Acting Inspired
163 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDedicated to keeping you inspired. Chatting with folks creating their own work and thoughts on my acting journey in the form of an honest diary.
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Dan Caleb - Music
October 03, 2018 10:30 - 1 hour - 82 MBGreat chat with Dan Caleb. Covering themes including - Mental Health, Truth, Self Healing, meditation. We also have one of Dan's pre-recorded tunes (On The Hillside) and he even plays us his latest song (A Meditation on the Death of a Friend) live in my living room! Check out "On The Hillside" on Spotify and follow on twitter, facebook and Instagram: @dancalebmusic ENJOY!!!
Edmistakes...
September 05, 2018 10:30 - 19 minutes - 17.3 MBIt's been a while. Edinburgh was crazy and I'm not great at balancing priorities. So all of my focus was on the show and the HOARDS of mistakes i made in the run up to and during the festival. I'm currently on holiday and will be back soon to give a more detailed review. Big Love, Lewis x x x
Fringe First!
August 08, 2018 12:00 - 17 minutes - 15.3 MBIt has been a mad, one as you know, but finally I have found 5 minutes to sit down and have a little think and share that with you lot, as I do! So here is the first week review of being here! ENJOY!!!
Kae Alexander Take Over!!!
July 21, 2018 10:30 - 27 minutes - 24.4 MBKae and Rin steal the host chair and take over Acting Inspired for this late episode! It has been a mental week of getting last minute admin bits done, tightening the show, deciding the show needs to be totally rewritten and getting blocked on twitter... Rin is smashing it with my social media and Kae has been the head of logistics! Its been great but did mean we missed a pod... But here it is! ENJOY!!!
Waffle pod/this is a stick up!
July 11, 2018 10:30 - 20 minutes - 17.6 MBGive us all your money! please? we'll give you some gifts in return! Like... A personalised song made by Lewis Goody or even a whole, infamous, hot air baboon night... Totally in your honour! For just YOU! That is going to be sooooo therapeutic! put all your cash in this bag... I love you all... NEARLY THERE ENJOY!
Its Now or Never...
July 04, 2018 10:30 - 34 minutes - 30.4 MBI missed a pod last week and I feel terrible about it. It's really time to shape up, I was in such a good place when I started this three years ago and it could be so much more. I talk over the crowds chanting for the England/Columbia game about deadlines and discipline. Post me talking about doing stuff we have a post-show talk with two dudes who have done so so much in the last year or so - Its the final post-show talk post Section 2. with the writer Peter Imms, Producer Jon Tozzi, Actor A...
Post Show Host!
June 20, 2018 12:00 - 44 minutes - 40.1 MBPost Show Talk for Section 2 @ The Bunker Theatre with: Karl Knights who was sectioned in 2016, Alison Kerry from Mind, Director of ‘Section 2’ Georgie Staight and cast members Nathan Coenen and Esme Patey Ford. Update on progress of "I CANT DO THIS!" ENJOY!!!
Section 2. The Bunker Theatre
June 12, 2018 10:30 - 15 minutes - 13 MBThe creatures have done us proud! What a fantastic piece of theatre I have just seen. An important topic, well executed in every way. I will be hosting the post-show talks on the 19th June and 3rd July and I can't wait so please come down and say hello! Orrrrr if for some reason you're avoiding me... yes... you... Then come on any of the other nights! https://www.bunkertheatre.com/ PERFORMANCE DATES & TIME 11 June - 7 July 2018 Tuesday and Fridays at 8:30pm Standard: £15.00 Concessi...
Hometown Preview.
June 06, 2018 10:30 - 18 minutes - 16.3 MBAs I begin to feel slightly more comfortable about the show it is time to start thinking about raising the money to do it. It's interesting to me that my brain goes, "why should anyone give us money to do a show and festival that we chose and wanted to do?" I guess I have learned over time to not put much value on to the arts, especially if it is my own thing... what a bummer! I did my show in Plymouth and had a great time, I learned a lot about what needs to change and what needs to be add...
Lets Do This.
June 02, 2018 10:00 - 23 minutes - 20.9 MBIts been getting STAGNANT on the ol' AI pod of late so some time out and away from civilisation was much needed! Cleared the air of my mind and gave me time to get some things in order. I'm lazy, it is out of fear but I'm still lazy, that's the bottom line and it's about time I did something about it. I am doing that by doing this show but I need to apply that to the rest of my life. It's too too easy for someone like me to get bitter. I am working on it now though. I have my show in Plym...
Edinburgh show title is annoyingly appropriate...
May 23, 2018 10:30 - 14 minutes - 12.7 MBI'm losing it! Everything is good! Life has finally found some sense of direction! I know what I have to do now! I'm also overwhelmed with this relatively late discovery! and wait, oh no, I'm losing this newfound sense of direction... That's the general vibe for today's pod. If I had more time I probably wouldn't have even posted this. but I don't have more time, so here, have my raw unedited emotions! Also, I'm doing a show at the rosemary branch Theatre tomorrow night, come and see me and ...
Sell Out!
May 16, 2018 10:30 - 19 minutes - 16.8 MBSome confidence has been built as I perform more regularly. I feel good and that maybe I do have something worth exploring! I'm looking forward to getting stuck into development but I do still need to tackle the admin side of things. That is now where the fear stems and the pool which I should definitely jump into next! So here goes! ALSO... Come see Me and Isa and Dan Thursday 24th May at The Rosemary Branch from 1900. Its a great Venue with two great shows on!!! and other awesome previe...
I DID IT! Sort of...
May 09, 2018 10:30 - 23 minutes - 20.4 MBThank you to everyone who managed to make it down last Saturday! I got through one! Its the beginning of a loooong journey but it had to start someone and now it has started fo real! I learned a few big lessons a few small ones and few medium sized ones... The sound of this pod is horrible, I'm sorry, you will hear why in the intro! Please come on down to the Cats Back For round two on 13/05/18 6:30pm it's gonna be a blast! https://www.wandsworthfringe.com/whats-on-2018/i-cant-do-thi...
Baptism of FIRE
May 02, 2018 10:30 - 17 minutes - 15.5 MBGot my show on Saturday at the Cats Back, Wandsworth, 5:30. I am scared scared scared! That is all. I'm in way over my head, some say its good to get out of your comfort zone. What do you think? At this point I'm not so sure. At the end of the day I will still be alive after Saturday, I think. So who cares really - this is a mantra I am trying to drill into my head, as caring what other people may or may not think, is the one thing that has stopped me from doing many things in life. So WH...
Catch Up!
April 25, 2018 10:30 - 17 minutes - 15.1 MBFear, anxiety but also excitement... I battle with the voices in my head which also happens to be what my show is all about. Its getting closer and WAY MORE REAL! I'm scared, I wish I was a kid again and things wos just fun and that...
OMG! So So Late...
April 19, 2018 10:30 - 26 minutes - 23.7 MBI forgot to do a pod, I've been pretty damn busy of late and it totally slipped my mind. Auditions are picking up a little, which is nice, and my show prep is... I'm struggling but we will get there in the end! Caroline or Change at the Hampstead theatre was pretty sick! I'm doing an hour... At the Cats Back. Its a part of Wandsworth Arts Fringe Festival and you can get tickets here! PLEASE COME! 5th May @5:30 and 13th May @6:30 ENJOY!!!
Paper Creatures - Section 2
April 11, 2018 10:30 - 59 minutes - 53.3 MBJon and Nathan return to tell us all about Paper Creatures goings on in the upcoming months. These guys are soldiers. They're Duracell bunnies. They just keep going and there is no sign of them stopping any time soon! I'm hugely inspired by them every time we meet and you will be too. Just a year ago they were here talking about an idea they had when on tour together. Now they have their second play on at the bunker theatre coming up in June. Hear all about it here and make sure you follow ...
YOYO MAN!
April 04, 2018 10:30 - 20 minutes - 17.4 MBGuess what? more moaning! but don't worry I'm sure this means I'm due an up at some point soon and everything will be freaking awesome again... More guests very soon! Patreon's still not up... who knows when you will be able to give me money for my services?! seriously though... BIG LOVE! ENJOY!!!
LATE POD!!!
March 28, 2018 12:30 - 39 minutes - 35.3 MBMe and Rin catch up on his auditions, my gig on Thursday and The evolution of The Great Wave at The National Theatre from the first preview to press! Sorry Its late today, nightmare works going in my building! I LOVE YOU! ENJOY!!!
Broken Record.
March 21, 2018 11:00 - 20 minutes - 17.5 MBThe routine of my brain is beginning to bore me. The up and down and round and round. It's so predictable but seemingly unavoidable. I know that in a few days or a week or so, Il be on top of the world and excited about my show and il fully understand why I'm doing it and what I'm trying to say. Right now, however, I couldn't feel less confident or even interested in it at all. Now this very feeling was the inspiration for my show name and themes, which is great, but it doesn't make dealing w...
Lesson one - Be organised.
March 14, 2018 11:00 - 21 minutes - 18.8 MBI tell you all about my stresses of being a lazy, unorganised bum... I realise that taking a show to Edinburgh costs... a HELL of a lot of money... I think it would be wise for me to learn how to be organised now! And we have a special 1 minute AI takeover with an old AI Fave! ENJOY!!!
Joe Eyre - Joyous Gard
March 07, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBThe newest member of the Acting Inspired famalam, Joe Eyre, talks to me about Joyous Gard, creating a Theatre company being a producer, writer, casting director and an actor on something completely different... all at the same time! Joe was such a great guest to chat with, we had a couple of interruptions, however, we kept calm and carried the fuck on! Make sure you catch Joe performing in Gallowglass http://www.middlegroundtheatre.co.uk/Wordpress/gallowglass/ Catch Joyous Gard's final p...
Back to school!
February 28, 2018 11:00 - 33 minutes - 29.8 MBYo Yo Yo! Filmed myself today going through the motions of recording an episode of the pod, I also filmed a rundown of the equipment I use and some other lil tidbits for my future Acting Inspired patrons! I will keep you posted but keep an eye out for the Patreon page, join the Acting Inspired podcast community and get access to exclusive content, bonus episodes, tickets to comedy shows and loads more cool stuff! Edinburgh is freaking me out, but on the plus side, It's not the creative elem...
Auditions, Edinburgh and an Acting Inspired Take Over!
February 21, 2018 11:00 - 52 minutes - 47.3 MBI chat with Rintaro about his audition for the Arts Ed 6th form course. I give a wee update on the Edinburgh situation. And Dísa Andersen takes over the pod with her own Acting Inspired episode. Dísa has a show on called: Is This Thing On, at The Old Red Lion, 26th - 31st March 2018. you can follow her @lattelepjandi on Twitter and check out her website www.disaandersen.com. If you would like to take over the show for 10 minutes to tell us what you're up to and how you deal with being a c...
I CAN DO THIS?!
February 14, 2018 11:30 - 27 minutes - 24.2 MBLewis gives an update on his latest adventure... Creating a show for Edinburgh... actually no, for himself! WANKY ALERT! He chats through his ups and downs and changing his perspective of the so-called downs and viewing them, instead, as minor blips... this helps. FREEDOM! ENJOY!!! happy love day and all that!
There or Here. Kevin Shen take 2!
February 07, 2018 11:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBLast time we were recording a pod (2 years ago) we were hiking up Runyon Canyon in the sun talking about East Asian representation in the industry. Has anything changed? Has progress been made? What is the state of that situation now? We also chatted about his production of YELLOW FACE which he starred in and produced back in 2013. Now, in 2018 he is back in the producer's seat with a great new play at The Park Theatre - THERE OR HERE. We chat about balancing production with acting and how ...
STUD by Paloma Oakenfold
January 31, 2018 13:30 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBPaloma is back to update us on her journey! Paloma has been busy since we last spoke and good lordy does she have some tales and work to prove it! She has gone from the timid assistant on her secondment at the Lyric Hammersmith to bold and brave associate taking TERROR all the way to Australia... During that time she wrote a play called STUD about a gay footballer and now it's about to open at the Vaults Festival at The Network Theatre. My mind, body and soul is BLOWN! She is the embodiment...
Late pod! Got a Cold.. Need .. Help...
January 24, 2018 21:30 - 19 minutes - 17.1 MBIts a late one today as I was attempting to prevent a cold. I didnt prevent it... I also talk about how Im terrified of everything but most of all, at the moment, Edinburgh! but it does lift me spirits havin' a good ol' yarn about it all!
DJ movie Premiere!
January 17, 2018 11:00 - 25 minutes - 22.3 MBA while ago I did a pod called "my first movie" from the beach in Ibiza. Almost a year later and here I am at the Premiere of my first movie in the freezing cold and snowy Warsaw, Poland. Tonight I will wear a suit and pretend that I live a glamorous life flying from place to place attending many premieres of many films... tomorrow, I will have a hangover and land at Heathrow looking for my limo wondering how I just experienced such a crazy event! HAHA! Its all fun and games after a sombre ...
ME on The 42 Podcast with Vittorio Angelone.
January 10, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBThis week I am down in Devon looking out for my fam as we lose an awesome dude. So instead of getting everyone on a downer again... I was a guest on The 42 Podcast a wee while ago and I meant to put this up then... No excuses, just didnt... finally I have managed to get my hands on it and get it out to you. Vittorio Angelone is a musician studying at Guildhall and hes switching to the dark side and while hes doing that hes chatting to great people and running comedy nights at the Guildhal...
See you in my dreams! Graham Evan Lewis 26/06/1935 - 02/01/2018
January 03, 2018 11:00 - 10 minutes - 8.43 MBHappy New Year! This may not be what you were expecting but unfortunately, you never can tell what life will throw your way. This year, right at the end of the first day of this New Year, my family lost a very special dude. My Gramps is a legend and so this weeks episode is a dedication to him. Thank you all for your support. I'm sorry I couldn't quite manage a "normal ep" this week, whatever that is?! but instead enjoy this awesome song which brought a smile to his face when I was back in ...
Boxing day drunk talks about great new ideas for Acting Inspired...
December 27, 2017 11:00 - 28 minutes - 25.1 MBAll sorts of exciting drunken stuff going on! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Lewis has decided to write about himself in the third person to make it look like he has a producer for his podcast. Lewis chats about being hot and drunk and he also touches on how he has replied to everyone who wrote to him and that he's had a great idea about getting listeners more involved! He shares his plans to take a show to Edinburgh and wonders what you guys think about him sharing that process wit...
Merry Christmas from Acting Inspired...
December 20, 2017 11:00 - 17 minutes - 14.9 MBSo... its Christmas and to add injury to injury I have an abscess on my ass... LOL Aside from that though I'm all good and excited about the New Year. I've been chatting with some folks about the pod and what we may be able to do with it in 2018 and on. There are lots of exciting things going on for all of us and I think its good to remind ourselves of these thangs from time to time. Mostly it's the stuff I work on and create myself that makes me really happy. So maybe that's a nice sign as...
Quit hittin yourself!
December 12, 2017 11:00 - 18 minutes - 16 MBBig love to all my buddies, budesses and everything in between. Thank you for reaching out to me when I was struggling. One great ingredient for happiness is good mates! We all have em, let them help you up when you're down. Anyway! So im out of this trance and usually what i would be doing now is whipping myself across the back calling myself an idiot for making a mountian out of a molehill and I could easily do that right now, however i will not! I will learn from my experience and carry ...
Last week a podcast saved my life...
December 06, 2017 11:00 - 23 minutes - 20.2 MBAs soon as I dropped last weeks podcast of misery... I felt a million times better! My friends continued to reach out to me and I gradually accepted that and remembered that friends are freaking awesome. Talking on the pod got the darkness out of my skull and into the ether, lifting a huge weight off of my mind. I got myself out to the theatre and saw a banging show called WILD BORE at the Soho Theatre, which inspired me massively and reminded me of the creative power of performers and artist...
An Apology...
November 29, 2017 11:30 - 23 minutes - 21 MBI've fallen into a pit guys... and I'm struggling to climb out, mainly, I think, because I've been beating myself up whilst I writhe around at the bottom naively hoping sympathy will reach its long spindly arm down to drag me out. You're not a 5 year old falling off a bike anymore Lewis! Only I can get up and dust myself off and carry on... I've let all these weird thoughts affect me and the podcast and many other things that I apparently care about so much. So id like to say I'm sorry. I'...
Thank You Hong Kong!
November 22, 2017 09:30 - 26 minutes - 23.2 MBThis weeks pod marks the end of an awesome trip across the globe to visit my beautiful and talented better half in Hong Kong. I’ve had the most amazing trip. She’s amazing and lucky enough to be working with some other amazing folks I’ve been lucky enough to hang with while I free load as well! It’s a drunk pod as we round up the trip I think... we tried! I’ve had so much fun here (holidaying) but also thinking about you lot and this brilliant podcast that I get to do every fucking week! I ca...
Live from HONG KONG!
November 15, 2017 09:30 - 24 minutes - 21.2 MBCOMING AT YOU LIVE FROM HONG KONG! Well, not live but you know... I'm all disorientated. Time has gone weird but its all good. I've had a night having a good old chin wag with Kae and a morning in the park to myself to have a think about how I'm feeling. In this pod I try and convey those feelings, battling against the wind, a sling and a girl filming me with her phone whilst laughing pretty intensely, great for the old self-esteem, HA! I got down about my shoulder last week but realised I a...
POP goes the shoulder...
November 08, 2017 11:00 - 25 minutes - 22.1 MBAbout two hours after last weeks episode I dislocated my shoulder. This one is slower... I might have even set out for it to be a "sombre" episode which is proof that I had chosen to focus on the negatives. There is no reason this one couldn't have been as hyped up, I let the negatives consume me! But I am glad you guys are here, by the time I finish talking with you today... I manage to climb up out of the slump. It's all cool now... life's cool! ENJOY!
Silence is GOLDEN!
November 01, 2017 10:00 - 26 minutes - 23.7 MBThis weekend I went on a silent meditation retreat and I feel like a new man. Although weirdly, with this new found focus, I seem to be hyper as hell and when I pressed record... I went all over the shop. BUT... I think if you listen carefully, its all about looking after YOURSELF and focusing on YOU. Reminding YOURSELF of what is important to YOU and prioritising those things. I've spent a lot of my life in a state of worry! It's a waste of time, don't do it! Think about doing what you tru...
All Tied Together In A Neat Little Bow!
October 25, 2017 09:00 - 18 minutes - 16.4 MBWe filmed our thing and went foraging. All the things I've been talking about over the last few months are kind of coming together for me. We had the filming of our teaser, doing something you are passionate about and creating something off of your own steam. All of our hard work and fun we put into our writing paid off and we have got a stage further with creating our own work and telling stories we want to hear. Then the very next day I had to go to work at 6am, I was knackered but the ...
Eddie and Frankie - with Maria Pullicino and Katherine Hearst.
October 18, 2017 10:00 - 56 minutes - 51 MBGUEST DAY!!!! I chat with my SYC Stand Up buddy, Maria Pullicino about a project she has been working on with Katherine Hearst called Eddie & Frankie: An 8 minute animated short film about Frankie, a lonely teenager and her miner dad, Eddie. It was a real pleasure chatting to Katherine and Maria about all the work they've been doing to create this awesome short. The drawings are beautiful and the story matches that beauty! So please head over to Kick Starter, give the teaser a watch (you'll...
We're shooting a thing we wrote!
October 11, 2017 10:00 - 17 minutes - 14.9 MBI'm so excited! its nearly midnight and tomorrow, me and Kae are filming a teaser we wrote all by ourselves! The whole thing is so mad and cool that I basically talk about that... and how much I've learnt of course, and how its shown me the importance of working on your own stuff and how much easier life is when you have a real passion project on the go... but also I'm a kid and I'm excited to film this bloody thing! Woop Woop! I was on Vittorio Angelone's podcast this week check him out he...
Taking the reins!
October 04, 2017 10:00 - 24 minutes - 21.8 MBIt's time to take more control of the career and life. Something good is happening, I like where I'm at in life and I feel like I am really working towards what I want and trying not to make it all so SERIOUS! Bit of a rambler this week... Kae smashed it with the stand-up comedy this week at The House of St Barnabas and Seven Dials Comedy. Two very different rooms with different reactions and it was great to see Kae grow as she works out how to tell her story. Two past guests Liam Bergin ...
Do one Saturn!
September 27, 2017 10:00 - 35 minutes - 31.4 MBI'm feeling old and that my time to shine has passed, I'm feeling the need to go back to my YOUTH but then I get scared and feel like the judgment of mankind is too much for me and I bail and go in circles like this therefore not achieving anything! Somebody help me out here... On the positive side of life though, the positive attitude at work thang is working out well and even when there is a conflict with auditions etc. I'm dealing with that with less anxiety and solving problems with eas...
Oh you're RESTING?
September 20, 2017 10:30 - 34 minutes - 30.9 MBI have had such a negative attitude towards "resting jobs" that has not helped me move forward. I talk through the thoughts I've had recently about finding the right "resting job" for you and applying a positive attitude to whatever that job may be. Resting jobs are more important than I've given them credit for in the past. They are a helpful boat that keeps us afloat in the harder times and I certainly need to learn to be more grateful for whatever that job at the time may be. It also just ...
“If YOU build the playground, no one can take away your fun” - Kae Alexander.
September 13, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour - 89.5 MBKae Alexander finally joins us again! After a long break from Acting Inspired she’s back to tell us all about her life changing experience on the play GLORIA at the Hampstead Theatre, where she truly felt like it was a genuine collaboration between actors and the director and the whole team! We talk meditation and retreats and learning how to discover and accept yourself. We’ve been working on a little writing project for a while and Kae spills the beans on how thats going… We got a developm...
Chattin' Breeeeeze!
September 06, 2017 10:00 - 32 minutes - 28.6 MBI did a great reading on Sunday @ the Old Red Lion Theatre with @Andy_Routledge1 and @lucky_wood That was an awesome reminder of everything awesome about Theatre and Acting! Me and Kae attended the IARA Awards where Kae has a nomination for best actress on stage for GLORIA! Other than that I've been working a lot and now I'm ill and don't know what I'm saying! A good time to reflect on old thoughts and eps and feel good about all you guys and all the guests I have had the pleasure of chat...
Paper Creatures TAKE 2!
August 30, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBNathan and Jon from Paper Creatures chat to me for the second time about the creation of their company and the development of their debut show FLOOD. It's a few weeks after their first production hit the stage... What was it like? What were the steps they took to get an Idea from their heads to the page to the stage?! If you're interested in creating your own work in any way this is a great podcast for you. The passion, dedication and enthusiasm these lads have is just brilliant and I ima...
Auditioning for Drama School?
August 23, 2017 09:00 - 40 minutes - 36.1 MBMy first audition in ages... It has an effect on me... It's like a dam, which breaks around me when the audition is over and real life comes crashing in to drown me! Sounds fun right?! Jump in! But why do I feel so sad/worried/scared/stressed? I don't know, why don't you ask yourself, Lewis?! Yeah, ask yourself why?! It feels good to be in control! and finally, I discuss auditioning for drama school in great detail... So great detail, its mind boggling! However, I believe there must be so g...