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This podcast digs deep into Australia's most creative minds, to uncover the tools you need to survive being an actor.

An Actor Survives Emily McKnight

    • Arts

This podcast digs deep into Australia's most creative minds, to uncover the tools you need to survive being an actor.

    Rose Marel

    Rose Marel

    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 check out her shout outs, they were:
    https://substack.com/@dariadae?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

    and Throw in The Pal https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/throw-in-the-pal/id1662801586

    Ps, The story I've told previously of me skipping an entire scene onstage when I forgot my lines... happened in the show with Rose, back in 2018!
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    Jay James-Moody

    Jay James-Moody

    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. 
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    • 58 min
    Darius Williams

    Darius Williams

    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!
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    Taia Favale

    Taia Favale

    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!
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    • 46 min
    Julia Billington

    Julia Billington

    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 have them on the pod!

    This episode is sponsored by Actors Centre Australia. 
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    • 55 min
    Patrick Brammall

    Patrick Brammall

    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 BONUS CONTENT available, head to buymeacoffee.com/anactorsurvives to find out how to access Patrick’s bonus content.


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