About this podcast
On this podcast I will be interviewing performers and colourful creatures from the entertainment world (actors, ballet dancers, drag queens and creative souls) and we'll be making you laugh as my guests and I regale you with our funniest on-stage moments, embarrassing audition experiences, devastating rehearsal room travesties, hilarious drama school memories, not to forget, all the random jobs we put ourselves through in order to survive whilst we are ...."resting". Hosted by Joseph Raisi-Varzaneh
Episodes
The newest 20 of 23 episodes
- River Roux; Strippers, Supermarkets, Stage and Sex work; all roads lead to JUICE ! · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 7This week I had the privilege of speaking to multi faceted, multi dimensional, multi talented human being River Roux! I saw River's show 'Juice' at the Volksbühne Theatre in…
- Sam Freeman; Selling ice creams to becoming an BAFTA nominated writer and director...also this is proof we are getting old! · 58 min · Season 2 Episode 6This week Sam and I take a trip down memory lane. We discuss drama school memories, switching from acting to becoming a successful writer and the birth of Femme, Sam and Ng Choon…
- Adrian Hansel; Denying Geri Halliwell a lyric... · 1 h 0 min · Season 2 Episode 5West End veteran Adrian Hansel regales us with tales from his long and varied career. We talk about some sensitive issues so there is a trigger warning with this episode but…
- Jordan James Bridge; Retinol burns, being the Eye of Mordor and dancing at the Bolshoi · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 4On this episode I speak with dancer, choreographer, movement specialist extraordinaire Jordan James Bridge We chat everything from his career at Wayne McGregor, aspects of…
- Emrhys Cooper; Sham gurus, gays and geeks - L.A to Mancheter's Corrie cobbles Darling ! · 50 min · Season 2 Episode 3This week...my old friend Emrhys Cooper and I sit in a park and shoot the shit! I love this interview, it's candid and free and Em really opens up about his journey from when we…
- Amy Lennox; on finding your voice, Sally Bowles...and the dick house ! · 1 h 8 min · Season 2 Episode 2In this week's episode I travelled to the seaside to chat with the super talented Amy Lennox! We chat about everything from her drama school training, staying in questionable…
- Edward Watson... 'Yes'...and a love for Kim K · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 1Finally back with Season 2 of 'Performer Trauma' Kicking off the season after a two year hiatus I have the pleasure of speaking with a personal creative icon, Olivier Award…
- Holly James: it's all about the journey...and what a beautiful journey it is · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 15On this episode I have the pleasure of catching up with stage sensation and old old friend Holly James. A love letter from Broadway to London Holly truly is lightening on stage…
- Selina Mosinski. The journey that led her to CHARITY SHOP SUE...and causing a McDonalds Vs Burger King feud at some point in the 90's · 1 h 5 min · Season 1 Episode 14On this episode it is my honour to have Selina Mosinski, the actress behind Charity Shop Sue stop by for a chat! We chat about all the roads that led to her finding her Sue…
- Willam ! Drag Superstar scolds me with potent T · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 13Joining me this week is drag superstar Willam Belli ! Actor, drag sensation, author, recording artist, make up creator... the list goes on On this ep I speak to Willam about the…
- Sarah Blanc ....spinning a Jason Donovan obsession into gold · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 12On this stunning ep I speak to creative mogul that is Sarah Blanc We uncover the origins of her Jason Donovan obsession which led to her creating a whole show about the aussie…
- Angeline Bell, piss takes and passion projects, 'In' the West End...not 'On' · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 11On this stunning episode I speak to the gorgeous Angie Bell We met many moons ago in an unnamed institution, in an unmentioned decade. Since then ,Angie has come a very long way…
- Ella Veryde... Ridin into my hot furnace · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 10On this weeks ep I speak to stunning drag Queen and performer Ella Veryde We find out the origins of that filthy name, my drag name... though I haven't done drag,how she got bent…
- Tom Varey on George Clooney ... and moi · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 9Today actor Tom Varey recants us with some entertaining moments We cover actor training , his new film directed by one of the last proper ‘movie stars’ in Hollywood and he…
- Jackson Fisch, fainting on stage and rolling off stage · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 8On this ep I speak to talented Aussie dancer Jackson Fisch. Jackson recalls being called ‘pudgy’ at ballet school, fainting on stage and working in a bougie pyjama shop! Jackson…
- Eliza Butterworth. Combatting skin coloured skinny jeans and being a Saxon woman with acrylic nails · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 7On episode 7 I speak to the gorgeous Eliza Butterworth. Eliza remembers when a local taxi rank radio interfered with her west end show 'The Windsors' on stage, wearing flesh…
- Jake Mitchell on surviving 'A Doll's House' and throwing a sword into the audience! · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 6On this episode I interview actor Jake Mitchell We reminisce over 'armed combat' classes and what can go wrong when you lose grip of a prop...mid show ! We remember our scene…
- Benjamin Salmon on sounding too 'Gay' · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 5This week I speak to writer and actor Benjamin Salmon. We talk about never fitting into the proverbial 'box', being told to change our voices and we look back with a fondness at…
- Emily Johnstone...Forgetting Lines and being ghosted by agents · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 4On this episode I speak to actress Emily Johnstone. We laugh and reminisce over gnome auditions, her sharing a bed with a stranger at the Edinburgh Festival, forgetting lines on…
- Gary Wood... Being a Zombie with Brad Pitt, Mariah Carey and B*S* auditions · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 3On this episode I interview Gary Wood. We discuss everything from how we met rehearsing a zombie movie, an embarrassing Mama Mia audition, RSC 'workshops" and finding happiness…
