Up and Coming - the Podcast for Real People in the Entertainment Industry

Sam Gittins
Up and Coming - the Podcast for Real People in the Entertainment Industry

Tune in to the new Podcast from young actor Sam Gittins (Await Further Instructions, Ray & Liz) for an in-depth conversation with a different entertainment industry insider every week. This is a different kind of Podcast; we speak to real people carving out their own niche in this fascinating, competitive and uncompromising business. Upcoming guests include directors, producers, actors, make-up artists, casting agents and critics - all of whom will be explaining how they do what they do and how they got where they are as well as giving practical advice to those wishing to do the same.

Episodes

  1. 01/09/2020

    Episode 7 - Percelle Ascott, Actor, Founder of Mandem on the Wall

    “the whole plan was get into TV - we didn’t know how to, we had no blueprint…we were just using our instincts, learning as we go ” Percelle Acott is an actor, writer, producer and businessman who has featured in films such as X + Y and shows like Youngers and the Innocents. Percy attended the BRIT school but the way he has come up in the business proves that there is more than one way to carve your own niche in the industry than by going the traditional route; In 2011 Percelle and his friends and partners Joivan Wade and Dee Kaate released the first episode of their Youtube series Mandem on the Wall. In it’s first day Mandem clocked around 30,000 views and their channel, Wall of Comedy now has 470,000 followers. The success and quality of the show led to the E4 program Youngers and, more recently, their three-part short film Shiro’s Story (which has amassed around 17 million views and grown a dedicated following) has led them to sign a major development deal with E4 . In this episode Sam and Percelle discuss mental health, Percy’s non-traditional path through the business as well as the difficulties or being a actor starting out in their career inspiration - particularly those faced by working class actors and the challenges (and advantages) that brings. Find Percelle here: Instagram: @percelleascott Twitter: @PercelleAscott Find the Wall of Comedy here: YouTube: Wall of Comedy Instagram: @WallofProductions Facebook: @TheWallofComedy

    1h 14m
  2. 11/27/2019

    Episode 3 - Stuart Worden, Principal of the BRIT School - the UK's Leading Non-Fee paying School for the Arts

    Stuart Worden is the Principal of the BRIT School, the leading non-fee paying Performing Arts school in the country, with alumni including Adele, Tom Holland, Katy B, Loyle Carner and Joivan Wade - as well as our very own host, Sam Gittins: ”The BRIT School is the leading Performing and Creative Arts school in the UK and completely FREE to attend.  It provides a unique education for over 1,300 pupils aged between 14 and 19 in the fields of music, film, digital design, community arts, visual arts and design, production and performing arts as well as a full academic programme of GCSEs and A Levels.” - from the BRIT Website To support the BRIT please donate here or, to buy tickets to one of their more than 250 shows per year, go to their Box Office. Interested in BRIT Kids for you and yours? Check out their website https://www.britkids.org/ to see if they have BRIT Kids Weekend Centres near you: ”BRIT Kids are creative weekend centres working in partnership with schools. We offer a safe place for children to explore their creativity and to challenge what they think the performing and creative arts can give them. These are fee-paying classes. Our values are ‘Creativity, Challenge, Community’. We are proud to be part of The BRIT School.” - from their website. Find out more about BOA, Birmingham’s own non-fee paying school for the arts, here: https://www.boa-academy.co.uk/ Find Stuart and the BRIT here: Website: https://www.brit.croydon.sch.uk/ Twitter: @TheBRITSchool BRIT Box Office: http://boxoffice.brit.croydon.sch.uk/centreStage/showHome.php?scubaAppName=centreStage Donate to BRIT: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/11055#/DonationDetails Interested in BRIT Kids for you and yours? Check out their website https://www.britkids.org/ to see if they have classes near you.

    1h 4m

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Tune in to the new Podcast from young actor Sam Gittins (Await Further Instructions, Ray & Liz) for an in-depth conversation with a different entertainment industry insider every week. This is a different kind of Podcast; we speak to real people carving out their own niche in this fascinating, competitive and uncompromising business. Upcoming guests include directors, producers, actors, make-up artists, casting agents and critics - all of whom will be explaining how they do what they do and how they got where they are as well as giving practical advice to those wishing to do the same.

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