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Sanj Surati Talks
Episode 20

Date: Tuesday 14th June 2022

This is the twentieth episode of the Sanj Surati Talks podcast featuring Improvisation Guru, Katy Schutte recorded on Tuesday 14th June 2022. Katy Schutte has performed and taught improvisation in over twenty countries across five continents. She is a Head Teacher and Curriculum Writer for Hoopla, the UK’s biggest improv school. A Funny Women finalist and both nominee and winner of the Brighton Festival Fringe Best Comedy Show award, Katy also stars in BAFTA winning online educational series History Bombs. In this podcast, Katy talks about how she got into improvisation, working with Augmented Reality in the arts and going out to the Arctic Circle to live on a boat for three weeks.


Katy Schutte can be contacted via:
www.katyschutte.co.uk
https://www.instagram.com/katyschutte/


What we talked about:
Improvisation
Performance
Coaching
Drama
Writer
Edinburgh Fringe - https://www.edfringe.com
Long form improv
The May Days - https://www.themaydays.co.uk
Rachel Blackman - https://www.vibrantbody.co.uk
Art
Second City - https://www.secondcity.com
Short form improv
Hoopla - https://www.hooplaimpro.com
Steve Roe - https://www.linkedin.com/in/roezone/
Maria Peters
Chris Mead - https://twitter.com/mrchrismead
Track 96 - https://track96.com
A Harold Improvisation style
Uber Eats
YouTube
Google
Welcome Festival - https://welcome.huddersfieldsu.co.uk
Music
Jazz
Rock
Mental health
Brené Brown - https://brenebrown.com
Inclusion
Joe Morpurgo - https://www.josephmorpurgo.com
Cards Against Humanity - https://www.cardsagainsthumanity.com
Augmented Reality
XR
Virtual Reality
Fred Deakin - https://freddeak.in/about/
Lemon Jelly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_Jelly
Rob Armstrong - https://www.fandco.xyz
The Theatre & Tech Awards - https://www.theatreandtechawards.com
Science Fiction
Galactical Implosions
Flipside - https://flipside.ai
The Arctic Circle Residency - https://thearcticcircle.org

Places:
Germany
America
Edinburgh
Brighton
Chicago
London
Rome
Italy
Iceland
Arctic
Norway
Svalbard
New Zealand
Hollywood

Advice:
When coaching improv, ask questions about what your students want.
Regarding reviews, develop your filter
Know what you want your show to achieve
Sometimes surrender control
Understand what your focus is
Think about what you are excited about
Know when to take a break
br...

Sanj Surati Talks
Episode 19

Date: Wednesday 11th May 2022

This is the nineteenth episode of the Sanj Surati Talks podcast featuring Creative and Artificial Intelligence specialist Shama Rahman, recorded in collaboration with ISE live in Barcelona on Wednesday 11th May 2022. In this podcast, Shama discusses her journey into the arts starting from being a Sitar musician and then exploring artificial intelligence as a solution to help with stress and to amplify creativity.

Shama Rahman can be contacted via:
https://www.instagram.com/shamarahman/
https://twitter.com/TheShamaRahman


What we talked about:
ISE - https://www.iseurope.org
Tech
Projection
Music
Imperial College - https://www.imperial.ac.uk
Goldsmiths - https://www.goldsmiths.co.uk
WeChat - https://www.wechat.com
Sitar
Ravi Shankar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Shankar
Sanjay Guha - https://www.sanjayguhasitar.co.uk/About.php
Rare FM
Madame Jojos
Jazz
Drum & Bass
London Jazz Festival Serious - https://serious.org.uk
Antarctica Biennale - http://www.antarcticbiennale.com
Neurocreate - https://www.neurocreate.co.uk
Neuroscience
Innovate UK
Miro - https://miro.com
Google Docs - https://docs.google.com
Improvisation
Adobe - https://www.adobe.com
Artificial Intelligence
Acting
Cognitive Flexibility
Resilience to stress
Imposter syndrome
Neuroplasticity

Places:
Amsterdam
Barcelona
Bangladesh
England
United Arab Emirates
Tenerife
Antarctica
Kent
London
Berlin
Germany

Advice:
Believe in yourself


#sanjsuratitalks
https://www.twitter.com/sanjsurati
https://www.instagram.com/artistryinsentiment
https://www.facebook.com/therealsanj


Launched over the Covid 19 lockdown, The Sanj Surati Talks Podcast is a channel for Sanj’s discussions with people he knows and a few discussions with himself. There is no agenda but hopefully some healthy debates. Feel free to tweet your thoughts using the hashtag #sanjsuratitalks on Twitter and instagram, and we’d love it if you could rate, review, listen on all the podcast places including iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher and the lot. These Podcasts will also be running on Youtube.

The podcast is downloadable from:
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sanj-surati-talks/id1507958068?uo=4
Spreaker - https://www.spreaker.com/show/sanj-surati-talks
Google Play - https://bit.ly/2A1MLdY
Deezer - a...

Sanj Surati Talks
Episode 18

Date: Wednesday 29th December 2021

This is the eighteenth episode of the Sanj Surati Talks podcast featuring actor, writer and producer, Elliot James Langridge recorded on Wednesday 29th December 2021. British actor Elliot James Langridge started his career in television, his film debut came in 2014 with the BAFTA nominated feature film Northern Soul directed by Elaine Constantine. Most recently he can be seen on NETFLIX in historical WW1 drama “The War Below” with Tom Goodman-Hill and Sam Hazeldine; and “We the Kings” which, was voted Best UK Feature Film at Raindance; in which Elliot stars opposite Timothy West and Amanda Abbington. In this podcast, Elliot talks about how he got into acting, working with great actors including Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba and what it is like to be a working actor with dyslexia.


Elliot James Langridge can be contacted via:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/elliotjames87
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elliotjameslangridge/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elliotjameslangridge
Life in Film Podcast: https://anchor.fm/life-in-film-podcast

Elliot James Langridge is represented by Scott Marshall Partners
https://www.scottmarshall.co.uk

What we talked about:
Elliot James Langridge – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2930154/
Acting
Camera
Harry Potter - https://www.wizardingworld.com
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373889/
Acting Agent
Television
Primeval - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808096/
The Bill - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084987/
Film Catering
Extras
Producer
Director
Film Rushes
David Yates - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0946734/
David Heyman - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382268/
Once Upon a time in Hollywood - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7131622/
Paddington - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1109624/
Northern Soul - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837613/
Modelling Agent
Eon Electricity - https://www.eonenergy.com
Elaine Constantine - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4311206/
Robert De Niro - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000134/
Zac Efron - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1374980/
Hollyoaks - https://www.channel4.com/programmes/hollyoaks
Northern accents
Bafta - https://www.bafta.org
Casting Directors
Curtis Brown – https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk
Steve Coogan - a...

Sanj Surati Talks
Episode 17

Date: Tuesday 14th December 2021

This is the seventeenth episode of the Sanj Surati Talks podcast featuring comedian and actor, Aziz Kemal recorded on Tuesday 17th December 2021. In this podcast, Aziz talks about his experience about working on Gangs of London, working with Humza Arshad MBE and highlights his experience working as an up-and-coming actor in our current era.


Aziz Kemal can be contacted via:
https://www.instagram.com/theazizshow/
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSsh4U4S/
https://www.facebook.com/theazizshowuk/

What we talked about:
Aziz Kemal
Apple TV - https://tv.apple.com
Actor
Content Creator
Cover teacher
Marvel - https://www.marvel.com
Eternals - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9032400/
Richard Madden - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534635/
Salma Hayek - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000161/
Angelina Jolie - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001401/
Kumail Nanjiani - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3529685/
Background acting
Stunts
Stand-up Comedian
Film Industry
Comedy
Acting
Bryan Cranston - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0186505/
Tom Hanks - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000158/
Drama GCSEs
Animation
Barbour - https://www.barbour.com/uk/
Identity Drama School - https://www.identityschoolofacting.com/
Spotlight - https://www.spotlight.com
Showreel
Agencies
Turkish
Snapchat
Instagram
YouTube
Facebook
The Covid Lockdown
TikTok
Humza Arshad MBE - https://www.youtube.com/c/HumzaProductions/
The Chewing Gums - https://youtu.be/Vh_Br6z6oMg
Autism
Fatherhood
Immigrant parents
Gangs of London - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7661390
Gareth Evans - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2153088/
Matt Flannery - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2158807/
Narcos - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2707408/
Kurdish
Albanian
Jamie Demitriou - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5857152/
Stath lets flats - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7524382/
Bafta - https://www.bafta.org
Bradley Cooper - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177896

Places:
London
Pakistan
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Hollywood

Advice:
Try to learn from...

Sanj Surati Talks
Episode 16

Date: Friday 25th June 2021

This is the sixteenth episode of the Sanj Surati Talks podcast featuring Creature Bionics practitioner, actor and motivational speaker, Ace Ruele recorded on Friday 25th June 2021. In this podcast, Ace talks about his journey into motion capture and how he saw an opportunity to innovate and become an authority in the space. We also talk about some of the challenges he has faced and how he has overcome them using a positive and consolidated mind set.

Ace Ruele can be contacted via:
https://aceruele.com
https://twitter.com/AceRuele
https://www.instagram.com/aceruele/

What we talked about:
Performer
Acting
Creature performance
Motion Capture
Avatar - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/
Planet of the apes - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1318514
Creature Bionics - https://bit.ly/3jr0AHF
Visual Effects
VFXs
Motivation
Star Wars - https://www.starwars.com
Jurassic Park - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/
Legend of Tarzan - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0918940/
Marvel - https://www.marvel.com
Mocap Studio
Film
Video Games
Rehabilitation
Deportation
Citizenship
Family
Charity
Immigration
Young black youth
Idris Elba - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252961/
Michael Jai White - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925220/
Martial Arts
Xsens - https://www.xsens.com/motion-capture
Word of mouth
Wesley Snipes - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000648/
Andy Serkis - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785227/
Jim Carrey - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000120/
Kevin Hart - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366389/
Jay-Z - https://www.rocnation.com/music/jay-z/
Chadwick Boseman - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1569276/
Tony Robbins - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730288/
Spotlight - https://www.spotlight.com
Practical Effects
Neil Newbon - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0627667/

Places:
United Kingdom
Jamaica
India
America
Canada

Advice:
Try to think about motion capture from an actor’s point of view.
Get on set as soon as you can and learn as much as you can.
Make your opportunities.
Think about how to stand out without trying to look like you want to stand out.
When designing the character, focus about the back story.
Be immersed and try to not overthink the character.
Have self belief in your art...

Sanj Surati Talks
Episode 15

Date: Wednesday 22nd March 2021

This is the fifteenth episode of the Sanj Surati Talks podcast featuring Magician, Writer, Director and Producer R. Paul Wilson. The writer/star of hit BBC show "The Real Hustle", "Scammed" and "The Takedown" is also a world-renowned magician, has designed impossible effects for some of the biggest names in magic and acted as expert consultant and 2nd unit director on films like "Shade" and "Smokin' Aces" working with a who's who of A-list talent including Sylvester Stallone, Jamie Foxx, Thandie Newton, Melanie Griffith, Jeremy Piven, Hal Holbrook and Gabriel Byrne. In this podcast, Paul talks to Sanj about how he got into magic, his life as a hustler on The Real Hustle and how he became an awarding winning film maker.

R. Paul Wilson can be contacted via:
https://www.rpaulwilson.com
https://twitter.com/rpaulwilson
https://www.instagram.com/rpaulwilson/

What we talked about:
Magic
Ron Wilson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Wilson_(magician)
F Paul Wilson – https://repairmanjack.com
Film Making
Army
Computer programmer
The Take Down
The Real Hustle - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0791615/
Casinos
Court TV - https://www.courttv.com
Anthony Owen - https://twitter.com/anthonyowenmagi
Alexis Conran - https://alexisconran.com
Drummond Money-Coutts - http://www.dmcmagic.com
BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk
Jessica-Jane Stafford - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1883551/
Martin Turner - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1201550/
Watchdog - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mg74
Covid 19
Scammed - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2061795
Sacha Baron Cohen - https://twitter.com/SachaBaronCohen
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13143964/
The Golden Globes - https://www.goldenglobes.com
The Three Card Monty
Shade – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323939/
The Magic Castle - http://www.magiccastle.com
The Film Business
Slide of hand
Acting
Card tricks
Carl Mazzocone - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563604/
Damian Nieman - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1195760
Jason England - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3021088/
Earl Nelson - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1501327
Johann Pachelbel - a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Pachelbel"...