If that doesn't hook you, you're looking at the wrong show. Interview by Jonathan Harden. Recorded via Zoom, June 2020. Studio facilities provided by irishvoiceovers.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A fascinating, honest chat with Bronagh Waugh. From working as nanny following The Fall, to being trolled in the gutter press off the back of Hollyoaks, and how she's coped with it all. Some cracking nuggets of wisdom and polished gems of advice, all in a really unique story. It'll make a great film script some day... Interview by Jonathan Harden. Recorded via Zoom, June 2020. Studio facilities provided by irishvoiceovers.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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A long and winding chat with, Lucas Hare. Don't be fooled by the oak beams in the background, like 93.7% of us, Luke is a distant relative of Danny Dyer (Source: Ancestry.com). His Bob Dylan podcast, Is it Rolling, Bob? is available wherever you got this. Interview by Jonathan Harden. Recorded via Zoom, June 2020. Studio facilities provided by irishvoiceovers.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Laura Gourdine on Lockdown, Black Lives Matter and more, via Zoom, from her apartment in NYC. Honest Actors Lockdown - rambling long distance catch-ups with old friends of the show. The original interview with Laura appeared as episode 4 of Series 4. Interview by Jonathan Harden. Recorded via Zoom, June 2020. Studio facilities provided by irishvoiceovers.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joanna Scanlan on how lockdown has been treating her, from cleaning days to building a 'wigwam' voiceover studio, enjoying 'Normal People', and coping with there not being any work to not get. Honest Actors Lockdown - rambling long distance catch-ups with old friends of the show. The original interview with Isaiah appeared as episode 3 of Series 3. Interview by Jonathan Harden. Recorded via Zoom, June 2020. Studio facilities provided by irishvoiceovers.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A totally different interview, and a rare thing for the podcast: several, yes several brand new answers to longstanding questions. Have you any idea how long I've been awaiting for that?! Hear them all in this brand-new chat with Laura Gourdine, speaking during lockdown from her apartment in Manhattan. Interview by Jonathan Harden. Recorded via Zoom, June 2020. Studio facilities provided by irishvoiceovers.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Owen O’Kane is one of the country’s leading psychotherapists and author of Sunday Times Best Seller Ten to Zen. He has a dual medical and psychotherapy training and is a former clinical lead for an NHS mental health service. He has a unique ability to understand how to quell anxiety and manage stress, as well as unparalleled insight into what brings happiness and calm into people’s lives. We needed this one... Interview by Jonathan Harden. Recorded via Zoom, June 2020. Studio facilities provided by irishvoiceovers.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dropped out of the seminary, didn't turn up for uni, and arrived in London with no money to get the train to his aunt's house... in Kent. Hear the full story in this brand-new chat with one of my favourite actors, Paul Higgins. Interview by Jonathan Harden. Recorded via Zoom, June 2020. Studio facilities provided by irishvoiceovers.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Isaiah Johnson on the madness of the past week and beyond, from Studio City, LA. Honest Actors Lockdown - rambling long distance catch-ups with old friends of the show. The original interview with Isaiah appeared as episode 6 of Series 1. Interview by Jonathan Harden. Recorded via Zoom, June 2020. Studio facilities provided by irishvoiceovers.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Auditioned for RADA four times and when he did get in, graduated without an agent. Hear the full story in this brand-new chat with Hamilton London's leading man, Jamael Westman. Interview by Jonathan Harden. Recorded via Zoom, May 2020. Studio facilities provided by irishvoiceovers.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Didn't work for two tears after a nine month stint on Eastenders, and still works in a shelter between jobs. Hear the full story in this brand-new chat with Derry Girls' bad jumper wearing 'Ma Mary', Tara Lynne O'Neill. Interview by Jonathan Harden. Recorded via Zoom, May 2020. Studio facilities provided by irishvoiceovers.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom Goodman Hill on Lockdown, via Zoom, from his garden. Honest Actors Lockdown - rambling long distance catch-ups with old friends of the show. The original interview with Tom appeared as episode 2 of Series 1. Interview by Jonathan Harden. Recorded via Zoom, May 2020. Studio facilities provided by irishvoiceovers.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Denise Gough in Lockdown, via Zoom, from her kitchen. And her trampoline. Honest Actors Lockdown - rambling long distance catch-ups with old friends of the show. The original interview with Denise appeared as episode 1 of Series 1. Subsequently the episode was released as a full-length bonus episode, before I returned to talk to her a second time, following the massive success of People, Places and Things. Interview by Jonathan Harden. Recorded via Zoom, May 2020. Studio facilities provided by irishvoiceovers.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Seagull: Written from verbatim and originally performed by Helen Vine. Directed by Fiona McAlpine.AMY – Woman, 30. An addict in recovery who has been a victim of rape and domestic abuse. She is warm, open, has a positive energy and an infectious sense of humour. There is an underlying grief at the loss of her baby son to SIDS. Proud to be clean and proud to be a mum. Seagull is one in a series of five monologues entitled 'Talking Taboos', true stories of trauma and recovery and of living in a society where we feel restricted to speak. Released to coincide with the official launch event at Equity. More info at: http://talkingtaboos.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which I talk to actress Helen Vine about 'Talking Taboos', a series of five true story monologues of trauma and recovery and of living in a society where we feel restricted to speak. Released to coincide with the official launch event at Equity. More info at: http://talkingtaboos.co.uk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sean Biggerstaff, recorded at Equity on February 19th, 2019. The Honest Actors Podcast is sponsored by TodayTix. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bronágh Taggart, recorded at her home on March 2nd, 2019. The Honest Actors Podcast is sponsored by TodayTix. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Terry Mynott, recorded at his home on October 10th, 2018. The Honest Actors Podcast is sponsored by TodayTix. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John Heffernan, recorded at the National Theatre Studio on August 1st, 2017. The Honest Actors Podcast is sponsored by TodayTix. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/honestactors.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.